Sacramento Monarchs News

Rick Mahorn finally got his first win as Shock head coach in a 86-72 victory over the lowly Sacramento Monarchs Sunday at the Palace.

Swin Cash matched her season high with 18 points, leading the Seattle Storm to a 66-55 victory over the Sacramento Monarchs on Thursday night.

Monarchs player Laura Harper says her dog Bruiser is a great friend and companion.

Kara Lawson had 13 points and six assists, and Hamchetou Maiga-Ba also scored 13 points Tuesday night for the Sacramento Monarchs, who held off the Chicago Sky 83-73. Trailing by 13 points early in the fourth quarter, the Sky cut the margin to four on Jia Perkins' drive with 3:21 remaining.

Why can't the Sky win on the road? Coach Steven Key hopes to have an answer by the time the team returns to Chicago this week after a two-game road trip.

With the way Candice Wiggins is playing, the Minnesota Lynx hardly miss leading scorer and two-time All-Star Seimone Augustus.

Facing the first major surgery of her life, Seimone Augustus admits she is scared.

Jia Perkins scored eight of her 17 points in the final 90 seconds to help the Chicago Sky rally to beat the Sacramento Monarchs 74-72 on Tuesday night.

Charel Allen kept waiting for a phone call from her agent, Eric Wiesel. She got it this week.

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. Shavonte Zellous scored 18 points to lead the Detroit Shock to an 86-72 victory over the Sacramento Monarchs on Sunday night, giving Rick Mahorn his first win as a head coach.

Becky Hammon scored 26 points to lead the San Antonio Silver Stars to a 62-52 victory over the Sacramento Monarchs on Friday night.

After dropping two games without Becky Hammon, the San Antonio Silver Stars had to be excited about getting their All-Star point guard back.

Saturday was almost like another night at Comcast Center. There were Terrapin jerseys and plenty of red worn by those in attendance.

The Los Angeles Sparks got off to a fast start to end their four-game skid. Tina Thompson scored 12 points and Vanessa Hayden added 12 points and eight rebounds to lead the Sparks to a 67-47 victory over the Sacramento Monarchs on Sunday night.

A giant firefighting plane dumps 20,000 gallons of water over McClellan Field in a demonstration of its capabilities Thursday.

The first week of the 2009 WNBA season is over. Each team kicked off the season with home openers filled with fanfare.

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Nicole Powell scored 19 points and the Sacramento Monarchs pulled away in the second half for a 90-71 win over the Phoenix Mercury on Friday night.

After getting let go by the WNBA's Sacramento Monarchs last week, Charel Allen is a basketball player without a team.