07.20Mystics Handle Seattle Storm, 89-57
Mystics rallied around their new interim coach Jessie Kenlaw and beat the Seattle Storm, 89-57 Sunday, ending the Storm’s 7 game winning streak.
“It feels awesome,” said Kenlaw, a former Storm assistant coach who replaced Rollins on Saturday. “I didn’t know what to expect. I feel like doing flips it feels so good.”
Alana Beard took the lead for the Mystics, matching a career high 9 assists and hit a whopping 10 3 pointers. Taj McWilliams-Franklin added 22 points.
The Mystics came out to play and took a franchise record 23 point lead by half time and hit a season high of 48 points with only 2 quarters played.
Washington also played great defense, forcing the Storm to 23 turnovers, kept them to shooting only 38% and acquired 19 steals, all the while keeping the Storm at their lowest scoring game of the season.
“Coach Kenlaw made it clear to us that if we didn’t play defense we were going to be sitting,” said McWilliams-Franklin, who had four of the team’s 19 steals. “That’s cut and dry.”
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