1998 Washington Mystics season
CoachJim Lewis (fired)
Cathy Parson (interim)
ArenaMCI Center
Attendance15,910 per game
Results
Record3–27 (.100)
Place5th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Team Leaders
PointsNikki McCray (17.7)
ReboundsAlessandra Santos de Oliveira (8.1)
AssistsNikki McCray (3.1)

The 1998 WNBA season was the first for the Washington Mystics.

Offseason

Initial Player Allocation

Player Nationality College/HS/Club Team
Nikki McCray (G)  United States Tennessee (from Columbus Quest, ABL)
Alessandra Santos de Oliveira (C)  Brazil Comense (Italy)

Expansion draft

Pick Player Nationality Former WNBA Team
2 Heidi Burge (F)  United States Los Angeles Sparks
4 Penny Moore (F)  United States Charlotte Sting
6 Deborah Carter (F)  United States Utah Starzz
8 Tammy Jackson (F/C)  United States Houston Comets

WNBA draft

Round Pick Player Nationality School/Club Team
1 3 Murriel Page (F/C)  United States Florida
2 13 Rita Williams (G)  United States Connecticut
3 23 Angela Hamblin (G/F)  United States Iowa
4 33 Angela Jackson (C)  United States Texas

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Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
Cleveland Rockers x 20 10 .667 12–4 –
Charlotte Sting x 18 12 .600 11–5 2.0
New York Liberty o 18 12 .600 8–8 2.0
Detroit Shock o 17 13 .567 8–8 3.0
Washington Mystics o 3 27 .100 1–15 17.0

Season schedule

Date Opponent Score Result Record
June 11 @ Charlotte 57-83 Loss 0-1
June 13 @ Utah 77-78 Loss 0-2
June 15 @ Phoenix 54-69 Loss 0-3
June 19 Utah 85-76 Win 1-3
June 21 Detroit 57-70 Loss 1-4
June 25 @ Detroit 71-79 Loss 1-5
June 28 Phoenix 69-86 Loss 1-6
June 29 @ Houston 48-73 Loss 1-7
July 1 Cleveland 80-92 Loss 1-8
July 3 @ New York 60-76 Loss 1-9
July 5 New York 61-62 Loss 1-10
July 8 @ Cleveland 65-77 Loss 1-11
July 11 Detroit 78-53 Win 2-11
July 13 @ Houston 67-81 Loss 2-12
July 17 @ Charlotte 56-86 Loss 2-13
July 19 Utah 88-99 Loss 2-14
July 21 Charlotte 67-84 Loss 2-15
July 22 @ Detroit 61-76 Loss 2-16
July 26 Sacramento 65-79 Loss 2-17
July 29 Los Angeles 68-77 Loss 2-18
August 1 New York 53-67 Loss 2-19
August 3 @ Los Angeles 72-86 Loss 2-20
August 4 @ Phoenix 59-88 Loss 2-21
August 7 @ Sacramento 55-76 Loss 2-22
August 9 Los Angeles 76-74 Win 3-22
August 12 Cleveland 55-75 Loss 3-23
August 13 @ New York 45-88 Loss 3-24
August 15 @ Cleveland 71-90 Loss 3-25
August 17 Houston 65-110 Loss 3-26
August 19 Charlotte 69-105 Loss 3-27

Player Stats

= Indicates team leader

‡ = Waived during the season

Player GP MIN FG REB AST STL BLK PTS
Nikki McCray 29 969 191 85 90 43 2 512
Murriel Page 30 955 104 208 40 19 13 249
Penny Moore 29 756 93 108 46 44 20 238
Heidi Burge 30 501 81 100 26 16 15 201
Alessandra Santos de Oliveira 16 481 63 129 1 12 7 176
Keri Chaconas 30 397 44 24 38 13 0 144
Rita Williams 30 712 41 68 69 63 2 132
Deborah Carter 29 434 39 65 23 16 4 111
Adrienne Shuler 25 363 31 52 48 23 3 89
La'Shawn Brown 22 272 13 53 8 10 20 43
Leila Sobral ‡ 14 71 6 10 6 5 2 24
Margo Graham 10 49 8 13 1 1 1 19
Angela Jackson ‡ 6 36 3 4 0 1 2 10
Tammy Jackson 2 14 2 4 0 0 0 4
Leslie Johnson ‡ 7 15 1 1 1 0 0 2

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Awards and honors

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References

  1. ^ "Washington Mystics Draft History". WNBA.com. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
  2. ^ "1998 Washington Mystics Stats".

External links

1998 WNBA season by team
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