The 1998 WNBA season was the first for the Washington Mystics.
| Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alessandra Santos de Oliveira | Comense (Italy) | ||
| Nikki McCray | Columbus Quest |
| Player | Nationality | Former WNBA Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tammy Jackson | Houston Comets | ||
| Deborah Carter | Utah Starzz | ||
| Penny Moore | Charlotte Sting | ||
| Heidi Burge | Los Angeles Sparks |
See also: 1998 WNBA draft.
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Murriel Page | Florida | ||
| 2 | 13 | Rita Williams | UConn | ||
| 3 | 23 | Angela Hamblin | Iowa | ||
| 4 | 33 | Angela Jackson | Texas |
| Date | Transaction |
|---|---|
| December 29, 1997 | Hired Jim Lewis as Head Coach[1] |
| January 27, 1998 | Drafted Alessandra Santos de Oliveira and Nikki McCray in the 1998 WNBA Allocation Draft |
| February 18, 1998 | Drafted Tammy Jackson, Deborah Carter, Penny Moore and Heidi Burge in the 1998 WNBA expansion draft |
| April 29, 1998 | Drafted Murriel Page, Rita Williams, Angela Hamblin and Angela Jackson in the 1998 WNBA Draft |
| June 23, 1998 | Waived Tammy Jackson |
| July 24, 1998 | Fired Jim Lewis as Head Coach |
| Hired Cathy Parsons as Interim Head Coach | |
| July 31, 1998 | Waived Angela Jackson and Leila Sobral |
| Signed Leslie Johnson and Margo Graham |
|- style="background:#fcc;"| 1| June 11| @ Charlotte| L 57–83| Nikki McCray (19)| Carter
Moore (4)| Nikki McCray (6)| Charlotte Coliseum| 0–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 2| June 13| @ Utah| L 77–78| Nikki McCray (26)| Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (18)| Nikki McCray (5)| Delta Center| 0–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 3| June 15| @ Phoenix| L 54–69| Nikki McCray (20)| Murriel Page (11)| Nikki McCray (4)| America West Arena| 0–3|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 4| June 19| Utah| W 85–76| Nikki McCray (29)| Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (7)| Nikki McCray (6)| MCI Center| 1–3|- style="background:#fcc;"| 5| June 21| Detroit| L 57–70| Penny Moore (18)| Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (11)| Nikki McCray (3)| MCI Center| 1–4|- style="background:#fcc;"| 6| June 25| @ Detroit| L 71–79| Nikki McCray (23)| Murriel Page (10)| McCray
Moore
Page (4)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 1–5|- style="background:#fcc;"| 7| June 28| Phoenix| L 69–86| Murriel Page (18)| Murriel Page (9)| Nikki McCray (5)| MCI Center| 1–6|- style="background:#fcc;"| 8| June 29| @ Houston| L 48–73| Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (16)| Murriel Page (7)| Adrienne Shuler (4)| Compaq Center| 1–7|- style="background:#fcc;"| 9| July 1| Cleveland| L 80–92| Nikki McCray (19)| Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (9)| Moore
Williams (4)| MCI Center| 1–8|- style="background:#fcc;"| 10| July 3| @ New York| L 60–76| Nikki McCray (16)| Murriel Page (7)| Keri Chaconas (5)| Madison Square Garden| 1–9|- style="background:#fcc;"| 11| July 5| New York| L 61–62 (OT)| Nikki McCray (15)| Murriel Page (14)| Rita Williams (4)| MCI Center| 1–10|- style="background:#fcc;"| 12| July 8| @ Cleveland| L 65–77| Nikki McCray (14)| Nikki McCray (7)| Penny Moore (5)| Gund Arena| 1–11|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 13| July 11| @ Detroit| W 78–53| Nikki McCray (21)| Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (14)| Adrienne Shuler (5)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 2–11|- style="background:#fcc;"| 14| July 13| @ Houston| L 67–81| McCray
Santos de Oliveira (14)| Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (12)| Nikki McCray (4)| Compaq Center| 2–12|- style="background:#fcc;"| 15| July 17| @ Charlotte| L 56–86| Burge
Chaconas (10)| Penny Moore (8)| Chaconas
Shuler (5)| Charlotte Coliseum| 2–13|- style="background:#fcc;"| 16| July 19| Utah| L 88–99| Nikki McCray (26)| Murriel Page (7)| Burge
