2013 Washington Mystics season

2013 Washington Mystics season
2013 Washington Mystics season
Coach	Mike Thibault
Arena	Verizon Center
Attendance	per game
Results
Record	17–17 (.500)
Place	4th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Lost in Conference Semis (0-2 to Atlanta Dream)
Media
Television	CSN-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	TBD

Personnel changes

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team

Roster

2013 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	4
F	25	Currie, Monique	6' 0" (1.83m)	177 lb (80kg)	02-25-1983	Duke	6
G	4	Hill, Tayler	5' 10" (1.78m)	145 lb (66kg)	10-23-1990	Ohio State	R
F/C	1	Langhorne, Crystal	6' 2" (1.88m)	190 lb (86kg)	10-27-1986	Maryland	4
G	12	Latta, Ivory	5' 6" (1.68m)	143 lb (65kg)	09-25-1984	North Carolina	5
G	5	McKenith, Nadirah	5' 7" (1.7m)	155 lb (70kg)	09-06-1991	St. John's	R
C	33	Meesseman, Emma	6' 4" (1.93m)	182 lb (83kg)	05-13-1993	Belgium	R
C	10	Hollingsworth, Quanitra	6' 5" (1.96m)	200 lb (91kg)	11-15-1988	VCU	3
G	44	Ruffin-Pratt, Tierra	5' 10" (1.78m)	183 lb (83kg)	04-11-1991	North Carolina	R
F/C	2	Snow, Michelle	6' 5" (1.96m)	158 lb (72kg)	03-20-1980	Tennessee	10
C	9	Vaughn, Kia	6' 4" (1.93m)	198 lb (90kg)	01-24-1987	Rutgers	3

Head coach: Mike Thibault (Saint Martin's)
Assistant coaches: Marianne Stanley (Immaculata)
Eric Thibault (Missouri)

Athletic trainer: Navin Hettiarachchi (West Virginia)

Strength and conditioning coach: Michael Bugielski (Illinois State)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
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 v t e
#	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)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	May 15	Brazil	W 71–56	Hill & Meesseman (12)	Monique Currie (7)	Monique Currie (6)	Verizon Center 3509	1–0
2	May 18	@ Minnesota	L 57–74	Kia Vaughn (10)	Vaughn & Hill (7)	Tayler Hill (3)	Bismarck Civic Center 1513	1–1

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)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	May 27	@ Tulsa	W 95–90 (OT)	Ivory Latta (27)	Crystal Langhorne (9)	Currie, Latta, Meesseman, & Ajavon (3)	BOK Center 7381	1–0

June: 4–6 (Home: 3–2; Road: 1–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
2	June 2	Atlanta	L 63–73	Crystal Langhorne (15)	Vaughn & Meesseman (6)	Ivory Latta (7)	Verizon Center 8938	1–1
3	June 7	@ Connecticut	W 66–62	Ivory Latta (17)	Ivory Latta (7)	Matee Ajavon (4)	Mohegan Sun Arena 6150	2–1
4	June 8	Minnesota	W 85–80	Ivory Latta (24)	Currie, Langhorne, & Vaughn (6)	Ivory Latta (5)	Verizon Center 7870	3–1
5	June 16	Indiana	W 64–60	Ivory Latta (17)	Currie & Langhorne (9)	Monique Currie (5)	Verizon Center 6649	4–1
6	June 18	@ Seattle	L 86–96 (OT)	Crystal Langhorne (23)	Langhorne & Snow (7)	Ivory Latta (6)	Key Arena 4579	4–2
7	June 21	@ Phoenix	L 82–90	Ivory Latta (22)	Monique Currie (8)	Ivory Latta (5)	US Airways Center 9636	4–3
8	June 23	@ Los Angeles	L 69–79	Langhorne & Hill (16)	Crystal Langhorne (13)	Langhorne, Latta, Ajavon, & Hill (4)	Staples Center 9651	4–4
9	June 27	Phoenix	L 97–101	Crystal Langhorne (27)	Currie & Latta (6)	Ivory Latta (9)	Verizon Center 7950	4–5
10	June 28	@ Atlanta	L 75–86	Monique Currie (20)	Crystal Langhorne (5)	Ruffin-Pratt & McKenith (3)	Philips Arena 5512	4–6
11	June 30	Tulsa	W 84–61	Ivory Latta (15)	Currie, Langhorne, & Snow (8)	Matee Ajavon (3)	Verizon Center 6511	5–6

