2001 Sacramento Monarchs season

2001 Sacramento Monarchs season
Head Coach Maura McHugh
Arena ARCO Arena
Attendance 8,350 per game
Results
Record 2012
(.625)
Place 2nd (Western)
Playoff Finish Lost Conference Finals (2-1) to Los Angeles Sparks
Sacramento Monarchs seasons
< 2000 2002 >

The 2001 WNBA season was the 5th season for the Sacramento Monarchs. The team won their first playoff series, but they were later defeated by eventual champion Los Angeles Sparks in the conference finals.

Offseason

WNBA Draft

Round Pick Player Nationality College/School/Team
2 30 Jackie Moore (C)  United States Long Beach State
3 46 Maren Walseth (F)  United States Penn State
4 62 Katie Smrcka-Duffy (G)  United States Georgetown

Regular season

Season standings

Western Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
Los Angeles Sparks x 28 4 .875 19–2
Sacramento Monarchs x 20 12 .625 13–8 8.0
Utah Starzz x 19 13 .594 11–10 9.0
Houston Comets x 19 13 .594 13–8 9.0
Phoenix Mercury o 13 19 .406 8–13 15.0
Minnesota Lynx o 12 20 .375 9–12 16.0
Portland Fire o 11 21 .344 5–16 17.0
Seattle Storm o 10 22 .313 6–15 18.0

Season schedule

Date Opponent Score Result Record
June 2 Cleveland 70-65 Win 1-0
June 4 @ New York 80-63 Win 2-0
June 5 @ Washington 72-75 Loss 2-1
June 7 Charlotte 77-65 Win 3-1
June 9 Miami 67-71 Loss 3-2
June 12 @ Phoenix 64-78 Loss 3-3
June 14 Phoenix 81-59 Win 4-3
June 16 Portland 74-81 (OT) Loss 4-4
June 19 New York 56-65 Loss 4-5
June 21 @ Utah 87-75 Win 5-5
June 23 @ Houston 56-70 Loss 5-6
June 24 @ Charlotte 85-82 (OT) Win 6-6
June 28 Houston 64-54 Win 7-6
June 30 @ Seattle 65-59 Win 8-6
July 3 @ Minnesota 91-52 Win 9-6
July 6 @ Orlando 75-68 Win 10-6
July 7 @ Miami 54-66 Loss 10-7
July 10 Houston 78-76 (OT) Win 11-7
July 12 Utah 69-67 Win 12-7
July 14 @ Utah 57-69 Loss 12-8
July 19 Los Angeles 68-83 Loss 12-9
July 21 Detroit 66-52 Win 13-9
July 25 @ Los Angeles 78-80 Loss 13-10
July 27 Portland 85-62 Win 14-10
July 29 Phoenix 63-47 Win 15-10
August 2 @ Los Angeles 62-67 Loss 15-11
August 3 Indiana 81-69 Win 16-11
August 5 @ Minnesota 76-79 (OT) Loss 16-12
August 7 Minnesota 76-59 Win 17-12
August 11 Seattle 81-61 Win 18-12
August 12 @ Portland 64-58 Win 19-12
August 14 @ Seattle 72-62 Win 20-12

Playoffs

Game Date Opponent Score Result Record
Western Conference Semifinals
1 August 17 @ Utah 89-65 Win 1-0
2 August 19 Utah 71-66 Win 2-0
Western Conference Finals
1 August 24 Los Angeles 73-74 Loss 2-1
2 August 26 @ Los Angeles 80-60 Win 3-1
3 August 27 @ Los Angeles 62-93 Loss 3-2

Player stats

Player GP REB AST STL BLK PTS
Yolanda Griffith 32 357 54 63 37 518
Tangela Smith 32 179 41 34 55 358
Kedra Holland-Corn 32 75 69 56 5 322
Edna Campbell 32 85 74 19 9 260
Ruthie Bolton 31 93 55 28 1 222
Kara Wolters 31 74 17 4 25 151
Ticha Penicheiro 23 86 172 40 8 144
Lady Grooms 31 78 38 15 10 141
La'Keshia Frett 30 55 18 10 6 128
Cindy Blodgett 11 9 6 6 1 34
Stacy Clinesmith 16 3 14 1 0 10
Maren Walseth 4 2 0 0 0 4
Dana Wynne 1 1 0 0 1 2

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References

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