# 2011 Washington Mystics season

The 2011 WNBA season is the 14th season for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

The following are the Mystics' selections in the 2011 WNBA draft.
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/team/country |
| 1 | 11 | Victoria Dunlap | United States | Kentucky |
| 2 | 23 | Karima Christmas | United States | Duke |
| 3 | 35 | Sarah Krnjic | Serbia | Serbia |

### Transaction log

* February 7: The Mystics signed Maurita Reid to a training camp contract.
* March 29: The Mystics signed Sequoia Holmes and Angel Robinson to training camp contracts.
* April 8: The Mystics signed Megan Frazee.
* April 8: The Mystics signed Bernice Mosby to a training camp contract.
* April 9: The Mystics traded their first-round 2012 draft pick to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Nicky Anosike.
* April 11: The Mystics traded Lindsey Harding and a second-round pick in the 2012 draft to the Atlanta Dream in exchange for Kelly Miller, draft rights to Ta'Shia Phillips and a first-round pick in the 2012 draft.
* April 29: The Mystics traded Katie Smith and Jacinta Monroe to the Seattle Storm in exchange for Jasmine Thomas and a first-round pick in the 2012 draft, and the Indiana Fever's third-round pick in the 2012 draft.
* May 2: The Mystics waived Bernice Mosby.
* May 17: The Mystics waived Sequoia Holmes and Maurita Reid.
* May 28: The Mystics waived Chasity Melvin and Angel Robinson.
* May 31: The Mystics waived Ashley Houts and Megan Frazee.
* June 9: The Mystics signed Kerri Gardin to an emergency hardship contract.
* June 20: The Mystics waived Kerri Gardin.
* June 23: The Mystics signed Joy Cheek to an emergency hardship contract.
* July 6: The Mystics waived Joy Cheek.
* July 7: The Mystics signed Kerri Gardin to an emergency hardship contract.
* July 21: The Mystics waived Ta'Shia Phillips and Karima Christmas.
* July 25: The Mystics signed DeMya Walker.

### Trades

| Date | Trade | Trade |
| April 9, 2011 | To Washington Mystics | To Minnesota Lynx |
| April 9, 2011 | Nicky Anosike | first-round pick in 2012 draft |
| April 11, 2011 | To Washington Mystics | To Atlanta Dream |
| April 11, 2011 | Kelly Miller, Ta'Shia Phillips, first-round pick in 2012 draft | Lindsey Harding, second-round pick in 2012 draft |
| April 29, 2011 | To Washington Mystics | To Seattle Storm |
| April 29, 2011 | Jasmine Thomas, Seattle's first- and Indiana's third-round picks in 2012 draft | Katie Smith and Jacinta Monroe |

### Personnel changes
## Roster
### Depth

| Pos. | Starter | Bench |
| C | Nicky Anosike | DeMya Walker |
| PF | Crystal Langhorne | Victoria Dunlap |
| SF | Marissa Coleman | Kerri Gardin Monique Currie |
| SG | Matee Ajavon | Alana Beard |
| PG | Kelly Miller | Jasmine Thomas |

## Season standings

| Eastern Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
| Indiana Fever $^x$ | 21 | 13 | .618 | – | 13–4 | 8–9 | 13–9 |
| Connecticut Sun $^x$ | 21 | 13 | .618 | – | 15–2 | 6–11 | 14–8 |
| Atlanta Dream $^x$ | 20 | 14 | .588 | 1.0 | 11–6 | 9–8 | 14–8 |
| New York Liberty $^x$ | 19 | 15 | .559 | 2.0 | 12-5 | 7–10 | 11–11 |
| Chicago Sky $^o$ | 14 | 20 | .412 | 7.0 | 10–7 | 4–13 | 10–12 |
| Washington Mystics $^o$ | 6 | 28 | .176 | 15.0 | 4–13 | 2–15 | 4–18 |

## Schedule
### Preseason

2011 Game Log: Preseason
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 2510:30am@ New York60–57Anosike (14)Melvin (6)Miller (5)Prudential Center 6,4721-0
2May 2611:30amChicago66–55Langhorne (15)Langhorne (9)Thomas (3)Verizon Center 9,5021–1 :

### Regular season

2011 Game Log: Regular Season :
June
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1June 47:00pm@ Connecticut73–89Anosike Langhorne (16)Anosike (7)Ajavon Miller (4)Mohegan Sun Arena 6,6660–1
2June 97:00pm@ AtlantaESPN298–90 (OT)Langhorne (30)Anosike Langhorne (13)Miller (5)Philips Arena 5,0201–1
3June 117:00pmChicagoCN10077–84Ajavon (24)Coleman (6)Ajavon Miller (4)Verizon Center 11,9431–2
4June 167:00pmConnecticutCSN-MA71–79Miller (19)Anosike (13)Miller (5)Verizon Center 7,0281–3
5June 188:00pm@ Tulsa59–77Coleman Langhorne (12)Langhorne (12)Ajavon (4)BOK Center 4,4231–4
6June 217:00pmIndianaCSN-MA80–89Langhorne (23)Langhorne (9)Anosike (4)Verizon Center 7,9801–5
7June 284:00pmTulsaCSN-MA83–63Langhorne (23)Coleman (12)Ajavon (6)Verizon Center 10,6752–5 :
July
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
8July 34:00pmSeattleNBATV CSN-MA63–73Dunlap (19)Anosike (10)Ajavon Miller (4)Verizon Center 11,6042–6
9July 58:00pm@ ChicagoCN10065–78Coleman (14)Anosike (10)Thomas (4)Allstate Arena 3,1872–7
10July 97:00pm@ Indiana57–68Anosike (12)Coleman (9)Miller (4)Conseco Fieldhouse 7,0562–8
11July 123:00pm@ SeattleNBATV71–79Coleman (16)Coleman (9)Ajavon (7)KeyArena 13,3842–9
12July 1510:00pm@ PhoenixNBATV FS-A64–78Langhorne (17)Anosike (10)Ajavon Coleman Miller (3)US Airways Center 9,0752–10
13July 178:30pm@ Los AngelesNBATV89–85 (OT)Ajavon (29)Langhorne (14)Langhorne (5)Staples Center 10,3983–10
14July 2011:30amAtlantaNBATV79–86Langhorne (24)Anosike (14)Miller (6)Verizon Center 13,9543–11
All-Star break
15July 267:00pmSan AntonioCSN-MA67–73Langhorne (19)Anosike (8)Thomas (5)Verizon Center 11,3313–12
16July 287:00pm@ New YorkMSG71–75Langhorne (18)Langhorne (9)Anosike Coleman (3)Prudential Center 6,8083–13
17July 297:00pmIndianaNBATV CSN-MA59–61Ajavon (19)Walker (10)Ajavon (4)Verizon Center 11,5873–14 :
August
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
18August 67:00pmNew YorkNBATV91-81Ajavon (32)Anosike Langhorne (9)Ajavon (5)Verizon Center 10,7414–14
19August 97:00pmAtlantaCSN-MA70–72Ajavon (28)Coleman (10)Anosike (4)Verizon Center 9,5364–15
20August 127:00pmNew York64–63Langhorne (18)Anosike (11)Ajavon Coleman (3)Verizon Center 10,0925–15
21August 137:00pm@ Connecticut75–82Langhorne (17)Anosike (7)Miller (6)Mohegan Sun Arena 6,7175–16
22August 167:00pm@ New York66–69Langhorne (25)Langhorne (6)Ajavon (5)Prudential Center 6,2235–17
23August 187:00pmMinnesota62–81Ajavon (15)Coleman Langhorne Walker (5)Miller (4)Verizon Center 9,4835–18
24August 207:00pmChicagoNBATV CN10070–71Ajavon (23)Anosike (9)Ajavon Thomas (4)Verizon Center 10,2735–19
25August 216:00pm@ IndianaNBATV FS-I51–83Langhorne Thomas (11)Langhorne (7)Ajavon (3)Conseco Fieldhouse 7,9355–20
26August 237:00pmLos AngelesCSN-MA82–86 (OT)Langhorne (28)Langhorne (9)Thomas (5)Verizon Center 8,4415–21
27August 268:30pm@ ChicagoCN10067–80Langhorne (19)Langhorne (9)Langhorne (5)Allstate Arena 4,4345–22
28August 284:00pmPhoenixCSN-MA79–86Langhorne (27)Langhorne (12)Miller Thomas (5)Verizon Center 11,6145–23
29August 308:00pm@ Minnesota56–73Langhorne (13)Anosike (7)Thomas (3)Target Center 8,0655–24 :
September
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
30September 17:00pmAtlanta85–81Langhorne (25)Gardin Langhorne (10)Thomas (5)Verizon Center 7,9546–24
31September 27:30pm@ AtlantaNBATV73-95Thomas (19)Walker (8)Miller (4)Philips Arena 6,5796–25
32September 44:00pmConnecticutNBATV CSN-MA48–79Currie (13)Gardin (10)Miller Thomas (2)Verizon Center 13,4036–26
33September 77:00pm@ IndianaNBATV69-87Langhorne (18)Langhorne (15)Ajavon (3)Conseco Fieldhouse 8,5146–27
34September 108:00pm@ San AntonioNBATV74–82Ajavon (15)Anosike Langhorne (9)Ajavon (5)AT&T Center 12,8136–28 :
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com :

## Statistics
### Regular season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Matee Ajavon | 34 | 33 | 31.3 | .391 | .276 | .829 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 1.68 | 0.26 | 14.7 |
| Nicky Anosike | 34 | 29 | 27.2 | .347 | .000 | .736 | 7.2 | 1.4 | 1.44 | 0.82 | 7.0 |
| Alana Beard | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
| Joy Cheek | 3 | 0 | 5.3 | .250 | .000 | 1.000 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.33 | 1.0 |
| Karima Christmas | 14 | 0 | 10.1 | .310 | .217 | .696 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.60 | 0.10 | 3.4 |
| Marissa Coleman | 34 | 28 | 27.0 | .385 | .368 | .676 | 4.8 | 1.4 | 0.71 | 0.41 | 8.6 |
| Monique Currie | 4 | 1 | 19.3 | .429 | .125 | 1.000 | 4.3 | 1.0 | 1.75 | 0.00 | 11.8 |
| Victoria Dunlap | 26 | 3 | 8.4 | .439 | .500 | .471 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.69 | 0.19 | 2.3 |
| Kerri Gardin | 28 | 5 | 14.0 | .237 | .000 | .517 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.86 | 0.46 | 1.5 |
| Crystal Langhorne | 31 | 31 | 34.3 | .534 | .125 | .711 | 7.6 | 1.6 | 1.26 | 0.48 | 18.2 |
| Kelly Miller | 34 | 29 | 27.7 | .382 | .441 | .789 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 0.68 | 0.24 | 7.4 |
| Ta'Shia Phillips | 10 | 0 | 5.4 | .538 | .000 | .500 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.30 | 1.9 |
| Jasmine Thomas | 34 | 6 | 19.3 | .353 | .312 | .667 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 0.74 | 0.26 | 6.4 |
| DeMya Walker | 20 | 5 | 20.5 | .392 | .000 | .737 | 4.0 | 1.2 | 0.40 | 0.35 | 6.3 |

## Awards and honors

* Crystal Langhorne was named to the 2011 WNBA All-Star Team as a reserve.