2008 Washington Mystics season

2008 Washington Mystics season

Head Coach

Tree Rollins (8-14)
Jessie Kenlaw (2-10)

Arena

Attendance

9,096 per game

Results
Record	10–24 (.294)
Place	6th (Eastern)
Playoff Finish	Did not qualify



Washington Mystics seasons
< 2007	2009 >

The 2008 WNBA season was the 11th season for the Washington Mystics women's professional basketball team. Despite a 10–16 record before the WNBA break for the Beijing Olympics, Mystics officials said that attendance at Verizon Center had risen from nearly 1,200 fans a game over the previous season, with total ticket revenue up 17 percent, and season-ticket sales for the 2008 season were up 20 percent from last season, bringing the team's base to nearly 3,000.^[1]

Off-season

On October 2, 2007, the Mystics announced that Tree Rollins would be named the permanent head coach. Rollins had been the interim head coach since the resignation of Richie Adubato on June 1, 2007.

Expansion draft

Yelena Leuchanka was selected in the 2008 Expansion Draft for the Atlanta Dream.^[2]

WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School or club team
1	6	Crystal Langhorne	United States	Maryland
2	20	Lindsey Pluimer	United States	UCLA
3	34	Krystal Vaughn	United States	Virginia Commonwealth

Transactions

Trades

April 22, 2008^[3]	To Washington Mystics Taj McWilliams-Franklin and a first-round pick in the 2009 WNBA Draft	To Los Angeles Sparks DeLisha Milton-Jones
August 12, 2008^[4]	To Washington Mystics Tasha Humphrey, Eshaya Murphy, and a second-round pick in the 2009 WNBA Draft	To Detroit Shock Taj McWilliams-Franklin

Free agents

Player	Signed	Former team
Amber Jacobs	March 17, 2008	Indiana Fever
Kendra Wecker	June 23, 2008	San Antonio Silver Stars

Player	Left	New team
Nikki Teasley	March 24, 2008	Atlanta Dream (August 15, 2008)
Stacey Lovelace	March 27, 2008	Atlanta Dream
Amber Jacobs	June 23, 2008	Los Angeles Sparks (July 7, 2008)
Kendra Wecker	August 12, 2008

Player	Re-signed
Nakia Sanford	February 21, 2008
Alana Beard	February 25, 2008
Laurie Koehn	February 28, 2008
Coco Miller	September 14, 2008

Regular season

On July 19, 2008, Tree Rollins was fired by the team after an 8–14 start. Assistant coach Jessie Kenlaw was named as interim head coach.

Season standings

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Detroit Shock ^x	22	12	.647	–	14–3	8–9	16–4
Connecticut Sun ^x	21	13	.618	1.0	13–4	8–9	13–7
New York Liberty ^x	19	15	.559	3.0	11–6	8–9	11–9
Indiana Fever ^x	17	17	.500	5.0	11–6	6–11	12–8
Chicago Sky ^o	12	22	.353	10.0	8–9	4–13	10–10
Washington Mystics ^o	10	24	.294	12.0	6–11	4–13	6–14
Atlanta Dream ^o	4	30	.118	18.0	1–16	3–14	2–18

