1998 Charlotte Sting season

1998 Charlotte Sting season
CoachMarynell Meadors
ArenaCharlotte Coliseum
Attendance8,561 per game
Results
Record18–12 (.600)
Place2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finishLost WNBA Semifinals (2-0) to Houston Comets
Team Leaders
PointsAndrea Stinson (15.0)
ReboundsVicky Bullett (6.5)
AssistsAndrea Stinson (4.5)

The 1998 WNBA season was the second for the Charlotte Sting. The Sting qualified for the playoffs, but they lost in the league semifinals to eventual champion Houston Comets.

Transactions

Washington Mystics expansion draft

The following player was selected in the Washington Mystics expansion draft from the Charlotte Sting:

Player Nationality School/Team/Country
Penny Moore  United States Long Beach State

WNBA draft

See also: 1998 WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 7 Tracy Reid  United States North Carolina
2 17 Christy Smith  United States Arkansas
3 27 Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough  Bahamas Michigan
4 37 Sonia Chase  United States Maryland

Transactions

Date Transaction
February 18, 1998 Lost Penny Moore to the Washington Mystics in the WNBA expansion draft[1]
April 29, 1998 Drafted Tracy Reid, Christy Smith, Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough and Sonia Chase in the 1998 WNBA Draft[1]
June 6, 1998 Waived Charmin Smith and Katasha Artis[1]

Roster

1998 Charlotte Sting roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
F13Boucher, Kelly6' 2" (1.88m)1968-01-13R
F23Bullett, Vicky6' 3" (1.91m)185 lb (84kg)1967-10-04Maryland1
G33Chase, Sonia5' 9" (1.75m)150 lb (68kg)1976-03-09MarylandR
F/C3Congreaves, Andrea6' 2" (1.88m)183 lb (83kg)1970-06-03Mercer1
C41Johns Kimbrough, Pollyanna6' 3" (1.91m)165 lb (75kg)1975-06-11MichiganR
F/C50Manning, Sharon6' 3" (1.91m)186 lb (84kg)1969-03-20NC State1
C51Mapp, Rhonda6' 2" (1.88m)190 lb (86kg)1969-10-13NC State1
F22Paschal, Tia6' 1" (1.85m)165 lb (75kg)1969-03-22Florida StateR
G/F0Reid, Tracy5' 11" (1.8m)150 lb (68kg)1976-11-01North CarolinaR
G10Smith, Christy5' 7" (1.7m)141 lb (64kg)1975-08-14ArkansasR
G32Stinson, Andrea5' 10" (1.78m)158 lb (72kg)1967-11-25NC State1
G7Suber, Tora5' 7" (1.7m)137 lb (62kg)1974-11-23Virginia1
Head coach
Marynell Meadors (Middle Tennessee)
Assistant coaches
Dan Hughes
Karen Freeman
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Schedule

