The 2008 WNBA season was the 11th season for the Washington Mystics women's professional basketball team. Despite a 10–16 record before the WNBA break for the Beijing Olympics, Mystics officials said that attendance at Verizon Center had risen from nearly 1,200 fans a game over the previous season, with total ticket revenue up 17 percent, and season-ticket sales for the 2008 season were up 20 percent from last season, bringing the team's base to nearly 3,000.[1]
- On July 19, 2008, Tree Rollins was fired by the team after an 8–14 start. Assistant coach Jessie Kenlaw was named as interim head coach.
Date
|
Opponent
|
Score
|
Leading scorer
|
Attendance
|
Record
|
May 17
|
@ Indiana
|
53-64
|
Nakia Sanford (14)
|
10,533
|
0-1
|
May 22
|
@ New York
|
60-79
|
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (26)
|
7,071
|
0-2
|
May 25
|
vs. Houston
|
69-66
|
Alana Beard (16)
|
10,441
|
1-2
|
May 27
|
vs. Atlanta
|
80-74
|
Alana Beard (25)
|
6,231
|
2-2
|
May 31
|
vs. Los Angeles
|
59-70
|
Monique Currie (15)
|
11,517
|
2-3
|
June 3
|
@ Phoenix
|
93-98
|
Alana Beard (33)
|
7,561
|
2-4
|
June 6
|
@ San Antonio
|
52-63
|
Alana Beard (13)
|
5,800
|
2-5
|
June 8
|
@ Connecticut
|
79-87
|
Monique Currie (28)
|
7,174
|
2-6
|
June 11
|
vs. Sacramento
|
76-79
|
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (23)
|
6,146
|
2-7
|
June 13
|
@ Chicago
|
64-57
|
Alana Beard (22)
|
2,600
|
3-7
|
June 18
|
@ Houston
|
67-63
|
Alana Beard (23)
|
7,054
|
4-7
|
June 20
|
vs. Atlanta
|
72-61
|
Alana Beard (18)
|
7,448
|
5-7
|
June 24
|
vs. Phoenix
|
90-98
|
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (31)
|
6,662
|
5-8
|
June 26
|
@ Los Angeles
|
77-74 (OT)
|
Monique Currie (24)
|
8,144
|
6-8
|
June 29
|
@ Seattle
|
49-64
|
Alana Beard (16)
|
7,965
|
6-9
|
July 1
|
@ Sacramento
|
81-87
|
Alana Beard (31)
|
5,705
|
6-10
|
July 6
|
vs. San Antonio
|
75-83
|
Alana Beard (20)
|
10,439
|
6-11
|
July 8
|
vs. Indiana
|
50-48
|
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (20)
|
7,587
|
7-11
|
July 11
|
@ Detroit
|
66-79
|
Coco Miller (15)
|
8,596
|
7-12
|
July 13
|
vs. Connecticut
|
69-64
|
Nikki Blue (13)
|
9,610
|
8-12
|
July 17
|
@ New York
|
56-77
|
Alana Beard (15)
|
8,344
|
8-13
|
July 18
|
vs. Detroit
|
62-99
|
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (13)
|
6,834
|
8-14
|
July 20
|
vs. Seattle
|
89-57
|
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (22)
|
8,543
|
9-14
|
July 23
|
vs. New York
|
73-80
|
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (19)
|
16,121
|
9-15
|
July 25
|
@ Atlanta
|
81-75
|
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (13)
|
8,279
|
10-15
|
July 27
|
vs. Connecticut
|
60-82
|
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (11)
|
9,357
|
10-16
|
August 29
|
vs. Chicago
|
75-79
|
Alana Beard (18)
|
10,043
|
10-17
|
August 30
|
@ Minnesota
|
78-92
|
Alana Beard (27)
|
6,980
|
10-18
|
September 2
|
vs. Indiana
|
68-79
|
Alana Beard (17)
|
7,244
|
10-19
|
September 6
|
vs. Detroit
|
69-84
|
Monique Currie (15)
|
9,976
|
10-20
|
September 9
|
@ Chicago
|
59-78
|
Tasha Humphrey (15)
|
3,087
|
10-21
|
September 11
|
@ Detroit
|
66-78
|
Alana Beard (16) Monique Currie (16)
|
8,145
|
10-22
|
September 13
|
@ Connecticut
|
81-87
|
Monique Currie (23)
|
8,652
|
10-23
|
September 14
|
vs. Minnesota
|
70-96
|
Alana Beard (17)
|
10,438
|
10-24
|
Washington Mystics old roster
|
Players |
Coaches
|
Pos. |
# |
Nat. |
Name |
|
|
Height |
|
Weight |
|
|
DOB |
|
|
From |
Yrs
|
G/F
|
20
|
|
Beard, Alana
|
|
|
5' 11" (1.8m)
|
|
160 lb (73kg)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Duke
|
|
PG
|
32
|
|
Blue, Nikki
|
|
|
5' 8" (1.73m)
|
|
163 lb (74kg)
|
|
|
|
|
|
UCLA
|
|
PF
|
25
|
|
Currie, Monique
|
|
|
6' 0" (1.83m)
|
|
177 lb (80kg)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Duke
|
|
PF
|
52
|
|
Gardner, Andrea
|
|
|
6' 3" (1.91m)
|
|
190 lb (86kg)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Howard University
|
|
C
|
34
|
|
Humphrey, Tasha
|
|
|
6' 3" (1.91m)
|
|
–
|
|
|
|
|
|
Georgia
|
|
SG
|
12
|
|
Koehn, Laurie
|
|
|
5' 8" (1.73m)
|
|
145 lb (66kg)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Kansas State
|
|
C
|
1
|
|
Langhorne, Crystal
|
|
|
6' 2" (1.88m)
|
|
184 lb (83kg)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Maryland
|
|
SG
|
9
|
|
Miller, Coco
|
|
|
5' 9" (1.75m)
|
|
140 lb (64kg)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Georgia
|
|
PF
|
33
|
|
Mosby, Bernice
|
|
|
6' 1" (1.85m)
|
|
172 lb (78kg)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Baylor
|
|
SG
|
14
|
|
Murphy, Eshaya
|
|
|
5' 11" (1.8m)
|
|
164 lb (74kg)
|
|
|
|
|
|
USC
|
|
C
|
43
|
|
Sanford, Nakia
|
|
|
6' 4" (1.93m)
|
|
200 lb (91kg)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Kansas
|
|
PG
|
15
|
|
Smith, Crystal
|
|
|
5' 6" (1.68m)
|
|
121 lb (55kg)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Iowa
|
|
PF
|
5
|
|
Vaughn, Krystal
|
|
|
6' 1" (1.85m)
|
|
160 lb (73kg)
|
|
|
|
|
|
VCU
|
|
|
- Head coach
- Assistant coaches
- Athletic trainer
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (FA) Free agent
- (IN) Inactive
- (S) Suspended
- Injured
|