2005 Washington Mystics season

2005 Washington Mystics season
CoachRichie Adubato
ArenaMCI Center
Attendance10,088 per game
Results
Record16–18 (.471)
Place5th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 2005 WNBA season was the eighth for the Washington Mystics. The Mystics gave it their all, but they fell short for the playoffs, losing a tiebreaker to the Detroit Shock.

Offseason

WNBA draft

Round Pick Player Nationality School/Club Team
1 6 Temeka Johnson (G)  United States LSU
2 19 Erica Taylor (G)  United States Louisiana Tech
3 32 Tashia Morehead (F)  United States Florida

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Connecticut Sun x 26 8 .765 – 14–3 12–5 13–7
Indiana Fever x 21 13 .618 5.0 14–3 7–10 14–6
New York Liberty x 18 16 .529 8.0 10–7 8–9 9–11
Detroit Shock x 16 18 .471 10.0 12–5 4–13 11–9
Washington Mystics o 16 18 .471 10.0 10–7 6–11 9–11
Charlotte Sting o 6 28 .176 20.0 5–12 1–16 4–16

Season schedule

Date Opponent Score Result Record
May 21 @ Charlotte 60-42 Win 1-0
May 22 Connecticut 67-69 Loss 1-1
May 26 Los Angeles 75-84 Loss 1-2
June 1 New York 68-77 Loss 1-3
June 3 Minnesota 74-71 Win 2-3
June 5 @ New York 58-61 Loss 2-4
June 7 @ San Antonio 62-71 Loss 2-5
June 10 Seattle 64-52 Win 3-5
June 11 @ Minnesota 60-78 Loss 3-6
June 18 Indiana 88-78 (2OT) Win 4-6
June 21 Phoenix 77-56 Win 5-6
June 24 @ Detroit 69-55 Win 6-6
June 26 Sacramento 57-62 Loss 6-7
June 28 @ Charlotte 66-61 (OT) Win 7-7
June 30 Charlotte 65-50 Win 8-7
July 7 Detroit 62-76 Loss 8-8
July 13 @ Seattle 78-71 Win 9-8
July 15 @ Phoenix 66-77 Loss 9-9
July 16 @ Sacramento 59-73 Loss 9-10
July 19 @ Los Angeles 74-68 Win 10-10
July 21 @ Houston 70-65 Win 11-10
July 26 Houston 65-83 Loss 11-11
July 28 San Antonio 73-58 Win 12-11
July 29 @ Indiana 58-62 Loss 12-12
August 2 Charlotte 65-63 Win 13-12
August 7 Indiana 61-60 Win 14-12
August 11 Connecticut 65-80 Loss 14-13
August 14 @ Connecticut 77-80 Loss 14-14
August 16 @ New York 66-72 Loss 14-15
August 18 @ Indiana 57-67 Loss 14-16
August 21 @ Detroit 52-66 Loss 14-17
August 23 New York 82-69 (OT) Win 15-17
August 26 @ Connecticut 47-81 Loss 15-18
August 27 Detroit 76-67 Win 16-18

Player stats

Player GP REB AST STL BLK PTS
Alana Beard 30 130 90 45 9 422
Chasity Melvin 34 199 25 31 14 397
DeLisha Milton-Jones 33 172 58 57 18 394
Temeka Johnson 34 104 177 44 1 315
Charlotte Smith 34 128 71 22 11 246
Coco Miller 34 59 44 26 3 153
Laurie Koehn 30 11 10 2 0 113
Murriel Page 34 83 25 15 9 108
Nakia Sanford 27 45 6 10 11 88
Kaayla Chones 12 6 1 1 0 14
Tamicha Jackson 8 6 10 5 0 9
Kiesha Brown 2 0 0 2 0 2
Mactabene Amachree 3 0 0 0 0 2

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Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ "2005 Washington Mystics Stats".