2012 Washington Mystics season

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

2012 Washington Mystics season
Coach	Trudi Lacey
Arena	Verizon Center
Attendance	per game
Results
Record	5–29 (.147)
Place	6th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Media
Television	CSN-MA ESPN2, NBATV
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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	United States	Notre Dame
1	10 (from Sea.)	LaSondra Barrett	United States	LSU
3	26	Anjale Barrett	United States	Maryland
3	35 (from Ind.)	Briana Gilbreath	United States	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	To Washington Mystics	To Los Angeles Sparks
	Noelle Quinn	Marissa Coleman
February 14, 2012	To Washington Mystics	To Seattle Storm
	Victoria Dunlap	Ashley Robinson
February 23, 2012	To Washington Mystics	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

2012 Washington Mystics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs G 22 Ajavon, Matee 5' 8" (1.73m) 160 lb (73kg) 1986-05-07 Rutgers 4 G 0 Bobbitt, Shannon 5' 2" (1.57m) 130 lb (59kg) 1985-12-06 Tennessee 3 G/F 8 Castro Marques, Izi 6' 0" (1.83m) 140 lb (64kg) 1982-03-13 Brazil 9 F 25 Currie, Monique 6' 0" (1.83m) 177 lb (80kg) 1983-02-25 Duke 6 F/C 1 Langhorne, Crystal 6' 2" (1.88m) 190 lb (86kg) 1986-10-27 Maryland 4 G 20 Novosel, Natalie 5' 11" (1.8m) 165 lb (75kg) 1989-11-22 Notre Dame R G 45 Quinn, Noelle 6' 0" (1.83m) 175 lb (79kg) 1985-01-03 UCLA 5 C 43 Robinson, Ashley 6' 4" (1.93m) 180 lb (82kg) 1982-08-12 Tennessee 8 F/C 2 Snow, Michelle 6' 5" (1.96m) 158 lb (72kg) 1980-03-20 Tennessee 10 G 5 Thomas, Jasmine 5' 9" (1.75m) 145 lb (66kg) 1989-09-30 Duke 1 F 14 Wisdom-Hylton, Lindsay 6' 2" (1.88m) 186 lb (84kg) 1986-05-26 Purdue 3	Head coach Trudi Lacey (NC State) Assistant coaches Jennifer Gillom (Mississippi) Marianne Stanley (Immaculata) Athletic trainer Navin Hettiarachchi (West Virginia) Strength and conditioning coach Michael Bugielski (Illinois State) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

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

Season standings

Eastern Conference v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Connecticut Sun y	25	9	.735	–	12–5	13–4	18–4
Indiana Fever x	22	12	.647	3.0	13–4	9–8	15–7
Atlanta Dream x	19	15	.559	6.0	11–6	8–9	12–10
New York Liberty x	15	19	.441	10.0	9–8	6–11	10–12
Chicago Sky o	14	20	.412	11.0	7–10	7–10	8–14
Washington Mystics o	5	29	.147	20.0	4–13	1–16	3–19

Schedule

Preseason

2012 Game Log: Preseason (May) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 Thu 10 8:00 @ Chicago 68-73 Currie (12) Langhorne Snow (7) Lacy Quinn (3) New Trier High School 1,121 0-1 2 Mon 14 7:00 Connecticut 83-64 Currie (19) Langhorne (13) Lacy (6) Verizon Center 5,142 1-1

