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.com: 2008 WNBA Transactions

WNBA draft

Pick Player Nationality School/Club team 10 Laura Harper Maryland 38 A’Quonesia Franklin Texas A&M 40 Izabela Piekarska (from Indiana Fever) UTEP43 Charel Allen Notre DameWNBA.com: 2008 WNBA Draft Board

Preseason Game Date Opponent Result Record 1 May 2 Seattle Storm W 70–68 1–0 2 May 5 Washington Mystics L 82–90 (OT) 1–1Wnba.Com: Schedules

Regular season

Season standings

Season schedule Date Opponent Score Result Record 1 May 17 San Antonio W 73–64 1–0 2 May 20 @ Seattle L 62–74 1–1 3 May 22 @ Chicago L 77–87 1–2 4 May 24 @ Connecticut L 64–87 1–3 5 May 30 Houston W 73–66 2–3 6 June 6 Detroit L 70–84 2–4 7 June 8 @ New York W 70–63 3–4 8 June 11 @ Washington W 79–76 4–4 9 June 12 @ Minnesota W 82–78 5–4 10 June 14 Los Angeles L 66–74 5–5 11 June 20 vs. Connecticut L 56–72 5–6 12 June 22 Chicago W 82–70 6–6 13 June 24 @ Indiana L 73–78 6–7 14 June 26 @ Minnesota L 76–80 6–8 15 June 28 New York W 82–78 7–8 16 July 1 Washington W 87–81 8–8 17 July 3 @ San Antonio L 67–68 8–9 18 July 5 @ Houston L 65–73 8–10 19 July 8 Seattle L 64–79 8–11 20 July 10 Los Angeles W 87–69 9–11 21 July 12 Phoenix W 105–97 10–11 22 July 18 Atlanta W 77–73 11–11 23 July 20 @ Detroit W 88–85 12–11 24 July 22 @ Atlanta W 79–66 13–11 25 July 24 vs. Phoenix W 83–74 14–11 26 July 26 Indiana W 70–62 15–11 27 July 27 @ Seattle L 71–77 15–12 28 August 28 @ Los Angeles L 63–78 15–13 29 August 30 Houston W 80–65 16–13 30 September 5 @ Phoenix L 69–81 16–14 31 September 7 vs. Minnesota W 78–71 17–14 32 September 9 vs. Seattle W 77–74 18–14 33 September 13 @ San Antonio L 69–77 18–15 34 September 15 @ Houston L 81–90 18–16Monarchs Schedule 2008

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 Player GP MIN REB AST STL BLK PTSNicole Powell 34 944 150 46 40 6 463Kara Lawson 32 829 82 67 28 2 391Rebekkah Brunson 30 779 213 13 36 20 327Ticha Penicheiro 33 856 99 172 67 4 284Crystal Kelly 33 551 109 15 18 5 243Adrian Williams-Strong 34 687 167 20 19 8 207Scholanda Robinson 29 535 32 24 32 6 198Laura Harper 34 560 137 12 15 20 188Chelsea Newton 26 393 35 28 30 1 117A’Quonesia Franklin 34 351 45 59 16 1 53Kim Smith 21 33Charel Allen 6 16La’Tangela Atkinson 5 14DeMya Walker 7 11

Roster

Playoffs Game Date Opponent Result Record 1 September 18 San Antonio L 78–85 0–1 2 September 20 @ San Antonio W 84–67 1–1 3 September 22 @ San Antonio L 81–86 (OT) 1–2

Awards and honors Rebekkah Brunson, All-WNBA Defensive Second Team Ticha Penicheiro, All-WNBA Defensive First Team

References

External links Monarchs/Comets game postponed