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- 0:00SPEAKER_00: With their 26th win of the season,
- 0:03SPEAKER_00: the Washington Mystics have matched the 2019 WNBA Champion Mystics team for
- 0:09SPEAKER_00: the most regular season Victories in franchise history.
- 0:13SPEAKER_00: Washington has won the season series with Indiana Fever 2-1.
- 0:19SPEAKER_00: This is the first time they have won this series going 4-0 in 2022.
- 0:24SPEAKER_00: The Mystics held the Fever to 77 points, Indiana's second lowest scoring output this season.
- 0:34SPEAKER_00: This is the 20th game in which Washington's allowed less than 80 points,
- 0:38SPEAKER_00: the second highest mark in the WNBA this year.
- 0:43SPEAKER_00: Washington scored 50 points in the paint,
- 0:47SPEAKER_00: their 10th showing this season with 50 plus paint points.
- 0:53SPEAKER_00: This count is tied for the second most qualifying games in the season in WNBA history.
- 0:59SPEAKER_00: Once again,
- 1:00SPEAKER_00: the Mystics out-rebounded the opposition,
- 1:03SPEAKER_00: finishing with 37 boards to the Fever's 30.
- 1:06SPEAKER_00: This extends their lead for the most games while out-rebounding an opponent
- 1:11SPEAKER_00: in WNBA history to 39 games.
- 1:15SPEAKER_00: Washington opened this contest with 34 points in the first quarter.
- 1:20SPEAKER_00: This was the Mystics' highest-scoring first quarter in 2026 and is tied for
- 1:25SPEAKER_00: the second-highest in franchise history.
- 1:29SPEAKER_00: Mystics shot 9 for 18 from behind the arc,
- 1:32SPEAKER_00: marking the sixth 50% three-pointer performance from Washington this season.
- 1:39SPEAKER_00: Washington is tied for the second-most such games and improved score.
- 1:48SPEAKER_00: For the fifth time this season,
- 1:50SPEAKER_00: Washington had three players shoot 50% or better from the field
- 1:56SPEAKER_00: on minimum 10 field goal attempts.
- 1:58SPEAKER_00: Kiki Irifin, 9 for 13, 69%.
- 2:01SPEAKER_00: Sonya Citron, 7 for 12, 58%.
- 2:04SPEAKER_00: Shakira Austin, 7 for 13, 53%.
- 2:08SPEAKER_00: Shakira Austin recorded 20 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, and 2 steals.
- 2:13SPEAKER_00: This performance marked her 19th double-double of the season, 33rd of her career.
- 2:20SPEAKER_00: With Austin's first rebound of the night,
- 2:23SPEAKER_00: she brought her career toll to 1,064 boards,
- 2:26SPEAKER_00: which moves her to 6th on the all-time rebounding leaderboard in franchise history.
- 2:32SPEAKER_00: Her 7th rebound of the night raised her season total to 377,
- 2:38SPEAKER_00: setting a new franchise record for the most rebounds in a single season,
- 2:42SPEAKER_00: breaking Kiki Irving's record that she set last year with 376.
- 2:50SPEAKER_00: 20-point,
- 2:50SPEAKER_00: 10-rebound game of the season,
- 2:52SPEAKER_00: A for her career, and her first career 20-point, 10-rebound, 5-assist performance.
- 2:59SPEAKER_00: Austin is the first center league-wide to log a 20-point,
- 3:03SPEAKER_00: 10-rebound,
- 3:04SPEAKER_00: 5-assist, and 2-steals game this season, and the 12th all-time center to do so.
- 3:10SPEAKER_00: Austin's franchise record of 10.5-rebound streak continues
- 3:16SPEAKER_00: with her 24th consecutive qualifying game.
- 3:20SPEAKER_00: She is the sixth player in WNBA history to have such a single-season streak last
- 3:26SPEAKER_00: at least 24 games,
- 3:27SPEAKER_00: joining Asia Wilson,
- 3:29SPEAKER_00: Breonna Stewart, Candice Parker, Lisa Lezzi, Sylvia Fowles, and Elena Della Dawn.
- 3:36SPEAKER_00: Kiki Irving recorded a team-high 21 points on 9-13 shooting and a game-high 14 rebounds.
- 3:43SPEAKER_00: This marked her 22nd double-double of the season,
- 3:47SPEAKER_00: The third most in the WNBA this year and also the 38th of her career.
- 3:53SPEAKER_00: It was Iria Finn's ninth 20 point 10 rebound game this season, 13th of her career.
- 3:59SPEAKER_00: This is tied for the second highest single season count in franchise history
- 4:03SPEAKER_00: with Shamika Holeslaw who did it in 2002 and 2003.
- 4:09SPEAKER_00: Iria Finn extended her franchise best point rebound double double streak to eight games.
- 4:17SPEAKER_00: This is tied for the longest streak in the WNBA this season with Angel Reese
- 4:24SPEAKER_00: and Jessica Shepard, who both have eight.
- 4:28SPEAKER_00: Her run is also tied for the fourth longest single season record in league history.
- 4:35SPEAKER_00: Irithin is the fifth player in WNBA history to log
- 4:39SPEAKER_00: at least eight consecutive 10.10 rebound games,
- 4:44SPEAKER_00: joining Angel Reese and Jessica Shepard.
- 4:47SPEAKER_00: Aja Wilson and Sylvia Fowles.
- 4:49SPEAKER_00: Austin and Aria Finn logged a pair of point-rebound double-doubles for
- 4:54SPEAKER_00: the ninth time this season,
- 4:56SPEAKER_00: extending their lead for the most such games from a pair of teammates in a season.
- 5:03SPEAKER_00: 2008 Lisa Leslie and Candace Parker have seven games of such category.
- 5:10SPEAKER_00: Their performance...
- 5:11SPEAKER_00: Marked the second time in franchise history that two players finished
- 5:15SPEAKER_00: with 20 points, 10 rebounds in the same game.
- 5:19SPEAKER_00: Sonia Citron finished with 16 points on 7.12 shooting,
- 5:24SPEAKER_00: 4 rebounds and a career high tying, 9 assists and 1 block.
- 5:30SPEAKER_00: This performance marks Citron's 12th career showing with 15 plus points,
- 5:36SPEAKER_00: 5 plus assists with all those games occurring this season.
- 5:41SPEAKER_00: Citron is just the 4th guard this season to record a game with 15 points on
- 5:48SPEAKER_00: at least 55% shooting or better,
- 5:50SPEAKER_00: 9 rebounds, sorry 9 or more assists and at least 1 block.
- 5:56SPEAKER_00: Join Kaitlyn Clark who did it 3 times and Jackie Young who did it twice.