2016 Washington Mystics season

2016 Washington Mystics season
CoachMike Thibault
ArenaVerizon Center
Attendance6,929 per game
Results
Record13–21 (.382)
Place6th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid Not Qualify
Team Leaders
PointsTayler Hill – 15.4 ppg
ReboundsEmma Meesseman – 5.6 rpg
AssistsNatasha Cloud – 3.0 apg

The 2016 WNBA season was the 19th season for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association. The season began at home versus the on May 14, 2016.[1] The Mystics would go on to lose their opening game 76–87. Their losing streak extended to three games before the Mystics got their first win of the season on May 21, 2016, 84–76, over the Connecticut Sun. They continued their winning ways with a 84–82 overtime victory in Seattle. They lost their final game of the season to finish May 2–4. The Mystics then lost back-to-back games against the Chicago Sky to open June. Their fortunes improved after that as they went 5–1 in their next six games. Their only loss came against the Minnesota Lynx. They won a triple overtime game against Connecticut over that stretch, and also defeated Atlanta twice. The streak was broken with a 91–79 loss to Phoenix. The Mystics won their next two games to close out June with a 7–4 record. The two game winning streak was not extended as they opened July with an overtime loss in Chicago. Their season took a turn for the worse from there as they lost their next six straight games. They lost to San Antonio, New York, and Phoenix by single digits, but lose their other three games by double digits. The worst loss of the stretch was a twenty-nine point loss at Seattle. The Mystics went into the Olympic break with a 9–15 overall record. They played two games in August after the Olympic break where they defeated Indiana and lost to San Antonio. They won two out of their first three games in September, defeating Dallas and Chicago. They had an outside chance of qualifying for the playoffs, but ended September on a 1–4 stretch. Their only win came against New York while they lost to Seattle, Indiana, Atlanta, and Connecticut.

The Mystics finished the season 13–21 and only mustered four wins after June 29. They finished sixth in the Eastern Conference and did not qualify for the playoffs. Their thirteen wins were their worst since the 2012 season.

Transactions

WNBA draft

See also: 2016 WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 7 Kahleah Copper  United States Rutgers
2 19 Lia Galdeira Washington State
3 31 Danaejah Grant St. John's

Trades/Roster Changes

Date Details
February 3, 2016 Signed F LaToya Sanders[2]
March 8, 2016 Extended Emma Meesseman[3]

Roster

Source:Source:[4][5]

2016 Washington Mystics roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
G15Cloud, Natasha5' 10" (1.78m)160 lb (73kg)1992-02-22Saint Joseph's1
G/F2Copper, Kahleah6' 1" (1.85m)155 lb (70kg)1994-08-28RutgersR
C31Dolson, Stefanie6' 5" (1.96m)235 lb (107kg)1992-01-08Connecticut2
G4Hill, Tayler5' 9" (1.75m)145 lb (66kg)1990-10-23Ohio State3
G12Latta, Ivory 5' 6" (1.68m)138 lb (63kg)1984-09-25North Carolina9
F11Malott, Ally6' 4" (1.93m)183 lb (83kg)1992-10-31Dayton1
C33Meesseman, Emma6' 4" (1.93m)191 lb (87kg)1993-05-13Belgium3
G5Mitchell, Leilani5' 5" (1.65m)138 lb (63kg)1985-06-15Utah7
F/C30Sanders, LaToya 6' 2" (1.88m)170 lb (77kg)1986-09-11North Carolina4
G14Ruffin-Pratt, Tierra5' 11" (1.8m)180 lb (82kg)1991-04-11North Carolina3
C9Vaughn, Kia6' 4" (1.93m)205 lb (93kg)1987-01-24Rutgers7
Head coach
Mike Thibault (Saint Martin's)
Assistant coaches
Marianne Stanley (Immaculata)
Eric Thibault (Missouri)
Athletic trainer
Emily Fortunato (George Washington)
Strength and conditioning coach
Stu Singer
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Game Log

Preseason

2016 pre-season game log
May: 1–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 1–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 May 6 Indiana L 69–89 Kahleah Copper (13) Copper, Dolson, Vaughn (6) Cloud, Vaughn (3) Capital One Arena
2,072 		0–1
2 May 8 @ Minnesota W 85–68 Tayler Hill (18) Zoi Dimitrakou (5) Tierra Ruffin-Pratt (5) Mayo Civic Center
4,524 		1–1
2016 pre-season schedule

Regular season

2016 game log
Total: 13–21 (Home: 5–12; Road: 8–9)
May: 2–4 (Home: 0–3; Road: 2–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 May 14 New York L 76–87 Tayler Hill (20) Tayler Hill (8) Natasha Cloud (4) Capital One Arena
11,579 		0–1
2 May 18 Dallas L 77–87 Tayler Hill (20) Cloud, Meesseman (7) Bria Hartley (5) Capital One Arena
5,618 		0–2
3 May 20 Los Angeles L 67–97 Emma Meesseman (13) Emma Meesseman (11) Bria Hartley (7) Capital One Arena
7,807 		0–3
4 May 21 @ Connecticut W 84–76 Tayler Hill (24) Bria Hartley (6) Tayler Hill (7) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,022 		1–3
5 May 26 @ Seattle W 84–82 (OT) Emma Meesseman (19) Emma Meesseman (13) Tierra Ruffin-Pratt (6) KeyArena
5,239 		2–3
6 May 29 @ Phoenix L 77–93 Stefanie Dolson (14) Dolson, Hill (6) Natasha Cloud (3) Talking Stick Resort Arena
9,228 		2–4
June : 7–4 (Home: 4–3; Road: 3–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
7 June 1 Chicago L 78–86 Stefanie Dolson (14) Kahleah Copper (7) Tierra Ruffin-Pratt (6) Capital One Arena
5,649 		2–5
8 June 3 @ Chicago L 72–98 Emma Meesseman (13) Emma Meesseman (5) Natasha Cloud (4) Allstate Arena
5,489 		2–6
9 June 5 @ Atlanta W 86–79 Tayler Hill (17) Stefanie Dolson (12) Cloud, Dolson, Hill (3) Philips Arena
3,611 		3–6
10 June 8 @ Dallas W 87–79 Emma Meesseman (23) Emma Meesseman (12) Cloud, Latta, Ruffin-Pratt (3) College Park Center
4,177 		4–6
11 June 11 Minnesota L 76–83 Emma Meesseman (19) Emma Meesseman (7) Tayler Hill (6) Capital One Arena
7,751 		4–7
12 June 14 @ Connecticut W 109–106 (3OT) Emma Meesseman (23) Kia Vaughn (7) Natasha Cloud (6) Mohegan Sun Arena
4,442 		5–7
13 June 18 Atlanta W 95–65 Tayler Hill (15) Kia Vaughn (8) Stefanie Dolson (4) Capital One Arena
6,977 		6–7
14 June 22 Indiana W 76–62 Tayler Hill (16) Natasha Cloud (6) Meesseman, Ruffin-Pratt (3) Capital One Arena
4,430 		7–7
15 June 24 Phoenix L 79–91 Cloud, Hill (18) Stefanie Dolson (7) Natasha Cloud (5) Capital One Arena
5,136 		7–8
16 June 26 Minnesota W 87–63 Emma Meesseman (20) Stefanie Dolson (7) Tayler Hill (5) Capital One Arena
6,322 		8–8
17 June 29 San Antonio W 84–67 Meesseman, Ruffin-Pratt (14) Stefanie Dolson (7) Tierra Ruffin-Pratt (5) Capital One Arena
6,314 		9–8
July : 0–7 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–5)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
18 July 1 @ Chicago L 84–86 (OT) Tayler Hill (25) Tierra Ruffin-Pratt (8) Emma Meesseman (5) Allstate Arena
5,320 		9–9
19 July 6 @ San Antonio L 70–77 Tayler Hill (14) Stefanie Dolson (7) Tierra Ruffin-Pratt (4) AT&T Center
3,701 		9–10
20 July 10 @ Los Angeles L 82–93 Emma Meesseman (24) Emma Meesseman (7) Emma Meesseman (6) Staples Center
19,076 		9–11
21 July 13 @ Phoenix L 74–78 Emma Meesseman (22) Kahleah Copper (7) Copper, Hartley, Hill, Latta, Ruffin-Pratt (3) Talking Stick Resort Arena
10,628 		9–12
22 July 15 @ Seattle L 51–80 Emma Meesseman (16) Emma Meesseman (10) Tayler Hill (5) KeyArena
9,686 		9–13
23 July 20 New York L 81–88 Emma Meesseman (20) Dolson, Vaughn (6) Cloud, Latta (6) Capital One Arena
12,778 		9–14
24 July 22 Los Angeles L 75–95 Emma Meesseman (16) Kahleah Copper (5) Latta, Ruffin-Pratt (4) Capital One Arena
5,455 		9–15
August : 1–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 1–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
25 August 27 @ Indiana W 92–69 Tayler Hill (18) Tierra Ruffin-Pratt (7) Natasha Cloud (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
8,081 		10–15
26 August 28 San Antonio L 74–85 Tayler Hill (26) Tierra Ruffin-Pratt (8) Natasha Cloud (5) Capital One Arena
5,509 		10–16
September : 3–5 (Home: 1–3; Road: 2–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
27 September 2 @ Minnesota L 69–75 Tayler Hill (15) Natasha Cloud (6) Natasha Cloud (7) Target Center
7,523 		10–17
28 September 4 @ Dallas W 88–83 Tayler Hill (25) Ruffin-Pratt, Vaughn (6) Tierra Ruffin-Pratt (4) College Park Center
5,162 		11–17
29 September 7 Chicago W 118–81 Tayler Hill (21) Emma Meesseman (8) Natasha Cloud (7) Capital One Arena
5,373 		12–17
30 September 9 Seattle L 76–81 Emma Meesseman (15) Stefanie Dolson (8) Natasha Cloud (5) Capital One Arena
5,564 		12–18
31 September 11 Indiana L 73–80 Emma Meesseman (19) Ruffin-Pratt, Vaughn (5) Natasha Cloud (8) Capital One Arena
6,542 		12–19
32 September 13 @ New York W 75–62 Stefanie Dolson (23) Dolson, Meesseman (7) Cloud, Dolson (4) Madison Square Garden
8,345 		13–19
33 September 15 @ Atlanta L 91–94 Hill, Meesseman (20) Emma Meesseman (10) Natasha Cloud (7) Philips Arena
4,404 		13–21
34 September 18 Connecticut L 78–87 Dolson, Meesseman (18) Kahleah Copper (7) Meesseman, Ruffin-Pratt (4) Capital One Arena
8,991 		13–21
2016 season schedule

