2012 Washington Mystics season

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2012 Washington Mystics season
Coach Trudi Lacey
Arena Verizon Center
Attendanceper game
Results
Record5–29 (.147)
Place6th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Media
Television CSN-MA
ESPN2, NBATV

The 2012 WNBA season is the 15th season for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association.

Contents

Transactions

WNBA draft

The following are the Mystics' selections in the 2012 WNBA draft.

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/team/country
18 (from Atl.) Natalie Novosel Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Notre Dame
110 (from Sea.)LaSondra BarrettFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States LSU
326Anjale BarrettFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Maryland
335 (from Ind.) Briana Gilbreath Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States USC

Transaction log

Trades

DateTrade
February 1, 2012To Washington Mystics To Los Angeles Sparks
Noelle Quinn Marissa Coleman
February 14, 2012To Washington Mystics To Seattle Storm
Victoria Dunlap Ashley Robinson
February 23, 2012To Washington Mystics To Los Angeles Sparks
Natasha Lacy and LaToya Pringle Nicky Anosike

Personnel changes

Roster

2012 Washington Mystics roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
G 22 Flag of Liberia.svg Ajavon, Matee 5' 8" (1.73m)160 lb (73kg)05-07-1986 Rutgers 4
G 0 Flag of the United States.svg Bobbitt, Shannon 5' 2" (1.57m)130 lb (59kg)12-06-1985 Tennessee 3
G/F 8 Flag of Brazil.svg Castro Marques, Izi 6' 0" (1.83m)140 lb (64kg)03-13-1982 Brazil 9
F 25 Flag of the United States.svg Currie, Monique 6' 0" (1.83m)177 lb (80kg)02-25-1983 Duke 6
F/C 1 Flag of the United States.svg Langhorne, Crystal 6' 2" (1.88m)190 lb (86kg)10-27-1986 Maryland 4
G 20 Flag of the United States.svg Novosel, Natalie 5' 11" (1.8m)165 lb (75kg)11-22-1989 Notre Dame R
G 45 Flag of the United States.svg Quinn, Noelle 6' 0" (1.83m)175 lb (79kg)01-03-1985 UCLA 5
C 43 Flag of the United States.svg Robinson, Ashley 6' 4" (1.93m)180 lb (82kg)08-12-1982 Tennessee 8
F/C 2 Flag of the United States.svg Snow, Michelle 6' 5" (1.96m)158 lb (72kg)03-20-1980 Tennessee 10
G 5 Flag of the United States.svg Thomas, Jasmine 5' 9" (1.75m)145 lb (66kg)09-30-1989 Duke 1
F 14 Flag of the United States.svg Wisdom-Hylton, Lindsay 6' 2" (1.88m)186 lb (84kg)05-26-1986 Purdue 3
Head coach
Flag of the United States.svg Trudi Lacey (NC State)
Assistant coaches
Flag of the United States.svg Jennifer Gillom (Mississippi)
Flag of the United States.svg Marianne Stanley (Immaculata)
Athletic trainer
Flag of the United States.svg Navin Hettiarachchi (West Virginia)
Strength and conditioning coach
Flag of the United States.svg Michael Bugielski (Illinois State)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Depth

Pos.StarterBench
C Michelle Snow Ashley Robinson
LaToya Pringle
PF Crystal Langhorne Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
SF Monique Currie Noelle Quinn
Izi Castro Marques
SG Matee Ajavon Natalie Novosel
PG Jasmine Thomas Shannon Bobbitt

Season standings

Eastern Conference
W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Connecticut Sun y259.735–12–513–418–4
Indiana Fever x2212.6473.013–49–815–7
Atlanta Dream x1915.5596.011–68–912–10
New York Liberty x1519.44110.09–86–1110–12
Chicago Sky o1420.41211.07–107–108–14
Washington Mystics o529.14720.04–131–163–19

Schedule

Preseason

2012 Game Log: Preseason (May)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1Thu 108:00@ Chicago 68-73 Currie (12) Langhorne
Snow (7)		 Lacy
Quinn (3)		 New Trier High School
1,121		0-1
2Mon 147:00 Connecticut 83-64 Currie (19) Langhorne (13) Lacy (6) Verizon Center
5,142		1-1