Chaconas
Shuler (2)| MCI Center| 2–14 |- style="background:#fcc;"| 17| July 21| Charlotte| L 67–84| Penny Moore (17)| Penny Moore (11)| Penny Moore (5)| MCI Center| 2–15 |- style="background:#fcc;"| 18| July 22| @ Detroit| L 61–76| Keri Chaconas (10)| Murriel Page (8)| Rita Williams (3)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 2–16|- style="background:#fcc;"| 19| July 26| Sacramento| L 65–79| Nikki McCray (27)| Murriel Page (8)| McCray
Shuler (3)| MCI Center| 2–17|- style="background:#fcc;"| 20| July 29| Los Angeles| L 68–77| Nikki McCray (18)| Murriel Page (10)| Nikki McCray (4)| MCI Center| 2–18 |- style="background:#fcc;"| 21| August 1| New York| L 53–67| Keri Chaconas (11)| McCray
Page (7)| Heidi Burge (3)| MCI Center| 2–19|- style="background:#fcc;"| 22| August 3| @ Los Angeles| L 72–86| Penny Moore (18)| Burge
Page
Williams (6)| Burge
Moore (4)| Great Western Forum| 2–20|- style="background:#fcc;"| 23| August 4| @ Phoenix| L 59–88| Heidi Burge (19)| Nikki McCray (9)| Nikki McCray (5)| America West Arena| 2–21|- style="background:#fcc"| 24| August 7| @ Sacramento| L 55–76| Nikki McCray (11)| McCray
Page (6)| Rita Williams (4)| ARCO Arena| 2–22|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 25| August 9| Los Angeles| W 76–74| Nikki McCray (21)| Murriel Page (8)| Adrienne Shuler (5)| MCI Center| 3–22|- style="background:#fcc;"| 26| August 12| Cleveland| L 55–75| Nikki McCray (19)| Deborah Carter (8)| Keri Chaconas (4)| MCI Center| 3–23|- style="background:#fcc;"| 27| August 13| @ New York| L 45–88| Nikki McCray (21)| Heidi Burge (6)| Nikki McCray (3)| Madison Square Garden| 3–24|- style="background:#fcc;"| 28| August 15| @ Cleveland| L 71–90| McCray
Page (19)| Murriel Page (8)| Rita Williams (8)| Gund Arena| 3–25|- style="background:#fcc;"| 29| August 17| Houston| L 65–110| Nikki McCray (20)| Deborah Carter (7)| McCray
Williams (3)| MCI Center| 3–26|- style="background:#fcc;"| 30| August 19| Charlotte| L 69–105| Nikki McCray (20)| Murriel Page (9)| Nikki McCray (9)| MCI Center| 3–27
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikki McCray | 29 | 28 | 33.4 | .419 | .319 | .748 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 17.7 | |
| Murriel Page | 30 | 30 | 31.8 | .479 | .000 | .631 | 6.9 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 8.3 | |
| Alessandro Santos de Oliveira | 16 | 12 | 30.1 | .516 | N/A | .463 | 8.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 11.0 | |
| Penny Moore | 29 | 26 | 26.1 | .344 | .207 | .717 | 3.7 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 8.2 | |
| Rita Williams | 30 | 18 | 23.7 | .320 | .214 | .633 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 4.4 | |
| Heidi Burge | 30 | 15 | 16.7 | .509 | .286 | .597 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 6.7 | |
| Deborah Carter | 29 | 6 | 15.0 | .271 | .245 | .808 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 3.8 | |
| Adrienne Shuler | 25 | 12 | 14.5 | .369 | .342 | .824 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 3.6 | |
| Keri Chaconas | 30 | 1 | 13.2 | .297 | .286 | .788 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 4.8 | |
| La'Shawn Brown | 22 | 2 | 12.4 | .342 | N/A | .515 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 2.0 | |
| Tammy Jackson | 2 | 0 | 7.0 | .667 | N/A | .000 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | |
| Margo Graham | 9 | 0 | 5.4 | .421 | N/A | .500 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 2.0 | |
| Angela Jackson | 7 | 0 | 5.1 | .500 | N/A | .667 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.4 | |
| Leila Sobral | 15 | 0 | 4.7 | .250 | .273 | .667 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.7 | |
| Leslie Johnson | 6 | 0 | 2.5 | .500 | N/A | N/A | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |