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WNBA team season
The 1998 WNBA season was the 2nd for the Cleveland Rockers. The Rockers topped the Eastern Conference, but they were unable to reach the WNBA Finals , losing in the WNBA semifinals to the Phoenix Mercury .
Transactions [ edit ]
Detroit Shock expansion draft [ edit ]
The following player was selected in the Detroit Shock expansion draft from the Cleveland Rockers:
WNBA draft [ edit ]
Transactions [ edit ]
1998 Cleveland Rockers roster
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Nat.
Name
Height
Weight
DOB
From
Yrs
G
41
Bevilaqua, Tully
5' 7" (1.7m)
145 lb (66kg)
1972-07-19
R
G
5
Blodgett, Cindy
5' 9" (1.75m)
130 lb (59kg)
1975-12-23
Maine
R
F
8
Braxton, Janice
6' 3" (1.91m)
178 lb (81kg)
1962-06-07
Louisiana Tech
1
F
34
Brown, Rushia
6' 2" (1.88m)
175 lb (79kg)
1972-05-05
Furman
1
G
44
Edwards, Michelle
5' 9" (1.75m)
150 lb (68kg)
1966-03-06
Iowa
1
F/C
13
Fijalkowski, Isabelle
6' 5" (1.96m)
200 lb (91kg)
1972-05-23
Colorado
1
G
31
Johnson, Adrienne
5' 10" (1.78m)
154 lb (70kg)
1974-02-05
Ohio State
1
G
25
Jones, Merlakia
5' 10" (1.78m)
147 lb (67kg)
1973-06-21
Florida
1
F
10
Kostić, Tanja
6' 2" (1.88m)
163 lb (74kg)
1972-11-10
Oregon State
R
G
4
McConnell-Serio, Suzie
–
–
1966-07-29
Penn State
R
F
6
Němcová, Eva
6' 3" (1.91m)
178 lb (81kg)
1972-12-03
1
F/C
51
Scott, Raegan
6' 3" (1.91m)
169 lb (77kg)
1975-08-12
Colorado
1
Head coach
Linda Hill-MacDonald (West Chester )
Assistant coaches
Mike Wilhelm
Legend
(C) Team captain
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
Injured
Schedule [ edit ]
Regular season [ edit ]
1998 game log Total: 20–10 (Home: 11–4; Road: 9–6)
June: 4–3 (Home: 3–1; Road: 1–2)
July
: 8–6 (Home: 6–2; Road: 2–4)
August
: 8–1 (Home: 2–1; Road: 6–0)
1998 season schedule
Playoffs [ edit ]
Season standings [ edit ]
Statistics [ edit ]
Regular Season [ edit ]
Player
GP
GS
MPG
FG%
3P%
FT%
RPG
APG
SPG
BPG
PPG
Eva Němcová
30
30
32.4
.466
.452
.893
3.7
2.2
1.1
0.7
11.9
Suzie McConnell-Serio
28
28
31.5
.455
.408
.729
2.2
6.4
1.8
0.2
8.6
Isabelle Fijalkowski
28
23
28.8
.547
.400
.821
6.9
2.1
0.6
1.0
13.7
Janice Braxton
30
30
28.0
.495
.333
.755
5.6
2.5
1.7
0.5
9.8
Michelle Edwards
23
9
23.2
.417
.324
.620
2.3
2.8
1.0
0.0
7.7
Merlakia Jones
30
21
22.8
.464
.350
.753
3.2
1.3
1.1
0.1
9.5
Rushia Brown
30
7
17.4
.460
.000
.776
3.1
0.9
1.1
0.5
6.5
Tully Bevilagua
11
2
11.5
.571
.333
.667
0.9
2.1
1.1
0.2
1.9
Adrienne Johnson
29
0
11.4
.457
.424
.722
1.7
0.5
0.2
0.1
4.6
Cindy Blodgett
22
0
8.4
.288
.270
.625
0.6
0.8
0.4
0.0
2.9
Raegan Scott
22
0
7.6
.368
.000
.833
1.3
0.3
0.1
0.2
1.7
Tanja Kostić
5
0
6.0
.667
N/A
.500
0.4
0.4
0.0
0.0
1.0
‡ Waived/Released during the season
† Traded during the season
≠ Acquired during the season
Awards and honors [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
External links [ edit ]
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