1998 Washington Mystics season

August 2023 March 2026 Washington Mystics 1998 3 27 Eastern 5th Jim Lewis (fired Jul. 24, 2–16 record) Cathy Parson (interim, 1–11 record) MCI Center Did not qualify yes The 1998 WNBA season was the first for the Washington Mystics. Transactions WNBA allocation draft Player Nationality School/Team/Country Alessandra Santos de Oliveira Comense (Italy) Nikki McCray Columbus Quest WNBA expansion draft 1998 WNBA expansion draft Player Nationality Former WNBA Team Tammy Jackson Houston Comets Deborah Carter Utah Starzz Penny Moore Charlotte Sting Heidi Burge Los Angeles Sparks WNBA draft 1998 WNBA draft Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 3 Murriel Page Florida 2 13 Rita Williams UConn323Angela HamblinIowa433Angela JacksonTexas Transactions DateTransaction December 29, 1997 Hired Jim Lewis as Head Coach1998 Washington Mystics Transactions https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/WAS/1998_transactions.html 2024-06-04 Basketball-Reference.com en 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 draftJune 23, 1998Waived Tammy JacksonJuly 24, 1998Fired Jim Lewis as Head CoachHired Cathy Parsons as Interim Head CoachJuly 31, 1998Waived Angela Jackson and Leila SobralSigned Leslie Johnson and Margo Graham Roster Washington Mystics 1998 WNBA white #236192 black #8F654D 35 La'Shawn Brown C 6 3 180 1972-12-01 R Louisiana Tech USA 34 Heidi Burge C 6 5 185 1971-11-12 1 Virginia USA 9 Deborah Carter G/F 6 1 185 1972-01-03 1 Georgia USA 12 Keri Chaconas G 5 9 151 1974-12-21 R George Mason USA 32 Margo Graham C 6 4 235 1970-12-18 R Houston USA 32 Angela Jackson C 6 4 1976-03-30 R Texas USA 28 Tammy Jackson F/C 6 2 190 1962-12-03 1 Florida USA 28 Leslie Johnson basketball F 6 2 220 1975-01-12 R Western Kentucky USA 15 Nikki McCray G 5 11 158 1971-12-17 R Tennessee USA 24 Penny Moore F 6 0 1969-01-25 1 Long Beach State USA 10 Murriel Page F 6 2 160 1975-09-18 R Florida USA 11 Alessandra Santos de Oliveira C 6 5 181 1973-12-02 R BRA 30 Adrienne Shuler G 5 6 1969-04-24 R Georgia USA 32 Leila Sobral F 6 1 1974-12-22 R BRA 23 Rita Williams G 5 6 135 1976-01-14 R UConn USA USA Jim Lewis basketball West Virginia USA Cathy Parson USA Wes Unseld Jr. Schedule Regular season Washington Mystics #236192; color:white 1998 Total: 3–27 (Home: 2–12; Road: 1–15) Washington Mystics #8F654D; color:black June yes 1 2 0 5 |- | 1 | June 11 | @ Charlotte | L 57–83 | Nikki McCray (19) | Carter Moore (4) | Nikki McCray (6) | Charlotte Coliseum | 0–1 |- | 2 | June 13 | @ Utah | L 77–78 | Nikki McCray (26) | Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (18) | Nikki McCray (5) | Delta Center | 0–2 |- | 3 | June 15 | @ Phoenix | L 54–69 | Nikki McCray (20) | Murriel Page (11) | Nikki McCray (4) | America West Arena | 0–3 |- | 4 | June 19 | Utah | W 85–76 | Nikki McCray (29) | Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (7) | Nikki McCray (6) | MCI Center | 1–3 |- | 5 | June 21 | Detroit | L 57–70 | Penny Moore (18) | Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (11) | Nikki McCray (3) | MCI Center | 1–4 |- | 6 | June 25 | @ Detroit | L 71–79 | Nikki McCray (23) | Murriel Page (10) | McCray Moore Page (4) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 1–5 |- | 7 | June 28 | Phoenix | L 69–86 | Murriel Page (18) | Murriel Page (9) | Nikki McCray (5) | MCI Center | 