Regular season

2012 Game Log: Regular Season
May (1–2) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 Sat 19 7:00 Chicago CN100 57-69 Langhorne (16) Langhorne (8) Quinn (5) Verizon Center 11,415 0-1 2 Sat 26 7:00 Tulsa 64-61 Ajavon (19) Langhorne (10) Ajavon Langhorne (3) Verizon Center 11,866 1-1 3 Wed 30 7:00 Minnesota CSN-MA 77-79 Ajavon (20) Robinson (5) Lacy (4) Verizon Center 8,131 1-2
June (1–8) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 4 Fri 1 8:30 @ Chicago CN100 63-65 Currie (15) Snow (9) Ajavon Lacy (4) Allstate Arena 4,078 1-3 5 Sun 3 3:00 @ Connecticut CPTV-S 86-94 Langhorne (25) Currie (8) Ajavon Currie (3) Mohegan Sun Arena 7,065 1-4 6 Fri 8 7:00 New York CSN-MA 70-76 Langhorne (24) Snow (12) Ajavon Quinn (4) Verizon Center 9,108 1-5 7 Fri 15 7:00 Indiana CSN-MA 67-66 Langhorne (22) Langhorne (13) Bobbitt (5) Verizon Center 8,050 2-5 8 Mon 18 10:30 @ Los Angeles TWC101 70-101 Snow (15) Snow (7) Thomas (5) Staples Center 8,612 2-6 9 Wed 20 10:00 @ Phoenix 77-80 Snow (21) Snow (9) Ajavon (7) US Airways Center 5,751 2-7 10 Sun 24 7:00 @ Seattle 55-72 Langhorne (21) Langhorne Snow (6) Bobbitt (5) KeyArena 6,979 2-8 11 Tie 26 7:00 Seattle ESPN2 71-79 Langhorne (20) Langhorne (10) Bobbitt (8) Verizon Center 6,645 2-9 12 Fri 29 7:00 Connecticut CSN-MA CPTV-S 64-77 Currie (21) Snow (9) Bobbitt (7) Verizon Center 6,975 2-10
July (2–4) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 13 Sun 1 4:00 Phoenix CSN-MA 90-77 Langhorne (22) Snow (9) Bobbitt (5) Verizon Center 10,789 3-10 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 15 Sun 8 4:00 @ Tulsa 62-78 Langhorne (13) Lacy (6) Ajavon Thomas (4) BOK Center 4,003 3-12 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 17 Wed 11 7:00 @ Connecticut 73-85 Langhorne (19) Snow (7) Thomas (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 7,804 3-14 18 Fri 13 11:00am @ New York 70-53 Langhorne (24) Langhorne (6) Ajavon (4) Prudential Center 14,715 4-14 Summer Olympic break
August (1–6) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record Summer Olympic break 19 Thu 16 7:00 @ Indiana NBATV 66-84 Currie (12) Currie Snow (7) Currie (3) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,834 4-15 20 Fri 17 8:00 @ Minnesota NBATV 69-98 Currie Langhorne Wisdom-Hylton (12) Snow (9) Novosel (4) Target Center 10,933 4-16 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 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 23 Fri 24 7:00 Atlanta NBATV CSN-MA 69-81 Ajavon (20) Langhorne (10) Bobbitt Novosel (4) Verizon Center 9,697 5-18 24 Tue 28 7:00 @ Indiana 68-83 Quinn (13) Quinn Langhorne (5) Ajavon (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,525 5-19 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
September (0–9) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 26 Sat 1 4:00 @ New York NBATV MSG 73-79 Currie (20) Langhorne (8) Currie (4) Prudential Center 6,245 5-21 27 Tue 4 7:00 Connecticut CPTV-S 70-77 Langhorne (23) Langhorne (9) Thomas (5) Verizon Center 5,980 5-22 28 Fri 7 7:00 Los Angeles CSN-MA 68-96 Currie (16) Snow (7) Currie (3) Verizon Center 7,468 5-23 29 Sun 9 3:00 @ Atlanta SSO 68-93 Langhorne Quinn (12) Robinson (13) Quinn Thomas (3) Philips Arena 6,898 5-24 30 Wed 12 7:00 @ New York MSG 62-75 Currie (24) Langhorne (6) Thomas (7) Prudential Center 5,717 5-25 31 Fri 14 7:00 Atlanta 74-82 Currie (20) Robinson (7) Ajavon (4) Verizon Center 7,368 5-26 32 Sun 16 4:00 New York NBATV 68-75 Thomas (16) Robinson (10) Robinson (3) Verizon Center 8,087 5-27 33 Fri 21 7:00 Indiana NBATV 53-66 Currie (16) Robinson (7) Wisdom-Hylton (4) Verizon Center 7,702 5-28 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

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