The Mystics have played competitively to this point. But now, things are starting to sprial out of control.
The Washington Mystics entered Saturday night as the only winless WNBA team after the Indiana Fever won 78-73 against the Los Angeles Sparks last night. Unfortunately, things remained that way after they lost 101-69 to the Seattle Storm earlier tonight.
Washington began this game with a rough first half as they allowed the Storm to go on a 12-0 run. If it weren’t for Julie Vanloo scoring 9 of her 12 points in the first quarter, the Mystics would have been out of this game from the very beginning. Ultimately, the Mystics were down 50-41 after the first half so they had some shot.
Seattle’s knockout blow was in the third quarter when they shot 76.9 percent from the field with Ezi Magbegor scoring 10 of her 16 points in that period alone. Washington only shot 31.2 percent in that period, with Vanloo not attempting a single shot in that time frame. By the time the fourth quarter came around, it was all Storm, as they outscored the Mystics 25-10 to run them out of Climate Pledge Arena. Ultimately, the Storm shot 61.7 percent from the field while the Mystics shot 34.3 percent.
Aaliyah Edwards got the start tonight, scoring 4 points, with Shakira Austin out due to personal reasons. Britteny Sykes remained out due to an ankle injury. That certainly didn’t help things for Washington.
Karlie Samuelson led the Mystics with 16 points. Jade Melbourne also added a career-high 13 points off the bench. For Seattle, Nneka Ogwumike led with 19 points.
The Mystics’ three-game road trip is now complete. They now head back home to D.C. and take a few days off before hosting the Atlanta Dream on Wednesday, May 29. Tip-off is at 7 p.m. ET. See you then.