# 2013 Washington Mystics season

The 2013 WNBA season is the 16th season for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association. The Mystics improved significantly over their 2012 season, and qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 2010.
Although they lost the Conference Semifinals to Atlanta in 3 games, the Mystics won their first playoff game since 2004.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

The following are the Mystics' selections in the 2013 WNBA draft.
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/team/country |
| 1 | 4 | Tayler Hill | United States | Ohio State |
| 2 | 17 | Nadira McKenith | United States | St. John's |
| 2 | 19 | Emma Meesseman | Belgium | Villeneuve-d'Ascq (France) |

### Trades

| Date | Trade | Trade |
| TBD | To Washington Mystics | To TBD |
| TBD | TBD | TBD |

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

| Pos. | Starter | Bench |
| C | Kia Vaughn | Emma Meesseman |
| PF | Crystal Langhorne | Michelle Snow |
| SF | Monique Currie | Jessica Moore |
| SG | Matee Ajavon | Tayler Hill Nadirah McKenith |
| PG | Ivory Latta | Tierra Ruffin-Pratt |

## Season standings

| # | Eastern Conference vte | Eastern Conference vte | Eastern Conference vte | Eastern Conference vte | Eastern Conference vte | Eastern Conference vte |
| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
| 1 | z-Chicago Sky | 24 | 10 | .706 | - | 34 |
| 2 | x-Atlanta Dream | 17 | 17 | .500 | 7 | 34 |
| 3 | x-Washington Mystics | 17 | 17 | .500 | 7 | 34 |
| 4 | x-Indiana Fever | 16 | 18 | .471 | 8 | 34 |
| 5 | e-New York Liberty | 11 | 23 | .324 | 13 | 34 |
| 6 | e-Connecticut Sun | 10 | 24 | .294 | 14 | 34 |

## Schedule
### Preseason

2013 pre-season game log Total: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1) :
Pre-season: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 15
Brazil
W 71–56
Hill & Meesseman (12)
Monique Currie (7)
Monique Currie (6)
Verizon Center 3509
1–0
2
May 18
@ Minnesota
L 57–74
Kia Vaughn (10)
Vaughn & Hill (7)
Tayler Hill (3)
Bismarck Civic Center 1513
1–1 :
2013 season schedule :

### Regular season

2013 game log Total: 17–17 (Home: 10–7; Road: 7–10) :
May: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 27
@ Tulsa
W 95–90 (OT)
Ivory Latta (27)
Crystal Langhorne (9)
Currie, Latta, Meesseman, & Ajavon (3)
BOK Center 7381
1–0 :
June
: 4–6 (Home: 3–2; Road: 1–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
2
June 2
Atlanta
L 63–73
Crystal Langhorne (15)
Vaughn & Meesseman (6)
Ivory Latta (7)
Verizon Center 8938
1–1
3
June 7
@ Connecticut
W 66–62
Ivory Latta (17)
Ivory Latta (7)
Matee Ajavon (4)
Mohegan Sun Arena 6150
2–1
4
June 8
Minnesota
W 85–80
Ivory Latta (24)
Currie, Langhorne, & Vaughn (6)
Ivory Latta (5)
Verizon Center 7870
3–1
5
June 16
Indiana
W 64–60
Ivory Latta (17)
Currie & Langhorne (9)
Monique Currie (5)
Verizon Center 6649
4–1
6
June 18
@ Seattle
L 86–96 (OT)
Crystal Langhorne (23)
Langhorne & Snow (7)
Ivory Latta (6)
Key Arena 4579
4–2
7
June 21
@ Phoenix
L 82–90
Ivory Latta (22)
Monique Currie (8)
Ivory Latta (5)
US Airways Center 9636
4–3
8
June 23
@ Los Angeles
L 69–79
Langhorne & Hill (16)
Crystal Langhorne (13)
Langhorne, Latta, Ajavon, & Hill (4)
Staples Center 9651
4–4
9
June 27
Phoenix
L 97–101
Crystal Langhorne (27)
Currie & Latta (6)
Ivory Latta (9)
Verizon Center 7950
4–5
10
June 28
@ Atlanta
L 75–86
Monique Currie (20)
Crystal Langhorne (5)
Ruffin-Pratt & McKenith (3)
Philips Arena 5512
4–6
11
June 30
Tulsa
W 84–61
Ivory Latta (15)
Currie, Langhorne, & Snow (8)
Matee Ajavon (3)
Verizon Center 6511
5–6 :
July
: 4–4 (Home: 3–2; Road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
12
July 6
Seattle
W 62–59
Crystal Langhorne (12)
Michelle Snow (13)
Latta & Ajavon (3)
Verizon Center 6174
6–6
13
July 10
@ Chicago
L 85–89
Crystal Langhorne (18)
Crystal Langhorne (8)
Ivory Latta (6)
Allstate Arena 14201
6–7
14
July 12
@ San Antonio
W 83–73
Crystal Langhorne (14)
Kia Vaughn (8)
Matee Ajavon (5)
AT&T Center 11268
7–7
15
July 16
San Antonio
W 86–64
Langhorne & Ruffin-Pratt (13)
Crystal Langhorne (9)
Tayler Hill (5)
Verizon Center 6843
8–7
16
July 19
@ Indiana
L 70–77
Ivory Latta (16)
Crystal Langhorne (7)
Ivory Latta (3)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6434
8–8
17
July 21
Indiana
L 52–65
Monique Currie (15)
Michelle Snow (7)
Ajavon & Hill (2)
Verizon Center 6516
8–9
18
July 24
Chicago
W 82–78
Ivory Latta (18)
Monique Currie (9)
Ivory Latta (13)
Verizon Center 14411
9–9
All-Star Break
19
July 31
NY Liberty
L 78–88
Matee Ajavon (20)
Kia Vaughn (12)
Emma Meesseman (4)
Verizon Center 6711
9–10 :
August
: 5–5 (Home: 2–2; Road: 3–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
20
August 2
@ Chicago
L 78–85
Matee Ajavon (19)
Michelle Snow (6)
Ivory Latta (6)
Allstate Arena 5134
9–11
21
August 4
Los Angeles
L 57–75
Crystal Langhorne (23)
Crystal Langhorne (7)
Ivory Latta (5)
Verizon Center 7092
9–12
22
August 6
@ NY Liberty
L 88–93
Crystal Langhorne (24)
Crystal Langhorne (11)
Ivory Latta (4)
Prudential Center 8907
9–13
23
August 8
@ Minnesota
W 79–75
Ivory Latta (24)
Michelle Snow (11)
Matee Ajavon (5)
Target Center 8723
10–13
24
August 11
Connecticut
W 74–63
Crystal Langhorne (18)
Langhorne & Snow (9)
Matee Ajavon (8)
Verizon Center 7725
11–13
25
August 16
@ NY Liberty
W 66–57
Matee Ajavon (16)
Monique Currie (7)
Latta & Ajavon (7)
Prudential Center 6157
12–13
26
August 18
@ Atlanta
L 58–76
Ivory Latta (12)
Crystal Langhorne (9)
Latta & McKenith (3)
Philips Arena 4873
12–14
27
August 20
Chicago
L 73–79
Kia Vaughn (21)
Crystal Langhorne (9)
Ivory Latta (5)
Verizon Center 6471
12–15
28
August 23
Atlanta
W 74–64
Monique Currie (15)
Kia Vaughn (10)
Ivory Latta (4)
Verizon Center 7088
13–15
29
August 28
@ Atlanta
W 85–80 (OT)
Currie, Latta, & Hill (15)
Crystal Langhorne (10)
Ivory Latta (10)
Philips Arena 4415
14–15 :
September: 3–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
30
September 6
@ Connecticut
L 70–77
Crystal Langhorne (16)
Crystal Langhorne (11)
Ajavon, Hill, Meesseman, & McKenith (2)
Mohegan Sun Arena 5611
14–16
31
September 8
Chicago
L 79–93
Ivory Latta (18)
Kia Vaughn (8)
Ivory Latta (7)
Verizon Center 9060
14–17
32
September 10
@ Indiana
W 69–67
Vaughn & Latta (15)
Crystal Langhorne (10)
Ivory Latta (4)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8444
15–17
33
September 13
Connecticut
W 82–56
Ivory Latta (19)
Kia Vaughn (10)
Ivory Latta (5)
Verizon Center 7779
16–17
34
September 15
NY Liberty
W 70–52
Tayler Hill (16)
Kia Vaughn (12)
Emma Meesseman (3)
Verizon Center 9454
17–17 :
2013 season schedule :

### Playoffs

2013 playoff game log Total: 1–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 1–1) :
Conference Semifinals: 1–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
September 19
@ Atlanta
W 71–56
Ivory Latta (14)
Crystal Langhorne (15)
Ivory Latta (7)
Philips Arena 3862
1–0
2
September 21
Atlanta
L 45–63
Tayler Hill (11)
Vaughn & Snow (6)
Nadirah McKenith (3)
Verizon Center 7065
1–1
3
September 23
@ Atlanta
L 72–80
Monique Currie (22)
Crystal Langhorne (6)
Matee Ajavon (5)
Philips Arena 4078
1–2 :
2013 season schedule :

## Statistics
### Regular season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |

## Awards and honors

* WNBA All-Stars: Crystal Langhorne, Ivory Latta