1998 Washington Mystics season

1998 Washington Mystics season
CoachJim Lewis (fired Jul. 24, 2–16 record)
Cathy Parson (interim, 1–11 record)
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.

Transactions

WNBA allocation draft

Player Nationality School/Team/Country
Alessandra Santos de Oliveira  Brazil Comense (Italy)
Nikki McCray  United States Columbus Quest

WNBA expansion draft

Player Nationality Former WNBA Team
Tammy Jackson  United States Houston Comets
Deborah Carter  United States Utah Starzz
Penny Moore  United States Charlotte Sting
Heidi Burge  United States Los Angeles Sparks

WNBA draft

See also: 1998 WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 3 Murriel Page  United States Florida
2 13 Rita Williams  United States UConn
3 23 Angela Hamblin  United States Iowa
4 33 Angela Jackson  United States Texas

Transactions

Date Transaction
December 29, 1997 Hired Jim Lewis as Head Coach[1]
January 27, 1998 Drafted Alessandra Santos de Oliveira and Nikki McCray in the 1998 WNBA Allocation Draft[1]
February 18, 1998 Drafted Tammy Jackson, Deborah Carter, Penny Moore and Heidi Burge in the 1998 WNBA expansion draft[1]
April 29, 1998 Drafted Murriel Page, Rita Williams, Angela Hamblin and Angela Jackson in the 1998 WNBA Draft[1]
June 23, 1998 Waived Tammy Jackson[1]
July 24, 1998 Fired Jim Lewis as Head Coach[1]
Hired Cathy Parsons as Interim Head Coach[1]
July 31, 1998 Waived Angela Jackson and Leila Sobral[1]
Signed Leslie Johnson and Margo Graham[1]

Roster

1998 Washington Mystics roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
C 35 United States Brown, La'Shawn 6' 3" (1.91m) 180 lb (82kg) 1972-12-01 Louisiana Tech R
C 34 United States Burge, Heidi 6' 5" (1.96m) 185 lb (84kg) 1971-11-12 Virginia 1
G/F 9 United States Carter, Deborah 6' 1" (1.85m) 185 lb (84kg) 1972-01-03 Georgia 1
G 12 United States Chaconas, Keri 5' 9" (1.75m) 151 lb (68kg) 1974-12-21 George Mason R
C 32 United States Graham, Margo 6' 4" (1.93m) 235 lb (107kg) 1970-12-18 Houston R
C 32 United States Jackson, Angela 6' 4" (1.93m) – 1976-03-30 Texas R
F/C 28 United States Jackson, Tammy 6' 2" (1.88m) 190 lb (86kg) 1962-12-03 Florida 1
F 28 United States Johnson, Leslie 6' 2" (1.88m) 220 lb (100kg) 1975-01-12 Western Kentucky R
G 15 United States McCray, Nikki 5' 11" (1.8m) 158 lb (72kg) 1971-12-17 Tennessee R
F 24 United States Moore, Penny 6' 0" (1.83m) – 1969-01-25 Long Beach State 1
F 10 United States Page, Murriel 6' 2" (1.88m) 160 lb (73kg) 1975-09-18 Florida R
C 11 Brazil Santos de Oliveira, Alessandra 6' 5" (1.96m) 181 lb (82kg) 1973-12-02 R
G 30 United States Shuler, Adrienne 5' 6" (1.68m) – 1969-04-24 Georgia R
F 32 Brazil Sobral, Leila 6' 1" (1.85m) – 1974-12-22 R
G 23 United States Williams, Rita 5' 6" (1.68m) 135 lb (61kg) 1976-01-14 Connecticut R
Head coach
United States Jim Lewis (West Virginia)
Assistant coaches
United States Cathy Parson
United States Wes Unseld Jr.



Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Schedule

Regular season

1998 game log
Total: 3–27 (Home: 2–12; Road: 1–15)
June: 1–7 (Home: 1–2; Road: 0–5)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
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
July: 1–11 (Home: 0–6; Road: 1–5)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
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
August: 1–9 (Home: 1–4; Road: 0–5)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
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
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
1998 season schedule

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

Statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage  TO  Turnovers per game
 PF  Fouls per game Team leader League leader

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

Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "1998 Washington Mystics Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2024.