2011 Washington Mystics season

2011 Washington Mystics season
Coach	Trudi Lacey
Arena	Verizon Center
Attendance	10,449 per game
Results
Record	6–28 (.176)
Place	6th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Team Leaders
Points	Langhorne (18.2)
Rebounds	Langhorne (7.6)
Assists	Ajavon (3.1)
Media
Television	CSN-MA ESPN2, NBATV
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The 2011 WNBA season is the 14th season for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association.

Transactions[]

WNBA Draft[]

The following are the Mystics' selections in the 2011 WNBA Draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	11	Victoria Dunlap	United States	Kentucky
2	23	Karima Christmas	United States	Duke
3	35		Serbia	Serbia

Transaction log[]

• February 7: The Mystics signed Maurita Reid to a training camp contract.
• March 29: The Mystics signed Sequoia Holmes and Angel Robinson to training camp contracts.
• April 8: The Mystics signed Megan Frazee.
• April 8: The Mystics signed Bernice Mosby to a training camp contract.
• April 9: The Mystics traded their first-round 2012 Draft pick to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Nicky Anosike.
• April 11: The Mystics traded Lindsey Harding and a second-round pick in the 2012 Draft to the Atlanta Dream in exchange for Kelly Miller, draft rights to Ta'Shia Phillips and a first-round pick in the 2012 Draft.
• April 29: The Mystics traded Katie Smith and Jacinta Monroe to the Seattle Storm in exchange for Jasmine Thomas and a first-round pick in the 2012 Draft, and the Indiana Fever's third-round pick in the 2012 Draft.
• May 2: The Mystics waived Bernice Mosby.
• May 17: The Mystics waived Sequoia Holmes and Maurita Reid.
• May 28: The Mystics waived Chasity Melvin and Angel Robinson.
• May 31: The Mystics waived Ashley Houts and Megan Frazee.
• June 9: The Mystics signed Kerri Gardin to an emergency hardship contract.
• June 20: The Mystics waived Kerri Gardin.
• June 23: The Mystics signed Joy Cheek to an emergency hardship contract.
• July 6: The Mystics waived Joy Cheek.
• July 7: The Mystics signed Kerri Gardin to an emergency hardship contract.
• July 21: The Mystics waived Ta'Shia Phillips and Karima Christmas.
• July 25: The Mystics signed DeMya Walker.

Trades[]

Date	Trade
April 9, 2011	To Washington Mystics	To Minnesota Lynx
	Nicky Anosike	first-round pick in 2012 Draft
April 11, 2011	To Washington Mystics	To Atlanta Dream
	Kelly Miller, Ta'Shia Phillips, first-round pick in 2012 Draft	Lindsey Harding, second-round pick in 2012 Draft
April 29, 2011	To Washington Mystics	To Seattle Storm
	Jasmine Thomas, Seattle's first- and Indiana's third-round picks in 2012 Draft	Katie Smith and Jacinta Monroe

Personnel changes[]

Roster[]

2011 Washington Mystics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From G 22 Ajavon, Matee 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 05-07-1986 Rutgers F/C 21 Anosike, Nicky 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 02-27-1986 Tennessee G/F 20 Beard, Alana  5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 05-14-1982 Duke G/F 4 Coleman, Marissa 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 01-04-1987 Maryland F 25 Currie, Monique  6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 177 lb (80 kg) 02-25-1983 Duke F 34 Dunlap, Victoria 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 09-19-1989 Kentucky F 32 Gardin, Kerri 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 168 lb (76 kg) 05-19-1984 Virginia Tech F/C 1 Langhorne, Crystal 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 10-27-1986 Maryland G 2 Miller, Kelly 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 140 lb (64 kg) 09-06-1978 Georgia G 5 Thomas, Jasmine 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 145 lb (66 kg) 09-30-1989 Duke F 11 Walker, DeMya 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 11-28-1977 Virginia	Head coach Trudi Lacey (North Carolina State) Assistant coaches Laurie Byrd (Eastern Michigan) Marianne Stanley (Immaculata) Athletic trainer Navin Hettiarachchi (West Virginia) Strength and conditioning coach David Emery (Purdue) Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured

Depth[]

