WNBA.com (Free subscription) | 09/20/2009
Update: <p>INDIANAPOLIS(AP) The Indiana Fever have found a winning combination - Tamika Catchings' dominating offense and Tully Bevilaqua&#39;s scrappy play.<p>The two led the Fever to a 81-74 overtime victory over the Washington Mystics on Saturday night to sweep their best-of-three Eastern Conference semifinal series.<p>Catchings had 24 points, 16 rebounds, five assists,...
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...
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...
DCist (Free subscription) | 08/08/2009
Whoa there Miguel Montero -- Adam Dunn kindly reminds you that these aren't the pushover Nats you may remember from earlier this year. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) Nationals 7, Diamondbacks 6 : It's getting tougher and tougher to call it a fluke: the Nationals won their sixth straight game on Friday night, coming from behind to defeat visiting Arizona. A victory certainly didn't appear to be in the cards,...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 08/08/2009
Beard led the Mystics with 15 points and six assists, and Nakia Sanford had 14 points and eight rebounds. Reserve center Kara Braxton led the Shock with 14 points and six rebounds. Nolan scored 12 points.
DC BasketCases (Free subscription) | 08/08/2009
"It Wasn't Pretty." That was a comment the BasketCases heard more than once as we filed ( smiling ) out of the Verizon Center tonight. But it was a WIN . . . and an important one at that. So pretty or not, we'll take it! With the second half of the season now well underway, the Indiana Fever so far have a lock on first place in the Eastern Conference. But the remaining 3 playoff spots are...
Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog (Free subscription) | 08/04/2009
Swanny's Stats has the statistics regarding offensive fouls in the WNBA for the 2009 season up to August 2, 2009. The leader in offensive fouls committed is Nakia Sanford of the Mystics, with 14 such fouls. Thank goodness no one on the Atlanta Dream is on the short list. As for most minutes played without drawing an offensive foul, Lindsay Whalen of the Sun is at the top with 553 minutes.... ...but...
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....
New York Times (Free subscription) | 07/31/2009
Alana Beard scored 28 points, Nakia Sanford had 16, and the Washington Mystics held on for a 78-75 victory over the Liberty on Thursday night at Madison Square Garden.
DC BasketCases (Free subscription) | 07/31/2009
Was Enough. For the third game in a row, the Mystics raced out of the blocks at the tip-off to build a double-digit lead over their opponent in the 1st quarter. Tonight it was actually a double-double digit lead, as Washington led the New York Liberty by 22 points, 34-12, at the end of the first 10 minutes. We wish we could tell you that this was the prelude to a blowout, a game that we could enjoy...
CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 07/31/2009
Alana Beard scored 28 points, Nakia Sanford had 16, and the Washington Mystics held on for a 78-75 victory over the New York Liberty on Thursday.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 07/31/2009
Alana Beard scored 28 points, Nakia Sanford had 16, and the Washington Mystics held on for a 78-75 victory over the New York Liberty on Thursday night.
DCist (Free subscription) | 07/10/2009
Nakia Sanford Friends may think Nakia Sanford's job as a professional basketball player is all play and no work, but the WNBA veteran knows better. For starters, there's no cushy offseason or LeBron James-size paycheck. "We don't have the salaries that the men do, so we actually play year-round," the Mystics center explained, adding that most WNBA athletes spend six to seven months playing...
DC BasketCases (Free subscription) | 06/26/2009
Not Quite The WNBA's highest scoring team, the Phoenix Mercury , were just a bit too much for the short-handed Mystics tonight, as Washington lost at home for the first time this season, 87-93 . Once again, the Mystics dug themselves an early hole . In fact, at the end of the first period, with the Merc ahead 26-13, it looked as though the game might turn into a blowout. But this is a Mystics team...
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 06/07/2009
From combined dispatches MYSTICS 82, SUN 70: Rookie Marissa Coleman scored 16 points and Washington beat Connecticut on Saturday in the season opener in Uncasville, Conn. Monique Currie scored 14 points, Lindsey Harding added 12, and Nakia Sanford had 11 for the Mystics, who also outrebounded Connecticut 44-26. Coleman was 6-for-9 from the field and made all four of her 3-pointers. "She's awesome,"...
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