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.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
G 22 Ajavon, Matee 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 05-07-1986 Rutgers
F 25 Currie, Monique 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 177 lb (80 kg) 02-25-1983 Duke
G 4 Hill, Tayler 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 145 lb (66 kg) 10-23-1990 Ohio State
F/C 1 Langhorne, Crystal 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 10-27-1986 Maryland
G 12 Latta, Ivory 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 143 lb (65 kg) 09-25-1984 North Carolina
G 5 McKenith, Nadirah 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 155 lb (70 kg) 09-06-1991 St. Johns
C 33 Meesseman, Emma 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 182 lb (83 kg) 05-13-1993 Belgium
C 10 Hollingsworth, Quanitra 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 11-15-1988 Virginia Commonwealth
G 44 Ruffin-Pratt, Tierra 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 183 lb (83 kg) 04-11-1991 North Carolina
F/C 2 Snow, Michelle 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 158 lb (72 kg) 03-20-1980 Tennessee
C 9 Vaughn, Kia 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 198 lb (90 kg) 01-24-1987 Rutgers
Head coach
Mike Thibault (St. 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
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)
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)
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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