The Mystics start the season with a win!
The Washington Mystics opened the season with a nice win over the Atlanta Dream, 94-90 on Friday night at the CareFirst Arena in D.C. Congrats to Sydney Johnson for his first head-coach win!
This was a rather high-scoring affair, and a dramatic win.
Brittney Sykes scored a team high 22 points (with almost all coming in the second half). But more importantly she made two sensational plays down the stretch with the game tied. Sykes made a nice layup with less than 30 seconds left, and then stole the out-of-bounds pass from the Dream to secure the win (via 2 free throws by teammate Citron). Citron herself added 19 points and the win definitely owes much to Sykes and Citron great nights.
On the other side, Allisha Gray had herself a night with six 3-pointers and finished with 25 points for Atlanta.
Here are the highlights:
The Mystics now head to Connecticut for their second game of the regular season on Sunday (a matinee at 1pm).