2013 Washington Mystics season

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]

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

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
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
G 22 Liberia Ajavon, Matee 5' 8" (1.73m) 160 lb (73kg) 05-07-1986 Rutgers 4
F 25 United States Currie, Monique 6' 0" (1.83m) 177 lb (80kg) 02-25-1983 Duke 6
G 4 United States Hill, Tayler 5' 10" (1.78m) 145 lb (66kg) 10-23-1990 Ohio State R
F/C 1 United States Langhorne, Crystal 6' 2" (1.88m) 190 lb (86kg) 10-27-1986 Maryland 4
G 12 United States Latta, Ivory 5' 6" (1.68m) 143 lb (65kg) 09-25-1984 North Carolina 5
G 5 United States McKenith, Nadirah 5' 7" (1.7m) 155 lb (70kg) 09-06-1991 St. John's R
C 33 Belgium Meesseman, Emma 6' 4" (1.93m) 182 lb (83kg) 05-13-1993 Belgium R
C 10 Turkey Hollingsworth, Quanitra 6' 5" (1.96m) 200 lb (91kg) 11-15-1988 VCU 3
G 44 United States Ruffin-Pratt, Tierra 5' 10" (1.78m) 183 lb (83kg) 04-11-1991 North Carolina R
F/C 2 United States Snow, Michelle 6' 5" (1.96m) 158 lb (72kg) 03-20-1980 Tennessee 10
C 9 United States Vaughn, Kia 6' 4" (1.93m) 198 lb (90kg) 01-24-1987 Rutgers 3
Head coach
United States Mike Thibault (Saint 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 Sky2410.706-34
2 x-Atlanta Dream1717.500734
3 x-Washington Mystics1717.500734
4 x-Indiana Fever1618.471834
5 e-New York Liberty1123.3241334
6 e-Connecticut Sun1024.2941434

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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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
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