MYSTICS POSTGAME NOTES: 8/21 VS. DALLAS
WASHINGTON MYSTICS (4-8) VS. DALLAS WINGS (5-8)
MYSTICS 92 – WINGS 101
TEAM | HIGH PTS | HIGH REB | HIGH AST |
MYSTICS | Hines-Allen (35) | Hines-Allen (12) | Mitchell (4) |
WINGS | Ogunbowale (24) | Thorton (10) | Ogunbowale (9) |
SAY HER NAME
Over the past three weeks, the WNBA has worked with the #SayHerName campaign to spotlight and identify key policy issues affecting Black women and girls and to highlight multiple victims of police violence. The #SayHerName campaign was founded by African American Policy Forum (AAPF) founder, Kimberlé Crenshaw, a UCLA and Columbia Law School professor, and a specialist in civil rights, Black feminist legal theory and race, racism and the law. Crenshaw launched the #SayHerName campaign in December 2014 to bring awareness to the invisible names, stories and faces of Black women and girls who have been victimized by racist police and violence. The campaign also provides support to the victims’ families. To learn more about Kimberlé Crenshaw, AAPF and the #SayHerName campaign, please visit HERE.
MSE x WHEN WE ALL VOTE
Monumental Sports & Entertainment (MSE) announced plans to help increase the enfranchisement and participation of eligible voters in elections. As part of this work, MSE has formed a partnership with When We All Vote, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization on a mission to increase participation in every election. Register to vote today: whenweallvote.org/mystics/
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
- Myisha Hines-Allen scored a career-high 35 points. Hines-Allen recorded her fourth double-double of the season, marking one of five players to total at least four point-rebound double-doubles on the season.
- Hines-Allen is one of four players (Jewell Loyd; SEA, Laney; ATL, Chennedy Carter; ATL) to score 35+ points in a game this season. It also marks the most points scored by a Mystics player since Elena Delle Donne on 6/13/18 at CON (36 points).
- Four Washington players (Hines-Allen, Ariel Atkins, Alaina Coates, Tianna Hawkins) recorded at least 10 points and 5 rebounds, marking the fourth game this season at least three players have totaled at least 10-plus points and five or more rebounds.
- Alaina Coates scored a career-best 11 points. Coates also attempted a career-high seven free-throws.
- The Mystics attempted 24 free-throws, the seventh game this season the team has attempted 20 or more free-throws in a single game.
- The Mystics made six three-pointers in the second half (non-overtime), the sixth game this season that the team has made at least five or more three-pointers in the second half.
- Washington played their first overtime game of the season. Since the 2017 season, Washington has played a total of four overtime games (2017 = 2, 2019 = 1).