The 2011 WNBA season was the 14th season for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association.
Transactions
WNBA draft The following are the Mystics' selections in the 2011 WNBA draft. Round Pick Player Nationality School/team/country 1 11 Victoria Dunlap Kentucky 2 23 Karima Christmas Duke 3 35 Sarah Krnjic Serbia
Transaction log February 7: The Mystics signed Maurita Reid to a training camp contract. March 29: The Mystics signed Sequoia Holmes and Angel Robinson to training camp contracts. April 8: The Mystics signed Megan Frazee. April 8: The Mystics signed Bernice Mosby to a training camp contract. April 9: The Mystics traded their first-round 2012 draft pick to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Nicky Anosike. April 11: The Mystics traded Lindsey Harding and a second-round pick in the 2012 draft to the Atlanta Dream in exchange for Kelly Miller, draft rights to Ta'Shia Phillips and a first-round pick in the 2012 draft. April 29: The Mystics traded Katie Smith and Jacinta Monroe to the Seattle Storm in exchange for Jasmine Thomas and a first-round pick in the 2012 draft, and the Indiana Fever's third-round pick in the 2012 draft. May 2: The Mystics waived Bernice Mosby. May 17: The Mystics waived Sequoia Holmes and Maurita Reid. May 28: The Mystics waived Chasity Melvin and Angel Robinson. May 31: The Mystics waived Ashley Houts and Megan Frazee. June 9: The Mystics signed Kerri Gardin to an emergency hardship contract. June 20: The Mystics waived Kerri Gardin. June 23: The Mystics signed Joy Cheek to an emergency hardship contract. July 6: The Mystics waived Joy Cheek. July 7: The Mystics signed Kerri Gardin to an emergency hardship contract. July 21: The Mystics waived Ta'Shia Phillips and Karima Christmas. July 25: The Mystics signed DeMya Walker.
Trades DateTradeApril 9, 2011To Washington MysticsTo Minnesota Lynx Nicky Anosike first-round pick in 2012 draftApril 11, 2011To Washington MysticsTo Atlanta Dream Kelly Miller, Ta'Shia Phillips, first-round pick in 2012 draft Lindsey Harding, second-round pick in 2012 draftApril 29, 2011To Washington MysticsTo Seattle Storm Jasmine Thomas, Seattle's first- and Indiana's third-round picks in 2012 draft Katie Smith and Jacinta Monroe
Personnel changes
Additions
PlayerSignedFormer team Nicky Anosike April 9, 2011 Minnesota Lynx Victoria Dunlap April 11, 2011 draft pick Karima Christmas April 11, 2011 draft pick Ta'Shia Phillips April 11, 2011 draft pick (from Atl.) Kelly Miller April 11, 2011 Atlanta Dream Jasmine Thomas April 29, 2011 draft pick (from Sea.) Kerri Gardin July 7, 2011 free agent DeMya Walker July 25, 2011 free agent
Subtractions PlayerLeftNew team Nakia Sanford February 24, 2011 Phoenix Mercury Lindsey Harding April 11, 2011 Atlanta Dream Katie Smith April 29, 2011 Seattle Storm Jacinta Monroe April 29, 2011 Seattle Storm Chasity Melvin May 28, 2011 free agent Ashley Houts May 31, 2011 free agent Karima Christmas July 22, 2011 free agent Ta'Shia Phillips July 22, 2011 free agent
Roster
Depth Pos.StarterBench C Nicky Anosike DeMya Walker PF Crystal Langhorne Victoria Dunlap SF Marissa Coleman Kerri GardinMonique Currie SG Matee Ajavon Alana Beard PG Kelly Miller Jasmine Thomas
Season standings
Schedule
Preseason
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || May 25 || 10:30am || @ New York || 60–57 || Anosike (14) || Melvin (6) || Miller (5) || Prudential Center 6,472 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || May 26 || 11:30am || Chicago || 66–55 || Langhorne (15) || Langhorne (9) || Thomas (3) || Verizon Center 9,502 || 1–1
Regular season