Standings

Eastern Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
3 - New York Liberty 21 13 .618 — 10–7 11–6 11–5
4 - Chicago Sky 18 16 .529 3 11–6 7–10 8–8
5 - Indiana Fever 17 17 .500 4 8–9 9–8 8–8
6 - Atlanta Dream 17 17 .500 4 11–6 6–11 9–7
e - Connecticut Sun 14 20 .412 7 8–9 6–11 4–12
e - 13 21 .382 8 5–12 8–9 8–8

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

Source:[4]

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Tayler Hill 32 32 29.3 34.8% 35.1% 82.9% 2.6 2.9 1.1 0.1 15.4
Emma Meesseman 34 34 29.3 53.3% 44.8% 80.0% 5.6 2.3 1.2 0.7 15.2
Tierra Ruffin-Pratt 32 31 24.4 36.9% 32.0% 74.7% 4.5 2.6 1.0 0.3 7.3
Natasha Cloud 31 28 24.3 34.8% 33.8% 75.4% 3.0 3.8 0.8 0.1 5.7
Stefanie Dolson 34 31 22.5 48.2% 30.0% 84.3% 4.7 1.1 0.4 0.9 9.3
Ivory Latta 22 2 20.8 33.1% 30.5% 90.9% 1.7 1.9 0.4 0.0 8.3
Kia Vaughn 34 4 19.8 50.3% — 75.0% 4.3 0.6 0.6 0.5 6.3
LaToya Sanders 4 0 17.3 50.0% — 84.6% 3.0 0.3 0.8 2.5 7.3
Bria Hartley 24 5 16.9 37.6% 36.2% 80.0% 2.0 2.3 0.4 — 6.5
Kahleah Copper 30 3 16.2 41.7% 46.7% 68.3% 3.1 0.8 0.5 0.1 6.2
Leilani Mitchell 10 0 16.1 43.5% 35.5% 80.0% 1.7 1.9 0.1 — 5.9
Tianna Hawkins 24 0 10.5 49.4% 50.0% 85.7% 2.5 0.4 0.2 0.2 4.7
Ally Malott 23 0 7.8 30.6% 31.3% 81.8% 1.1 0.4 0.3 0.1 2.1
Zoi Dimitrakou 2 0 5.5 33.3% 50.0% — 0.5 0.5 — — 1.5
Jamie Weisner 7 0 3.6 44.% 50.0% 100.0% 0.4 0.3 — — 1.7

Awards and honors

Recipient Award Date Awarded Ref.
Emma Meesseman Eastern Conference Player of the Week June 13 [6]

References

  1. ^ "Washington Mystics Schedule 2016". wnba.com. Retrieved May 30, 2025.
  2. ^ "LaToya Sanders Returns to Mystics". mystics.wnba.com. WNBA. February 4, 2016. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
  3. ^ Lee, Albert (March 9, 2016). "Emma Meesseman signs contract extension with the Mystics through 2019". SB Nation. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
  4. ^ a b "2016 Washington Mystics Stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
  5. ^ "Washington Mystics Basketball Roster 2016". basketball.usbasket.com. USBasket. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
  6. ^ "Mystics' Meesseman, Sparks' Ogwumike named WNBA Players of the Week". pr.nba.com. NBA. June 13, 2016. Retrieved May 30, 2025.
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