The Washington Mystics women's pro basketball team will host its only home game of the 2009 WNBA preseason this midday @ Verizon Center against the New York Liberty. The Mystics fell to the same Liberty a week earlier, 77-71, at Madison Square Garden.
The Thursday outing is the first local game for rookie forward/guard Marissa Coleman since her NCAA second round tournament game for the Maryland Terrapins just a few short months ago. Of course, Coleman won't have the same starring role for the Mystics just yet, expected to be a reserve early on in her inaugural WNBA run.
The early game will also be the first chance for local fans to see new head coach Julie Plank in action. After a debacle of a 2008 season, the Mystics staff was reconstituted this offseason with Angela Taylor as the general manager who subsequently brought in Plank to coach.
Start time for the Mystics home preseason outing is an early 11:30 a.m., travel delays may be more than the usual due to the work on the 14st Street Bridge and other travel thoroughfares.
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