1998 Washington Mystics season

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1998 Washington Mystics season
Coach Jim Lewis (fired Jul. 24, 2–16 record)
Cathy Parson (interim, 1–11 record)
Arena MCI Center
Attendance15,910 per game
Results
Record3–27 (.100)
Place5th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Team Leaders
Points Nikki McCray (17.7)
Rebounds Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (8.1)
AssistsNikki McCray (3.1)

The 1998 WNBA season was the first for the Washington Mystics.

Contents

Transactions

WNBA allocation draft

PlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
Alessandra Santos de Oliveira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Comense (Italy)
Nikki McCray Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Columbus Quest

WNBA expansion draft

PlayerNationalityFormer WNBA Team
Tammy Jackson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Houston Comets
Deborah Carter Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Utah Starzz
Penny Moore Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Charlotte Sting
Heidi Burge Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Los Angeles Sparks

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
13 Murriel Page Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Florida
213 Rita Williams Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States UConn
323 Angela Hamblin Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Iowa
433 Angela Jackson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Texas

Transactions

DateTransaction
December 29, 1997Hired Jim Lewis as Head Coach [1]
January 27, 1998Drafted Alessandra Santos de Oliveira and Nikki McCray in the 1998 WNBA Allocation Draft [1]
February 18, 1998Drafted Tammy Jackson, Deborah Carter, Penny Moore and Heidi Burge in the 1998 WNBA expansion draft [1]
April 29, 1998Drafted Murriel Page, Rita Williams, Angela Hamblin and Angela Jackson in the 1998 WNBA Draft [1]
June 23, 1998Waived Tammy Jackson [1]
July 24, 1998Fired Jim Lewis as Head Coach [1]
Hired Cathy Parsons as Interim Head Coach [1]
July 31, 1998Waived Angela Jackson and Leila Sobral [1]
Signed Leslie Johnson and Margo Graham [1]

Roster

1998 Washington Mystics roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
C 35 Flag of the United States.svg Brown, La'Shawn 6' 3" (1.91m)180 lb (82kg)1972-12-01 Louisiana Tech R
C 34 Flag of the United States.svg Burge, Heidi 6' 5" (1.96m)185 lb (84kg)1971-11-12 Virginia 1
G/F 9 Flag of the United States.svg Carter, Deborah 6' 1" (1.85m)185 lb (84kg)1972-01-03 Georgia 1
G 12 Flag of the United States.svg Chaconas, Keri 5' 9" (1.75m)151 lb (68kg)1974-12-21 George Mason R
C 32 Flag of the United States.svg Graham, Margo 6' 4" (1.93m)235 lb (107kg)1970-12-18 Houston R
C 32 Flag of the United States.svg Jackson, Angela 6' 4" (1.93m)1976-03-30 Texas R
F/C 28 Flag of the United States.svg Jackson, Tammy 6' 2" (1.88m)190 lb (86kg)1962-12-03 Florida 1
F 28 Flag of the United States.svg Johnson, Leslie 6' 2" (1.88m)220 lb (100kg)1975-01-12 Western Kentucky R
G 15 Flag of the United States.svg McCray, Nikki 5' 11" (1.8m)158 lb (72kg)1971-12-17 Tennessee R
F 24 Flag of the United States.svg Moore, Penny 6' 0" (1.83m)1969-01-25 Long Beach State 1
F 10 Flag of the United States.svg Page, Murriel 6' 2" (1.88m)160 lb (73kg)1975-09-18 Florida R
C 11 Flag of Brazil.svg Santos de Oliveira, Alessandra 6' 5" (1.96m)181 lb (82kg)1973-12-02R
G 30 Flag of the United States.svg Shuler, Adrienne 5' 6" (1.68m)1969-04-24 Georgia R
F 32 Flag of Brazil.svg Sobral, Leila 6' 1" (1.85m)1974-12-22R
G 23 Flag of the United States.svg Williams, Rita 5' 6" (1.68m)135 lb (61kg)1976-01-14 Connecticut R
Head coach
Flag of the United States.svg Jim Lewis (West Virginia)
Assistant coaches
Flag of the United States.svg Cathy Parson
Flag of the United States.svg Wes Unseld Jr.
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Schedule