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || June 4 || 7:00pm || @ Connecticut || || 73–89 || AnosikeLanghorne (16) || Anosike (7) || AjavonMiller (4) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,666 || 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || June 9 || 7:00pm || @ Atlanta || ESPN2 || 98–90 (OT) || Langhorne (30) || AnosikeLanghorne (13) || Miller (5) || Philips Arena 5,020 || 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || June 11 || 7:00pm || Chicago || CN100 || 77–84 || Ajavon (24) || Coleman (6) || AjavonMiller (4) || Verizon Center 11,943 || 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 4 || June 16 || 7:00pm || Connecticut || CSN-MA || 71–79 || Miller (19) || Anosike (13) || Miller (5) || Verizon Center 7,028 || 1–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 5 || June 18 || 8:00pm || @ Tulsa || || 59–77 || ColemanLanghorne (12) || Langhorne (12) || Ajavon (4) || BOK Center 4,423 || 1–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 6 || June 21 || 7:00pm || Indiana || CSN-MA || 80–89 || Langhorne (23) || Langhorne (9) || Anosike (4) || Verizon Center 7,980 || 1–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 7 || June 28 || 4:00pm || Tulsa || CSN-MA || 83–63 || Langhorne (23) || Coleman (12) || Ajavon (6) || Verizon Center 10,675 || 2–5
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 8 || July 3 || 4:00pm || Seattle || NBATVCSN-MA || 63–73 || Dunlap (19) || Anosike (10) || AjavonMiller (4) || Verizon Center 11,604 || 2–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 9 || July 5 || 8:00pm || @ Chicago || CN100 || 65–78 || Coleman (14) || Anosike (10) || Thomas (4) || Allstate Arena 3,187 || 2–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 10 || July 9 || 7:00pm || @ Indiana || || 57–68 || Anosike (12) || Coleman (9) || Miller (4) || Conseco Fieldhouse 7,056 || 2–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 11 || July 12 || 3:00pm || @ Seattle || NBATV || 71–79 || Coleman (16) || Coleman (9) || Ajavon (7) || KeyArena 13,384 || 2–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 12 || July 15 || 10:00pm || @ Phoenix || NBATVFS-A || 64–78 || Langhorne (17) || Anosike (10) || AjavonColemanMiller (3) || US Airways Center 9,075 || 2–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 13 || July 17 || 8:30pm || @ Los Angeles || NBATV || 89–85 (OT) || Ajavon (29) || Langhorne (14) || Langhorne (5) || Staples Center 10,398 || 3–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 14 || July 20 || 11:30am || Atlanta || NBATV || 79–86 || Langhorne (24) || Anosike (14) || Miller (6) || Verizon Center 13,954 || 3–11 |- | colspan="11" align="center" valign="middle" | All-Star break |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 15 || July 26 || 7:00pm || San Antonio || CSN-MA || 67–73 || Langhorne (19) || Anosike (8) || Thomas (5) || Verizon Center 11,331 || 3–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 16 || July 28 || 7:00pm || @ New York || MSG || 71–75 || Langhorne (18) || Langhorne (9) || AnosikeColeman (3) || Prudential Center 6,808 || 3–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 17 || July 29 || 7:00pm || Indiana || NBATVCSN-MA || 59–61 || Ajavon (19) || Walker (10) || Ajavon (4) || Verizon Center 11,587 || 3–14
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 18 || August 6 || 7:00pm || New York || NBATV || 91-81 || Ajavon (32) || AnosikeLanghorne (9) || Ajavon (5) || Verizon Center 10,741 || 4–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 19 || August 9 || 7:00pm || Atlanta || CSN-MA || 70–72 || Ajavon (28) || Coleman (10) || Anosike (4) || Verizon Center 9,536 || 4–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 20 || August 12 || 7:00pm || New York || || 64–63 || Langhorne (18) || Anosike (11) || AjavonColeman (3) || Verizon Center 10,092 || 