2010 Washington Mystics season

February 2024 August 2023 March 2026 Washington Mystics 2010 22 12 Eastern 1st Julie Plank Verizon Center Lost Conference Semifinals CSN-MANBATV, ESPN2 The 2010 WNBA season was the 13th season for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association. This season was the first that the Mystics won 20 games and had home court advantage to open a playoff series. They would not have home court again until the 2017 First Round. This was also the best regular-season record in franchise history. Transactions Dispersal draft Based on the Mystics' 2009 record, they would pick 6th in the Sacramento Monarchs dispersal draft. The Mystics picked Kristin Haynie. WNBA draft The following are the Mystics' selections in the 2010 WNBA draft. Round Pick Player Nationality School/team/country 1 6 Jacinta Monroe Florida State 2 14 (from Minn.) Jenna Smith Illinois 2 18 Shanavia Dowdell Louisiana Tech 3 30 Alexis Gray-Lawson California Transaction log January 30, 2009: The Mystics received the second round pick in the 2010 draft from the Minnesota Lynx as part of the Lindsey Harding transaction. February 17: The Mystics re-signed free agent Monique Currie and signed La'Tangela Atkinson to a training camp contract.. February 25: The Mystics signed Lauren Ervin to a training camp contract. March 16: The Mystics signed Katie Smith and Kristin Haynie. March 30: The Mystics signed Carla Thomas to a training camp contract.https://www.pennlive.com/leveling-field/2010/04/carla_thomas_has_wnbas_mystics.html Carla Thomas has WNBA's Mystics waiting when basketball season ends in Croatia Shelly Stallsmith The Patriot-News April 28, 2010 February 21, 2024 The Cumberland Valley graduate was signed to a training camp contract by the Mystics on March 30. April 7: The Mystics signed Kristen Mann to a training camp contract. April 19: The Mystics re-signed Nikki Blue. April 23: The Mystics signed Ewelina Kobryn and LeLe Hardy to training camp contracts. April 28: The Mystics waived LeLe Hardy. April 30: The Mystics signed Jennifer Lacy and waived Alysha Harvin and Jenna Smith. May 6: The Mystics waived Alexis Gray-Lawson and Lauren Ervin. May 12: The Mystics traded Nikki Blue to the New York Liberty in exchange for Ashley Houts. May 13: The Mystics waived Shanavia Dowdell and suspended Kristin Haynie for the 2010 season. May 14: The Mystics waived La'Tangela Atkinson, Ewilina Korbyn, Jennifer Lacy, Kristen Mann and Carla Thomas. Trades DateTradeMay 12, 2010To Washington MysticsTo New York Liberty Ashley Houts Nikki Blue Free agents 52% Additions PlayerSignedFormer team Monique Currie February 17, 2010 re-signed Katie Smith March 16, 2010 Tulsa Shock Ashley Houts May 12, 2010 Washington Mystics Subtractions PlayerLeftNew team Nikki Blue May 12, 2010 New York Liberty Kristen Mann May 14, 2010 free agent Roster Washington Mystics 2010 WNBA 22 Matee Ajavon G 5 8 160 Rutgers Liberia 20 Alana Beard G/F 5 11 160 Duke USA yes 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 12 Ashley Houts G 5 6 140 Georgia USA 1 Crystal Langhorne C 6 2 184 Maryland USA 44 Chasity Melvin C/F 6 3 185 NC State USA 50 Jacinta Monroe F 6 5 162 Florida State USA 43 Nakia Sanford C 6 4 200 Kansas USA 30 Katie Smith G 5 11 175 Ohio State USA USA Julie Plank Ohio State USA Marianne Stanley 1 Immaculata University USA Trudi Lacey 1 North Carolina State USA Navin Hettiarachchi 1 West Virginia USA Lisa Ciaravella 1 Elon University http://www.wnba.com/mystics/roster/ 2010-05-14 Depth Pos.StarterBench C Chasity Melvin Nakia Sanford PF Crystal Langhorne Jacinta Monroe SF Monique Currie Marissa Coleman SG Katie Smith Matee Ajavon / Alana Beard 8px PG Lindsey Harding Ashley Houts Season standings WAS Schedule Preseason y background:#054EA4; color:white 2010 Game Log: Preseason Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || May 5 || 11:30am || New York || 65-60 || Coleman (15) || Sanford (8) || Smith (3) || Verizon Center 7,152 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || May 9 || 2:00pm || @ Atlanta || 77-58 || Currie (16) || Atkinson, Langhorne (8) || Harding, Smith (3) || Eblen Center 2,219 || 2-0 |- Regular season background:#0047AB; color:white 2010 Game Log: Regular Season y background:#bc9b6a; color:white May Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || May 15 || 7:00pm || @ Indiana || || 72-65 || Currie (21) || Langhorne (8) || Harding (3) || Conseco Fieldhouse 9,752 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || May 16 || 7:00pm || @ Minnesota || FS-N || 87-76 || Currie (27) || Langhorne, Melvin (9) || Harding (4) || Target Center 9,985 || 2-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || May 21 || 7:00pm || New York || || 77-61 || Harding (21) || Langhorne (11) || Smith (4) || Verizon Center 10,158 || 3-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 4 || May 23 || 3:00pm || @ Connecticut || || 65-80 || Langhorne (16) || Langhorne (8) || Harding (5) || Mohegan Sun Arena 7,614 || 3-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 5 || May 25 || 10:00pm || @ Seattle || || 76-82 || Currie (24) || Sanford (6) || Harding (4) || KeyArena 6,612 || 3-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 6 || May 28 || 10:30pm || @ Los Angeles || PRIME || 75-81 || Smith (15) || Langhorne (10) || Harding (8) || STAPLES Center 13,154 || 3-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 7 || May 30 || 4:00pm || Connecticut || || 69-65 || Currie (18) || Langhorne (16) || Harding (9) || Verizon Center 8,602 || 4-3 |- 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="ffbbbb" | 8 || June 5 || 7:00pm || Atlanta || || 79-86 (OT) || Langhorne (23) || Langhorne, Melvin (8) || Ajavon, Harding (4) || Verizon Center 8,986 || 4-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 9 || June 11 || 8:30pm || @ Chicago || CN100 || 95-78 || Harding (25) ||Currie, Langhorne (8) || Currie, Harding (5) || Allstate Arena 3,107 || 5-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 10 || June 12 || 7:00pm || New York || CSN-MA || 82-65 || Currie (20) || Langhorne (9) || Currie (4) || Verizon Center 8,492 || 6-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 11 || June 19 || 7:00pm || Chicago || NBATVCSN-MACN100 || 65-61 (OT) || Smith (17) || Langhorne (10) || Harding (6) || Verizon Center 9,034 || 7-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 12 || June 24 || 7:00pm || Los Angeles || CSN-MA || 68-53 || Langhorne (27) || Langhorne (14) || Harding (4) || Verizon Center 8,160 || 8-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 13 || June 25 || 8:30pm || @ Chicago || CN100 || 72-79 || Langhorne (25) || Langhorne (13) || Currie (4) || Allstate Arena 3,419 || 8-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 14 || June 27 || 4:00pm || Phoenix || NBATVCSN-MA || 95-85 || Langhorne (31) || Langhorne (10) || Smith (6) || Verizon Center 7,547 || 9-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 15 || June 29 || 7:00pm || Indiana || ESPN2 || 68-65 || Smith (21) || Langhorne (10) || Ajavon, Harding, Sanford (4) || Verizon Center 8,464 || 10-5 |- 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="bbffbb" | 16 || July 1 || 10:00pm || @ Phoenix || FS-A || 107-104 || Smith (25) || Langhorne (9) || Harding (6) || US Airways Center 5,509 || 11-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 17 || July 3 || 8:00pm || @ Tulsa || COX || 69-54 || Currie (17) || Coleman (10) || Coleman, Harding, Smith (4) || BOK Center 3,516 || 12-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 18 || July 15 || 12:00pm || @ New York || || 67-75 || Langhorne (19) || Langhorne (10) || Harding (4) || Madison Square Garden 18,162 || 12-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 19 || July 18 || 4:00pm || Chicago || CSN-MA || 59-61 || Langhorne (12) || Langhorne (9) || Harding (6) || Verizon Center 8,790 || 12-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 20 || July 21 || 11:30am || Atlanta || NBATVCSN-MA || 82-72 || Langhorne (24) || Langhorne (15) || Smith (5) || Verizon Center 14,347 || 13-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 21 || July 24 || 7:00pm || Indiana || NBATVCSN-MA || 73-78 || Smith (17) || Langhorne (13) || Harding (3) || Verizon Center 9,786 || 13-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 22 || July 27 || 7:30pm || @ Connecticut || || 78-88 || Langhorne (23) || Currie (9) || Coleman, Melvin, Smith (3) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,322 || 13-9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 23 || July 29 || 7:00pm || San Antonio || NBATVCSN-MA || 75-79 || Currie (22) || Langhorne (9) || Harding (5) || Verizon Center 9,212 || 13-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || July 30 || 7:00pm || @ Indiana || || 77-73 || Harding (33) || Langhorne (11) || Sanford, Smith (4) || Conseco Fieldhouse 8,207 || 14-10 |- 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="bbffbb" | 25 || August 1 || 4:00pm || Tulsa || NBATVCSN-MA || 87-62 || Currie, Smith (15) || Coleman (10) || Coleman, Harding (4) || Verizon Center 9,008 || 15-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 26 || August 3 || 7:30pm || @ Atlanta || ESPN2 || 86-78 || Smith (18) || Langhorne (12) || Harding (6) || Philips Arena 9,072 || 16-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 27 || August 6 || 7:30pm || @ New York || || 77-85 || Currie (23) || Currie, Melvin (6) || Ajavon, Coleman, Smith (2) || Madison Square Garden 11,465 || 16-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 28 || August 8 || 5:00pm || @ Connecticut || || 67-76 || Langhorne (14) || Langhorne (7) || Harding (3) || Mohegan Sun Arena 7,076 || 16-12 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 29 || August 10 || 7:00pm || Connecticut || NBATVCSN-MA || 84-74 || Langhorne (23) || Langhorne (10) || Harding (6) || Verizon Center 8,180 || 17-12 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 30 || August 13 || 7:00pm || Minnesota || || 61-58 || Harding (15) || Langhorne (14) || Smith (4) || Verizon Center 7,752 || 18-12 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 31 || August 15 || 4:00pm || Seattle || || 80-71 || Currie (25) || Langhorne (7) || 4 players (3) || Verizon Center 9,438 || 19-12 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 32 || August 17 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio || || 76-66 || Langhorne (21) || Langhorne (12) || Smith (6) || AT&T Center 6,801 || 20-12 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 33 || August 20 || 7:00pm || New York || || 75-74 || Ajavon (16) || Langhorne (7) || Coleman, Harding (2) || Verizon Center 13,109 || 21-12 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 34 || August 22 || 3:00pm || @ Atlanta || SSO || 90-81 || Currie (20) || Langhorne (11) || Harding (8) || Philips Arena 9,570 || 22-12 |- | All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess Postseason background:#0047AB; color:white 2010 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 || August 25 || 7:00pm || Atlanta || NBATV || 90-95 || Coleman (18) || Currie (11) || Harding (5) || Verizon Center 10,322 || 0-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || August 27 || 7:30pm || @ Atlanta || NBATVFSSO || 77-101 || Ajavon (20) || Currie, Langhorne (7) || Ajavon (3) || Philips Arena 7,890 || 0-2 |- Statistics Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Ajavon, Matee Matee Ajavon34 0 14.6 .346 .184 .773 1.6 1.4 1.12 0.06 5.9 Coleman, Marissa Marissa Coleman34 1 19.5 .397 .402 .756 3.3 1.5 0.85 0.35 6.5 Currie, Monique Monique Currie34 34 26.2 .436 .446 .877 4.8 1.6 1.44 0.41 14.1 Harding, Lindsey Lindsey Harding34 34 33.2 .445 .288 .766 3.0 4.0 1.38 0.18 12.1 Houts, Ashley Ashley Houts 20 0 5.5 .375 .250 1.000 0.7 0.5 0.30 0.00 0.9 Langhorne, Crystal Crystal Langhorne34 34 34.1 .589 .167 .772 9.7 1.1 0.88 0.21 16.3 Melvin, Chasity Chasity Melvin34 12 19.4 .434 .000 .643 4.7 0.7 0.71 0.50 5.2 Monroe, Jacinta Jacinta Monroe 17 0 6.9 .484 .000 .500 0.9 0.2 0.29 0.47 2.1 Sanford, Nakia Nakia Sanford34 22 17.9 .478 .000 .697 4.2 0.7 0.74 0.24 6.0 Smith, Katie Katie Smith 33 33 30.8 .395 .362 .764 2.1 2.6 0.73 0.15 9.5 Postseason Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Ajavon, Matee Matee Ajavon2 0 17.5 .440 .400 .750 0.0 1.5 1.50 0.00 18.0 Coleman, Marissa Marissa Coleman2 0 25.0 .400 .300 .800 4.0 1.0 1.00 0.00 13.5 Currie, Monique Monique Currie2 2 28.0 .167 .200 .765 9.0 1.0 1.00 0.00 10.0 Harding, Lindsey Lindsey Harding2 2 33.5 .219 .400 .625 2.5 3.0 2.00 0.00 10.5 Houts, Ashley Ashley Houts 1 0 4.0 .000 .000 .000 1.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0 Langhorne, Crystal Crystal Langhorne2 2 35.0 .458 .000 1.000 8.0 1.5 0.00 2.00 13.5 Melvin, Chasity Chasity Melvin2 1 15.0 .800 .000 .750 2.0 1.0 1.00 0.00 5.5 Monroe, Jacinta Jacinta Monroe2 0 2.5 .000 .000 .000 0.5 0.0 0.50 0.00 0.0 Sanford, Nakia Nakia Sanford2 1 14.0 .714 .000 .500 3.0 0.5 0.50 0.50 5.5 Smith, Katie Katie Smith2 2 27.5 .333 .143 .833 4.0 1.0 0.50 0.00 7.0 Awards and honors Crystal Langhorne was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of June 19, 2010. Crystal Langhorne was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Month for June. Monique Currie was named to the 2010 WNBA All-Star Team as a WNBA starter. Lindsey Harding was named to the 2010 WNBA All-Star Team as a WNBA starter. Crystal Langhorne was named to the 2010 WNBA All-Star Team as a WNBA starter. Lindsey Harding was named to the All-Defensive Second Team. Crystal Langhorne was named to the All-WNBA Second Team. References External links Category:Washington Mystics seasons Washington Washington Mystics