Brittney Sykes led the Mystics in scoring and rebounding in their win vs. the Fever, but she's not satisfied with her ball security.

On Thursday, the Washington Mystics announced on X that head coach Sydney Johnson will miss Friday’s home game against the New York Liberty to attend his daughter’s graduation. In his absence, assistant coach Emre Vatansever will assume head coaching duties.

It’s no surprise the Liberty and Lynx — the only two undefeated teams entering Thursday night — are the league’s top teams. After meeting in the WNBA Finals last season, the Lynx got a more-motivated-than-ever Napheesa Collier, who’s been dominant to start this season.

Olsen was a very good player at Spring-Ford High, the school’s all-time leading scorer when she graduated and the 2021 Miss Pennsylvania Basketball award winner. But it wasn’t earth-shattering when the Collegeville native arrived at Villanova, just as it wasn’t when Maddy Siegrist arrived from Poughkeepsie, N.Y., three years earlier.

The Washington Mystics and Chicago Sky are outside the inner circle of WNBA contenders. But they're heading in very different directions.

The Mystics have been the WNBA's biggest surprise team so far in the 2025 season, largely thanks to their top-two draft picks.

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The WNBA is coming to Baltimore when the Washington Mystics host the Indiana Fever. It’s a chance to keep growing women’s basketball here.