Regular season

1998 game log
Total: 18–12 (Home: 9–6; Road: 9–6)
June: 7–2 (Home: 3–1; Road: 4–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 June 11 Washington W 83–57 Andrea Stinson (19) Vicky Bullett (7) Christy Smith (5) Charlotte Coliseum 1–0
2 June 13 @ Detroit W 78–69 Andrea Stinson (13) Vicky Bullett (12) Andrea Stinson (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 2–0
3 June 15 Houston L 65–79 Tracy Reid (20) Rhonda Mapp (9) Tora Suber (6) Charlotte Coliseum 2–1
4 June 18 Detroit W 71–67 Rhonda Mapp (18) Vicky Bullett (8) Reid
Smith (4) 		Charlotte Coliseum 3–1
5 June 21 @ Phoenix W 72–71 Tracy Reid (21) Congreaves
Reid (8) 		Andrea Stinson (8) America West Arena 4–1
6 June 24 @ Los Angeles W 77–73 Vicky Bullett (22) Sharon Manning (15) Smith
Stinson (5) 		Great Western Forum 5–1
7 June 25 @ Utah W 91–83 Andrea Stinson (25) Bullett
Stinson (7) 		Andrea Stinson (5) Delta Center 6–1
8 June 27 Sacramento W 58–50 Vicky Bullett (17) Andrea Stinson (9) Christy Smith (5) Charlotte Coliseum 7–1
9 June 29 @ Detroit L 49–60 Andrea Congreaves (10) Vicky Bullett (9) Congreaves
Stinson (2) 		The Palace of Auburn Hills 7–2
July : 8–5 (Home: 4–3; Road: 4–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
10 July 4 Phoenix W 68–66 Andrea Stinson (19) Sharon Manning (8) Andrea Stinson (7) Charlotte Coliseum 8–2
11 July 7 @ Los Angeles L 79–86 Andrea Stinson (21) Andrea Stinson (10) Christy Smith (6) Great Western Forum 8–3
12 July 8 @ Utah W 77–69 Congreaves
Stinson (14) 		Tracy Reid (6) Smith
Stinson (6) 		Delta Center 9–3
13 July 10 @ Sacramento W 63–55 Andrea Stinson (18) Tracy Reid (12) Tora Suber (4) ARCO Arena 10–3
14 July 12 @ New York W 75–57 Andrea Congreaves (23) Congreaves
Manning (10) 		Andrea Stinson (7) Madison Square Garden 11–3
15 July 15 New York W 72–65 Vicky Bullett (19) Manning
Reid
Stinson (5) 		Andrea Stinson (7) Charlotte Coliseum 12–3
16 July 17 Washington W 86–56 Tracy Reid (17) Manning
Reid (8) 		Tracy Reid (4) Charlotte Coliseum 13–3
17 July 19 @ Cleveland L 69–85 Tracy Reid (20) Tracy Reid (7) Sharon Manning (4) Gund Arena 13–4
18 July 21 @ Washington W 84–67 Vicky Bullett (19) Vicky Bullett (7) Tora Suber (6) MCI Center 14–4
19 July 22 Utah L 58–61 Rhonda Mapp (17) Vicky Bullett (11) Andrea Stinson (6) Charlotte Coliseum 14–5
20 July 25 Houston L 58–67 Andrea Stinson (18) Sharon Manning (15) Christy Smith (7) Charlotte Coliseum 14–6
21 July 27 Sacramento L 70–76 Andrea Stinson (15) Vicky Bullett (8) Andrea Stinson (5) Charlotte Coliseum 14–7
22 July 30 Cleveland W 79–64 Rhonda Mapp (20) Vicky Bullett (12) Andrea Stinson (7) Charlotte Coliseum 15–7
August : 3–5 (Home: 2–2; Road: 1–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
23 August 2 @ New York L 67–85 Rhonda Mapp (16) Vicky Bullett (10) Andrea Stinson (3) Madison Square Garden 15–8
24 August 3 Detroit W 71–68 Vicky Bullett (19) Vicky Bullett (13) Christy Smith
Stinson (4) 		Charlotte Coliseum 16–8
25 August 5 New York W 69–61 Andrea Stinson (19) Vicky Bullett (9) Tora Suber (6) Charlotte Coliseum 17–8
26 August 8 @ Cleveland L 58–65 Vicky Bullett (17) Sharon Manning (9) Andrea Stinson (5) Gund Arena 17–9
27 August 10 @ Houston L 67–70 Tracy Reid (22) Tora Suber (8) Mapp
Suber (4) 		Compaq Center 17–10
28 August 12 Los Angeles L 52–65 Andrea Stinson (15) Vicky Bullett (8) Mapp
Stinson
Suber (3) 		Charlotte Coliseum 17–11
29 August 14 Cleveland L 72–85 Andrea Stinson (20) Rhonda Mapp (9) Tora Suber (9) Charlotte Coliseum 17–12
30 August 19 @ Washington W 105–69 Andrea Stinson (23) Sharon Manning (7) Christy Smith (7) MCI Center 18–12
1998 season schedule

Playoffs

1998 playoff game log
Semifinal vs. Houston Comets
Lost Series: 0–2
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 August 22 @ Houston L 71–85 Mapp
Stinson (16) 		Andrea Stinson (7) Andrea Stinson (7) Compaq Center 0–1
2 August 24 @ Houston L 61–77 Tracy Reid (18) Vicky Bullett (11) Andrea Stinson (6) Compaq Center 0–2
1998 playoff schedule

Season standings

Eastern Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
Cleveland Rockers x 20 10 .667 12–4 –
Charlotte Sting x 18 12 .600 11–5 2.0
New York Liberty o 18 12 .600 8–8 2.0
Detroit Shock o 17 13 .567 8–8 3.0
Washington Mystics o 3 27 .100 1–15 17.0

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

Regular Season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Andrea Stinson 30 30 34.9 .418 .282 .750 4.6 4.5 1.8 0.5 15.0
Tracy Reid 30 30 32.2 .487 .000 .613 5.2 1.5 1.3 0.4 13.8
Vicky Bullett 30 30 31.6 .441 .154 .826 6.5 1.5 2.2 1.5 13.3
Tora Suber 30 12 22.7 .314 .310 .630 1.8 2.9 1.0 0.0 6.0
Rhonda Mapp 21 14 21.7 .506 .100 .750 4.2 1.6 0.6 0.4 10.1
Sharon Manning 30 6 19.2 .440 .000 .667 5.5 1.0 1.1 0.2 5.4
Christy Smith 24 18 18.7 .360 .316 .850 1.4 3.0 0.4 0.0 3.7
Andrea Congreaves 24 19 15.5 .432 .294 .905 3.0 1.5 0.5 0.2 4.3
Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough 24 0 7.5 .489 N/A .643 1.5 0.3 0.1 0.1 2.6
Sonia Chase 23 0 7.2 .500 N/A 1.000 0.6 0.6 0.2 0.0 1.5
Kelly Boucher 9 0 5.8 .200 .167 .750 1.4 0.2 0.1 0.0 1.1
Tia Paschal 20 0 5.5 .297 .250 .667 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.0 1.4


‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season

References

  1. ^ a b c "1998 Charlotte Sting Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
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