2009 Sacramento Monarchs season

2009 Sacramento Monarchs season
Coach	Jenny Boucek (3-10) John Whisenant (9-12)
Arena	ARCO Arena
Attendance	7,744 per game
Results
Record	12–22 (.353)
Place	6th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Team Leaders
Points	Powell (16.7)
Rebounds	Brunson (7.0)
Assists	Penicheiro (5.2)
← 2008 season

The 2009 WNBA season was the 13th season and final season for the Sacramento Monarchs of the Women's National Basketball Association. The Monarchs failed to qualify for the WNBA Playoffs for the first time in seven years. The Monarchs would later discontinue operations just 2 months after the 2009 season ended, making them the last defunct WNBA team to date.

Offseason

Dispersal Draft

Based on the Monarchs' 2008 record, they would pick 7th in the Houston Comets dispersal draft. The Monarchs picked Ranae Camino. ^[1]

WNBA draft

The following are the Monarchs' selections in the 2009 WNBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	7	Courtney Paris	United States	Oklahoma
2	20	Whitney Boddie	United States	Auburn
3	33	Morgan Warburton	United States	Utah

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Transactions

• September 9: The Monarchs signed Chelsea Newton and waived Lisa Willis.
• August 28: The Monarchs signed Lisa Willis to a seven-day contract.
• August 17: The Monarchs acquired Kristin Haynie from the Detroit Shock in exchange for Crystal Kelly.
• August 7: The Monarchs signed Whitney Boddie to a seven-day contract and waived Chelsea Newton.
• June 5: The Monarchs waived Miao Lijie.
• June 4: The Monarchs waived Charel Allen, Whitney Boddie, and Morgan Warburton.
• May 25: The Monarchs waived Barbara Farris.
• March 20: The Monarchs traded A’Quonesia Franklin and Kim Smith to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Barbara Farris.
• February 10: The Monarchs signed Hamchétou Maïga-Ba.
• January 20: The Monarchs re-signed free agent Ticha Penicheiro.
• January 14: The Monarchs re-signed free agent DeMya Walker and signed Chelsea Newton and Miao Li Jie to training camp contracts.

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Date	Trade
March 20, 2009	To Sacramento Monarchs	To Phoenix Mercury
	Barbara Farris	A’Quonesia Franklin and Kim Smith

Free agents

Additions Player Signed Former team Chelsea Newton January 14, 2009 re-signed DeMya Walker January 14, 2009 re-signed Ticha Penicheiro January 20, 2009 re-signed Hamchétou Maïga-Ba February 10, 2009 Houston Comets Kristin Haynie August 17, 2009 Detroit Shock

Subtractions Player Left New team A’Quonesia Franklin March 20, 2009 free agent Kim Smith March 20, 2009 free agent Charel Allen June 4, 2009 free agent Morgan Warburton June 4, 2009 free agent Crystal Kelly August 17, 2009 Detroit Shock Adrian Williams-Strong 2009 free agent

Roster

2009 Sacramento Monarchs roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight From F 32 Brunson, Rebekkah 6' 3" (1.91m) 175 lb (79kg) Georgetown C 15 Harper, Laura 6' 5" (1.96m) 190 lb (86kg) Maryland G 4 Haynie, Kristin 5' 6" (1.68m) 147 lb (67kg) Michigan State G 20 Lawson, Kara 5' 9" (1.75m) 165 lb (75kg) Tennessee G/F 9 Maïga-Ba, Hamchétou 6' 1" (1.85m) 160 lb (73kg) Old Dominion G 2 Newton, Chelsea 5' 11" (1.8m) 154 lb (70kg) Rutgers C 3 Paris, Courtney 6' 4" (1.93m) 240 lb (109kg) Oklahoma G 21 Penicheiro, Ticha 5' 11" (1.8m) 145 lb (66kg) Old Dominion F 14 Powell, Nicole 6' 2" (1.88m) 175 lb (79kg) Stanford G 5 Robinson, Scholanda 5' 11" (1.8m) 165 lb (75kg) LSU F 22 Walker, DeMya 6' 3" (1.91m) 168 lb (76kg) Virginia	Head coach John Whisenant (New Mexico State) Assistant coaches Tom Abatemarco (Dowling) Monique Ambers (Arizona State) Athletic trainer Jill Jackson (Sacramento State) Strength and conditioning coach Jimmy Duba (Connecticut) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured   WNBA roster page

