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1998 Washington Mystics season
Cathy Parson (interim, 1–11 record)
The 1998 WNBA season was the first for the Washington Mystics.
Transactions
WNBA allocation draft
| Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
|---|---|---|
| Alessandra Santos de Oliveira | Comense (Italy) | |
| Nikki McCray | Columbus Quest |
WNBA expansion draft
Main article: 1998 WNBA expansion draft
| Player | Nationality | Former WNBA Team |
|---|---|---|
| Tammy Jackson | Houston Comets | |
| Deborah Carter | Utah Starzz | |
| Penny Moore | Charlotte Sting | |
| Heidi Burge | Los Angeles Sparks |
WNBA draft
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Murriel Page | Florida | |
| 2 | 13 | Rita Williams | UConn | |
| 3 | 23 | Angela Hamblin | Iowa | |
| 4 | 33 | Angela Jackson | Texas |
Transactions
| Date | Transaction |
|---|---|
| December 29, 1997 | Hired Jim Lewis as Head Coach |
| January 27, 1998 | Drafted Alessandra Santos de Oliveira and Nikki McCray in the 1998 WNBA Allocation Draft |
| February 18, 1998 | Drafted Tammy Jackson, Deborah Carter, Penny Moore and Heidi Burge in the 1998 WNBA expansion draft |
| April 29, 1998 | Drafted Murriel Page, Rita Williams, Angela Hamblin and Angela Jackson in the [1998 WNBA draft](1998-wnba-draft) |
| June 23, 1998 | Waived Tammy Jackson |
| July 24, 1998 | Fired Jim Lewis as Head Coach |
| Hired Cathy Parsons as Interim Head Coach | |
| July 31, 1998 | Waived Angela Jackson and Leila Sobral |
| Signed Leslie Johnson and Margo Graham |
Roster
Schedule
Regular season
|- | 1 | June 11 | @ Charlotte | L 57–83 | Nikki McCray (19) | Carter Moore (4) | Nikki McCray (6) | Charlotte Coliseum
| 0–1 |
|---|
| 2 |
| June 13 |
| @ Utah |
| L 77–78 |
| Nikki McCray (26) |
| Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (18) |
| Nikki McCray (5) |
| Delta Center |
| 0–2 |
| - |
| 3 |
| June 15 |
| @ Phoenix |
| L 54–69 |
| Nikki McCray (20) |
| Murriel Page (11) |
| Nikki McCray (4) |
| America West Arena |
| 0–3 |
| - |
| 4 |
| June 19 |
| Utah |
| W 85–76 |
| Nikki McCray (29) |
| Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (7) |
| Nikki McCray (6) |
| MCI Center |
| 1–3 |
| - |
| 5 |
| June 21 |
| Detroit |
| L 57–70 |
| Penny Moore (18) |
| Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (11) |
| Nikki McCray (3) |
| MCI Center |
| 1–4 |
| - |
| 6 |
| June 25 |
| @ Detroit |
| L 71–79 |
| Nikki McCray (23) |
| Murriel Page (10) |
| McCray |
| Moore |
| Page (4) |
| The Palace of Auburn Hills |
| 1–5 |
| - |
| 7 |
| June 28 |
| Phoenix |
| L 69–86 |
| Murriel Page (18) |
| Murriel Page (9) |
| Nikki McCray (5) |
| MCI Center |
| 1–6 |
| - |
| 8 |
| June 29 |
| @ Houston |
| L 48–73 |
| Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (16) |
| Murriel Page (7) |
| Adrienne Shuler (4) |
| Compaq Center |
| 1–7 |
| - |
| 9 |
| July 1 |
| Cleveland |
| L 80–92 |
| Nikki McCray (19) |
| Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (9) |
| Moore |
| Williams (4) |
| MCI Center |
| 1–8 |
| - |
| 10 |
| July 3 |
| @ New York |
| L 60–76 |
| Nikki McCray (16) |
| Murriel Page (7) |
| Keri Chaconas (5) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 1–9 |
| - |
| 11 |
| July 5 |
| New York |
| L 61–62 (OT) |
| Nikki McCray (15) |
| Murriel Page (14) |
| Rita Williams (4) |
| MCI Center |
| 1–10 |
| - |
| 12 |
| July 8 |
| @ Cleveland |
| L 65–77 |
| Nikki McCray (14) |
| Nikki McCray (7) |
| Penny Moore (5) |
| Gund Arena |
| 1–11 |
| - |
| 13 |
| July 11 |
| @ Detroit |
| W 78–53 |
| Nikki McCray (21) |
| Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (14) |
| Adrienne Shuler (5) |
| The Palace of Auburn Hills |
| 2–11 |
| - |
| 14 |
| July 13 |
| @ Houston |
| L 67–81 |
| McCray |
| Santos de Oliveira (14) |
| Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (12) |
| Nikki McCray (4) |
| Compaq Center |
| 2–12 |
| - |
| 15 |
| July 17 |
| @ Charlotte |
| L 56–86 |
| Burge |
| Chaconas (10) |
| Penny Moore (8) |
| Chaconas |
| Shuler (5) |
| Charlotte Coliseum |
| 2–13 |
| - |
| 16 |
| July 19 |
| Utah |
| L 88–99 |
