# 2003 Washington Mystics season

The 2003 WNBA season was the sixth for the Washington Mystics.

## Offseason
### Dispersal Draft

| Pick | Player | Nationality | Former Team |
| 8 | Jenny Mowe (C) | United States | Portland Fire |

### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | College/School/Team |
| 1 | 7 | Aiysha Smith (C) | United States | LSU |
| 2 | 21 | Zuzana Zirkova (G) | Slovakia | Slovakia |
| 3 | 32 | Trish Juhline (G) | United States | Villanova |
| 3 | 36 | Tamara Bowie (F) | United States | Ball State |

## Regular season
### Season standings

| Eastern Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
| Detroit Shock $^x$ | 25 | 9 | .735 | – | 13–4 | 12–5 | 18–6 |
| Charlotte Sting $^x$ | 18 | 16 | .529 | 7.0 | 13–4 | 5–12 | 12–12 |
| Connecticut Sun $^x$ | 18 | 16 | .529 | 7.0 | 10–7 | 8–9 | 11–13 |
| Cleveland Rockers $^x$ | 17 | 17 | .500 | 8.0 | 11–6 | 6–11 | 13–11 |
| Indiana Fever $^o$ | 16 | 18 | .471 | 9.0 | 11–6 | 5–12 | 12–12 |
| New York Liberty $^o$ | 16 | 18 | .471 | 9.0 | 11–6 | 5–12 | 11–13 |
| Washington Mystics $^o$ | 9 | 25 | .265 | 16.0 | 3–14 | 6–11 | 7–17 |

### Season schedule

| Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record |
| May 23 | @ Charlotte | 74-70 | Win | 1-0 |
| May 31 | @ Indiana | 60-71 | Loss | 1-1 |
| June 1 | @ New York | 57-70 | Loss | 1-2 |
| June 6 | Cleveland | 53-63 | Loss | 1-3 |
| June 10 | San Antonio | 79-72 | Win | 2-3 |
| June 13 | @ Connecticut | 70-84 | Loss | 2-4 |
| June 14 | Detroit | 56-93 | Loss | 2-5 |
| June 18 | Sacramento | 61-69 | Loss | 2-6 |
| June 20 | @ Cleveland | 74-79 | Loss | 2-7 |
| June 24 | Connecticut | 63-65 | Loss | 2-8 |
| June 29 | Minnesota | 50-59 | Loss | 2-9 |
| July 2 | @ Sacramento | 62-83 | Loss | 2-10 |
| July 3 | @ Seattle | 72-76 | Loss | 2-11 |
| July 5 | @ Houston | 54-76 | Loss | 2-12 |
| July 7 | Charlotte | 56-62 | Loss | 2-13 |
| July 9 | Los Angeles | 91-97 | Loss | 2-14 |
| July 15 | @ New York | 77-64 | Win | 3-14 |
| July 17 | Charlotte | 68-60 | Win | 4-14 |
| July 19 | @ San Antonio | 85-77 | Win | 5-14 |
| July 22 | @ Los Angeles | 73-77 | Loss | 5-15 |
| July 24 | Indiana | 75-80 | Loss | 5-16 |
| July 26 | @ Cleveland | 78-89 | Loss | 5-17 |
| July 27 | @ Detroit | 71-81 | Loss | 5-18 |
| July 29 | Indiana | 91-92 (OT) | Loss | 5-19 |
| August 1 | @ Connecticut | 48-45 | Win | 6-19 |
| August 3 | Phoenix | 69-70 (OT) | Loss | 6-20 |
| August 6 | Detroit | 92-81 | Win | 7-20 |
| August 9 | New York | 56-65 | Loss | 7-21 |
| August 12 | @ Indiana | 84-80 | Win | 8-21 |
| August 14 | @ Charlotte | 76-69 | Win | 9-21 |
| August 16 | Cleveland | 68-72 | Loss | 9-22 |
| August 21 | New York | 60-65 | Loss | 9-23 |
| August 23 | Connecticut | 67-74 | Loss | 9-24 |
| August 25 | @ Detroit | 60-68 | Loss | 9-25 |

## Player stats

| Player | GP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS |
| Chamique Holdsclaw | 27 | 294 | 89 | 34 | 15 | 554 |
| Coco Miller | 33 | 127 | 86 | 39 | 7 | 413 |
| Stacey Dales | 34 | 101 | 114 | 29 | 12 | 340 |
| Asjha Jones | 34 | 135 | 52 | 16 | 25 | 290 |
| Murriel Page | 34 | 152 | 35 | 18 | 24 | 213 |
| Annie Burgess | 34 | 79 | 112 | 27 | 1 | 131 |
| Aiysha Smith | 31 | 65 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 104 |
| Jocelyn Penn | 30 | 52 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 86 |
| Kiesha Brown | 27 | 32 | 28 | 13 | 1 | 60 |
| Helen Luz | 20 | 10 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 59 |
| Nakia Sanford | 17 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 49 |
| Tonya Washington | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| Zuzana Zirkova | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Sonja Henning | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |