1997 Sacramento Monarchs season

The 1997 WNBA season was the inaugural season for the Sacramento Monarchs.

1997 Sacramento Monarchs season
CoachMary Murphy and Heidi VanDerveer
ArenaARCO Arena
Attendance7,858 per game
Results
Record10–18 (.357)
Place3rd (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify

Transactions

WNBA allocation draft
Player Nationality School/Team/Country
Bridgette Gordon  United States Tennessee
Ruthie Bolton  United States Auburn

WNBA elite draft
See also: WNBA elite draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 6 Judy Mosley-McAfee  United States Hawaii
2 14 Mikiko Hagiwara  Japan Japan

WNBA draft
See also: 1997 WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 2 Pamela McGee  United States USC
2 15 Denique Graves  United States Howard
3 18 Chantel Tremitiere  United States Auburn
4 31 Tajama Abraham  United States George Washington

Transactions
Date Transaction
January 22, 1997 Drafted Bridgette Gordon and Ruthie Bolton in the 1997 WNBA Allocation Draft[1]
February 27, 1997 Drafted Judy Mosley-McAfee and Mikiko Hagiwara in the 1997 WNBA Elite Draft[1]
April 14, 1997 Hired Mary Murphy as Head Coach[1]
April 28, 1997 Drafted Pamela McGee, Denique Graves, Chantel Tremitiere and Tajama Abraham in the 1997 WNBA Draft[1]
July 18, 1997 Waived Corissa Yasen[1]
July 20, 1997 Waived Judy Mosley-McAfee[1]
July 27, 1997 Waived Yvette Angel[1]
July 28, 1997 Fired Mary Murphy as Head Coach[1]
Hired Heidi VanDerveer as Head Coach[1]
July 31, 1997 Traded Mikiko Hagiwara to Phoenix Mercury in exchange for future considerations[1]
August 6, 1997 Waived Margold Clark[1]

Roster
1997 Sacramento Monarchs roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
C 40 Abraham, Tajama 6' 2" (1.88m) 190 lb (86kg) 1975-09-27 George Washington R
G 11 Angel, Yvette 5' 8" (1.73m) – 1963-10-14 Ohio State R
G 6 Bolton, Ruthie 5' 9" (1.75m) 150 lb (68kg) 1967-05-27 Auburn R
G/F 51 Byears, Latasha 5' 11" (1.8m) 206 lb (93kg) 1973-08-12 DePaul R
F/C 7 Clark, Margold 6' 3" (1.91m) – 1971-01-01 Arizona R
F 30 Gordon, Bridgette 6' 0" (1.83m) 172 lb (78kg) 1967-04-27 Tennessee R
C 33 Graves, Denique 6' 3" (1.91m) 212 lb (96kg) 1975-09-16 Howard R
G 24 Hagiwara, Mikiko 5' 9" (1.75m) 160 lb (73kg) 1970-04-27 R
F/C 5 McGee, Pamela 6' 3" (1.91m) 180 lb (82kg) 1962-12-01 USC R
F 7 Mosley-McAfee, Judy 6' 1" (1.85m) – 1968-03-17 Hawaiʻi R
G 10 Savasta, Laure 5' 8" (1.73m) 135 lb (61kg) 1974-03-18 Washington R
G 3 Tremitiere, Chantel 5' 6" (1.68m) 142 lb (64kg) 1969-10-20 Auburn R
G 13 Viglione, Danielle 5' 10" (1.78m) 157 lb (71kg) 1975-03-07 Texas R
G 20 Yasen, Corissa 6' 0" (1.83m) 160 lb (73kg) 1973-12-05 Purdue R
Head coach
Heidi VanDerveer (College of Charleston)
Assistant coaches
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Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Schedule

