2013 Washington Mystics season

The 2013 WNBA season was 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]

2013 Washington Mystics season
Coach	Mike Thibault
Arena	Verizon Center
Attendance	per game
Results
Record	17–17 (.500)
Place	4th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Lost in Conference Semis (0-2 to Atlanta Dream)
Media
Television	CSN-MA ESPN2, NBATV
← 2012 season 2014 season →

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.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/team/country
1	4	Tayler Hill	United States	Ohio State
2	17	Nadira McKenith	United States	St. John's
2	19	Emma Meesseman	Belgium	Villeneuve-d'Ascq (France)

Trades

Date	Trade
TBD	To Washington Mystics	To TBD
	TBD	TBD

Personnel changes

Additions Player Signed Former team

Subtractions Player Left New team

Roster

2013 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 F 25 Currie, Monique 6' 0" (1.83m) 177 lb (80kg) 1983-02-25 Duke 6 G 4 Hill, Tayler 5' 10" (1.78m) 145 lb (66kg) 1990-10-23 Ohio State R F/C 1 Langhorne, Crystal 6' 2" (1.88m) 190 lb (86kg) 1986-10-27 Maryland 4 G 12 Latta, Ivory 5' 6" (1.68m) 143 lb (65kg) 1984-09-25 North Carolina 5 G 5 McKenith, Nadirah 5' 7" (1.7m) 155 lb (70kg) 1991-09-06 St. John's R C 33 Meesseman, Emma 6' 4" (1.93m) 182 lb (83kg) 1993-05-13 Belgium R C 10 Hollingsworth, Quanitra 6' 5" (1.96m) 200 lb (91kg) 1988-11-15 VCU 3 G 44 Ruffin-Pratt, Tierra 5' 10" (1.78m) 183 lb (83kg) 1991-04-11 North Carolina R F/C 2 Snow, Michelle 6' 5" (1.96m) 158 lb (72kg) 1980-03-20 Tennessee 10 C 9 Vaughn, Kia 6' 4" (1.93m) 198 lb (90kg) 1987-01-24 Rutgers 3	Head coach Mike Thibault (Saint Martin's) Assistant coaches Marianne Stanley (Immaculata) Eric Thibault (Missouri) 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	Kia Vaughn	Emma Meesseman
PF	Crystal Langhorne	Michelle Snow
SF	Monique Currie	Jessica Moore
SG	Matee Ajavon	Tayler Hill Nadirah McKenith
PG	Ivory Latta	Tierra Ruffin-Pratt

Season standings

#	Eastern Conference v t e
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	z-Chicago Sky	24	10	.706	-	34
2	x-Atlanta Dream	17	17	.500	7	34
3	x-Washington Mystics	17	17	.500	7	34
4	x-Indiana Fever	16	18	.471	8	34
5	e-New York Liberty	11	23	.324	13	34
6	e-Connecticut Sun	10	24	.294	14	34

Schedule

Preseason

2013 pre-season game log Total: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)
Pre-season: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 15 Brazil W 71–56 Hill & Meesseman (12) Monique Currie (7) Monique Currie (6) Verizon Center 3509 1–0 2 May 18 @ Minnesota L 57–74 Kia Vaughn (10) Vaughn & Hill (7) Tayler Hill (3) Bismarck Civic Center 1513 1–1
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Regular season

2013 game log Total: 17–17 (Home: 10–7; Road: 7–10)
May: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 27 @ Tulsa W 95–90 (OT) Ivory Latta (27) Crystal Langhorne (9) Currie, Latta, Meesseman, & Ajavon (3) BOK Center 7381 1–0
June : 4–6 (Home: 3–2; Road: 1–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 2 June 2 Atlanta L 63–73 Crystal Langhorne (15) Vaughn & Meesseman (6) Ivory Latta (7) Verizon Center 8938 1–1 3 June 7 @ Connecticut W 66–62 Ivory Latta (17) Ivory Latta (7) Matee Ajavon (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 6150 2–1 4 June 8 Minnesota W 85–80 Ivory Latta (24) Currie, Langhorne, & Vaughn (6) Ivory Latta (5) Verizon Center 7870 3–1 5 June 16 Indiana W 64–60 Ivory Latta (17) Currie & Langhorne (9) Monique Currie (5) Verizon Center 6649 4–1 6 June 18 @ Seattle L 86–96 (OT) Crystal Langhorne (23) Langhorne & Snow (7) Ivory Latta (6) Key Arena 4579 4–2 7 June 21 @ Phoenix L 82–90 Ivory Latta (22) Monique Currie (8) Ivory Latta (5) US Airways Center 9636 4–3 8 June 23 @ Los Angeles L 69–79 Langhorne & Hill (16) Crystal Langhorne (13) Langhorne, Latta, Ajavon, & Hill (4) Staples Center 9651 4–4 9 June 27 Phoenix L 97–101 Crystal Langhorne (27) Currie & Latta (6) Ivory Latta (9) Verizon Center 7950 4–5 10 June 28 @ Atlanta L 75–86 Monique Currie (20) Crystal Langhorne (5) Ruffin-Pratt & McKenith (3) Philips Arena 5512 4–6 11 June 30 Tulsa W 84–61 Ivory Latta (15) Currie, Langhorne, & Snow (8) Matee Ajavon (3) Verizon Center 6511 5–6
July : 4–4 (Home: 3–2; Road: 1–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 12 July 6 Seattle W 62–59 Crystal Langhorne (12) Michelle Snow (13) Latta & Ajavon (3) Verizon Center 6174 6–6 13 July 10 @ Chicago L 85–89 Crystal Langhorne (18) Crystal Langhorne (8) Ivory Latta (6) Allstate Arena 14201 6–7 14 July 12 @ San Antonio W 83–73 Crystal Langhorne (14) Kia Vaughn (8) Matee Ajavon (5) AT&T Center 11268 7–7 15 July 16 San Antonio W 86–64 Langhorne & Ruffin-Pratt (13) Crystal Langhorne (9) Tayler Hill (5) Verizon Center 6843 8–7 16 July 19 @ Indiana L 70–77 Ivory Latta (16) Crystal Langhorne (7) Ivory Latta (3) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6434 8–8 17 July 21 Indiana L 52–65 Monique Currie (15) Michelle Snow (7) Ajavon & Hill (2) Verizon Center 6516 8–9 18 July 24 Chicago W 82–78 Ivory Latta (18) Monique Currie (9) Ivory Latta (13) Verizon Center 14411 9–9 All-Star Break 19 July 31 NY Liberty L 78–88 Matee Ajavon (20) Kia Vaughn (12) Emma Meesseman (4) Verizon Center 6711 9–10
August : 5–5 (Home: 2–2; Road: 3–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 20 August 2 @ Chicago L 78–85 Matee Ajavon (19) Michelle Snow (6) Ivory Latta (6) Allstate Arena 5134 9–11 21 August 4 Los Angeles L 57–75 Crystal Langhorne (23) Crystal Langhorne (7) Ivory Latta (5) Verizon Center 7092 9–12 22 August 6 @ NY Liberty L 88–93 Crystal Langhorne (24) Crystal Langhorne (11) Ivory Latta (4) Prudential Center 8907 9–13 23 August 8 @ Minnesota W 79–75 Ivory Latta (24) Michelle Snow (11) Matee Ajavon (5) Target Center 8723 10–13 24 August 11 Connecticut W 74–63 Crystal Langhorne (18) Langhorne & Snow (9) Matee Ajavon (8) Verizon Center 7725 11–13 25 August 16 @ NY Liberty W 66–57 Matee Ajavon (16) Monique Currie (7) Latta & Ajavon (7) Prudential Center 6157 12–13 26 August 18 @ Atlanta L 58–76 Ivory Latta (12) Crystal Langhorne (9) Latta & McKenith (3) Philips Arena 4873 12–14 27 August 20 Chicago L 73–79 Kia Vaughn (21) Crystal Langhorne (9) Ivory Latta (5) Verizon Center 6471 12–15 28 August 23 Atlanta W 74–64 Monique Currie (15) Kia Vaughn (10) Ivory Latta (4) Verizon Center 7088 13–15 29 August 28 @ Atlanta W 85–80 (OT) Currie, Latta, & Hill (15) Crystal Langhorne (10) Ivory Latta (10) Philips Arena 4415 14–15
September: 3–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 30 September 6 @ Connecticut L 70–77 Crystal Langhorne (16) Crystal Langhorne (11) Ajavon, Hill, Meesseman, & McKenith (2) Mohegan Sun Arena 5611 14–16 31 September 8 Chicago L 79–93 Ivory Latta (18) Kia Vaughn (8) Ivory Latta (7) Verizon Center 9060 14–17 32 September 10 @ Indiana W 69–67 Vaughn & Latta (15) Crystal Langhorne (10) Ivory Latta (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8444 15–17 33 September 13 Connecticut W 82–56 Ivory Latta (19) Kia Vaughn (10) Ivory Latta (5) Verizon Center 7779 16–17 34 September 15 NY Liberty W 70–52 Tayler Hill (16) Kia Vaughn (12) Emma Meesseman (3) Verizon Center 9454 17–17
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Playoffs

2013 playoff game log Total: 1–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 1–1)
Conference Semifinals: 1–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 September 19 @ Atlanta W 71–56 Ivory Latta (14) Crystal Langhorne (15) Ivory Latta (7) Philips Arena 3862 1–0 2 September 21 Atlanta L 45–63 Tayler Hill (11) Vaughn & Snow (6) Nadirah McKenith (3) Verizon Center 7065 1–1 3 September 23 @ Atlanta L 72–80 Monique Currie (22) Crystal Langhorne (6) Matee Ajavon (5) Philips Arena 4078 1–2
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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

• WNBA All-Stars: Crystal Langhorne, Ivory Latta