Mystics 70-53 Liberty (13 Jul, 2012) Play-by-Play

Washington Mystics

4-14, 1-7 away

	1	2	3	4	T
WSH	16	20	22	12	70
NY	17	10	14	12	53

New York Liberty

6-12, 3-6 home

Cappie Pondexter made Driving Layup.
Essence Carson made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Leilani Mitchell.
DeMya Walker made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Cappie Pondexter.
Leilani Mitchell missed Three Point Jumper.
Essence Carson missed 16 ft Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter missed 17 ft Jumper.
Kara Braxton missed 4 ft Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Essence Carson made Layup.
Cappie Pondexter made Driving Layup.
Cappie Pondexter made Two Point Shot.
Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Kia Vaughn made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Kia Vaughn made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Katelan Redmon missed 8 ft Jumper.
Kia Vaughn missed Layup.
Essence Carson missed 16 ft Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Nicole Powell missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Essence Carson missed 18 ft Jumper.
Essence Carson missed 7 ft Jumper.
Essence Carson made Driving Layup.
Kia Vaughn missed 8 ft Two Point Shot.
Essence Carson missed 16 ft Jumper.
Leilani Mitchell missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
Nicole Powell missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Alex Montgomery made Layup.
Cappie Pondexter missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Alex Montgomery made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Alex Montgomery made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter missed 7 ft Jumper.
DeMya Walker's 4 ft Jumper blocked by Ashley Robinson.
DeMya Walker missed Layup.
Cappie Pondexter missed 18 ft Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Essence Carson.
Leilani Mitchell's 5 ft Jumper blocked by Ashley Robinson.
Cappie Pondexter missed Driving Layup.
Essence Carson missed Driving Layup.
Leilani Mitchell missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kara Braxton missed Jumper.
Kara Braxton made Layup. Assisted by Nicole Powell.
Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Essence Carson missed 32 ft Three Point Jumper.
Essence Carson made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Cappie Pondexter.
Kara Braxton's Layup blocked by Michelle Snow.
Leilani Mitchell made 5 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Kara Braxton.
Leilani Mitchell missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kara Braxton made Layup.
Kara Braxton missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
DeMya Walker missed 4 ft Two Point Shot.
Cappie Pondexter missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter's 6 ft Jumper blocked by Michelle Snow.
Nicole Powell missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter made 4 ft Two Point Shot.
Cappie Pondexter made Driving Layup.
Essence Carson missed 7 ft Jumper.
Kia Vaughn missed 6 ft Two Point Shot.
Cappie Pondexter made Driving Layup.
Nicole Powell made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Cappie Pondexter.
Cappie Pondexter's Layup blocked by Crystal Langhorne.
Essence Carson missed Layup.
Katelan Redmon missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter missed 49 ft Three Point Jumper.
Essence Carson's 16 ft Jumper blocked by Natasha Lacy.
Cappie Pondexter missed 14 ft Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter made 5 ft Two Point Shot.
Cappie Pondexter missed 11 ft Jumper.
Cappie Pondexter made Driving Layup. Assisted by Leilani Mitchell.
Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Leilani Mitchell's 10 ft Jumper blocked by Jasmine Thomas.
DeMya Walker missed Layup.
DeMya Walker made 4 ft Jumper.
Kia Vaughn made Layup.
Leilani Mitchell made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nicole Powell.
Cappie Pondexter's 15 ft Jumper blocked by Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton.
Essence Carson's Jumper blocked by Monique Currie.
Crystal Langhorne made Layup.
Crystal Langhorne missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Matee Ajavon missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Michelle Snow missed 16 ft Jumper.
Jasmine Thomas missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Crystal Langhorne made Layup. Assisted by Matee Ajavon.
Jasmine Thomas missed 14 ft Jumper.
Monique Currie made 13 ft Jumper.
Monique Currie made Driving Layup.
Monique Currie missed 17 ft Jumper.
Matee Ajavon missed Driving Layup.
Monique Currie made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Monique Currie made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Crystal Langhorne made Layup. Assisted by Matee Ajavon.
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton made Layup. Assisted by Matee Ajavon.
Crystal Langhorne missed Layup.
Natasha Lacy made Driving Layup.
Natasha Lacy missed 14 ft Jumper.
Monique Currie missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Monique Currie made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Monique Currie made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Noelle Quinn.
Monique Currie missed 17 ft Jumper.
Crystal Langhorne made Layup. Assisted by Natasha Lacy.
Michelle Snow's 4 ft Jumper blocked by DeMya Walker.
Crystal Langhorne missed 17 ft Jumper.
Crystal Langhorne made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Crystal Langhorne made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Noelle Quinn made 20 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ashley Robinson.
Matee Ajavon missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.
Noelle Quinn missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Jasmine Thomas made 5 ft Two Point Shot.
Ashley Robinson missed Layup.
Matee Ajavon made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Shannon Bobbitt.
Crystal Langhorne made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Crystal Langhorne made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Matee Ajavon missed 9 ft Jumper.
Noelle Quinn missed Layup.
Matee Ajavon made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Matee Ajavon made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Crystal Langhorne made Driving Layup.
Natalie Novosel missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Jasmine Thomas missed 4 ft Jumper.
Michelle Snow missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Michelle Snow made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Jasmine Thomas missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Monique Currie missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Crystal Langhorne made Driving Layup. Assisted by Jasmine Thomas.
Crystal Langhorne made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Matee Ajavon.
Crystal Langhorne missed 16 ft Jumper.
Jasmine Thomas made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Jasmine Thomas made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Jasmine Thomas missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Jasmine Thomas missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Jasmine Thomas made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Noelle Quinn.
Matee Ajavon missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Noelle Quinn made Driving Layup.
Michelle Snow made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Michelle Snow missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Noelle Quinn missed 17 ft Jumper.
Michelle Snow missed 4 ft Jumper.
Matee Ajavon's Layup blocked by Kia Vaughn.
Natasha Lacy made Driving Layup.
Natasha Lacy missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Michelle Snow made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Natasha Lacy.
Crystal Langhorne missed 11 ft Jumper.
Monique Currie made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Monique Currie made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Monique Currie made 21 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shannon Bobbitt.
Ashley Robinson missed 4 ft Jumper.
Ashley Robinson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Ashley Robinson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Natasha Lacy missed 18 ft Jumper.
Crystal Langhorne made Driving Layup.
Noelle Quinn missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Ashley Robinson missed 4 ft Jumper.
Matee Ajavon missed Driving Layup.
Crystal Langhorne made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Noelle Quinn.
Monique Currie made Driving Layup.
Matee Ajavon made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Matee Ajavon made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Crystal Langhorne made Layup. Assisted by Jasmine Thomas.
Crystal Langhorne missed 17 ft Jumper.
Matee Ajavon missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Matee Ajavon made Free Throw 2 of 2.