Regular season

2012 Game Log: Regular Season
May (1–2)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1Sat 197:00 Chicago CN100 57-69 Langhorne (16) Langhorne (8) Quinn (5) Verizon Center
11,415		0-1
2Sat 267:00 Tulsa 64-61 Ajavon (19) Langhorne (10) Ajavon
Langhorne (3)		 Verizon Center
11,866		1-1
3Wed 307:00 Minnesota CSN-MA 77-79 Ajavon (20) Robinson (5) Lacy (4) Verizon Center
8,131		1-2
June (1–8)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
4Fri 18:30@ Chicago CN100 63-65 Currie (15) Snow (9) Ajavon
Lacy (4)		 Allstate Arena
4,078		1-3
5Sun 33:00@ Connecticut CPTV-S 86-94 Langhorne (25) Currie (8) Ajavon
Currie (3)		 Mohegan Sun Arena
7,065		1-4
6Fri 87:00 New York CSN-MA 70-76 Langhorne (24) Snow (12) Ajavon
Quinn (4)		 Verizon Center
9,108		1-5
7Fri 157:00 Indiana CSN-MA 67-66 Langhorne (22) Langhorne (13) Bobbitt (5) Verizon Center
8,050		2-5
8Mon 1810:30@ Los Angeles TWC101 70-101 Snow (15) Snow (7) Thomas (5) Staples Center
8,612		2-6
9Wed 2010:00@ Phoenix 77-80 Snow (21) Snow (9) Ajavon (7) US Airways Center
5,751		2-7
10Sun 247:00@ Seattle 55-72 Langhorne (21) Langhorne
Snow (6)		 Bobbitt (5) KeyArena
6,979		2-8
11Tie 267:00 Seattle ESPN2 71-79 Langhorne (20) Langhorne (10) Bobbitt (8) Verizon Center
6,645		2-9
12Fri 297:00 Connecticut CSN-MA
CPTV-S 		64-77 Currie (21) Snow (9) Bobbitt (7) Verizon Center
6,975		2-10
July (2–4)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
13Sun 14:00 Phoenix CSN-MA 90-77 Langhorne (22) Snow (9) Bobbitt (5) Verizon Center
10,789		3-10
14Fri 67:00 San Antonio NBATV
CSN-MA 		73-78 Currie (15) Wisdom-Hylton (6) Currie (6) Verizon Center
6,522		3-11
15Sun 84:00@ Tulsa 62-78 Langhorne (13) Lacy (6) Ajavon
Thomas (4)		 BOK Center
4,003		3-12
16Tue 1011:30am Connecticut CSN-MA
CPTV-S 		70-77 Langhorne (15) Snow (11) Bobbitt
Thomas (4)		 Verizon Center
12,569		3-13
17Wed 117:00@ Connecticut 73-85 Langhorne (19) Snow (7) Thomas (4) Mohegan Sun Arena
7,804		3-14
18Fri 1311:00am@ New York 70-53 Langhorne (24) Langhorne (6) Ajavon (4) Prudential Center
14,715		4-14
Summer Olympic break
August (1–6)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
Summer Olympic break
19Thu 167:00@ Indiana NBATV 66-84 Currie (12) Currie
Snow (7)		 Currie (3) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
6,834		4-15
20Fri 178:00@ Minnesota NBATV 69-98 Currie
Langhorne
Wisdom-Hylton (12)		 Snow (9) Novosel (4) Target Center
10,933		4-16
21Sun 194:00 Chicago NBATV
CSN-MA
CN100 		75-71
(OT)		 Ajavon (22) Langhorne (8) Thomas (8) Verizon Center
8,489		5-16
22Tue 218:00@ San Antonio NBATV 72-75 Langhorne
Thomas (17)		 Langhorne (6)5 players (3) AT&T Center
5,913		5-17
23Fri 247:00 Atlanta NBATV
CSN-MA 		69-81 Ajavon (20) Langhorne (10) Bobbitt
Novosel (4)		 Verizon Center
9,697		5-18
24Tue 287:00@ Indiana 68-83 Quinn (13) Quinn
Langhorne (5)		 Ajavon (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
6,525		5-19
25Thu 307:00@ Atlanta SSO 59-82 Currie (14) Langhorne
Wisdom-Hylton (7)		 Langhorne
Thomas
Bobbitt (3)		 Philips Arena
3,381		5-20
September (0–9)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
26Sat 14:00@ New York NBATV
MSG 		73-79 Currie (20) Langhorne (8) Currie (4) Prudential Center
6,245		5-21
27Tue 47:00 Connecticut CPTV-S 70-77 Langhorne (23) Langhorne (9) Thomas (5) Verizon Center
5,980		5-22
28Fri 77:00 Los Angeles CSN-MA 68-96 Currie (16) Snow (7) Currie (3) Verizon Center
7,468		5-23
29Sun 93:00@ Atlanta SSO 68-93 Langhorne
Quinn (12)		 Robinson (13) Quinn
Thomas (3)		 Philips Arena
6,898		5-24
30Wed 127:00@ New York MSG 62-75 Currie (24) Langhorne (6) Thomas (7) Prudential Center
5,717		5-25
31Fri 147:00 Atlanta 74-82 Currie (20) Robinson (7) Ajavon (4) Verizon Center
7,368		5-26
32Sun 164:00 New York NBATV 68-75 Thomas (16) Robinson (10) Robinson (3) Verizon Center
8,087		5-27
33Fri 217:00 Indiana NBATV 53-66 Currie (16) Robinson (7) Wisdom-Hylton (4) Verizon Center
7,702		5-28
34Sat 228:00@ Chicago NBATV
CN100 		58-77 Currie (15) Robinson (7) Currie (4) Allstate Arena
6,721		5-29
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

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

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