The 1997 WNBA season was the inaugural season for the Sacramento Monarchs.
Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country | |
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Bridgette Gordon | Tennessee | ||
Ruthie Bolton | Auburn |
See also: WNBA elite draft.
Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country | |
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1 | 6 | Judy Mosley-McAfee | Hawaii | ||
2 | 14 | Mikiko Hagiwara | Japan |
See also: 1997 WNBA draft.
Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country | |
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1 | 2 | Pamela McGee | USC | ||
2 | 15 | Denique Graves | Howard | ||
3 | 18 | Chantel Tremitiere | Auburn | ||
4 | 31 | Tajama Abraham | George Washington |
Date | Transaction | |
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January 22, 1997 | Drafted Bridgette Gordon and Ruthie Bolton in the 1997 WNBA Allocation Draft | |
February 27, 1997 | Drafted Judy Mosley-McAfee and Mikiko Hagiwara in the 1997 WNBA Elite Draft | |
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 | |
July 18, 1997 | Waived Corissa Yasen | |
July 20, 1997 | Waived Judy Mosley-McAfee | |
July 27, 1997 | Waived Yvette Angel | |
July 28, 1997 | Fired Mary Murphy as Head Coach | |
Hired Heidi VanDerveer as Head Coach | ||
July 31, 1997 | Traded Mikiko Hagiwara to Phoenix Mercury in exchange for future considerations | |
August 6, 1997 | Waived Margold Clark |
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 1| June 21| @ Utah| W 70–60| Ruthie Bolton (18)| Ruthie Bolton (11)| Chantel Tremitiere (4)| Delta Center| 1–0|- style="background:#fcc;"| 2| June 23| Houston| L 62–73| Ruthie Bolton (27)| Ruthie Bolton (12)| Chantel Tremitiere (4)| ARCO Arena| 1–1|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 3| June 26| Charlotte| W 78–70| Pamela McGee (23)| Bridgette Gordon (8)| Chantel Tremitiere (5)| ARCO Arena| 2–1|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 4| June 27| @ Los Angeles| L 92–102| Ruthie Bolton (20)| Ruthie Bolton (6)| Ruthie Bolton (6)| Great Western Forum| 2–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 5| July 2| Utah| L 68–73 (OT)| Ruthie Bolton (20)| Judy Mosley-McAfee (9)| Chantel Tremitiere (10)| ARCO Arena| 2–3|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 6| July 6| Cleveland| W 70–67| Ruthie Bolton (23)| Bridgette Gordon (8)| Bolton
Tremitiere (4)| ARCO Arena| 3–3|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 7| July 7| @ Utah| W 79–69| Ruthie Bolton (22)| Bolton
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Tremitiere (7)| Chantel Tremitiere (12)| Delta Center| 4–3|- style="background:#fcc;"| 8| July 10| @ Cleveland| L 61–77| Ruthie Bolton (25)| Ruthie Bolton (8)| Chantel Tremitiere (6)| Gund Arena| 4–4|- style="background:#fcc;"| 9| July 12| @ Houston| L 61–89| Ruthie Bolton (14)| Ruthie Bolton (8)| Chantel Tremitiere (5)| The Summit| 4–5|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 10| July 15| Los Angeles| W 78–73| Bridgette Gordon (22)| Latasha Byears (10)| Byears
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Tremitiere (4)| ARCO Arena| 5–5|- style="background:#fcc;"| 11| July 16| @ Phoenix| L 67–84| Bridgette Gordon (19)| Latasha Byears (8)| Angel
Gordon (3)| America West Arena| 5–6|- style="background:#fcc;"| 12| July 18| Houston| L 60–82| Bridgette Gordon (18)| Latasha Byears (6)| Angel
Tremitiere (5)| ARCO Arena| 5–7|- style="background:#fcc;"| 13| July 21| Phoenix| L 57–50| Latasha Byears (21)| Latasha Byears (17)| Chantel Tremitiere (6)| ARCO Arena| 5–8|- style="background:#fcc;"| 14| July 25| Houston| L 76–86| Byears
McGee (17)| Latasha Byears (17)| Chantel Tremitiere (5)| ARCO Arena| 5–9|- style="background:#fcc;"| 15| July 27| Los Angeles| L 62–84| Bolton
McGee (16)| Bolton
McGee (8)| Latasha Byears (6)| ARCO Arena| 5–10|- style="background:#fcc;"| 16| July 30| @ New York| L 68–73 (OT)| Bridgette Gordon (23)| Latasha Byears (10)| Chantel Tremitiere (7)| Madison Square Garden| 5–11 |- style="background:#fcc;"| 17| August 1| @ Charlotte| L 61–85| Ruthie Bolton (18)| Ruthie Bolton (9)| Chantel Tremitiere (4)| Charlotte Coliseum| 5–12 |- style="background:#fcc;"| 18| August 2| @ Cleveland| L 51–72| Ruthie Bolton (19)| Latasha Byears (11)| Chantel Tremitiere (5)| Gund Arena| 5–13|- style="background:#fcc;"| 19| August 4| @ Phoenix| L 60–83| Ruthie Bolton (22)| Latasha Byears (12)| Bridgette Gordon (5)| America West Arena| 5–14|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 20| August 6| Charlotte| W 77–64| Ruthie Bolton (24)| Bridgette Gordon (9)| Ruthie Bolton (5)| ARCO Arena| 6–14 |- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 21| August 8| Utah| W 93–78| Ruthie Bolton (34)| Latasha Byears (11)| Chantel Tremitiere (9)| ARCO Arena| 7–14|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 22| August 10| New York| W 76–69| Latasha Byears (23)| Latasha Byears (8)| Chantel Tremitiere (5)| ARCO Arena| 8–14|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 23| August 12| Cleveland| W 81–76| Ruthie Bolton (34)| Latasha Byears (11)| Byears
Tremitiere (4)| ARCO Arena| 9–14|- style="background:#fcc"| 24| August 14| @ Charlotte| L 51–68| Ruthie Bolton (13)| Latasha Byears (11)| Pamela McGee (3)| Charlotte Coliseum| 9–15|- style="background:#fcc;"| 25| August 15| @ New York| L 63–79| Pamela McGee (17)| Latasha Byears (8)| Bridgette Gordon (5)| Madison Square Garden| 9–16|- style="background:#fcc;"| 26| August 20| Phoenix| L 54–69| Ruthie Bolton (12)| Corissa Yasen (5)| Ruthie Bolton (5)| ARCO Arena| 9–17|- style="background:#fcc;"| 27| August 22| Los Angeles| L 77–88| Latasha Byears (19)| Ruthie Bolton (8)| Chantel Tremitiere (6)| Great Western Forum| 9–18|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 28| August 24| Houston| W 68–58| Gordon
McGee (16)| Bridgette Gordon (9)| Chantel Tremitiere (4)| ARCO Arena| 10–18
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | |
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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 |