MYSTICS

LIBERTY

TIME		WSH	NY
10:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
10:00	Jumpball: Michelle Snow vs. Kara Braxton. Leilani Mitchell gains possession.	0	0
9:42	Cappie Pondexter made Driving Layup.	0	2
9:23	Crystal Langhorne made Layup.	2	2
9:23	Kara Braxton Shooting Foul. Crystal Langhorne gains possession.	2	2
9:23	Crystal Langhorne missed Free Throw 1 of 1.	2	2
9:22	Essence Carson Defensive Rebound.	2	2
9:10	Essence Carson made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Leilani Mitchell.	2	4
8:56	Jumpball: Crystal Langhorne vs. Leilani Mitchell. Jasmine Thomas gains possession.	2	4
8:45	Matee Ajavon missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	2	4
8:44	Cappie Pondexter Defensive Rebound.	2	4
8:37	DeMya Walker made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Cappie Pondexter.	2	6
8:19	Michelle Snow missed 16 ft Jumper.	2	6
8:18	Essence Carson Defensive Rebound.	2	6
8:00	Leilani Mitchell missed Three Point Jumper.	2	6
7:58	Crystal Langhorne Defensive Rebound.	2	6
7:45	Jasmine Thomas missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	2	6
7:43	Cappie Pondexter Defensive Rebound.	2	6
7:37	Essence Carson missed 16 ft Jumper.	2	6
7:35	Monique Currie Defensive Rebound.	2	6
7:22	Crystal Langhorne made Layup. Assisted by Matee Ajavon.	4	6
6:52	Cappie Pondexter missed 17 ft Jumper.	4	6
6:52	Kara Braxton Offensive Rebound.	4	6
6:48	Kara Braxton missed 4 ft Jumper.	4	6
6:48	Jasmine Thomas Defensive Rebound.	4	6
6:39	Jasmine Thomas missed 14 ft Jumper.	4	6
6:37	Washington Defensive Rebound.	4	6
6:37	Kia Vaughn enters the game for DeMya Walker.	4	6
6:20	Crystal Langhorne Personal Foul. Kara Braxton gains possession.	4	6
6:20	Nicole Powell enters the game for Kara Braxton.	4	6
6:07	Cappie Pondexter missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	4	6
6:05	Essence Carson Offensive Rebound.	4	6
6:05	Essence Carson made Layup.	4	8
5:52	Monique Currie made 13 ft Jumper.	6	8
5:28	Essence Carson Bad Pass. Stolen by Michelle Snow.	6	8
5:24	Monique Currie made Driving Layup.	8	8
5:09	Cappie Pondexter made Driving Layup.	8	10
4:54	Jasmine Thomas Bad Pass. Stolen by Cappie Pondexter.	8	10
4:50	Cappie Pondexter made Two Point Shot.	8	12
4:50	Jasmine Thomas Shooting Foul. Cappie Pondexter gains possession.	8	12
4:50	Official Timeout.	8	12
4:50	Shannon Bobbitt enters the game for Jasmine Thomas.	8	12
4:50	Katelan Redmon enters the game for Leilani Mitchell.	8	12
4:50	Cappie Pondexter made Free Throw 1 of 1.	8	13
4:33	Monique Currie missed 17 ft Jumper.	8	13
4:31	Nicole Powell Defensive Rebound.	8	13
4:15	Cappie Pondexter Lost Ball. Stolen by Matee Ajavon.	8	13
4:11	Matee Ajavon missed Driving Layup.	8	13
4:11	Washington Defensive Rebound.	8	13
3:54	Michelle Snow Shooting Foul. Kia Vaughn gains possession.	8	13
3:54	Kia Vaughn made Free Throw 1 of 2.	8	14
3:54	Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton enters the game for Michelle Snow.	8	14
3:54	Kia Vaughn made Free Throw 2 of 2.	8	15
3:47	Katelan Redmon Shooting Foul. Monique Currie gains possession.	8	15
3:47	Monique Currie made Free Throw 1 of 2.	9	15
3:47	Monique Currie made Free Throw 2 of 2.	10	15
3:38	Katelan Redmon missed 8 ft Jumper.	10	15
3:35	Kia Vaughn Offensive Rebound.	10	15
3:34	Kia Vaughn missed Layup.	10	15
3:34	New York Offensive Rebound.	10	15
3:31	Essence Carson missed 16 ft Jumper.	10	15
3:30	Nicole Powell Offensive Rebound.	10	15
3:26	Cappie Pondexter missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.	10	15
3:24	Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton Defensive Rebound.	10	15
3:12	Crystal Langhorne made Layup. Assisted by Matee Ajavon.	12	15
2:50	Nicole Powell missed 21 ft Three Point Jumper.	12	15
2:47	Nicole Powell Offensive Rebound.	12	15
2:44	Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton Personal Foul. Nicole Powell gains possession.	12	15
2:44	Alex Montgomery enters the game for Katelan Redmon.	12	15
2:31	Essence Carson missed 18 ft Jumper.	12	15
2:29	Matee Ajavon Defensive Rebound.	12	15
2:24	Noelle Quinn enters the game for Monique Currie.	12	15
2:24	Jumpball: Crystal Langhorne vs. Alex Montgomery. Cappie Pondexter gains possession.	12	15
2:24	Crystal Langhorne Lost Ball. Stolen by Alex Montgomery.	12	15
2:14	Alex Montgomery Bad Pass. Stolen by Crystal Langhorne.	12	15
2:03	Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton made Layup. Assisted by Matee Ajavon.	14	15
1:47	Essence Carson missed 7 ft Jumper.	14	15
1:46	New York Offensive Rebound.	14	15
1:46	Leilani Mitchell enters the game for Cappie Pondexter.	14	15
1:46	Natasha Lacy enters the game for Matee Ajavon.	14	15
1:36	Essence Carson made Driving Layup.	14	17
1:17	Crystal Langhorne missed Layup.	14	17
1:15	Kia Vaughn Defensive Rebound.	14	17
58.9	Kia Vaughn missed 8 ft Two Point Shot.	14	17
56.5	Crystal Langhorne Defensive Rebound.	14	17
47.3	Natasha Lacy made Driving Layup.	16	17
31.9	Essence Carson missed 16 ft Jumper.	16	17
29.7	Crystal Langhorne Defensive Rebound.	16	17
9.9	Natasha Lacy missed 14 ft Jumper.	16	17
7.8	Alex Montgomery Defensive Rebound.	16	17
0.1	Leilani Mitchell missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.	16	17
0.0	New York Offensive Rebound.	16	17
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	16	17

Regular Season Series

NY wins 4-1

Liberty
76
Mystics
70

Game 1

9/6

Mystics
70
Liberty
53

Game 2

13/7

Mystics
73
Liberty
79

Game 3

1/9

Mystics
62
Liberty
75

Game 4

13/9

Liberty
75
Mystics
68

Game 5

16/9

5:00 PM, 13 July 2012

Referees:
Daryl Humphrey
Angelica Suffren
Kurt Walker

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
New York	32	8	.800	-	L1
Connecticut	28	12	.700	4	W1
Indiana	20	20	.500	12	L1
Atlanta	15	25	.375	17	W3
Washington	14	26	.350	18	W1
Chicago	13	27	.325	19	L5

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