2011 Washington Mystics season

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	Sarah Krnjic	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.^[1]
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.^[2]

Trades

Date	Trade
April 9, 2011	To Washington Mystics	To Minnesota Lynx
April 9, 2011	Nicky Anosike	first-round pick in 2012 draft
April 11, 2011	To Washington Mystics	To Atlanta Dream
April 11, 2011	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
April 29, 2011	Jasmine Thomas, Seattle's first- and Indiana's third-round picks in 2012 draft	Katie Smith and Jacinta Monroe

Personnel changes

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Nicky Anosike	April 9, 2011	Minnesota Lynx
Victoria Dunlap	April 11, 2011	draft pick
Karima Christmas	April 11, 2011	draft pick
Ta'Shia Phillips	April 11, 2011	draft pick (from Atl.)
Kelly Miller	April 11, 2011	Atlanta Dream
Jasmine Thomas	April 29, 2011	draft pick (from Sea.)
Kerri Gardin	July 7, 2011	free agent
DeMya Walker	July 25, 2011	free agent

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team
Nakia Sanford	February 24, 2011	Phoenix Mercury
Lindsey Harding	April 11, 2011	Atlanta Dream
Katie Smith	April 29, 2011	Seattle Storm
Jacinta Monroe	April 29, 2011	Seattle Storm
Chasity Melvin	May 28, 2011	free agent
Ashley Houts	May 31, 2011	free agent
Karima Christmas	July 22, 2011	free agent
Ta'Shia Phillips	July 22, 2011	free agent

Roster

2011 Washington Mystics roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From	Yrs
G	22	Ajavon, Matee	5' 8" (1.73m)	160 lb (73kg)	05-07-1986	Rutgers	3
F/C	21	Anosike, Nicky	6' 3" (1.91m)	210 lb (95kg)	02-27-1986	Tennessee	3
G/F	20	Beard, Alana	5' 11" (1.8m)	160 lb (73kg)	05-14-1982	Duke	6
G/F	4	Coleman, Marissa	6' 1" (1.85m)	160 lb (73kg)	01-04-1987	Maryland	2
F	25	Currie, Monique	6' 0" (1.83m)	177 lb (80kg)	02-25-1983	Duke	5
F	34	Dunlap, Victoria	6' 1" (1.85m)	160 lb (73kg)	09-19-1989	Kentucky	R
F	32	Gardin, Kerri	6' 1" (1.85m)	168 lb (76kg)	05-19-1984	Virginia Tech	3
F/C	1	Langhorne, Crystal	6' 2" (1.88m)	190 lb (86kg)	10-27-1986	Maryland	3
G	2	Miller, Kelly	5' 10" (1.78m)	140 lb (64kg)	09-06-1978	Georgia	10
G	5	Thomas, Jasmine	5' 9" (1.75m)	145 lb (66kg)	09-30-1989	Duke	R
F	11	Walker, DeMya	6' 3" (1.91m)	200 lb (91kg)	11-28-1977	Virginia	11

Head coach: Trudi Lacey (NC 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.

References

^ "Lynx trade Anosike for 2012 draft choice". Star Tribune. April 10, 2011. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
^ Peay, Carla (July 25, 2011). "Veteran Walker brought into give Mystics a spark". The Washington Times. Retrieved February 6, 2024.

External links

[1] "Lynx trade Anosike for 2012 draft choice". Star Tribune. April 10, 2011. Retrieved February 6, 2024.

[2] Peay, Carla (July 25, 2011). "Veteran Walker brought into give Mystics a spark". The Washington Times. Retrieved February 6, 2024.

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