2009 Washington Mystics season

August 2023 March 2026 Washington Mystics 2009 16 18 Eastern 4th Julie Plank Verizon Center Lost First Round The 2009 WNBA season was the 12th season for the Washington Mystics franchise of the Women's National Basketball Association. The Mystics reached the playoffs for the first time in three years. They lost to the Indiana Fever in the first round in a sweep. Offseason Dispersal Draft Based on the Mystics' 2008 record, they would pick 2nd in the Houston Comets dispersal draft. The Mystics picked Matee Ajavon. WNBA draft The following are the Mystics' selections in the 2009 WNBA draft. Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 2 Marissa Coleman Maryland 2 23 (from Conn., via Minn.) Camille LeNoir Southern California 2 24 (from Det.) Jelena Milovanovic Serbia Serbia 3 28 Josephine Owino UnionWNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Draft Board http://www.wnba.com/draft2009/draft_board.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090825071441/http://www.wnba.com/draft2009/draft_board.html 2009-08-25 dead 2009-09-04 Transactions June 16: The Mystics signed Kristen Mann and waived Josephine Owino. June 5: The Mystics waived Bernice Mosby. June 4: The Mystics waived Kristen Mann and Kelly Schumacher. June 2: The Mystics waived Eshaya Murphy. June 1: The Mystics waived Kiesha Brown. May 11: The Mystics signed Kelly Schumacher waived Coco Miller. May 1: The Mystics signed Kiesha Brown and waived Crystal Smith and Camille LeNoir. April 15: The Mystics waived Laurie Koehn, Krystal Vaughn, and Andrea Gardner. February 9: The Mystics signed free agent Chasity Melvin and waived Miriam Sy and Zane Teilane. February 6: The Mystics signed Andrea Gardner, Laurie Koehn and Crystal Smith to training camp contracts. January 30: The Mystics acquired Lindsey Harding, the 23rd pick in the 2009 WNBA Draft, and the second-round pick in the 2010 Draft from the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for the 9th and the 15th picks in the 2009 WNBA Draft. January 20: The Mystics claimed Kristen Mann off waivers. September 14, 2008: The Mystics signed Coco Miller to a two-year extension. August 12, 2008: The Mystics received a second-round pick in the 2009 WNBA Draft (24th overall) from the Detroit Shock as part of the Taj McWilliams-Franklin/Tasha Humphrey transaction. WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Transactions DateTradeAugust 12, 2008To Washington MysticsTo Detroit Shock 24th pick in 2009 Draft, Tasha Humphrey, Eshaya Murphy Taj McWilliams-FranklinJanuary 30, 2009To Washington MysticsTo Minnesota Lynx Lindsey Harding, 23rd pick in 2009 Draft, second-round pick in 2010 Draft 9th and 15th picks in 2009 Draft Free agents 52% Additions PlayerSignedFormer team Matee Ajavon December 8, 2008 Houston Comets Lindsey Harding January 30, 2009 Minnesota Lynx Chasity Melvin February 9, 2009 Chicago Sky Kristen Mann June 16, 2009 Washington Mystics Subtractions PlayerLeftNew team Andrea Gardner April 15, 2009 free agent Laurie Koehn April 15, 2009 Phoenix Mercury Krystal Vaughn April 15, 2009 free agent Crystal Smith May 1, 2009 free agent Camille LeNoir May 1, 2009 free agent Coco Miller May 11, 2009 Atlanta Dream Bernice Mosby June 5, 2009 free agent Josephine Owino June 16, 2009 free agent Roster Washington Mystics 2009 WNBA 22 Matee Ajavon G 5 8 160 Rutgers University USA 20 Alana Beard G/F 5 11 160 Duke USA 32 Nikki Blue PG 5 8 163 UCLA USA 4 Marissa Coleman G/F 6 1 180 Maryland USA 25 Monique Currie PF 6 0 177 Duke USA 10 Lindsey Harding G 5 8 139 Duke USA 1 Crystal Langhorne C 6 2 184 Maryland USA 24 Kristen Mann F 6 1 185 UC Santa Barbara USA 44 Chasity Melvin C/F 6 3 185 NC State USA 33 Bernice Mosby F 6 1 140 Baylor USA 43 Nakia Sanford C 6 4 200 Kansas USA USA Julie Plank Ohio State USA Trudi Lacey 1 North Carolina State USA Lubomyr Lichonczak 1 Idaho USA Vicky Bullett Maryland USA Navin Hettiarachchi 1 West Virginia USA Lisa Ciaravella 1 Elon University http://www.wnba.com/mystics/roster/ 2009-06-16 Season standings WAS Schedule Preseason y background:#054EA4; color:white 2009 Game Log: Preseason Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || May 21 || 11:00am || @ New York || 71-77 || Sanford (17) || Sanford (8) || Currie (2) || Madison Square Garden 15,958 || 0-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || May 28 || 11:30am || New York || 74-56 || Ajavon (17) || Coleman, Langhorne (6) || Ajavon (3) || Verizon Center 9,287 || 1-1 |- Regular season background:#054EA4; color:white 2009 Game Log: Regular Season y background:#bc9b6a; color:white June Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || June 6 || 4:00pm || @ Connecticut || || 82-70 || Coleman (16) || Sanford, Langhorne (7) || Harding (7) || Mohegan Sun Arena 7,191 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || June 7 || 4:00pm || Atlanta || || 77-71 || Beard (27) || Langhorne (8) || Harding (7) || Verizon Center 11,759 || 2-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || June 10 || 7:30pm || @ Detroit || || 75-69 || Beard (15) || Melvin (9) || Harding (5) || Palace of Auburn Hills 7,329 || 3-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 4 || June 19 || 7:30pm || @ Atlanta || || 81-93 || Beard (20) || Langhorne (10) || Currie, Harding (7) || Philips Arena 6,050 || 3-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || June 20 || 7:00pm || Chicago || || 81-72 || Beard (31) || Melvin (9) || Beard (5) || Verizon Center 11,745 || 4-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 6 || June 25 || 7:00pm || Phoenix || || 87-93 || Beard (21) || Langhorne (12) || Harding (9) || Verizon Center 9,808 || 4-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 7 || June 27 || 8:00pm || @ Chicago || || 63-68 || Harding (15) || Melvin (9) || Harding (6) || UIC Pavilion 3,918 || 4-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 8 || June 30 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio || || 84-82 || Beard, Harding (19) || Currie (8) || Harding (5) || AT&T Center 4,723 || 5-3 |- y background:#bc9b6a; color:white July Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 9 || July 3 || 7:30pm || @ Atlanta || || 65-72 || Beard (16) || Melvin (9) || Harding (4) || Philips Arena 5,456 || 5-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 10 || July 7 || 8:30pm || @ Minnesota || || 94-96 (OT) || Harding (27) || Currie (11) || Currie (4) || Target Center 7,171 || 5-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 11 || July 11 || 7:00pm || Los Angeles || || 75-63 || Beard (26) || Langhorne (11) || Harding (5) || Verizon Center 12,217 || 6-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 12 || July 15 || 11:30am || San Antonio || || 78-79 || Harding (18) || Beard, Langhorne (6) || Harding (4) || Verizon Center 17,220 || 6-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 13 || July 18 || 7:00pm || New York || || 68-67 || Harding (23) || Harding (7) || Harding (5) || Verizon Center 9,968 || 7-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 14 || July 21 || 7:00pm || Indiana || || 70-82 || Harding (17) || Beard (9) || Harding (6) || Verizon Center 9,798 || 7-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 15 || July 23 || 7:00pm || Chicago || ESPN2 || 75-64 || Langhorne (16) || Langhorne (10) || Harding (6) || Verizon Center 11,651 || 8-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 16 || July 26 || 4:00pm|| Sacramento || || 87-73 || Langhorne (19) || Langhorne (8) || Beard (5) || Verizon Center 10,757 || 9-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 17 || July 28 || 7:00pm || @ Indiana || || 85-81 || Beard (19) || Langhorne (8) || Harding, Melvin (4) || Conseco Fieldhouse 5,904 || 9-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 18 || July 30 || 7:30pm || @ New York || NBA TVMSG || 78-75 || Beard (28) || Langhorne (11) || Harding (4) || Madison Square Garden 10,172 || 10-8 |- y background:#bc9b6a; color:white August Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 19 || August 2 || 4:00pm || Indiana || || 79-87 || Beard (23) || Currie (7) || Currie, Harding (4) || Verizon Center 11,595 || 10-9 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 20 || August 7 || 7:00pm || Detroit || || 70-66 || Beard (15) || Langhorne (9) || Harding (4) || Verizon Center 10,637 || 11-9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 21 || August 9 || 3:00pm || @ Connecticut || || 67-96 || Beard (18) || Beard, Harding (7) || Beard (6) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,528 || 11-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 22 || August 11 || 7:00pm || Detroit || || 77-81 || Beard (17) || Sanford (6) || Harding (8) || Verizon Center 10,398 || 11-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 23 || August 14 || 7:00pm || Connecticut || || 91-89 (2OT) || Beard (26) || Langhorne (16) || Harding (4) || Verizon Center 9,738 || 12-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 24 || August 16 || 4:00pm || New York || || 59-60 || Beard (18) || Langhorne (8) || Harding (7) || Verizon Center 10,580 || 12-12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 25 || August 18 || 10:30pm || @ Los Angeles || || 69-72 || Ajavon (20) || Harding, Langhorne (6) || Ajavon (4) || STAPLES Center 9,287 || 12-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 26 || August 21 || 10:00pm || @ Phoenix || || 91-81 || Langhorne (19) || Langhorne (12) || Harding (6) || US Airways Center 9,155 || 13-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 27 || August 22 || 10:00pm || @ Sacramento || || 60-82 || Langhorne (16) || Langhorne (10) || Harding (3) || ARCO Arena 7,067 || 13-14 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 28 || August 25 || 10:00pm || @ Seattle || || 68-78 || Coleman, Currie (13) || Currie (6) || Ajavon (3) || KeyArena 6,791 || 13-15 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 29 || August 30 || 4:00pm || Minnesota || || 81-75 || Langhorne (18) || Langhorne (10) || Hardin (5) || Verizon Center 12,241 || 14-15 |- y background:#bc9b6a; color:white September Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 30 || September 3 || 7:00pm || Seattle || || 78-67 || Currie (17) || Langhorne (11) || Harding (5) || Verizon Center 10,648 || 15-15 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 31 || September 4 || 8:30pm || @ Chicago || || 86-92 || Ajavon (32) || Langhorne (10) || Harding (5) || UIC Pavilion 3,241 || 15-16 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 32 || September 6 || 4:00pm || @ Indiana || || 61-72 || Langhorne (13) || Sanford (10) || Sanford (3) || Conseco Fieldhouse 9,702 || 15-17 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 33 || September 12 || 7:00pm || Atlanta || || 82-64 || Harding (25) || Langhorne (8) || Currie (5) || Verizon Center 11,987 || 16-17 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 34 || September 13 || 4:00pm || @ New York || MSG || 65-86 || Currie (17) || Ajavon (9) || Currie (5) || Madison Square Garden 15,667 || 16-18 |- | All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess Postseason background:#054EA4; color:white 2009 Game Log: Postseason y background:#bc9b6a; color:white Eastern Conference Semifinals Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || September 17 || 7:00pm || Indiana || ESPN2 || 79-88 || Langhorne (18) || Langhorne (10) || Melvin (4) || Comcast Center 6,332 || 0-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || September 19 || 7:00pm || @ Indiana || NBA TV || 74-81 (OT) || Langhorne (15) || Currie (14) || Harding (5) || Conseco Fieldhouse 9,655 || 0-2 |- Regular Season Statistics Player statistics Player GP GS MPG RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Ajavon, Matee Matee Ajavon34 4 17.3 1.9 1.1 1.09 0.12 6.0 Beard, Alana Alana Beard 31 30 31.8 4.0 2.2 2.32 0.58 15.9 Blue, Nikki Nikki Blue 16 0 5.7 0.6 0.8 0.44 0.00 1.5 Coleman, Marissa Marissa Coleman 28 0 18.8 2.7 0.8 0.71 0.32 6.1 Currie, Monique Monique Currie34 34 21.4 4.3 1.8 0.85 0.41 8.2 Harding, Lindsey Lindsey Harding34 34 35.1 4.0 4.5 1.26 0.38 12.8 Humphrey, Tasha Tasha Humphrey 9 0 7.4 1.4 0.3 0.10 0.30 2.2 Langhorne, Crystal Crystal Langhorne34 22 29.8 7.9 0.9 1.00 0.38 12.0 Mann, Kristen Kristen Mann 16 0 5.9 0.9 0.4 0.19 0.00 1.6 Melvin, Chasity Chasity Melvin34 33 22.2 4.6 1.1 1.00 0.85 5.9 Mosby, Bernice Bernice Mosby 24 0 7.0 1.5 0.1 0.33 0.04 1.9 Owino, Josephine Josephine Owino 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0 Sanford, Nakia Nakia Sanford34 13 19.5 4.3 0.6 0.76 0.41 6.3 Team statistics Team FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG Washington Mystics .423 .326 .701 35.0 13.3 9.2 3.5 17.8 21.3 76.0 Opponents .433 .339 .755 32.7 15.4 9.3 4.6 16.9 22.9 77.1 Awards and honors Alana Beard was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of June 22, 2009. Alana Beard was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 6, 2009. Alana Beard was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as an Eastern Conference starter. Crystal Langhorne was named the Most Improved Player. Alana Beard was named to the All-Defensive Second Team. References External links Washington Washington Mystics Category:Washington Mystics seasons