July: 4–4 (Home: 3–2; Road: 1–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
12	July 6	Seattle	W 62–59	Crystal Langhorne (12)	Michelle Snow (13)	Latta & Ajavon (3)	Verizon Center 6174	6–6
13	July 10	@ Chicago	L 85–89	Crystal Langhorne (18)	Crystal Langhorne (8)	Ivory Latta (6)	Allstate Arena 14201	6–7
14	July 12	@ San Antonio	W 83–73	Crystal Langhorne (14)	Kia Vaughn (8)	Matee Ajavon (5)	AT&T Center 11268	7–7
15	July 16	San Antonio	W 86–64	Langhorne & Ruffin-Pratt (13)	Crystal Langhorne (9)	Tayler Hill (5)	Verizon Center 6843	8–7
16	July 19	@ Indiana	L 70–77	Ivory Latta (16)	Crystal Langhorne (7)	Ivory Latta (3)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6434	8–8
17	July 21	Indiana	L 52–65	Monique Currie (15)	Michelle Snow (7)	Ajavon & Hill (2)	Verizon Center 6516	8–9
18	July 24	Chicago	W 82–78	Ivory Latta (18)	Monique Currie (9)	Ivory Latta (13)	Verizon Center 14411	9–9
All-Star Break
19	July 31	NY Liberty	L 78–88	Matee Ajavon (20)	Kia Vaughn (12)	Emma Meesseman (4)	Verizon Center 6711	9–10

August: 5–5 (Home: 2–2; Road: 3–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
20	August 2	@ Chicago	L 78–85	Matee Ajavon (19)	Michelle Snow (6)	Ivory Latta (6)	Allstate Arena 5134	9–11
21	August 4	Los Angeles	L 57–75	Crystal Langhorne (23)	Crystal Langhorne (7)	Ivory Latta (5)	Verizon Center 7092	9–12
22	August 6	@ NY Liberty	L 88–93	Crystal Langhorne (24)	Crystal Langhorne (11)	Ivory Latta (4)	Prudential Center 8907	9–13
23	August 8	@ Minnesota	W 79–75	Ivory Latta (24)	Michelle Snow (11)	Matee Ajavon (5)	Target Center 8723	10–13
24	August 11	Connecticut	W 74–63	Crystal Langhorne (18)	Langhorne & Snow (9)	Matee Ajavon (8)	Verizon Center 7725	11–13
25	August 16	@ NY Liberty	W 66–57	Matee Ajavon (16)	Monique Currie (7)	Latta & Ajavon (7)	Prudential Center 6157	12–13
26	August 18	@ Atlanta	L 58–76	Ivory Latta (12)	Crystal Langhorne (9)	Latta & McKenith (3)	Philips Arena 4873	12–14
27	August 20	Chicago	L 73–79	Kia Vaughn (21)	Crystal Langhorne (9)	Ivory Latta (5)	Verizon Center 6471	12–15
28	August 23	Atlanta	W 74–64	Monique Currie (15)	Kia Vaughn (10)	Ivory Latta (4)	Verizon Center 7088	13–15
29	August 28	@ Atlanta	W 85–80 (OT)	Currie, Latta, & Hill (15)	Crystal Langhorne (10)	Ivory Latta (10)	Philips Arena 4415	14–15

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)	Ajavon, 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)

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

WNBA All-Stars: Crystal Langhorne, Ivory Latta

References

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

External links

[1] WNBA Standings Archived November 13, 2006, at the Wayback Machine

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