NBA

Chicago Sky at Washington Mystics

· Women's National Basketball Association
7-19, 3-11 Away
Final
103 - 86

13-13, 9-5 Home

Citron scores 28 and Iriafen has 22, both career bests, to lift Mystics past Sky 103-86

Mystics roll Sky

Brittney Sykes supported the two All-Star rookies with 18 points for the Mystics (13-13) and the reserves outscored their counterparts 21-7. Iriafen also had 10 rebounds for her eighth double-double.

Angel Reese, who missed the previous two games with back issues, had 22 points and 13 rebounds. Kamilla Cardoso had 21 points and 10 boards for the Sky (7-19). Rachel Banham added 19 points.

Washington led by 19 points in the third quarter and was ahead 80-65 entering the fourth. The Sky cut the deficit to eight with 3:22 to play, but Jade Melbourne and Citron sandwiched three-point plays around Iriafen's basket to make it 100-84.

Washington shot 51% with 10 3-pointers.

Citron scored the last seven Washington points in the first quarter, giving her 12 points and the Mystics 30-27 lead.

Sykes scored twice inside and Lucy Olsen's 3 capped a 9-2 run for a 39-21 lead, the biggest of the half. Chicago got back within one but the Mystics surged ahead again and led 55-47 at the break. Washington shot 59%, 6 of 13 from long range with 16 assists on 20 baskets.

Regular Season Series

WSH wins series 3-1

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 86 - 101
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 86 - 101
4th 8.1 Rebecca Allen out of bounds bad pass turnover 86 - 101
4th 17.0 Kamilla Cardoso defensive rebound 86 - 101
4th 20.1 Lucy Olsen misses 24-foot three point jumper 86 - 101

Statistics

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32-71 FG 36-71
45 Field Goal % 51
6-19 3PT 10-24
32 Three Point % 42
16-18 FT 21-27
89 Free Throw % 78
37 Rebounds 32
11 Offensive Rebounds 9
26 Defensive Rebounds 23
16 Assists 25
8 Steals 7
3 Blocks 2
12 Turnovers 10
2 Team Turnovers 0
14 Total Turnovers 10
1 Technical Fouls 0
1 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
26 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 10
3 Fast Break Points 6
40 Points in Paint 52
20 Fouls 17
3 Largest Lead 19

Game Information

CareFirst Arena

Location: Washington, DC
Attendance: 4,200 · Capacity:

2025-26 Eastern Conference Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Atlanta - 14 W5 0.6818182 30
Washington 2 16 W4 0.6363636 28
Indiana 2 16 L1 0.6363636 28
New York 4 18 L2 0.59090906 26
Chicago 14 28 L1 0.36363637 16
Toronto 19 33 L8 0.25 11
Connecticut 19 33 W1 0.25 11
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