Season schedule

Date	Opponent	Score	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
May 17	@ Indiana	53-64	Nakia Sanford (14)	10,533	0-1
May 22	@ New York	60-79	Taj McWilliams-Franklin (26)	7,071	0-2
May 25	vs. Houston	69-66	Alana Beard (16)	10,441	1-2
May 27	vs. Atlanta	80-74	Alana Beard (25)	6,231	2-2
May 31	vs. Los Angeles	59-70	Monique Currie (15)	11,517	2-3
June 3	@ Phoenix	93-98	Alana Beard (33)	7,561	2-4
June 6	@ San Antonio	52-63	Alana Beard (13)	5,800	2-5
June 8	@ Connecticut	79-87	Monique Currie (28)	7,174	2-6
June 11	vs. Sacramento	76-79	Taj McWilliams-Franklin (23)	6,146	2-7
June 13	@ Chicago	64-57	Alana Beard (22)	2,600	3-7
June 18	@ Houston	67-63	Alana Beard (23)	7,054	4-7
June 20	vs. Atlanta	72-61	Alana Beard (18)	7,448	5-7
June 24	vs. Phoenix	90-98	Taj McWilliams-Franklin (31)	6,662	5-8
June 26	@ Los Angeles	77-74 (OT)	Monique Currie (24)	8,144	6-8
June 29	@ Seattle	49-64	Alana Beard (16)	7,965	6-9
July 1	@ Sacramento	81-87	Alana Beard (31)	5,705	6-10
July 6	vs. San Antonio	75-83	Alana Beard (20)	10,439	6-11
July 8	vs. Indiana	50-48	Taj McWilliams-Franklin (20)	7,587	7-11
July 11	@ Detroit	66-79	Coco Miller (15)	8,596	7-12
July 13	vs. Connecticut	69-64	Nikki Blue (13)	9,610	8-12
July 17	@ New York	56-77	Alana Beard (15)	8,344	8-13
July 18	vs. Detroit	62-99	Taj McWilliams-Franklin (13)	6,834	8-14
July 20	vs. Seattle	89-57	Taj McWilliams-Franklin (22)	8,543	9-14
July 23	vs. New York	73-80	Taj McWilliams-Franklin (19)	16,121	9-15
July 25	@ Atlanta	81-75	Taj McWilliams-Franklin (13)	8,279	10-15
July 27	vs. Connecticut	60-82	Taj McWilliams-Franklin (11)	9,357	10-16
August 29	vs. Chicago	75-79	Alana Beard (18)	10,043	10-17
August 30	@ Minnesota	78-92	Alana Beard (27)	6,980	10-18
September 2	vs. Indiana	68-79	Alana Beard (17)	7,244	10-19
September 6	vs. Detroit	69-84	Monique Currie (15)	9,976	10-20
September 9	@ Chicago	59-78	Tasha Humphrey (15)	3,087	10-21
September 11	@ Detroit	66-78	Alana Beard (16) Monique Currie (16)	8,145	10-22
September 13	@ Connecticut	81-87	Monique Currie (23)	8,652	10-23
September 14	vs. Minnesota	70-96	Alana Beard (17)	10,438	10-24

Player stats

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Alana Beard !Alana Beard	33	33	33.1	.395	.354	.733	3.6	3.5	1.7	0.6	16.1
Taj McWillams-Franklin !Taj McWilliams-Franklin	26	26	33.2	.525	.280	.730	7.3	1.6	1.7	1.0	13.3
Monique Currie !Monique Currie	34	34	28.6	.401	.375	.826	4.1	2.5	0.9	0.4	11.9
Tasha Humphrey !Tasha Humphrey	8	7	26.5	.415	.379	.588	6.1	1.1	0.5	0.3	11.1
Nakia Sanford !Nakia Sanford	34	28	23.4	.452	.000	.398	5.7	1.2	0.6	0.3	6.7
Coco Miller !Coco Miller	34	6	20.9	.355	.283	.625	2.5	1.4	0.8	0.2	5.3
Crystal Langhorne !Crystal Langhorne	34	6	15.6	.624	.000	.549	4.0	0.4	0.4	0.2	4.8
Crystal Smith !Crystal Smith	28	4	14.0	.355	.368	.806	1.0	0.9	0.5	0.1	4.3
Nikki Blue !Nikki Blue	26	22	20.7	.324	.438	.760	1.6	2.8	0.7	0.1	3.8
Andrea Gardner !Andrea Gardner	22	0	8.1	.379	.000	.542	2.3	0.3	0.1	0.0	2.6
Laurie Koehn !Laurie Koehn	30	0	4.8	.393	.418	.000	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.0	2.4
Bernice Mosby !Bernice Mosby	24	1	7.6	.392	.000	.667	2.2	0.1	0.1	0.3	2.0
Amber Jacobs !Amber Jacobs	6	3	13.7	.250	.300	.500	1.2	1.8	0.5	0.0	1.7
Eshaya Murphy !Eshaya Murphy	2	0	5.5	.333	.000	.000	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0
Krystal Vaughn !Krystal Vaughn	15	0	5.2	.158	.000	.600	1.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.8
Kendra Wecker !Kendra Wecker	9	0	5.3	.118	.143	.000	1.2	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.6

