WNBA team season
The 1998 WNBA season was the first for the Washington Mystics.
Transactions[edit]
WNBA allocation draft[edit]
WNBA expansion draft[edit]
WNBA draft[edit]
Transactions[edit]
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] |
1998 Washington Mystics roster |
Players | Coaches |
Pos. | # | Nat. | Name | | | Height | | Weight | | | DOB | | | From | Yrs | C | 35 | | Brown, La'Shawn | | | 6' 3" (1.91m) | | 180 lb (82kg) | | | 1972-12-01 | | | Louisiana Tech | R | C | 34 | | Burge, Heidi | | | 6' 5" (1.96m) | | 185 lb (84kg) | | | 1971-11-12 | | | Virginia | 1 | G/F | 9 | | Carter, Deborah | | | 6' 1" (1.85m) | | 185 lb (84kg) | | | 1972-01-03 | | | Georgia | 1 | G | 12 | | Chaconas, Keri | | | 5' 9" (1.75m) | | 151 lb (68kg) | | | 1974-12-21 | | | George Mason | R | C | 32 | | Graham, Margo | | | 6' 4" (1.93m) | | 235 lb (107kg) | | | 1970-12-18 | | | Houston | R | C | 32 | | Jackson, Angela | | | 6' 4" (1.93m) | | – | | | 1976-03-30 | | | Texas | R | F/C | 28 | | Jackson, Tammy | | | 6' 2" (1.88m) | | 190 lb (86kg) | | | 1962-12-03 | | | Florida | 1 | F | 28 | | Johnson, Leslie | | | 6' 2" (1.88m) | | 220 lb (100kg) | | | 1975-01-12 | | | Western Kentucky | R | G | 15 | | McCray, Nikki | | | 5' 11" (1.8m) | | 158 lb (72kg) | | | 1971-12-17 | | | Tennessee | R | F | 24 | | Moore, Penny | | | 6' 0" (1.83m) | | – | | | 1969-01-25 | | | Long Beach State | 1 | F | 10 | | Page, Murriel | | | 6' 2" (1.88m) | | 160 lb (73kg) | | | 1975-09-18 | | | Florida | R | C | 11 | | Santos de Oliveira, Alessandra | | | 6' 5" (1.96m) | | 181 lb (82kg) | | | 1973-12-02 | | | | R | G | 30 | | Shuler, Adrienne | | | 5' 6" (1.68m) | | – | | | 1969-04-24 | | | Georgia | R | F | 32 | | Sobral, Leila | | | 6' 1" (1.85m) | | – | | | 1974-12-22 | | | | R | G | 23 | | Williams, Rita | | | 5' 6" (1.68m) | | 135 lb (61kg) | | | 1976-01-14 | | | Connecticut | R | | - Head coach
- Jim Lewis (West Virginia)
- Assistant coaches
- Cathy Parson
Wes Unseld Jr.
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (FA) Free agent
- (IN) Inactive
- (S) Suspended
- Injured
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Schedule[edit]
Regular season[edit]
1998 game log Total: 3–27 (Home: 2–12; Road: 1–15) |
June: 1–7 (Home: 1–2; Road: 0–5) |
July: 1–11 (Home: 0–6; Road: 1–5) |
August: 1–9 (Home: 1–4; Road: 0–5) |
1998 season schedule |
Season standings[edit]
Statistics[edit]
Regular Season[edit]
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[edit]
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