{"id":95752,"date":"2025-08-20T02:24:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T02:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/95752\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T02:24:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T02:24:08","slug":"mystics-vs-sun-final-score-washington-falls-at-home-80-69","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/95752\/","title":{"rendered":"Mystics vs. Sun final score: Washington falls at home, 80-69"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">The Washington Mystics returned to CareFirst Arena on Tuesday in search of their third-straight victory. Despite a hot start, Washington couldn\u2019t keep its momentum going, losing to the Connecticut Sun, 80-69.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Mystics opened the contest on a 15-5 run, scoring from all areas en route to a scorching start. But then Connecticut settled in, outscoring the Mystics 42-20 to enter the locker room ahead, 47-35.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Jade Melbourne highlighted Washington\u2019s offense early, scoring eight points on 4-for-4 shooting in the first half. Former Mystics forward Aaliyah Edwards matched Melbourne\u2019s production and efficiency for the Sun, finishing the half with eight points of her own.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The sides remained close in the third quarter, as Washington entered the final frame trailing by 11 points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Connecticut maintained its 11-point edge, leaving D.C. victorious with an 80-69 win. Washington fell to 16-19 and saw its winning streak end at two games. Sonia Citron led the Mystics with 19 points, setting the franchise record for most total points scored in a rookie season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Washington Mystics returned to CareFirst Arena on Tuesday in search of their third-straight victory. Despite a hot&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":95753,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[53534,4384,645,8254,99,64723,2002,8253,434],"class_list":{"0":"post-95752","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-aaliyah-edwards","9":"tag-connecticut-sun","10":"tag-mystics","11":"tag-sonia-citron","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-the-mystics","14":"tag-washington","15":"tag-washington-mystics","16":"tag-wnba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95752","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=95752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}