| Nikki McCray (26) |
| Murriel Page (7) |
| Burge |
| Chaconas |
| Shuler (2) |
| MCI Center |
| 2–14 |
| - |
| 17 |
| July 21 |
| Charlotte |
| L 67–84 |
| Penny Moore (17) |
| Penny Moore (11) |
| Penny Moore (5) |
| MCI Center |
| 2–15 |
| - |
| 18 |
| July 22 |
| @ Detroit |
| L 61–76 |
| Keri Chaconas (10) |
| Murriel Page (8) |
| Rita Williams (3) |
| The Palace of Auburn Hills |
| 2–16 |
| - |
| 19 |
| July 26 |
| Sacramento |
| L 65–79 |
| Nikki McCray (27) |
| Murriel Page (8) |
| McCray |
| Shuler (3) |
| MCI Center |
| 2–17 |
| - |
| 20 |
| July 29 |
| Los Angeles |
| L 68–77 |
| Nikki McCray (18) |
| Murriel Page (10) |
| Nikki McCray (4) |
| MCI Center |
| 2–18 |
| - |
| 21 |
| August 1 |
| New York |
| L 53–67 |
| Keri Chaconas (11) |
| McCray |
| Page (7) |
| Heidi Burge (3) |
| MCI Center |
| 2–19 |
| - |
| 22 |
| August 3 |
| @ Los Angeles |
| L 72–86 |
| Penny Moore (18) |
| Burge |
| Page |
| Williams (6) |
| Burge |
| Moore (4) |
| Great Western Forum |
| 2–20 |
| - |
| 23 |
| August 4 |
| @ Phoenix |
| L 59–88 |
| Heidi Burge (19) |
| Nikki McCray (9) |
| Nikki McCray (5) |
| America West Arena |
| 2–21 |
| - style="background:#fcc" |
| 24 |
| August 7 |
| @ Sacramento |
| L 55–76 |
| Nikki McCray (11) |
| McCray |
| Page (6) |
| Rita Williams (4) |
| ARCO Arena |
| 2–22 |
| - |
| 25 |
| August 9 |
| Los Angeles |
| W 76–74 |
| Nikki McCray (21) |
| Murriel Page (8) |
| Adrienne Shuler (5) |
| MCI Center |
| 3–22 |
| - |
| 26 |
| August 12 |
| Cleveland |
| L 55–75 |
| Nikki McCray (19) |
| Deborah Carter (8) |
| Keri Chaconas (4) |
| MCI Center |
| 3–23 |
| - |
| 27 |
| August 13 |
| @ New York |
| L 45–88 |
| Nikki McCray (21) |
| Heidi Burge (6) |
| Nikki McCray (3) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 3–24 |
| - |
| 28 |
| August 15 |
| @ Cleveland |
| L 71–90 |
| McCray |
| Page (19) |
| Murriel Page (8) |
| Rita Williams (8) |
| Gund Arena |
| 3–25 |
| - |
| 29 |
| August 17 |
| Houston |
| L 65–110 |
| Nikki McCray (20) |
| Deborah Carter (7) |
| McCray |
| Williams (3) |
| MCI Center |
| 3–26 |
| - |
| 30 |
| August 19 |
| Charlotte |
| L 69–105 |
| Nikki McCray (20) |
| Murriel Page (9) |
| Nikki McCray (9) |
| MCI Center |
| 3–27 |
Season standings
Statistics
Regular season
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikki McCray | 29 | 28 | 33.4 | .419 | .319 | .748 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 17.7 |
| Murriel Page | 30 | 30 | 31.8 | .479 | .000 | .631 | 6.9 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 8.3 |
| Alessandro Santos de Oliveira | 16 | 12 | 30.1 | .516 | N/A | .463 | 8.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 11.0 |
| Penny Moore | 29 | 26 | 26.1 | .344 | .207 | .717 | 3.7 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 8.2 |
| Rita Williams | 30 | 18 | 23.7 | .320 | .214 | .633 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 4.4 |
| Heidi Burge | 30 | 15 | 16.7 | .509 | .286 | .597 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 6.7 |
| Deborah Carter | 29 | 6 | 15.0 | .271 | .245 | .808 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 3.8 |
| Adrienne Shuler | 25 | 12 | 14.5 | .369 | .342 | .824 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 3.6 |
| Keri Chaconas | 30 | 1 | 13.2 | .297 | .286 | .788 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 4.8 |
| La'Shawn Brown | 22 | 2 | 12.4 | .342 | N/A | .515 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 2.0 |
| Tammy Jackson | 2 | 0 | 7.0 | .667 | N/A | .000 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| Margo Graham | 9 | 0 | 5.4 | .421 | N/A | .500 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 2.0 |
| Angela Jackson | 7 | 0 | 5.1 | .500 | N/A | .667 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.4 |
| Leila Sobral | 15 | 0 | 4.7 | .250 | .273 | .667 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.7 |
| Leslie Johnson | 6 | 0 | 2.5 | .500 | N/A | N/A | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season
References
References
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