2002 Sacramento Monarchs season

2002 Sacramento Monarchs season
Head coach	Maura McHugh
Arena	ARCO Arena
Results
Record	14–18 (.438)
Place	6th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
← 2001 2003  →

The 2002 WNBA season was the 6th season for the Sacramento Monarchs. The team missed the playoffs for the first time in four years.

Offseason

WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/School/Team
1	12	Hamchétou Maïga (G/F)	Mali	Old Dominion
3	44	Alayne Ingram (G)	United States	Michigan
4	51	Jermisha Dosty (C)	United States	St. Mary's (CA)
4	60	Elizabeth Pickney (F)	United States	Arizona

Regular season

Season standings

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
Los Angeles Sparks x	25	7	.781	17–4	–
Houston Comets x	24	8	.750	16–5	1.0
Utah Starzz x	20	12	.625	12–9	5.0
Seattle Storm x	17	15	.531	10–11	8.0
Portland Fire o	16	16	.500	8–13	9.0
Sacramento Monarchs o	14	18	.438	8–13	11.0
Phoenix Mercury o	11	21	.344	7–14	14.0
Minnesota Lynx o	10	22	.313	6–15	15.0

Season schedule

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
1	June 1	Minnesota	L 61–63	0–1
2	June 6	@ Portland	L 73–86	0–2
3	June 9	@ Houston	L 62–75	0–3
4	June 11	@ Minnesota	L 63–72	0–4
5	June 13	New York	W 78–77 (OT)	1–4
6	June 15	Los Angeles	L 66–72 (OT)	1–5
7	June 18	@ Phoenix	L 63–78	1–6
8	June 20	Seattle	W 72–64	2–6
9	June 22	Utah	L 61–77	2–7
10	June 23	@ Seattle	L 60–86	2–8
11	June 25	Washington	L 86–87 (OT)	2–9
12	June 27	@ Cleveland	L 50–73	2–10
13	June 28	@ Indiana	L 60–67	2–11
14	June 30	@ Detroit	L 60–71	2–12
15	July 5	@ Los Angeles	L 65–87	2–13
16	July 7	@ Portland	L 59–74	2–14
17	July 11	Cleveland	W 71–69	3–14
18	July 12	Houston	L 60–74	3–15
19	July 17	@ Miami	W 78–62	4–15
20	July 19	@ Charlotte	L 51–70	4–16
21	July 21	Orlando	W 62–60	5–16
22	July 25	Portland	W 81–80 (OT)	6–16
23	July 27	@ Phoenix	W 79–64	7–16
24	July 28	Minnesota	W 66–56	8–16
25	July 30	Indiana	W 74–65	9–16
26	August 1	Utah	W 80–71	10–16
27	August 3	Los Angeles	L 71–81	10–17
28	August 6	Phoenix	W 73–70	11–17
29	August 8	@ Orlando	W 82–72	12–17
30	August 10	@ Houston	W 61–59	13–17
31	August 12	@ Utah	L 79–81	13–18
32	August 13	Seattle	W 59–51	14–18

Player stats

Player	GP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS
Tangela Smith	32	188	40	27	46	469
Ruthie Bolton	32	94	37	45	2	349
Kedra Holland-Corn	32	90	63	41	5	296
Yolanda Griffith	17	148	19	16	13	288
Lady Grooms	32	99	39	21	8	227
Ticha Penicheiro	24	102	192	64	1	203
La'Keshia Frett	32	95	23	5	19	187
Cass Bauer-Bilodeau	25	41	1	2	5	43
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba	23	37	9	15	3	40
Andrea Nagy	24	29	73	10	4	34
Kara Wolters	14	23	3	0	3	24
Edna Campbell	1	1	0	1	0	4
Stacey Ford	5	2	1	0	0	2
Monique Ambers	2	0	0	0	0	0