Everything about The Long Beach Stingrays totally explained
The
Long Beach Stingrays was a women's professional
basketball team. It existed for only the 1997-98 season, and was a member of the
American Basketball League.
The Stingrays played most of their home games at the
Walter Pyramid on the campus of
California State University, Long Beach; however, one home game was played at the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim (now the
Honda Center). Their
head coach was
Maura McHugh.
The Stingrays' biggest star player was their
center,
Yolanda Griffith. Other notable Stingrays included
Beverly Williams,
Michelle Marciniak, and the former Olympian
Venus Lacy.
In what turned out to be the team's only season, the Stingrays made it all the way to the ABL's championship round. They beat the defending champion
Columbus Quest in the first two games, both in Long Beach, but lost the final three games in Columbus, and with that, the series.
The Stingrays folded after the season, and the rest of the league followed in
December 1998. Griffith, like most of the ABL's star players, eventually joined the competing
Women's National Basketball Association. Griffith has played for the
Sacramento Monarchs since
1999. As for McHugh, she's coached various professional and college teams.
Team record
Regular season
| Season |
W |
L |
Win % |
Result |
| 1997-1998 |
26 |
18 |
.591 |
2nd Place, Western Conference |
Post-season
| Date |
Winning team |
Losing team |
Result |
| ABL First Round Playoffs |
|
|
|
| 21Feb98 |
Long Beach Stingrays 96 |
Colorado Xplosion 72 |
|
| 22Feb98 |
Colorado 88 |
Long Beach 68 |
|
| 25Feb98 |
Long Beach 92 |
Colorado 61 |
Long Beach wins series, 2 games to 1 |
| ABL Semifinals |
|
|
|
| 27Feb98 |
Long Beach Stingrays 72 |
Portland Power 62 |
|
| 1Mar98 |
Long Beach 70 |
Portland 69 |
Long Beach wins series, 2 games to 0 |
| ABL Championship Series |
|
|
|
| 8Mar98 |
Long Beach Stingrays 65 |
Columbus Quest 62 |
|
| 9Mar98 |
Long Beach 71 |
Columbus 61 |
|
| 11Mar98 |
Columbus 70 |
Long Beach 61 |
|
| 11Mar98 |
Columbus 68 |
Long Beach 53 |
|
| 15Mar98 |
Columbus 86 |
Long Beach 81 |
Columbus wins ABL Championship, 3 games to 2 |
League honors
Yolanda Griffith
- ABL Defensive Player of the Year, 1997-98
- All-ABL First Team, 1997-98
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