Regular season

1998 game log
Total: 3–27 (Home: 2–12; Road: 1–15)
June: 1–7 (Home: 1–2; Road: 0–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1June 11@ Charlotte L 57–83 Nikki McCray (19) Carter
Moore (4)		 Nikki McCray (6) Charlotte Coliseum 0–1
2June 13@ Utah L 77–78 Nikki McCray (26) Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (18) Nikki McCray (5) Delta Center 0–2
3June 15@ Phoenix L 54–69 Nikki McCray (20) Murriel Page (11) Nikki McCray (4) America West Arena 0–3
4June 19 Utah W 85–76 Nikki McCray (29) Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (7) Nikki McCray (6) MCI Center 1–3
5June 21 Detroit L 57–70 Penny Moore (18) Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (11) Nikki McCray (3) MCI Center 1–4
6June 25@ Detroit L 71–79 Nikki McCray (23) Murriel Page (10) McCray
Moore
Page (4)		 The Palace of Auburn Hills 1–5
7June 28 Phoenix L 69–86 Murriel Page (18) Murriel Page (9) Nikki McCray (5) MCI Center 1–6
8June 29@ Houston L 48–73 Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (16) Murriel Page (7)Adrienne Shuler (4) Compaq Center 1–7
July: 1–11 (Home: 0–6; Road: 1–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
9July 1 Cleveland L 80–92 Nikki McCray (19) Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (9) Moore
Williams (4)		 MCI Center 1–8
10July 3@ New York L 60–76 Nikki McCray (16) Murriel Page (7) Keri Chaconas (5) Madison Square Garden 1–9
11July 5 New York L 61–62 (OT) Nikki McCray (15) Murriel Page (14) Rita Williams (4) MCI Center 1–10
12July 8@ Cleveland L 65–77 Nikki McCray (14) Nikki McCray (7) Penny Moore (5) Gund Arena 1–11
13July 11@ Detroit W 78–53 Nikki McCray (21) Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (14)Adrienne Shuler (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 2–11
14July 13@ Houston L 67–81 McCray
Santos de Oliveira (14)		 Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (12) Nikki McCray (4) Compaq Center 2–12
15July 17@ Charlotte L 56–86 Burge
Chaconas (10)		 Penny Moore (8) Chaconas
Shuler (5)		 Charlotte Coliseum 2–13
16July 19 Utah L 88–99 Nikki McCray (26) Murriel Page (7) Burge
Chaconas
Shuler (2)		 MCI Center 2–14
17July 21 Charlotte L 67–84 Penny Moore (17) Penny Moore (11) Penny Moore (5) MCI Center 2–15
18July 22@ Detroit L 61–76 Keri Chaconas (10) Murriel Page (8) Rita Williams (3) The Palace of Auburn Hills 2–16
19July 26 Sacramento L 65–79 Nikki McCray (27) Murriel Page (8) McCray
Shuler (3)		 MCI Center 2–17
20July 29 Los Angeles L 68–77 Nikki McCray (18) Murriel Page (10) Nikki McCray (4) MCI Center 2–18
August: 1–9 (Home: 1–4; Road: 0–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
21August 1 New York L 53–67 Keri Chaconas (11) McCray
Page (7)		 Heidi Burge (3) MCI Center 2–19
22August 3@ Los Angeles L 72–86 Penny Moore (18) Burge
Page
Williams (6)		 Burge
Moore (4)		 Great Western Forum 2–20
23August 4@ Phoenix L 59–88 Heidi Burge (19) Nikki McCray (9) Nikki McCray (5) America West Arena 2–21
24August 7@ Sacramento L 55–76 Nikki McCray (11) McCray
Page (6)		 Rita Williams (4) ARCO Arena 2–22
25August 9 Los Angeles W 76–74 Nikki McCray (21) Murriel Page (8)Adrienne Shuler (5) MCI Center 3–22
26August 12 Cleveland L 55–75 Nikki McCray (19) Deborah Carter (8) Keri Chaconas (4) MCI Center 3–23
27August 13@ New York L 45–88 Nikki McCray (21) Heidi Burge (6) Nikki McCray (3) Madison Square Garden 3–24
28August 15@ Cleveland L 71–90 McCray
Page (19)		 Murriel Page (8) Rita Williams (8) Gund Arena 3–25
29August 17 Houston L 65–110 Nikki McCray (20) Deborah Carter (7) McCray
Williams (3)		 MCI Center 3–26
30August 19 Charlotte L 69–105 Nikki McCray (20) Murriel Page (9) Nikki McCray (9) MCI Center 3–27
1998 season schedule

Season standings

Eastern Conference WLPCTConf.GB
Cleveland Rockers x2010.66712–4–
Charlotte Sting x1812.60011–52.0
New York Liberty o1812.6008–82.0
Detroit Shock o1713.5678–83.0
Washington Mystics o327.1001–1517.0

Statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage 3P%  3-point field-goal percentage FT%  Free-throw percentage TO  Turnovers per game
 PF  Fouls per gameTeam leaderLeague leader

Regular Season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Nikki McCray 292833.4.419.319.7482.93.11.50.117.7
Murriel Page 303031.8.479.000.6316.91.30.60.48.3
Alessandro Santos de Oliveira 161230.1.516N/A.4638.10.10.80.411.0
Penny Moore 292626.1.344.207.7173.71.61.50.78.2
Rita Williams 301823.7.320.214.6332.22.32.10.14.4
Heidi Burge 301516.7.509.286.5973.30.90.50.56.7
Deborah Carter 29615.0.271.245.8082.20.80.60.13.8
Adrienne Shuler251214.5.369.342.8242.11.90.90.13.6
Keri Chaconas 30113.2.297.286.7880.81.30.40.04.8
La'Shawn Brown22212.4.342N/A.5152.50.30.50.92.0
Tammy Jackson 207.0.667N/A.0002.00.00.00.02.0
Margo Graham905.4.421N/A.5001.40.10.10.12.0
Angela Jackson 705.1.500N/A.6670.60.00.10.31.4
Leila Sobral 1504.7.250.273.6670.70.40.30.11.7
Leslie Johnson602.5.500N/AN/A0.20.20.00.00.3

‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season

Awards and honors

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "1998 Washington Mystics Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
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