2013 Washington Mystics season

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2013 Washington Mystics season
CoachMike Thibault
ArenaVerizon Center
Attendanceper game
Results
Record17–17 (.500)
Place4th (Eastern)
Playoff finishLost in Conference Semis (0-2 to Atlanta Dream)
Media
TelevisionCSN-MA
ESPN2, NBATV
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The 2013 WNBA season is the 16th season for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association. The Mystics improved significantly over their 2012 season, and qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 2010.[1]

Although they lost the Conference Semifinals to Atlanta in 3 games, the Mystics won their first playoff game since 2004.

Transactions[]

WNBA Draft[]

The following are the Mystics' selections in the 2013 WNBA Draft.

Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 4 Tayler Hill  United States Ohio State
2 17 Nadira McKenith  United States St. John's
2 19 Emma Meesseman  Belgium Villeneuve-d'Ascq (France)

Trades[]

Date Trade
TBD To Washington Mystics To TBD
TBD TBD

Personnel changes[]

Roster[]

2013 Washington Mystics roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From
G 22 Liberia Ajavon, Matee 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 05-07-1986 Rutgers
F 25 United States Currie, Monique 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 177 lb (80 kg) 02-25-1983 Duke
G 4 United States Hill, Tayler 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 145 lb (66 kg) 10-23-1990 Ohio State
F/C 1 United States Langhorne, Crystal 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 10-27-1986 Maryland
G 12 United States Latta, Ivory 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 143 lb (65 kg) 09-25-1984 North Carolina
G 5 United States McKenith, Nadirah 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 155 lb (70 kg) 09-06-1991 St. Johns
C 33 Belgium Meesseman, Emma 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 182 lb (83 kg) 05-13-1993 Belgium
C 10 Turkey Hollingsworth, Quanitra 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 11-15-1988 Virginia Commonwealth
G 44 United States Ruffin-Pratt, Tierra 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 183 lb (83 kg) 04-11-1991 North Carolina
F/C 2 United States Snow, Michelle 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 158 lb (72 kg) 03-20-1980 Tennessee
C 9 United States Vaughn, Kia 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 198 lb (90 kg) 01-24-1987 Rutgers
Head coach
United States Mike Thibault (St. Martin's)
Assistant coaches
United States Marianne Stanley (Immaculata)
United States Eric Thibault (Missouri)
Athletic trainer
United States Navin Hettiarachchi (West Virginia)
Strength and conditioning coach
United States Michael Bugielski (Illinois State)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Depth[]

Pos. Starter Bench
C Kia Vaughn Emma Meesseman
PF Crystal Langhorne Michelle Snow
SF Monique Currie Jessica Moore
SG Matee Ajavon Tayler Hill
Nadirah McKenith
PG Ivory Latta Tierra Ruffin-Pratt

Season standings[]

# Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB GP
1 z-Chicago Sky 24 10 .706 - 34
2 x-Atlanta Dream 17 17 .500 7 34
3 x-Washington Mystics 17 17 .500 7 34
4 x-Indiana Fever 16 18 .471 8 34
5 e-New York Liberty 11 23 .324 13 34
6 e-Connecticut Sun 10 24 .294 14 34

Schedule[]

Preseason[]

2013 pre-season game log
Total: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)
Pre-season: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)
2013 season schedule

Regular season[]

2013 game log
Total: 17–17 (Home: 10–7; Road: 7–10)
May: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–0)
June : 4–6 (Home: 3–2; Road: 1–4)
July : 4–4 (Home: 3–2; Road: 1–2)
August : 5–5 (Home: 2–2; Road: 3–3)
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September: 3–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
30 September 6 @ Connecticut L 70–77 Crystal Langhorne (16) Crystal Langhorne (11) , Hill, Meesseman, & McKenith (2) Mohegan Sun Arena
5611
14–16
31 September 8 Chicago L 79–93 Ivory Latta (18) Kia Vaughn (8) Ivory Latta (7) Verizon Center
9060
14–17
32 September 10 @ Indiana W 69–67 Vaughn & Latta (15) Crystal Langhorne (10) Ivory Latta (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
8444
15–17
33 September 13 Connecticut W 82–56 Ivory Latta (19) Kia Vaughn (10) Ivory Latta (5) Verizon Center
7779
16–17
34 September 15 NY Liberty W 70–52 Tayler Hill (16) Kia Vaughn (12) Emma Meesseman (3) Verizon Center
9454
17–17
2013 season schedule

Playoffs[]

2013 playoff game log
Total: 1–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 1–1)
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Conference Semifinals: 1–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Series
1 September 19 @ Atlanta W 71–56 Ivory Latta (14) Crystal Langhorne (15) Ivory Latta (7) Philips Arena
3862
1–0
2 September 21 Atlanta L 45–63 Tayler Hill (11) Vaughn & Snow (6) Nadirah McKenith (3) Verizon Center
7065
1–1
3 September 23 @ Atlanta L 72–80 Monique Currie (22) Crystal Langhorne (6) Matee Ajavon (5) Philips Arena
4078
1–2
2013 season schedule

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

Awards and honors[]

References[]

  1. ^ WNBA Standings Archived November 13, 2006, at the Wayback Machine

External links[]

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