2008 Washington Mystics season

August 2023 March 2026 Washington Mystics 2008 10 24 Eastern 6 Tree Rollins (8-14)Jessie Kenlaw (2-10) Verizon Center Did not qualify The 2008 WNBA season was the 11th season for the Washington Mystics women's professional basketball team. Despite a 10–16 record before the WNBA break for the Beijing Olympics, Mystics officials said that attendance at Verizon Center had risen from nearly 1,200 fans a game over the previous season, with total ticket revenue up 17 percent, and season-ticket sales for the 2008 season were up 20 percent from last season, bringing the team's base to nearly 3,000.http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/article/123383 Sports Business Journal Off-season On October 2, 2007, the Mystics announced that Tree Rollins would be named the permanent head coach. Rollins had been the interim head coach since the resignation of Richie Adubato on June 1, 2007. Expansion draft Yelena Leuchanka was selected in the 2008 Expansion Draft for the Atlanta Dream.http://www.wnba.com/dream/expansiondraft_080206.html WNBA.com: Atlanta Dream 2008-04-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20090820061552/http://www.wnba.com/dream/expansiondraft_080206.html 2009-08-20 dead WNBA draft Round Pick Player Nationality School or club team16 Crystal Langhorne Maryland220 Lindsey Pluimer UCLA334 Krystal Vaughn Virginia Commonwealth Transactions Trades April 22, 2008Mystics: Mystics Acquire Taj Mcwilliams-Franklin To Washington Mystics Taj McWilliams-Franklin and a first-round pick in the 2009 WNBA draft To Los Angeles Sparks DeLisha Milton-Jones August 12, 2008Mystics: Mystics Acquire Tasha Humphrey To Washington Mystics Tasha Humphrey, Eshaya Murphy, and a second-round pick in the 2009 WNBA draft To Detroit Shock Taj McWilliams-Franklin Free agents Player Signed Former team Amber Jacobs March 17, 2008 Indiana Fever Kendra Wecker June 23, 2008 San Antonio Silver Stars Player Left New team Nikki Teasley March 24, 2008 Atlanta Dream (August 15, 2008) Stacey Lovelace March 27, 2008 Atlanta Dream Amber Jacobs June 23, 2008 Los Angeles Sparks (July 7, 2008) Kendra Wecker August 12, 2008 Player Re-signed Nakia Sanford February 21, 2008 Alana Beard February 25, 2008 Laurie Koehn February 28, 2008 Coco Miller September 14, 2008 Regular season On July 19, 2008, Tree Rollins was fired by the team after an 8–14 start. Assistant coach Jessie Kenlaw was named as interim head coach. Season standings WAS Season schedule Date Opponent Score Leading scorer Attendance Record May 17 @ Indiana53-64Nakia Sanford (14)10,5330-1 May 22 @ New York60-79Taj McWilliams-Franklin (26)7,0710-2 May 25 vs. Houston69-66Alana Beard (16)10,4411-2 May 27 vs. Atlanta80-74Alana Beard (25)6,2312-2 May 31 vs. Los Angeles59-70Monique Currie (15)11,5172-3 June 3 @ Phoenix93-98Alana Beard (33)7,5612-4 June 6 @ San Antonio52-63Alana Beard (13)5,8002-5 June 8 @ Connecticut79-87Monique Currie (28)7,1742-6 June 11 vs. Sacramento76-79Taj McWilliams-Franklin (23)6,1462-7 June 13 @ Chicago64-57Alana Beard (22)2,6003-7 June 18 @ Houston67-63Alana Beard (23)7,0544-7 June 20 vs. Atlanta72-61Alana Beard (18)7,4485-7 June 24 vs. Phoenix90-98Taj McWilliams-Franklin (31)6,6625-8 June 26 @ Los Angeles77-74 (OT)Monique Currie (24)8,1446-8 June 29 @ Seattle49-64Alana Beard (16)7,9656-9 July 1 @ Sacramento81-87Alana Beard (31)5,7056-10 July 6 