Washington Mystics Regular Season Stats

Roster

Washington Mystics old roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Height	Weight	From
2.5 !G/F	20	USA !	Beard, Alana	7000180340000000000♠5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Duke
1.0 !PG	32	USA !	Blue, Nikki	7000172720000000000♠5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	163 lb (74 kg)	UCLA
4.5 !PF	25	USA !	Currie, Monique	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	177 lb (80 kg)	Duke
4.5 !PF	52	USA !	Gardner, Andrea	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Howard University
6.0 !C	34	USA !	Humphrey, Tasha	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)		Georgia
2.0 !SG	12	USA !	Koehn, Laurie	7000172720000000000♠5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	145 lb (66 kg)	Kansas State
6.0 !C	1	USA !	Langhorne, Crystal	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	184 lb (83 kg)	Maryland
2.0 !SG	9	USA !	Miller, Coco	7000175260000000000♠5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	140 lb (64 kg)	Georgia
4.5 !PF	33	USA !	Mosby, Bernice	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	172 lb (78 kg)	Baylor
2.0 !SG	14	USA !	Murphy, Eshaya	7000180340000000000♠5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	164 lb (74 kg)	Southern California
6.0 !C	43	USA !	Sanford, Nakia	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Kansas
1.0 !PG	15	USA !	Smith, Crystal	7000167640000000000♠5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	121 lb (55 kg)	Iowa
4.5 !PF	5	USA !	Vaughn, Krystal	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Virginia Commonwealth

Head coach

Jessie Kenlaw (Savannah State University)

Assistant coaches

Crystal Robinson (Southeastern Oklahoma State University)

Athletic trainer

Navin Hettiarachchi (West Virginia)

Legend

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

References

External links

2008 WNBA season by team

Draft Playoffs Finals

Eastern	Atlanta Dream Chicago Sky Connecticut Sun Detroit Shock Indiana Fever New York Liberty Washington Mystics

Western	Houston Comets Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury Sacramento Monarchs San Antonio Silver Stars Seattle Storm

← 2007 WNBA season 2009 →

Washington Mystics

Founded in 1998 Based in Washington, D.C.

Franchise	Franchise Current season

Arenas	Verizon Center

Head coaches	Jim Lewis Cathy Parson Nancy Darsch Darrell Walker Tom Maher Marianne Stanley Michael Adams Richie Adubato Tree Rollins Jessie Kenlaw Julie Plank Trudi Lacey Mike Thibault

Administration	Owners: Washington Sports and Entertainment Monumental Sports and Entertainment Sponsor: Inova Health System General Manager: Melissa McFerrin Judy Holland-Burton Linda Hargrove Angela Taylor Trudi Lacey Mike Thibault

All-Stars	Alana Beard Monique Currie Stacey Dales Stefanie Dolson Lindsey Harding Chamique Holdsclaw Crystal Langhorne Ivory Latta Nikki McCray Emma Meesseman DeLisha Milton-Jones

Seasons	1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Playoff appearances	2000 2002 2004 2006 2009 2010 2013 2014

Conference Championships	None

WNBA Championships	None

Rivals	Chicago Sky Connecticut Sun Detroit Shock Indiana Fever

Media	TV: CSN Mid-Atlantic (CSN-MA) Radio: WWRC (Money 1260) Announcers: Frank Hanrahan, Christy Winters Scott

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