Women's Sports Blog (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
One of my favorite WNBA twitterers is Monique Currie, who can be quite funny as well as surprisingly trenchant. Yesterday she wrote a general tweet along the lines of 'do you really enjoy following people you don't know?' calling it...
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 09/21/2009
The Washington Mystics were eliminated from the WNBA playoffs on Saturday night with an 81-74 overtime loss to the host Indiana Fever in Game 2 of the best-of-three Eastern Conference semifinals. Crystal Langhorne (Maryland) scored 11 of her 15 points in the second half. Lindsey Harding and Alana Beard scored 10 each for Washington, but Beard shot a 10-foot airball from the left side as the fourth...
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
Eastern Conference semifinals [1] Indiana Fever (22-12) vs. [4] Washington Mystics (16-18) MATCHUPS Point guard Player, team Ht Wt Skinny Tully Bevilaqua, Fever 5-7 145 Brings championship experience ('04 with Seattle) Lindsey Harding, Mystics 5-8 139 True floor general rarely comes off the court Edge: Mystics Shooting guard Player, team Ht Wt Skinny Katie Douglas, Fever 6-0 165 Smart, lethal scorer...
WNBA.com (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
There are a few positives for the Fever heading into this series, including the leadership abilities of guard Tully Bevilaqua (6.1 ppg, 2.1 spg). The Aussie native already has one title from 2004 while playing for the Seattle Storm. Catchings has said that Bevilaqua's championship experience has led to valuable advice for her 10 teammates. The Fever have also received strong contributions from forward...
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
The Washington Mystics were blown out in New York by the Liberty, 86-65, in their regular-season finale Sunday after clinching a spot in the WNBA playoffs the previous night. Monique Currie had 17 points and Matee Ajavon scored 14 for the Mystics (16-18), who open the best-of-three first round Thursday against the top-seeded Indiana Fever at the University of Maryland's Comcast Center in College Park...
DCist (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
Imagine being under .500 and facing down a 19-11 team that you lost to by 10 points a week ago . Their leading scorer is out with an injury -- but so is yours. You're trying to beat a team that's won six straight, while you've gone 2-4. If you're the Washington Mystics, you just did that with a 78-67 victory Thursday over the visiting Seattle Storm. Mystics' leading scorer Alana Beard -- who watched...
home (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
Washington beat Seattle 78-67 which snapped the Storm's 6 game winning streak. Monique Currie had 17 points for the Mystics. Sue Bird had 17 points for the Storm. Phoenix is now the #1 team in the WNBA Power Rankings . The Lynx move up two to #11. Angel McCoughtry of Atlanta is now at the top of the WNBA Rookie Rankings . Renee Montgomery of the Lynx is at #4.
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
It's a safe bet that without All-Star Alana Beard, the Washington Mystics would have struggled mightily against an elite Western Conference foe earlier this season. But since the Mystics returned home from their lengthy road trip out west, they have banded together in an effort to realize their playoff hopes. Monique Currie led five Mystics players in double figures with 17, and Washington avenged...
SI.com (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
Monique Currie scored a season-high 17 points, Matee Ajavon had 16 in her first start of the season and the Washington Mystics continued their playoff push with a 78-67 victory over the Seattle Storm on Thursday night.
CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
Monique Currie scored 17 points, Matee Ajavon had 16 in her first start of the season and the Mystics beat the Storm 78-67 on Thursday.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
Monique Currie scored 17 points, Matee Ajavon had 16 in her first start of the season and the Washington Mystics continued their playoff push with a 78-67 victory over the Seattle Storm on Thursday night.
home (Free subscription) | 08/26/2009
Atlanta beat Sacramento 103-83. Iziane Castro-Marques had 30 points for the Dream. Coco Miller (Rochester Mayo) added 10 points for Atlanta. Rebekkah Brunson had 15 points for the Monarchs. Detroit beat Connecticut 90-70. Katie Smith had 19 points for the Shock. Sandrine Gruda matched that 19 point total for the Sun. Former Gopher Lindsay Whalen (Hutchinson) added 11 points for the Sun. Los Angeles...
WNBA.com (Free subscription) | 08/12/2009
Change has been a prominent theme in the nation's capital over the past 10 months. For Mystics fans, however, it's been a regularity since 1998. <p> Washington has gone through 11 head coaches over the last 12 years, and only Richie Adubato (2005-07) has lasted longer than two seasons. This kind of turnover has made it extremely hard to win. In fact, the Mystics have had just two winning seasons...
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 08/03/2009
Funk wins U.S. Senior Open with record 20-under total Katie Douglas scored 11 of her 24 points in the fourth quarter to lead visiting Indiana to an 87-79 victory over Washington for the Fever's third victory in 12 days against the Mystics. Tamika Catchings added 19 points, nine rebounds and five assists for Indiana (15-4), which improved to 23-11 all-time against Washington and stretched its lead in...
WNBA.com (Free subscription) | 07/31/2009
p>NEW YORK(AP) The Washington Mystics got off to fast start, built a big lead and then held off the New York Liberty's furious comeback.<p>Alana Beard scored 28 points, Nakia Sanford had 16, and the Mystics squandered nearly all of a 22-point lead in a 78-75 victory over the New York Liberty on Thursday night.<p>"There's a lot of parity in this league,'' Beard said of the WNBA....
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