Regular season
1997 game log
Total: 10–18 (Home: 8–8; Road: 2–10)
June: 2–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 June 21 @ Utah W 70–60 Ruthie Bolton (18) Ruthie Bolton (11) Chantel Tremitiere (4) Delta Center 1–0
2 June 23 Houston L 62–73 Ruthie Bolton (27) Ruthie Bolton (12) Chantel Tremitiere (4) ARCO Arena 1–1
3 June 26 Charlotte W 78–70 Pamela McGee (23) Bridgette Gordon (8) Chantel Tremitiere (5) ARCO Arena 2–1
4 June 27 @ Los Angeles L 92–102 Ruthie Bolton (20) Ruthie Bolton (6) Ruthie Bolton (6) Great Western Forum 2–2
July: 3–9 (Home: 2–5; Road: 1–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
5 July 2 Utah L 68–73 (OT) Ruthie Bolton (20) Judy Mosley-McAfee (9) Chantel Tremitiere (10) ARCO Arena 2–3
6 July 6 Cleveland W 70–67 Ruthie Bolton (23) Bridgette Gordon (8) Bolton
Tremitiere (4)		 ARCO Arena 3–3
7 July 7 @ Utah W 79–69 Ruthie Bolton (22) Bolton
Gordon
Mosley-McAfee
Tremitiere (7)		 Chantel Tremitiere (12) Delta Center 4–3
8 July 10 @ Cleveland L 61–77 Ruthie Bolton (25) Ruthie Bolton (8) Chantel Tremitiere (6) Gund Arena 4–4
9 July 12 @ Houston L 61–89 Ruthie Bolton (14) Ruthie Bolton (8) Chantel Tremitiere (5) The Summit 4–5
10 July 15 Los Angeles W 78–73 Bridgette Gordon (22) Latasha Byears (10) Byears
Gordon
Tremitiere (4)		 ARCO Arena 5–5
11 July 16 @ Phoenix L 67–84 Bridgette Gordon (19) Latasha Byears (8) Angel
Gordon (3)		 America West Arena 5–6
12 July 18 Houston L 60–82 Bridgette Gordon (18) Latasha Byears (6) Angel
Tremitiere (5)		 ARCO Arena 5–7
13 July 21 Phoenix L 57–50 Latasha Byears (21) Latasha Byears (17) Chantel Tremitiere (6) ARCO Arena 5–8
14 July 25 Houston L 76–86 Byears
McGee (17)		 Latasha Byears (17) Chantel Tremitiere (5) ARCO Arena 5–9
15 July 27 Los Angeles L 62–84 Bolton
McGee (16)		 Bolton
McGee (8)		 Latasha Byears (6) ARCO Arena 5–10
16 July 30 @ New York L 68–73 (OT) Bridgette Gordon (23) Latasha Byears (10) Chantel Tremitiere (7) Madison Square Garden 5–11
August: 5–7 (Home: 5–2; Road: 0–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
17 August 1 @ Charlotte L 61–85 Ruthie Bolton (18) Ruthie Bolton (9) Chantel Tremitiere (4) Charlotte Coliseum 5–12
18 August 2 @ Cleveland L 51–72 Ruthie Bolton (19) Latasha Byears (11) Chantel Tremitiere (5) Gund Arena 5–13
19 August 4 @ Phoenix L 60–83 Ruthie Bolton (22) Latasha Byears (12) Bridgette Gordon (5) America West Arena 5–14
20 August 6 Charlotte W 77–64 Ruthie Bolton (24) Bridgette Gordon (9) Ruthie Bolton (5) ARCO Arena 6–14
21 August 8 Utah W 93–78 Ruthie Bolton (34) Latasha Byears (11) Chantel Tremitiere (9) ARCO Arena 7–14
22 August 10 New York W 76–69 Latasha Byears (23) Latasha Byears (8) Chantel Tremitiere (5) ARCO Arena 8–14
23 August 12 Cleveland W 81–76 Ruthie Bolton (34) Latasha Byears (11) Byears
Tremitiere (4)		 ARCO Arena 9–14
24 August 14 @ Charlotte L 51–68 Ruthie Bolton (13) Latasha Byears (11) Pamela McGee (3) Charlotte Coliseum 9–15
25 August 15 @ New York L 63–79 Pamela McGee (17) Latasha Byears (8) Bridgette Gordon (5) Madison Square Garden 9–16
26 August 20 Phoenix L 54–69 Ruthie Bolton (12) Corissa Yasen (5) Ruthie Bolton (5) ARCO Arena 9–17
27 August 22 Los Angeles L 77–88 Latasha Byears (19) Ruthie Bolton (8) Chantel Tremitiere (6) Great Western Forum 9–18
28 August 24 Houston W 68–58 Gordon
McGee (16)		 Bridgette Gordon (9) Chantel Tremitiere (4) ARCO Arena 10–18
1997 season schedule

Season standings
Western Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
Phoenix Mercury x1612.5719–3–
Los Angeles Sparks o1414.5008–42.0
Sacramento Monarchs o1018.3574–86.0
Utah Starzz o721.2503–99.0

Statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage  TO  Turnovers per game
 PF  Fouls per game Team leader League leader

Regular Season
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Chantel Tremitiere 28 28 37.5 .352 .189 .744 4.1 4.8 1.9 0.0 7.6
Ruthie Bolton 23 23 35.3 .402 .344 .768 5.8 2.6 2.3 0.0 19.4
Bridgette Gordon 28 28 35.0 .433 .275 .785 4.8 2.8 1.4 0.3 13.0
Pamela McGee 27 27 25.6 .459 .286 .705 4.4 0.7 1.0 0.5 10.6
Latasha Byears 28 19 23.4 .459 .200 .739 6.9 1.7 1.4 0.3 8.7
Judy Mosley-McAfee 13 9 20.4 .440 N/A 1.000 3.6 0.8 0.6 0.2 4.2
Yvette Angel 5 3 18.0 .438 .000 .000 1.8 2.2 0.8 0.2 2.8
Tajama Anderson 28 5 15.1 .381 N/A .684 2.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 4.4
Mikiko Hagiwara 14 2 12.4 .319 .273 .667 0.6 0.7 0.1 0.1 3.1
Margold Clark 4 0 11.5 .500 .000 .500 1.5 0.3 0.3 0.3 1.8
Laure Savasta 14 0 11.2 .244 .200 .778 0.4 0.9 0.3 0.1 2.4
Corissa Yasen 19 0 9.9 .404 .000 .500 1.1 0.3 0.9 0.1 2.7
Danielle Viglione 7 0 4.3 .273 .250 N/A 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.0 1.0
Denique Graves 22 0 3.9 .222 N/A .500 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.7


‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season

  • Ruthie Bolton ranked second in the WNBA in points with 447 points.
  • Ruthie Bolton ranked third in the WNBA in field goals with 164.
  • Ruthie Bolton ranked fourth in the WNBA in Minutes per game with 35.3
  • Ruthie Bolton ranked second in the WNBA in points per game with 19.4
  • Ruthie Bolton was tied for sixth in the WNBA in steals with 54.
  • Latasha Byears ranked fifth in the WNBA in total rebounds with 193
  • Latasha Byears ranked ninth in the WNBA in Field Goal Percentage (.459)
  • Bridgette Gordon ranked first in the WNBA in Minutes per game with 35.0
  • Bridgette Gordon ranked ninth in the WNBA in Free Throw Pct with .785
  • Pamela McGee ranked eighth in the WNBA in Field Goal Percentage (.460)
  • Chantel Tremitiere was tied for sixth in the WNBA in steals with 54.
  • Chantel Tremitiere ranked first in the WNBA in Minutes per game with 37.5

[2]

Awards and honors
  • Ruthie Bolton: Led WNBA, 3-Pt Field Goal Attempts, 192
  • Ruthie Bolton: Second in WNBA, 3-Pt Field Goals, 66
  • Latasha Byears: Led WNBA, Offensive Rebounds, 87
  • Chantel Tremitiere: Led WNBA, Minutes Played 1051
  • Chantel Tremitiere: Led WNBA, Turnovers, 122
  • Chantel Tremitiere: Led WNBA, Minutes per game, 37.5

[2]

References
  1. "1997 Sacramento Monarchs Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 26, 2024.
  2. "1997 WNBA Season Summary".
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