1–6 |- | 8 | June 29 | @ Houston | L 48–73 | Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (16) | Murriel Page (7) | Adrienne Shuler (4) | Compaq Center | 1–7 Washington Mystics #8F654D; color:black July 0 6 1 5 |- | 9 | July 1 | Cleveland | L 80–92 | Nikki McCray (19) | Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (9) | Moore Williams (4) | MCI Center | 1–8 |- | 10 | July 3 | @ New York | L 60–76 | Nikki McCray (16) | Murriel Page (7) | Keri Chaconas (5) | Madison Square Garden | 1–9 |- | 11 | July 5 | New York | L 61–62 (OT) | Nikki McCray (15) | Murriel Page (14) | Rita Williams (4) | MCI Center | 1–10 |- | 12 | July 8 | @ Cleveland | L 65–77 | Nikki McCray (14) | Nikki McCray (7) | Penny Moore (5) | Gund Arena | 1–11 |- | 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 |- | 14 | July 13 | @ Houston | L 67–81 | McCray Santos de Oliveira (14) | Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (12) | Nikki McCray (4) | Compaq Center | 2–12 |- | 15 | July 17 | @ Charlotte | L 56–86 | Burge Chaconas (10) | Penny Moore (8) | Chaconas Shuler (5) | Charlotte Coliseum | 2–13 |- | 16 | July 19 | Utah | L 88–99 | Nikki McCray (26) | Murriel Page (7) | Burge Chaconas Shuler (2) | MCI Center | 2–14 |- | 17 | July 21 | Charlotte | L 67–84 | Penny Moore (17) | Penny Moore (11) | Penny Moore (5) | MCI Center | 2–15 |- | 18 | July 22 | @ Detroit | L 61–76 | Keri Chaconas (10) | Murriel Page (8) | Rita Williams (3) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 2–16 |- | 19 | July 26 | Sacramento | L 65–79 | Nikki McCray (27) | Murriel Page (8) | McCray Shuler (3) | MCI Center | 2–17 |- | 20 | July 29 | Los Angeles | L 68–77 | Nikki McCray (18) | Murriel Page (10) | Nikki McCray (4) | MCI Center | 2–18 Washington Mystics #8F654D; color:black August 1 4 0 5 |- | 21 | August 1 | New York | L 53–67 | Keri Chaconas (11) | McCray Page (7) | Heidi Burge (3) | MCI Center | 2–19 |- | 22 | August 3 | @ Los Angeles | L 72–86 | Penny Moore (18) | Burge Page Williams (6) | Burge Moore (4) | Great Western Forum | 2–20 |- | 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 |- | 25 | August 9 | Los Angeles | W 76–74 | Nikki McCray (21) | Murriel Page (8) | Adrienne Shuler (5) | MCI Center | 3–22 |- | 26 | August 12 | Cleveland | L 55–75 | Nikki McCray (19) | Deborah Carter (8) | Keri Chaconas (4) | MCI Center | 3–23 |- | 27 | August 13 | @ New York | L 45–88 | Nikki McCray (21) | Heidi Burge (6) | Nikki McCray (3) | Madison Square Garden | 3–24 |- | 28 | August 15 | @ Cleveland | L 71–90 | McCray Page (19) | Murriel Page (8) | Rita Williams (8) | Gund Arena | 3–25 |- | 29 | August 17 | Houston | L 65–110 | Nikki McCray (20) | Deborah Carter (7) | McCray Williams (3) | MCI Center | 3–26 |- | 30 | August 19 | Charlotte | L 69–105 | Nikki McCray (20) | Murriel Page (9) | Nikki McCray (9) | MCI Center | 3–27 was 1998 Season standings WAS Statistics Regular season 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 2.0Margo Graham905.4.421N/A.5001.40.10.10.12.0Angela Jackson705.1.500N/A.6670.60.00.10.31.4Leila Sobral1504.7.250.273.6670.70.40.30.11.7Leslie Johnson602.5.500N/AN/A0.20.20.00.00.3 ‡Waived/Released during the season †Traded during the season ≠Acquired during the season References External links Washington Mystics on Basketball Reference Washington Category:Washington Mystics seasons Washington Mystics