2012 Washington Mystics season explained

The 2012 WNBA season is the 15th season for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association.

Transactions

WNBA draft

The following are the Mystics' selections in the 2012 WNBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/team/country
1	8 (from Atl.)	Natalie Novosel		Notre Dame
1	10 (from Sea.)	LaSondra Barrett		LSU
3	26	Anjale Barrett		Maryland
3	35 (from Ind.)	Briana Gilbreath		USC

Transaction log

• April 11, 2011: The Mystics traded a second-round pick in the 2012 Draft to the Atlanta Dream as part of the Lindsey Harding trade. The Mystics also received a first-round pick from Atlanta.
• April 11, 2011: The Mystics traded a first-round pick in the 2012 Draft to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Nicky Ansoike.
• April 29, 2011: The Mystics acquired a first-round pick in the 2012 Draft from the Seattle Storm and a third round-pick in the 2012 Draft from the Indiana Fever as part of the Katie Smith transaction.
• February 1: The Mystics traded Marissa Coleman to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for Noelle Quinn.^[1]
• February 9: The Mystics signed Michelle Snow.
• February 14: The Mystics traded Victoria Dunlap to the Seattle Storm in exchange for Ashley Robinson.^[2]
• February 15: The Mystics re-signed Kerri Gardin and signed Laura Harper and Ashley Walker.^[3]
• February 16: The Mystics re-signed Crystal Langhorne.^[4]
• February 21: The Mystics re-signed Monique Currie.^[5]
• February 22: The Mystics signed Dominique Canty.^[6]
• February 23: The Mystics traded Nicky Anosike to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for Natasha Lacy and LaToya Pringle.^[7]
• March 7: The Mystics re-signed Matee Ajavon.
• April 25: The Mystics signed draft picks LaSondra Barrett and Briana Gilbreath.
• April 27: The Mystics signed Rashanda McCants.
• April 28: The Mystics signed Tia Lewis, and draft picks Anjale Barrett and Natalie Novosel.
• May 3: The Mystics waived Tia Lewis.
• May 4: The Mystics waived Kerri Gardin.
• May 9: The Mystics waived Briana Gilbreath.
• May 14: The Mystics waived Laura Harper and Ashley Walker and signed Jessica Breland and Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton.
• May 17: The Mystics waived Rashanda McCants, LaSondra Barrett, and Jessica Breland, and suspended LaToya Pringle.
• June 13: The Mystics waived Dominique Canty and signed Shannon Bobbitt.^[8]
• August 26: The Mystics waived Natasha Lacy and signed Izi Castro Marques.

Trades

Date	Trade
February 1, 2012	width=375	To Washington Mystics	width=375	To Los Angeles Sparks
	Noelle Quinn	Marissa Coleman
February 14, 2012	width=375	To Washington Mystics	width=375	To Seattle Storm
	Victoria Dunlap	Ashley Robinson
February 23, 2012	width=375	To Washington Mystics	width=375	To Los Angeles Sparks
	Natasha Lacy and LaToya Pringle	Nicky Anosike

Personnel changes

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Noelle Quinn	February 1, 2012	Los Angeles Sparks
Michelle Snow	February 9, 2012	Chicago Sky
Ashley Robinson	February 14, 2012	Seattle Storm
Natalie Novosel	April 16, 2012	draft pick
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton	May 14, 2012	free agent
Shannon Bobbitt	June 13, 2012	free agent
Izi Castro Marques	August 16, 2012	free agent

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team
Marissa Coleman	February 1, 2012	Los Angeles Sparks
Alana Beard	February 8, 2012	Los Angeles Sparks
Victoria Dunlap	February 14, 2012	Seattle Storm
Nicky Anosike	February 23, 2012	Los Angeles Sparks
Kelly Miller	February 24, 2012	New York Liberty
DeMya Walker	April 13, 2012	New York Liberty
Kerri Gardin	May 4, 2012	free agent

Roster

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Michelle Snow	Ashley Robinson LaToya Pringle
PF	Crystal Langhorne	Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
SF	Monique Currie	Noelle Quinn Izi Castro Marques
SG	Matee Ajavon	Natalie Novosel
PG	Jasmine Thomas	Shannon Bobbitt

