{"id":826368,"date":"2026-08-26T11:14:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T11:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/826368\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T11:14:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T11:14:14","slug":"mystics-beat-the-mercury-94-84-for-2nd-most-regular-season-victories-in-franchise-history-wtop-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/826368\/","title":{"rendered":"Mystics beat the Mercury 94-84 for 2nd-most regular-season victories in franchise history \u2013 WTOP News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PHOENIX (AP) \u2014 Sonia Citron had 19 points and nine assists, Kiki Iriafen added 18 points and 10 rebounds for her 17th double-double of the season, and the Washington Mystics beat the Phoenix Mercury 94-84 on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With six games remaining, Washington (23-15) has the second-most regular-season wins in franchise history, trailing the WNBA champion 2019 team\u2019s 26.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shakira Austin scored 16 points for Washington. Michaela Onyenwere and Lauren Betts each had 10. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Natasha Mack and Kahleah Copper each scored 19 points for Phoenix (13-25). Alyssa Thomas had 16 points and 10 assists, and Kelsey Plum, playing in her first game since Aug. 9, added 10 points in 17 minutes. Phoenix finished 3 for 17 from 3-point range.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Washington shot 59% from the field in the first half and led 51-33. The Mystics held a double-digit lead the entire second half \u2014 with their largest advantage at 64-44. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Phoenix bench player did not make a field goal until Plum\u2019s basket with 4:42 left in the third quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Up next<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The teams play again on Thursday in Phoenix. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/wnba-basketball\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">See AP\u2019s full WNBA coverage here<\/a>\n              <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOENIX (AP) \u2014 Sonia Citron had 19 points and nine assists, Kiki Iriafen added 18 points and 10&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":826369,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[99,434],"class_list":["post-826368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=826368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/826369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=826368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=826368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=826368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}