5–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 21 || August 13 || 7:00pm || @ Connecticut || || 75–82 || Langhorne (17) || Anosike (7) || Miller (6) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,717 || 5–16 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 22 || August 16 || 7:00pm || @ New York || || 66–69 || Langhorne (25) || Langhorne (6) || Ajavon (5) || Prudential Center 6,223 || 5–17 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 23 || August 18 || 7:00pm || Minnesota || || 62–81 || Ajavon (15) || ColemanLanghorneWalker (5) || Miller (4) || Verizon Center 9,483 || 5–18 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 24 || August 20 || 7:00pm || Chicago || NBATVCN100 || 70–71 || Ajavon (23) || Anosike (9) || AjavonThomas (4) || Verizon Center 10,273 || 5–19 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 25 || August 21 || 6:00pm || @ Indiana || NBATVFS-I || 51–83 || LanghorneThomas (11) || Langhorne (7) || Ajavon (3) || Conseco Fieldhouse 7,935 || 5–20 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 26 || August 23 || 7:00pm || Los Angeles || CSN-MA || 82–86 (OT) || Langhorne (28) || Langhorne (9) || Thomas (5) || Verizon Center 8,441 || 5–21 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 27 || August 26 || 8:30pm || @ Chicago || CN100 || 67–80 || Langhorne (19) || Langhorne (9) || Langhorne (5) || Allstate Arena 4,434 || 5–22 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 28 || August 28 || 4:00pm || Phoenix || CSN-MA || 79–86 || Langhorne (27) || Langhorne (12) || MillerThomas (5) || Verizon Center 11,614 || 5–23 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 29 || August 30 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota || || 56–73 || Langhorne (13) || Anosike (7) || Thomas (3) || Target Center 8,065 || 5–24
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 30 || September 1 || 7:00pm || Atlanta || || 85–81 || Langhorne (25) || GardinLanghorne (10) || Thomas (5) || Verizon Center 7,954 || 6–24 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 31 || September 2 || 7:30pm || @ Atlanta || NBATV || 73-95 || Thomas (19) || Walker (8) || Miller (4) || Philips Arena 6,579 || 6–25 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 32 || September 4 || 4:00pm || Connecticut || NBATVCSN-MA || 48–79 || Currie (13) || Gardin (10) || MillerThomas (2) || Verizon Center 13,403 || 6–26 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 33 || September 7 || 7:00pm || @ Indiana || NBATV || 69-87 || Langhorne (18) || Langhorne (15) || Ajavon (3) || Conseco Fieldhouse 8,514 || 6–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 34 || September 10 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio || NBATV || 74–82 || Ajavon (15) || AnosikeLanghorne (9) || Ajavon (5) || AT&T Center 12,813 || 6–28
| All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com
Statistics
Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 34 33 31.3 .391 .276 .829 2.4 3.1 1.68 0.26 14.7 34 29 27.2 .347 .000 .736 7.2 1.4 1.44 0.82 7.0 0 0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0 3 0 5.3 .250 .000 1.000 1.0 0.0 0.00 0.33 1.0 14 0 10.1 .310 .217 .696 1.2 0.1 0.60 0.10 3.4 34 28 27.0 .385 .368 .676 4.8 1.4 0.71 0.41 8.6 4 1 19.3 .429 .125 1.000 4.3 1.0 1.75 0.00 11.8 26 3 8.4 .439 .500 .471 1.7 0.4 0.69 0.19 2.3 28 5 14.0 .237 .000 .517 2.7 1.0 0.86 0.46 1.5 31 31 34.3 .534 .125 .711 7.6 1.6 1.26 0.48 18.2 34 29 27.7 .382 .441 .789 2.3 2.8 0.68 0.24 7.4 10 0 5.4 .538 .000 .500 1.6 0.0 0.00 0.30 1.9 34 6 19.3 .353 .312 .667 2.1 1.9 0.74 0.26 6.4 20 5 20.5 .392 .000 .737 4.0 1.2 0.40 0.35 6.3
Awards and honors Crystal Langhorne was named to the 2011 WNBA All-Star Team as a reserve.
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