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Nicky Anosike	DeMya Walker
PF	Crystal Langhorne	Victoria Dunlap
SF	Marissa Coleman	Kerri Gardin Monique Currie
SG	Matee Ajavon	Alana Beard
PG	Kelly Miller	Jasmine Thomas

Season standings[]

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Indiana Fever x	21	13	.618	–	13–4	8–9	13–9
Connecticut Sun x	21	13	.618	–	15–2	6–11	14–8
Atlanta Dream x	20	14	.588	1.0	11–6	9–8	14–8
New York Liberty x	19	15	.559	2.0	12-5	7–10	11–11
Chicago Sky o	14	20	.412	7.0	10–7	4–13	10–12
Washington Mystics o	6	28	.176	15.0	4–13	2–15	4–18

Schedule[]

Preseason[]

2011 Game Log: Preseason Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 May 25 10:30am @ New York 60–57 Anosike (14) Melvin (6) Miller (5) Prudential Center 6,472 1-0 2 May 26 11:30am Chicago 66–55 Langhorne (15) Langhorne (9) Thomas (3) Verizon Center 9,502 1–1

Regular season[]

2011 Game Log: Regular Season
June Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 June 4 7:00pm @ Connecticut 73–89 Anosike Langhorne (16) Anosike (7) Ajavon Miller (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,666 0–1 2 June 9 7:00pm @ Atlanta ESPN2 98–90 (OT) Langhorne (30) Anosike Langhorne (13) Miller (5) Philips Arena 5,020 1–1 3 June 11 7:00pm Chicago CN100 77–84 Ajavon (24) Coleman (6) Ajavon Miller (4) Verizon Center 11,943 1–2 4 June 16 7:00pm Connecticut CSN-MA 71–79 Miller (19) Anosike (13) Miller (5) Verizon Center 7,028 1–3 5 June 18 8:00pm @ Tulsa 59–77 Coleman Langhorne (12) Langhorne (12) Ajavon (4) BOK Center 4,423 1–4 6 June 21 7:00pm Indiana CSN-MA 80–89 Langhorne (23) Langhorne (9) Anosike (4) Verizon Center 7,980 1–5 7 June 28 4:00pm Tulsa CSN-MA 83–63 Langhorne (23) Coleman (12) Ajavon (6) Verizon Center 10,675 2–5
July Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 8 July 3 4:00pm Seattle NBATV CSN-MA 63–73 Dunlap (19) Anosike (10) Ajavon Miller (4) Verizon Center 11,604 2–6 9 July 5 8:00pm @ Chicago CN100 65–78 Coleman (14) Anosike (10) Thomas (4) Allstate Arena 3,187 2–7 10 July 9 7:00pm @ Indiana 57–68 Anosike (12) Coleman (9) Miller (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 7,056 2–8 11 July 12 3:00pm @ Seattle NBATV 71–79 Coleman (16) Coleman (9) Ajavon (7) KeyArena 13,384 2–9 12 July 15 10:00pm @ Phoenix NBATV FS-A 64–78 Langhorne (17) Anosike (10) Ajavon Coleman Miller (3) US Airways Center 9,075 2–10 13 July 17 8:30pm @ Los Angeles NBATV 89–85 (OT) Ajavon (29) Langhorne (14) Langhorne (5) Staples Center 10,398 3–10 14 July 20 11:30am Atlanta NBATV 79–86 Langhorne (24) Anosike (14) Miller (6) Verizon Center 13,954 3–11 All-Star break 15 July 26 7:00pm San Antonio CSN-MA 67–73 Langhorne (19) Anosike (8) Thomas (5) Verizon Center 11,331 3–12 16 July 28 7:00pm @ New York MSG 71–75 Langhorne (18) Langhorne (9) Anosike Coleman (3) Prudential Center 6,808 3–13 17 July 29 7:00pm Indiana NBATV CSN-MA 59–61 Ajavon (19) Walker (10) Ajavon (4) Verizon Center 11,587 3–14
August Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 18 August 6 7:00pm New York NBATV 91-81 Ajavon (32) Anosike Langhorne (9) Ajavon (5) Verizon Center 10,741 4–14 19 August 9 7:00pm Atlanta CSN-MA 70–72 Ajavon (28) Coleman (10) Anosike (4) Verizon Center 9,536 4–15 20 August 12 7:00pm New York 64–63 Langhorne (18) Anosike (11) Ajavon Coleman (3) Verizon Center 10,092 5–15 21 August 13 7:00pm @ Connecticut 75–82 Langhorne (17) Anosike (7) Miller (6) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,717 5–16 22 August 16 7:00pm @ New York 66–69 Langhorne (25) Langhorne (6) Ajavon (5) Prudential Center 6,223 5–17 23 August 18 7:00pm Minnesota 62–81 Ajavon (15) Coleman Langhorne Walker (5) Miller (4) Verizon Center 9,483 5–18 24 August 20 7:00pm Chicago NBATV CN100 70–71 Ajavon (23) Anosike (9) Ajavon Thomas (4) Verizon Center 10,273 5–19 25 August 21 6:00pm @ Indiana NBATV FS-I 51–83 Langhorne Thomas (11) Langhorne (7) Ajavon (3) Conseco Fieldhouse 7,935 5–20 26 August 23 7:00pm Los Angeles CSN-MA 82–86 (OT) Langhorne (28) Langhorne (9) Thomas (5) Verizon Center 8,441 5–21 27 August 26 8:30pm @ Chicago CN100 67–80 Langhorne (19) Langhorne (9) Langhorne (5) Allstate Arena 4,434 5–22 28 August 28 4:00pm Phoenix CSN-MA 79–86 Langhorne (27) Langhorne (12) Miller Thomas (5) Verizon Center 11,614 5–23 29 August 30 8:00pm @ Minnesota 56–73 Langhorne (13) Anosike (7) Thomas (3) Target Center 8,065 5–24
September Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 30 September 1 7:00pm Atlanta 85–81 Langhorne (25) Gardin Langhorne (10) Thomas (5) Verizon Center 7,954 6–24 31 September 2 7:30pm @ Atlanta NBATV 73-95 Thomas (19) Walker (8) Miller (4) Philips Arena 6,579 6–25 32 September 4 4:00pm Connecticut NBATV CSN-MA 48–79 Currie (13) Gardin (10) Miller Thomas (2) Verizon Center 13,403 6–26 33 September 7 7:00pm @ Indiana NBATV 69-87 Langhorne (18) Langhorne (15) Ajavon (3) Conseco Fieldhouse 8,514 6–27 34 September 10 8:00pm @ San Antonio NBATV 74–82 Ajavon (15) Anosike Langhorne (9) Ajavon (5) AT&T Center 12,813 6–28
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

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
Matee Ajavon	34	33	31.3	.391	.276	.829	2.4	3.1	1.68	0.26	14.7
Nicky Anosike	34	29	27.2	.347	.000	.736	7.2	1.4	1.44	0.82	7.0
Alana Beard	0	0	0.0	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Joy Cheek	3	0	5.3	.250	.000	1.000	1.0	0.0	0.00	0.33	1.0
Karima Christmas	14	0	10.1	.310	.217	.696	1.2	0.1	0.60	0.10	3.4
Marissa Coleman	34	28	27.0	.385	.368	.676	4.8	1.4	0.71	0.41	8.6
Monique Currie	4	1	19.3	.429	.125	1.000	4.3	1.0	1.75	0.00	11.8
Victoria Dunlap	26	3	8.4	.439	.500	.471	1.7	0.4	0.69	0.19	2.3
Kerri Gardin	28	5	14.0	.237	.000	.517	2.7	1.0	0.86	0.46	1.5
Crystal Langhorne	31	31	34.3	.534	.125	.711	7.6	1.6	1.26	0.48	18.2
Kelly Miller	34	29	27.7	.382	.441	.789	2.3	2.8	0.68	0.24	7.4
Ta'Shia Phillips	10	0	5.4	.538	.000	.500	1.6	0.0	0.00	0.30	1.9
Jasmine Thomas	34	6	19.3	.353	.312	.667	2.1	1.9	0.74	0.26	6.4
DeMya Walker	20	5	20.5	.392	.000	.737	4.0	1.2	0.40	0.35	6.3

Awards and honors[]

• Crystal Langhorne was named to the 2011 WNBA All-Star Team as a reserve.

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