The 2009 WNBA season was the 12th season for the Washington Mystics franchise of the Women's National Basketball Association. The Mystics reached the playoffs for the first time in three years. They lost to the Indiana Fever in the first round in a sweep.
Offseason
Dispersal Draft Based on the Mystics' 2008 record, they would pick 2nd in the Houston Comets dispersal draft. The Mystics picked Matee Ajavon.
WNBA draft The following are the Mystics' selections in the 2009 WNBA draft. Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 2 Marissa Coleman Maryland 2 23 (from Conn., via Minn.) Camille LeNoir Southern California 2 24 (from Det.) Jelena Milovanovic Serbia 3 28 Josephine Owino Union
Transactions June 16: The Mystics signed Kristen Mann and waived Josephine Owino. June 5: The Mystics waived Bernice Mosby. June 4: The Mystics waived Kristen Mann and Kelly Schumacher. June 2: The Mystics waived Eshaya Murphy. June 1: The Mystics waived Kiesha Brown. May 11: The Mystics signed Kelly Schumacher waived Coco Miller. May 1: The Mystics signed Kiesha Brown and waived Crystal Smith and Camille LeNoir. April 15: The Mystics waived Laurie Koehn, Krystal Vaughn, and Andrea Gardner. February 9: The Mystics signed free agent Chasity Melvin and waived Miriam Sy and Zane Teilane. February 6: The Mystics signed Andrea Gardner, Laurie Koehn and Crystal Smith to training camp contracts. January 30: The Mystics acquired Lindsey Harding, the 23rd pick in the 2009 WNBA Draft, and the second-round pick in the 2010 Draft from the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for the 9th and the 15th picks in the 2009 WNBA Draft. January 20: The Mystics claimed Kristen Mann off waivers. September 14, 2008: The Mystics signed Coco Miller to a two-year extension. August 12, 2008: The Mystics received a second-round pick in the 2009 WNBA Draft (24th overall) from the Detroit Shock as part of the Taj McWilliams-Franklin/Tasha Humphrey transaction. WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Transactions
DateTradeAugust 12, 2008To Washington MysticsTo Detroit Shock 24th pick in 2009 Draft, Tasha Humphrey, Eshaya Murphy Taj McWilliams-FranklinJanuary 30, 2009To Washington MysticsTo Minnesota Lynx Lindsey Harding, 23rd pick in 2009 Draft, second-round pick in 2010 Draft 9th and 15th picks in 2009 Draft
Free agents
Additions
PlayerSignedFormer team Matee Ajavon December 8, 2008 Houston Comets Lindsey Harding January 30, 2009 Minnesota Lynx Chasity Melvin February 9, 2009 Chicago Sky Kristen Mann June 16, 2009 Washington Mystics
Subtractions PlayerLeftNew team Andrea Gardner April 15, 2009 free agent Laurie Koehn April 15, 2009 Phoenix Mercury Krystal Vaughn April 15, 2009 free agent Crystal Smith May 1, 2009 free agent Camille LeNoir May 1, 2009 free agent Coco Miller May 11, 2009 Atlanta Dream Bernice Mosby June 5, 2009 free agent Josephine Owino June 16, 2009 free agent
Roster
Season standings
Schedule
Preseason
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || May 21 || 11:00am || @ New York || 71-77 || Sanford (17) || Sanford (8) || Currie (2) || Madison Square Garden 15,958 || 0-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || May 28 || 11:30am || New York || 74-56 || Ajavon (17) || Coleman, Langhorne (6) || Ajavon (3) || Verizon Center 9,287 || 1-1
Regular season
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || June 6 || 4:00pm || @ Connecticut || || 82-70 || Coleman (16) || Sanford, Langhorne (7) || Harding (7) || Mohegan Sun Arena 7,191 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || June 7 || 4:00pm || Atlanta || || 77-71 || Beard (27) || Langhorne (8) || Harding (7) || Verizon Center 11,759 || 2-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || June 10 || 7:30pm || @ Detroit || || 75-69 || Beard (15) || Melvin (9) || Harding (5) || Palace of Auburn Hills 7,329 || 3-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 4 || June 19 || 7:30pm || @ Atlanta || || 81-93 || Beard (20) || Langhorne (10) || Currie, Harding (7) || Philips Arena 6,050 || 3-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || June 20 || 7:00pm || Chicago || || 81-72 || Beard (31) || Melvin (9) || Beard (5) || Verizon Center 11,745 || 4-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 6 || June 25 || 7:00pm || Phoenix || || 87-93 || Beard (21) || Langhorne (12) || Harding (9) || Verizon Center 9,808 || 4-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 7 || June 27 || 8:00pm || @ Chicago || || 63-68 || Harding (15) || Melvin (9) || Harding (6) || UIC Pavilion 3,918 || 4-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 8 || June 30 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio || || 84-82 || Beard, Harding (19) || Currie (8) || Harding (5) || AT&T Center 4,723 || 5-3
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 9 || July 3 || 7:30pm || @ Atlanta || || 65-72 || Beard (16) || Melvin (9) || Harding (4) || Philips Arena 5,456 || 5-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 10 || July 7 || 8:30pm || @ Minnesota || || 94-96 (OT) || Harding (27) || Currie (11) || Currie (4) || Target Center 7,171 || 5-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 11 || July 11 || 7:00pm || Los Angeles || || 75-63 || Beard (26) || Langhorne (11) || Harding (5) || Verizon Center 12,217 || 6-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 12 || July 15 || 11:30am || San Antonio || || 78-79 || Harding (18) || Beard, Langhorne (6) || Harding (4) || Verizon Center 17,220 || 6-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 13 || July 18 || 7:00pm || New York || || 68-67 || Harding (23) || Harding (7) || Harding (5) || Verizon Center 9,968 || 7-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 14 || July 21 || 7:00pm || Indiana || || 70-82 || Harding (17) || Beard (9) || Harding (6) || Verizon Center 9,798 || 7-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 15 || July 23 || 7:00pm || Chicago || ESPN2 || 75-64 || Langhorne (16) || Langhorne (10) || Harding (6) || Verizon Center 11,651 || 8-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 16 || July 26 || 4:00pm|| Sacramento || || 87-73 || Langhorne (19) || Langhorne (8) || Beard (5) || Verizon Center 10,757 || 9-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 17 || July 28 || 7:00pm || @ Indiana || || 85-81 || Beard (19) || Langhorne (8) || Harding, Melvin (4) || Conseco Fieldhouse 5,904 || 9-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 18 || July 30 || 7:30pm || @ New York || NBA TVMSG || 78-75 || Beard (28) || Langhorne (11) || Harding (4) || Madison Square Garden 10,172 || 10-8
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 19 || August 2 || 4:00pm || Indiana || || 79-87 || Beard (23) || Currie (7) || Currie, Harding (4) || Verizon Center 11,595 || 10-9 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 20 || August 7 || 7:00pm || Detroit || || 70-66 || Beard (15) || Langhorne (9) || Harding (4) || Verizon Center 10,637 || 11-9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 21 || August 9 || 3:00pm || @ Connecticut || || 67-96 || Beard (18) || Beard, Harding (7) || Beard (6) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,528 || 11-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 22 || August 11 || 7:00pm || Detroit || || 77-81 || Beard (17) || Sanford (6) || Harding (8) || Verizon Center 10,398 || 11-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 23 || August 14 || 7:00pm || Connecticut || || 91-89 (2OT) || Beard (26) || Langhorne (16) || Harding (4) || Verizon Center 9,738 || 12-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 24 || August 16 || 4:00pm || New York || || 59-60 || Beard (18) || Langhorne (8) || Harding (7) || Verizon Center 10,580 || 12-12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 25 || August 18 || 10:30pm || @ Los Angeles || || 69-72 || Ajavon (20) || Harding, Langhorne (6) || Ajavon (4) || STAPLES Center 9,287 || 12-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 26 || August 21 || 10:00pm || @ Phoenix || || 91-81 || Langhorne (19) || Langhorne (12) || Harding (6) || US Airways Center 9,155 || 13-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 27 || August 22 || 10:00pm || @ Sacramento || || 60-82 || Langhorne (16) || Langhorne (10) || Harding (3) || ARCO Arena 7,067 || 13-14 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 28 || August 25 || 10:00pm || @ Seattle || || 68-78 || Coleman, Currie (13) || Currie (6) || Ajavon (3) || KeyArena 6,791 || 13-15 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 29 || August 30 || 4:00pm || Minnesota || || 81-75 || Langhorne (18) || Langhorne (10) || Hardin (5) || Verizon Center 12,241 || 14-15
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 30 || September 3 || 7:00pm || Seattle || || 78-67 || Currie (17) || Langhorne (11) || Harding (5) || Verizon Center 10,648 || 15-15 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 31 || September 4 || 8:30pm || @ Chicago || || 86-92 || Ajavon (32) || Langhorne (10) || Harding (5) || UIC Pavilion 3,241 || 15-16 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 32 || September 6 || 4:00pm || @ Indiana || || 61-72 || Langhorne (13) || Sanford (10) || Sanford (3) || Conseco Fieldhouse 9,702 || 15-17 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 33 || September 12 || 7:00pm || Atlanta || || 82-64 || Harding (25) || Langhorne (8) || Currie (5) || Verizon Center 11,987 || 16-17 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 34 || September 13 || 4:00pm || @ New York || MSG || 65-86 || Currie (17) || Ajavon (9) || Currie (5) || Madison Square Garden 15,667 || 16-18
| All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess
Postseason
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || September 17 || 7:00pm || Indiana || ESPN2 || 79-88 || Langhorne (18) || Langhorne (10) || Melvin (4) || Comcast Center 6,332 || 0-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || September 19 || 7:00pm || @ Indiana || NBA TV || 74-81 (OT) || Langhorne (15) || Currie (14) || Harding (5) || Conseco Fieldhouse 9,655 || 0-2
Regular Season Statistics
Player statistics Player GP GS MPG RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 34 4 17.3 1.9 1.1 1.09 0.12 6.0 31 30 31.8 4.0 2.2 2.32 0.58 15.9 16 0 5.7 0.6 0.8 0.44 0.00 1.5 28 0 18.8 2.7 0.8 0.71 0.32 6.1 34 34 21.4 4.3 1.8 0.85 0.41 8.2 34 34 35.1 4.0 4.5 1.26 0.38 12.8 9 0 7.4 1.4 0.3 0.10 0.30 2.2 34 22 29.8 7.9 0.9 1.00 0.38 12.0 16 0 5.9 0.9 0.4 0.19 0.00 1.6 34 33 22.2 4.6 1.1 1.00 0.85 5.9 24 0 7.0 1.5 0.1 0.33 0.04 1.9 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0 34 13 19.5 4.3 0.6 0.76 0.41 6.3
Team statistics Team FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG Washington Mystics .423 .326 .701 35.0 13.3 9.2 3.5 17.8 21.3 76.0 Opponents .433 .339 .755 32.7 15.4 9.3 4.6 16.9 22.9 77.1
Awards and honors Alana Beard was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of June 22, 2009. Alana Beard was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 6, 2009. Alana Beard was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as an Eastern Conference starter. Crystal Langhorne was named the Most Improved Player. Alana Beard was named to the All-Defensive Second Team.
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