2013 Washington Mystics season explained

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]

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.

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/team/country
14Tayler HillOhio State
217Nadira McKenithSt. John's
219Emma MeessemanVilleneuve-d'Ascq (France)

Trades

DateTrade
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TBDTBD

Personnel changes

Subtractions

Roster

Depth

Pos.StarterBench
CKia VaughnEmma Meesseman
PFCrystal LanghorneMichelle Snow
SFMonique CurrieJessica Moore
SGMatee AjavonTayler Hill
Nadirah McKenith
PGIvory LattaTierra Ruffin-Pratt

Schedule

Preseason

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | May 15 | Brazil | | Hill & Meesseman (12) | Monique Currie (7) | Monique Currie (6) | Verizon Center
3509 | 1 - 0|- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | May 18 | @ Minnesota | | Kia Vaughn (10) | Vaughn & Hill (7) | Tayler Hill (3) | Bismarck Civic Center
1513 | 1 - 1

Regular season

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | May 27 | @ Tulsa | | Ivory Latta (27) | Crystal Langhorne (9) | Currie, Latta, Meesseman, & Ajavon (3) | BOK Center
7381 | 1 - 0|- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | June 2 | Atlanta | | Crystal Langhorne (15) | Vaughn & Meesseman (6) | Ivory Latta (7) | Verizon Center
8938 | 1 - 1|- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 | June 7 | @ Connecticut | | Ivory Latta (17) | Ivory Latta (7) | Matee Ajavon (4) | Mohegan Sun Arena
6150 | 2 - 1|- style="background:#cfc;" | 4 | June 8 | Minnesota | | Ivory Latta (24) | Currie, Langhorne, & Vaughn (6) | Ivory Latta (5) | Verizon Center
7870 | 3 - 1|- style="background:#cfc;" | 5 | June 16 | Indiana | | Ivory Latta (17) | Currie & Langhorne (9) | Monique Currie (5) | Verizon Center
6649 | 4 - 1|- style="background:#fcc;" | 6 | June 18 | @ Seattle | | Crystal Langhorne (23) | Langhorne & Snow (7) | Ivory Latta (6) | Key Arena
4579 | 4 - 2|- style="background:#fcc;" | 7 | June 21 | @ Phoenix | | Ivory Latta (22) | Monique Currie (8) | Ivory Latta (5) | US Airways Center
9636 | 4 - 3|- style="background:#fcc;" | 8 | June 23 | @ Los Angeles | | Langhorne & Hill (16) | Crystal Langhorne (13) | Langhorne, Latta, Ajavon, & Hill (4) | Staples Center
9651 | 4 - 4|- style="background:#fcc;" | 9 | June 27 | Phoenix | | Crystal Langhorne (27) | Currie & Latta (6) | Ivory Latta (9) | Verizon Center
7950 | 4 - 5|- style="background:#fcc;" | 10 | June 28 | @ Atlanta | | Monique Currie (20) | Crystal Langhorne (5) | Ruffin-Pratt & McKenith (3) | Philips Arena
5512 | 4 - 6|- style="background:#cfc;" | 11 | June 30 | Tulsa | | Ivory Latta (15) | Currie, Langhorne, & Snow (8) | Matee Ajavon (3) | Verizon Center
6511 | 5 - 6|- style="background:#cfc;" | 12 | July 6 | Seattle | | Crystal Langhorne (12) | Michelle Snow (13) | Latta & Ajavon (3) | Verizon Center
6174 | 6 - 6|- style="background:#fcc;" | 13 | July 10 | @ Chicago | | Crystal Langhorne (18) | Crystal Langhorne (8) | Ivory Latta (6) | Allstate Arena
14201 | 6 - 7|- style="background:#cfc;" | 14 | July 12 | @ San Antonio | | Crystal Langhorne (14) | Kia Vaughn (8) | Matee Ajavon (5) | AT&T Center
11268 | 7 - 7|- style="background:#cfc;" | 15 | July 16 | San Antonio | | Langhorne & Ruffin-Pratt (13) | Crystal Langhorne (9) | Tayler Hill (5) | Verizon Center
6843 | 8 - 7|- style="background:#fcc;" | 16 | July 19 | @ Indiana | | Ivory Latta (16) | Crystal Langhorne (7) | Ivory Latta (3) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse
6434 | 8 - 8|- style="background:#fcc;" | 17 | July 21 | Indiana | | Monique Currie (15) | Michelle Snow (7) | Ajavon & Hill (2) | Verizon Center
6516 | 8 - 9|- style="background:#cfc;" | 18 | July 24 | Chicago | | Ivory Latta (18) | Monique Currie (9) | Ivory Latta (13) | Verizon Center
14411 | 9 - 9|- align="center"|colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break|- style="background:#fcc;" | 19 | July 31 | NY Liberty | | Matee Ajavon (20) | Kia Vaughn (12) | Emma Meesseman (4) | Verizon Center
6711 | 9 - 10|- style="background:#fcc;" | 20 | August 2 | @ Chicago | | Matee Ajavon (19) | Michelle Snow (6) | Ivory Latta (6) | Allstate Arena
5134 | 9 - 11|- style="background:#fcc;" | 21 | August 4 | Los Angeles | | Crystal Langhorne (23) | Crystal Langhorne (7) | Ivory Latta (5) | Verizon Center
7092 | 9 - 12|- style="background:#fcc;" | 22 | August 6 | @ NY Liberty | | Crystal Langhorne (24) | Crystal Langhorne (11) | Ivory Latta (4) | Prudential Center
8907 | 9 - 13|- style="background:#cfc;" | 23 | August 8 | @ Minnesota | | Ivory Latta (24) | Michelle Snow (11) | Matee Ajavon (5) | Target Center
8723 | 10 - 13|- style="background:#cfc;" | 24 | August 11 | Connecticut | | Crystal Langhorne (18) | Langhorne & Snow (9) | Matee Ajavon (8) | Verizon Center
7725 | 11 - 13|- style="background:#cfc;" | 25 | August 16 | @ NY Liberty | | Matee Ajavon (16) | Monique Currie (7) | Latta & Ajavon (7) | Prudential Center
6157 | 12 - 13|- style="background:#fcc;" | 26 | August 18 | @ Atlanta | | Ivory Latta (12) | Crystal Langhorne (9) | Latta & McKenith (3) | Philips Arena
4873 | 12 - 14|- style="background:#fcc;" | 27 | August 20 | Chicago | | Kia Vaughn (21) | Crystal Langhorne (9) | Ivory Latta (5) | Verizon Center
6471 | 12 - 15|- style="background:#cfc;" | 28 | August 23 | Atlanta | | Monique Currie (15) | Kia Vaughn (10) | Ivory Latta (4) | Verizon Center
7088 | 13 - 15|- style="background:#cfc;" | 29 | August 28 | @ Atlanta | | Currie, Latta, & Hill (15) | Crystal Langhorne (10) | Ivory Latta (10) | Philips Arena
4415 | 14 - 15|- style="background:#fcc;" | 30 | September 6 | @ Connecticut | | Crystal Langhorne (16) | Crystal Langhorne (11) | Ajavon, Hill, Meesseman, & McKenith (2) | Mohegan Sun Arena
5611 | 14 - 16|- style="background:#fcc;" | 31 | September 8 | Chicago | | Ivory Latta (18) | Kia Vaughn (8) | Ivory Latta (7) | Verizon Center
9060 | 14 - 17|- style="background:#cfc;" | 32 | September 10 | @ Indiana | | Vaughn & Latta (15) | Crystal Langhorne (10) | Ivory Latta (4) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse
8444 | 15 - 17|- style="background:#cfc;" | 33 | September 13 | Connecticut | | Ivory Latta (19) | Kia Vaughn (10) | Ivory Latta (5) | Verizon Center
7779 | 16 - 17|- style="background:#cfc;" | 34 | September 15 | NY Liberty | | Tayler Hill (16) | Kia Vaughn (12) | Emma Meesseman (3) | Verizon Center
9454 | 17 - 17

Playoffs

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | September 19 | @ Atlanta | | Ivory Latta (14) | Crystal Langhorne (15) | Ivory Latta (7) | Philips Arena
3862 | 1 - 0|- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | September 21 | Atlanta | | Tayler Hill (11) | Vaughn & Snow (6) | Nadirah McKenith (3) | Verizon Center
7065 | 1 - 1|- style="background:#fcc;" | 3 | September 23 | @ Atlanta | | Monique Currie (22) | Crystal Langhorne (6) | Matee Ajavon (5) | Philips Arena
4078 | 1 - 2

Statistics

Regular season

Awards and honors

Crystal Langhorne, Ivory Latta

Notes and References

  1. http://www.wnba.com/standings/team_record_comparison/conferenceNew_Std_Cnf.html WNBA Standings