Season standings

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Phoenix Mercury x	23	11	.676	–	12–5	11–6	13–7
Seattle Storm x	20	14	.588	3.0	13–4	7–10	13–7
Los Angeles Sparks x	18	16	.529	5.0	11–6	7–10	11–9
San Antonio Silver Stars x	15	19	.441	8.0	10–7	5–12	10–10
Minnesota Lynx o	14	20	.412	9.0	9–8	5–12	7–13
Sacramento Monarchs o	12	22	.353	11.0	7–10	5–12	6–14

Schedule

Preseason

2009 Game Log: Preseason Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 May 21 10:00pm @ Seattle 55-64 Powell (15) Maiga-Ba, Paris, Harper (5) 6 players (1) KeyArena 4,875 0-1 2 May 27 2:00pm Phoenix 74-70 Harper (11) Harper (9) Penicheiro (3) ARCO Arena 6,339 0-2

Regular season

2009 Game Log: Regular Season
June Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 June 6 4:00pm Seattle 61-71 Harper, Penicheiro (11) Harper (6) Harper (3) ARCO Arena 14,824 0-1 2 June 7 9:00pm @ Seattle FSN-NW 70-80 Lawson (17) Lawson, Powell (7) Penicheiro, Newton (3) KeyArena 9,686 0-2 3 June 12 10:00pm Phoenix 90-71 Powell (19) Harper (8) Lawson (4) ARCO Arena 6,438 1-2 4 June 13 10:00pm @ Phoenix 104-115 (OT) Powell (28) Powell (9) Lawson (8) US Airways Center 7,173 1-3 5 June 16 10:00pm Minnesota 83-86 Powell (19) Harper (9) Lawson (4) ARCO Arena 7,736 1-4 6 June 21 10:30pm @ Los Angeles NBA TV FSNW 47-67 Powell (13) Walker (9) Newton (3) STAPLES Center 9,494 1-5 7 June 26 8:00pm @ San Antonio 52-62 Walker (12) Walker (8) Walker (3) AT&T Center 7,973 1-6 8 June 28 6:00pm @ Detroit 72-86 Brunson (16) Brunson (7) Penicheiro (5) Palace of Auburn Hills 7,277 1-7 9 June 30 8:00pm @ Chicago 72-74 Powell (21) Powell (8) Harper, Maiga-Ba, Newton, Penicheiro (2) UIC Pavilion 2,721 1-8
July Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 10 July 2 8:00pm @ Minnesota NBA TV FSN-N 74-68 Powell (21) Brunson (8) Penicheiro (4) Target Center 6,920 2-8 11 July 7 10:00pm Chicago 83-73 Lawson, Maiga-Ba (13) Brunson (10) Lawson, Penicheiro (6) ARCO Arena 5,672 3-8 12 July 9 9:00pm @ Seattle ESPN2 55-66 Brunson, Robinson (10) Powell (8) Penicheiro (3) KeyArena 6,838 3-9 13 July 11 10:00pm Phoenix 105-107 Powell (23) Brunson, Walker (8) Lawson (5) ARCO Arena 7,798 3-10 14 July 15 3:30pm @ Phoenix NBA TV FSNA 81-100 Powell (23) Paris (9) Penicheiro (6) US Airways Center 11,590 3-11 15 July 17 10:00pm Seattle 56-69 Powell (13) Powell (4) Penicheiro (5) ARCO Arena 6,386 3-12 16 July 19 9:00pm Detroit 65-69 Powell (12) Paris (5) Paris (3) ARCO Arena 7,538 3-13 17 July 22 7:00pm @ Connecticut 75-83 Powell (18) Harper (11) Penicheiro (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 5,675 3-14 18 July 23 7:30pm @ New York MSG 88-73 Powell (32) Powell, Walker (9) Penicheiro (9) Madison Square Garden 8,845 4-14 19 July 26 4:00pm @ Washington 73-87 Lawson (16) Walker (6) Penicheiro, Walker (4) Verizon Center 10,757 4-15 20 July 30 2:30pm San Antonio 101-93 (OT) Powell (21) Powell (7) Penicheiro (9) ARCO Arena 10,461 5-15
August Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 21 August 1 10:00pm Los Angeles 56-59 Powell (18) Paris, Penicheiro, Powell (5) Penicheiro (8) ARCO Arena 7,204 5-16 22 August 7 10:00pm New York 66-84 Paris (19) Brunson (7) Penicheiro (4) ARCO Arena 6,284 5-17 23 August 11 8:00pm @ San Antonio 90-73 Brunson (19) Brunson (9) Penicheiro (11) AT&T Center 4,961 6-17 24 August 14 10:30pm @ Los Angeles 85-79 Powell (19) Powell (7) Penicheiro (10) STAPLES Center 10,122 7-17 25 August 15 10:00pm Los Angeles 61-78 Powell (20) Brunson (11) Lawson, Walker (5) ARCO Arena 7,646 7-18 26 August 20 10:00pm Indiana 67-62 Brunson (16) Brunson, Powell (10) Penicheiro (6) ARCO Arena 6,290 8-18 27 August 22 10:00pm Washington 82-60 Powell (26) Powell (11) Penicheiro (5) ARCO Arena 7,067 9-18 28 August 25 7:30pm @ Atlanta 83-103 Brunson (15) Brunson (7) Penicheiro (11) Philips Arena 5,159 9-19 29 August 28 8:00pm @ Minnesota 95-100 Maiga-Ba (20) Brunson (9) Powell (6) Target Center 8,782 9-20 30 August 29 7:00pm @ Indiana 79-78 Powell (19) Powell (11) Powell (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 8,579 10-20
September Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 31 September 1 10:00pm Connecticut 90-70 Brunson (32) Brunson (13) Powell (7) ARCO Arena 6,015 11-20 32 September 4 10:00pm Atlanta 90-98 Powell (23) Brunson (7) Penicheiro (7) ARCO Arena 6,517 11-21 33 September 10 10:00pm San Antonio 71-80 Powell (17) Powell (10) Penicheiro (5) ARCO Arena 7,566 11-22 34 September 13 9:00pm Minnesota 88-68 Powell (27) Paris (14) Penicheiro (10) ARCO Arena 10,212 12-22
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess

Regular Season 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

Player statistics

Player	GP	GS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Whitney Boddie	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Rebekkah Brunson	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Laura Harper	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Kristin Haynie	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Crystal Kelly	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Kara Lawson	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Hamchétou Maïga-Ba	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Chelsea Newton	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0\
Courtney Paris	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Ticha Penicheiro	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Nicole Powell	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Scholanda Robinson	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
DeMya Walker	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Lisa Willis	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0

Team statistics

Team	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PF	PPG
Sacramento Monarchs	.000	.000	.000	00.0	00.0	0.0	0.0	00.0	00.0	00.0
Opponents	.000	.000	.000	00.0	00.0	0.0	0.0	00.0	00.0	00.0

Awards and honors

• Nicole Powell was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as a Western Conference injury replacement for Lisa Leslie.
• Kara Lawson was awarded the Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award .

References

1. "WNBA.com: Houston Comets dispersal draft". Archived from the original on July 20, 2009. Retrieved August 9, 2009.
2. WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Draft Board Archived 2009-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
3. WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Transactions