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2008 Sacramento Monarchs season

The 2008 WNBA season was the 12th season for the Sacramento Monarchs. The team reached the playoffs for the man consecutive season. It was also their 9th and final playoff berth before folding a season later.

Offseason

The following player was selected in the Expansion Draft:

  • Kristin Haynie Sacramento Monarchs

Transactions

  • April 18 The Monarchs signed Amy Sanders to a training camp contract.
  • April 16 The Monarchs signed Janie Mitchell to a training camp contract.
  • April 15 The Monarchs signed Dionne Marsh to a training camp contract.
  • March 31 The Monarchs re-signed free agent DeMya Walker.
  • March 4 The Monarchs re-signed free agent Ticha Penicheiro.
  • March 3 The Monarchs re-signed free agents Rebekkah Brunson, Linda Frohlich and Nicole Powell.

WNBA draft

PickPlayerNationalitySchool/Club team
10Laura HarperMaryland
38A’Quonesia FranklinTexas A&M
40Izabela Piekarska (from Indiana Fever)UTEP
43Charel AllenNotre Dame

Preseason

GameDateOpponentResultRecord
1May 2Seattle StormW 70–681–0
2May 5Washington MysticsL 82–90 (OT)1–1

Regular season

Season standings

Season Schedule

DateOpponentScoreResultRecord
1May 17San AntonioW 73–641–0
2May 20@ SeattleL 62–741–1
3May 22@ ChicagoL 77–871–2
4May 24@ ConnecticutL 64–871–3
5May 30HoustonW 73–662–3
6June 6DetroitL 70–842–4
7June 8@ New YorkW 70–633–4
8June 11@ WashingtonW 79–764–4
9June 12@ MinnesotaW 82–785–4
10June 14Los AngelesL 66–745–5
11June 20vs. ConnecticutL 56–725–6
12June 22ChicagoW 82–706–6
13June 24@ IndianaL 73–786–7
14June 26@ MinnesotaL 76–806–8
15June 28New YorkW 82–787–8
16July 1WashingtonW 87–818–8
17July 3@ San AntonioL 67–688–9
18July 5@ HoustonL 65–738–10
19July 8SeattleL 64–798–11
20July 10Los AngelesW 87–699–11
21July 12PhoenixW 105–9710–11
22July 18AtlantaW 77–7311–11
23July 20@ DetroitW 88–8512–11
24July 22@ AtlantaW 79–6613–11
25July 24vs. PhoenixW 83–7414–11
26July 26IndianaW 70–6215–11
27July 27@ SeattleL 71–7715–12
28August 28@ Los AngelesL 63–7815–13
29August 30HoustonW 80–6516–13
30September 5@ PhoenixL 69–8116–14
31September 7vs. MinnesotaW 78–7117–14
32September 9vs. SeattleW 77–7418–14
33September 13@ San AntonioL 69–7718–15
34September 15@ HoustonL 81–9018–16
  • September 12 game against Houston was postponed due to Hurricane Ike.

Player stats

Note: GP= Games played; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points; AVG = Average

= Indicates team leader
PlayerGPMINREBASTSTLBLKPTS
Nicole Powell3494415046406463
Kara Lawson328298267282391
Rebekkah Brunson30779213133620327
Ticha Penicheiro3385699172674284
Crystal Kelly3355110915185243
Adrian Williams-Strong3468716720198207
Scholanda Robinson295353224326198
Laura Harper34560137121520188
Chelsea Newton263933528301117
A’Quonesia Franklin34351455916153
Kim Smith2133
Charel Allen616
La’Tangela Atkinson514
DeMya Walker711

Roster

Playoffs

RoundDateOpponentScoreResultRecord
Western Conference SemiSeptember 18vs. San Antonio78–85Loss0–1
September 20@ San Antonio84–67Win1–1
September 22@ San Antonio81–86 (OT)Loss1–2

Awards and honors

  • Rebekkah Brunson, All-WNBA Defensive Second Team
  • Ticha Penicheiro, All-WNBA Defensive First Team

References

References

  1. "WNBA.com: Atlanta Dream".
  2. [http://www.wnba.com/transactions/WNBA_2008.html WNBA.com: 2008 WNBA Transactions]
  3. [http://www.wnba.com/draft2008/draft_board.html WNBA.com: 2008 WNBA Draft Board] {{webarchive. link. (2013-10-04)
  4. [http://www.wnba.com/schedules/ Wnba.Com: Schedules] {{webarchive. link. (2008-05-14)
  5. [http://www.wnba.com/monarchs/schedule/ Monarchs Schedule 2008]
  6. "2008 Sacramento Monarchs Stats".
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