Schedule

Preseason

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 1 || Thu 10 || 8:00 || @ Chicago || || 68-73 || Currie (12) || Langhorne
Snow (7) || Lacy
Quinn (3) || New Trier High School
1,121 || 0-1|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 2 || Mon 14 || 7:00 || Connecticut || || 83-64 || Currie (19) || Langhorne (13) || Lacy (6) || Verizon Center
5,142 || 1-1 |-

Regular season

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 1 || Sat 19 || 7:00 || Chicago || CN100 || 57-69 || Langhorne (16) || Langhorne (8) || Quinn (5) || Verizon Center
11,415 || 0-1|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 2 || Sat 26 || 7:00 || Tulsa || || 64-61 || Ajavon (19) || Langhorne (10) || Ajavon
Langhorne (3) || Verizon Center
11,866 || 1-1|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 3 || Wed 30 || 7:00 || Minnesota || CSN-MA || 77-79 || Ajavon (20) || Robinson (5) || Lacy (4) || Verizon Center
8,131 || 1-2|-|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 4 || Fri 1 || 8:30 || @ Chicago || CN100 || 63-65 || Currie (15) || Snow (9) || Ajavon
Lacy (4) || Allstate Arena
4,078 || 1-3|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 5 || Sun 3 || 3:00 || @ Connecticut || CPTV-S || 86-94 || Langhorne (25) || Currie (8) || Ajavon
Currie (3) || Mohegan Sun Arena
7,065 || 1-4|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 6 || Fri 8 || 7:00 || New York || CSN-MA || 70-76 || Langhorne (24) || Snow (12) || Ajavon
Quinn (4) || Verizon Center
9,108 || 1-5|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 7 || Fri 15 || 7:00 || Indiana || CSN-MA || 67-66 || Langhorne (22) || Langhorne (13) || Bobbitt (5) || Verizon Center
8,050 || 2-5|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 8 || Mon 18 || 10:30 || @ Los Angeles || TWC101 || 70-101 || Snow (15) || Snow (7) || Thomas (5) || Staples Center
8,612 || 2-6|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 9 || Wed 20 || 10:00 || @ Phoenix || || 77-80 || Snow (21) || Snow (9) || Ajavon (7) || US Airways Center
5,751 || 2-7|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 10 || Sun 24 || 7:00 || @ Seattle || || 55-72 || Langhorne (21) || Langhorne
Snow (6) || Bobbitt (5) || KeyArena
6,979 || 2-8|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 11 || Tie 26 || 7:00 || Seattle || ESPN2 || 71-79 || Langhorne (20) || Langhorne (10) || Bobbitt (8) || Verizon Center
6,645 || 2-9|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 12 || Fri 29 || 7:00 || Connecticut || CSN-MA
CPTV-S || 64-77 || Currie (21) || Snow (9) || Bobbitt (7) || Verizon Center
6,975 || 2-10|-|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 13 || Sun 1 || 4:00 || Phoenix || CSN-MA || 90-77 || Langhorne (22) || Snow (9) || Bobbitt (5) || Verizon Center
10,789 || 3-10|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 14 || Fri 6 || 7:00 || San Antonio || NBATV
CSN-MA || 73-78 || Currie (15) || Wisdom-Hylton (6) || Currie (6) || Verizon Center
6,522 || 3-11|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 15 || Sun 8 || 4:00 || @ Tulsa || || 62-78 || Langhorne (13) || Lacy (6) || Ajavon
Thomas (4) || BOK Center
4,003 || 3-12|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 16 || Tue 10 || 11:30am || Connecticut || CSN-MA
CPTV-S || 70-77 || Langhorne (15) || Snow (11) || Bobbitt
Thomas (4) || Verizon Center
12,569 || 3-13|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 17 || Wed 11 || 7:00 || @ Connecticut || || 73-85 || Langhorne (19) || Snow (7) || Thomas (4) || Mohegan Sun Arena
7,804 || 3-14|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 18 || Fri 13 || 11:00am || @ New York || || 70-53 || Langhorne (24) || Langhorne (6) || Ajavon (4) || Prudential Center
14,715 || 4-14|-| colspan="11" align="center" valign="middle" | Summer Olympic break|-|-| colspan="11" align="center" valign="middle" | Summer Olympic break|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 19 || Thu 16 || 7:00 || @ Indiana || NBATV || 66-84 || Currie (12) || Currie
Snow (7) || Currie (3) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse
6,834 || 4-15|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 20 || Fri 17 || 8:00 || @ Minnesota || NBATV || 69-98 || Currie
Langhorne
Wisdom-Hylton (12) || Snow (9) || Novosel (4) || Target Center
10,933 || 4-16|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 21 || Sun 19 || 4:00 || Chicago || NBATV
CSN-MA
CN100 || 75-71
(OT) || Ajavon (22) || Langhorne (8) || Thomas (8) || Verizon Center
8,489 || 5-16|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 22 || Tue 21 || 8:00 || @ San Antonio || NBATV || 72-75 || Langhorne
Thomas (17) || Langhorne (6) || 5 players (3) || AT&T Center
5,913 || 5-17|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 23 || Fri 24 || 7:00 || Atlanta || NBATV
CSN-MA || 69-81 || Ajavon (20) || Langhorne (10) || Bobbitt
Novosel (4) || Verizon Center
9,697 || 5-18|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 24 || Tue 28 || 7:00 || @ Indiana || || 68-83 || Quinn (13) || Quinn
Langhorne (5) || Ajavon (4) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse
6,525 || 5-19|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 25 || Thu 30 || 7:00 || @ Atlanta || SSO || 59-82 || Currie (14) || Langhorne
Wisdom-Hylton (7) || Langhorne
Thomas
Bobbitt (3) || Philips Arena
3,381 || 5-20|-|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 26 || Sat 1 || 4:00 || @ New York || NBATV
MSG || 73-79 || Currie (20) || Langhorne (8) || Currie (4) || Prudential Center
6,245 || 5-21|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 27 || Tue 4 || 7:00 || Connecticut || CPTV-S || 70-77 || Langhorne (23) || Langhorne (9) || Thomas (5) || Verizon Center
5,980 || 5-22|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 28 || Fri 7 || 7:00 || Los Angeles || CSN-MA || 68-96 || Currie (16) || Snow (7) || Currie (3) || Verizon Center
7,468 || 5-23|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 29 || Sun 9 || 3:00 || @ Atlanta || SSO || 68-93 || Langhorne
Quinn (12) || Robinson (13) || Quinn
Thomas (3) || Philips Arena
6,898 || 5-24|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 30 || Wed 12 || 7:00 || @ New York || MSG || 62-75 || Currie (24) || Langhorne (6) || Thomas (7) || Prudential Center
5,717 || 5-25|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 31 || Fri 14 || 7:00 || Atlanta || || 74-82 || Currie (20) || Robinson (7) || Ajavon (4) || Verizon Center
7,368 || 5-26|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 32 || Sun 16 || 4:00 || New York || NBATV || 68-75 || Thomas (16) || Robinson (10) || Robinson (3) || Verizon Center
8,087 || 5-27|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 33 || Fri 21 || 7:00 || Indiana || NBATV || 53-66 || Currie (16) || Robinson (7) || Wisdom-Hylton (4) || Verizon Center
7,702 || 5-28|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 34 || Sat 22 || 8:00 || @ Chicago || NBATV
CN100 || 58-77 || Currie (15) || Robinson (7) || Currie (4) || Allstate Arena
6,721 || 5-29|-| All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

Statistics

Regular season

Notes and References

1. News: Washington Mystics trade Marissa Coleman to Los Angeles Sparks for Noelle Quinn. Gene. Wang. The Washington Post. February 1, 2012. February 21, 2024.
2. News: Mystics trade Victoria Dunlap to Seattle for Ashley Robinson. Steve. Yanda. The Washington Post. February 14, 2012. February 21, 2024.
3. News: Mystics add former Terps forward-center Harper. The Baltimore Sun. February 16, 2012. February 21, 2024.
4. News: Mystics re-sign Crystal Langhorne. Steve. Yanda. The Washington Post. February 16, 2012. February 21, 2024.
5. News: Mystics re-sign Monique Currie. ESPN. February 21, 2012. February 21, 2024.
6. News: Mystics sign veteran Dominique Canty. ESPN. February 22, 2012. February 21, 2024.
7. News: Mystics trade Nicky Anosike to Los Angeles for two role players. Mark. Giannotto. The Washington Post. February 23, 2012. February 21, 2024.
8. News: Washington Mystics waive Dominique Canty, pick up Shannon Bobbitt. Mark. Giannotto. The Washington Post. June 13, 2012. February 21, 2024.