vs. San Antonio75-83Alana Beard (20)10,4396-11 July 8 vs. Indiana50-48Taj McWilliams-Franklin (20)7,5877-11 July 11 @ Detroit66-79Coco Miller (15)8,5967-12 July 13 vs. Connecticut69-64Nikki Blue (13)9,6108-12 July 17 @ New York56-77Alana Beard (15)8,3448-13 July 18 vs. Detroit62-99Taj McWilliams-Franklin (13)6,8348-14 July 20 vs. Seattle89-57Taj McWilliams-Franklin (22)8,5439-14 July 23 vs. New York73-80Taj McWilliams-Franklin (19)16,1219-15 July 25 @ Atlanta81-75Taj McWilliams-Franklin (13)8,27910-15 July 27 vs. Connecticut60-82Taj McWilliams-Franklin (11)9,35710-16 August 29 vs. Chicago75-79Alana Beard (18)10,04310-17 August 30 @ Minnesota78-92Alana Beard (27)6,98010-18 September 2 vs. Indiana68-79Alana Beard (17)7,24410-19 September 6 vs. Detroit69-84Monique Currie (15)9,97610-20 September 9 @ Chicago59-78Tasha Humphrey (15)3,08710-21 September 11 @ Detroit66-78Alana Beard (16) Monique Currie (16)8,14510-22 September 13 @ Connecticut81-87Monique Currie (23)8,65210-23 September 14 vs. Minnesota70-96Alana Beard (17)10,43810-24 Player stats Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Alana Beard Alana Beard 33 33 33.1 .395 .354 .733 3.6 3.5 1.7 0.6 16.1 Taj McWillams-Franklin Taj McWilliams-Franklin 26 26 33.2 .525 .280 .730 7.3 1.6 1.7 1.0 13.3 Monique Currie Monique Currie 34 34 28.6 .401 .375 .826 4.1 2.5 0.9 0.4 11.9 Tasha Humphrey Tasha Humphrey 8 7 26.5 .415 .379 .588 6.1 1.1 0.5 0.3 11.1 Nakia Sanford Nakia Sanford 34 28 23.4 .452 .000 .398 5.7 1.2 0.6 0.3 6.7 Coco Miller Coco Miller 34 6 20.9 .355 .283 .625 2.5 1.4 0.8 0.2 5.3 Crystal Langhorne Crystal Langhorne 34 6 15.6 .624 .000 .549 4.0 0.4 0.4 0.2 4.8 Crystal Smith Crystal Smith 28 4 14.0 .355 .368 .806 1.0 0.9 0.5 0.1 4.3 Nikki Blue Nikki Blue 26 22 20.7 .324 .438 .760 1.6 2.8 0.7 0.1 3.8 Andrea Gardner Andrea Gardner 22 0 8.1 .379 .000 .542 2.3 0.3 0.1 0.0 2.6 Laurie Koehn Laurie Koehn 30 0 4.8 .393 .418 .000 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 2.4 Bernice Mosby Bernice Mosby 24 1 7.6 .392 .000 .667 2.2 0.1 0.1 0.3 2.0 Amber Jacobs Amber Jacobs 6 3 13.7 .250 .300 .500 1.2 1.8 0.5 0.0 1.7 Eshaya Murphy Eshaya Murphy 2 0 5.5 .333 .000 .000 1.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.0 Krystal Vaughn Krystal Vaughn 15 0 5.2 .158 .000 .600 1.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.8 Kendra Wecker Kendra Wecker 9 0 5.3 .118 .143 .000 1.2 0.8 0.3 0.0 0.6 Washington Mystics Regular Season Stats Roster Washington Mystics 2008 WNBA 20 Alana Beard G/F 5 11 160 Duke USA 32 Nikki Blue PG 5 8 163 UCLA USA 25 Monique Currie PF 6 0 177 Duke USA 52 Andrea Gardner PF 6 3 190 Howard University USA 34 Tasha Humphrey C 6 3 Georgia USA 12 Laurie Koehn SG 5 8 145 Kansas State USA 1 Crystal Langhorne C 6 2 184 Maryland USA 9 Coco Miller SG 5 9 140 Georgia USA 33 Bernice Mosby PF 6 1 172 Baylor USA 14 Eshaya Murphy SG 5 11 164 USC USA 43 Nakia Sanford C 6 4 200 Kansas USA 15 Crystal Smith basketball PG 5 6 121 Iowa USA 5 Krystal Vaughn PF 6 1 160 Virginia Commonwealth USA USA Jessie Kenlaw 1 Savannah State University USA Crystal Robinson Southeastern Oklahoma State University USA Navin Hettiarachchi 1 West Virginia http://www.wnba.com/mystics/roster/ 2008-09-21 References External links Tree Rollins replaced by Jessie Kenlaw as Head Coach Mystics trade McWilliams-Franklin to the Shock Washington Washington Mystics Category:Washington Mystics seasons