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Cotie McMahon

SF · 6′0″ · Current team: Washington Mystics

Regular season · Aug 19, 2026 · TOR 82 @ WAS 93 · Final

Cotie McMahon 2 points on 1-of-7 vs Tempo (Aug 19, 2026): lowest of 33 games

ANSWER

2 PTS · 1-of-7 FG · 0-of-4 3P · 18:06 MIN

Usual before this game: 6.8 PTS · 5.8 FGA · 20.5 MIN, from 32 regular-season games

Lowest Game Score of 33 games this season: -2.9 against a usual 4.6 (-7.5)

SURPRISE SCORE
98Rare
below usual

No more than 2 in 100 games by players at this level finish this far below their usual.

For a player who plays every game, a game this far below the usual comes about once a season or less.

How the score works

Why did Cotie McMahon score 2 points?

Cotie McMahon scored 2 points against the Tempo on Aug 19, 2026 in 18:06: 1-of-7 from the field, 0-of-4 from three, no free throw attempts. Before this game, McMahon averaged 6.8 points on 5.8 shots in 20.5 minutes across 32 regular-season games. This game had the lowest Game Score of 33 games this season. Points by shot type, against the usual: threes 0 (1.7), free throws 0 (1.6), two-pointers 2 (3.5). McMahon played 18:06 against a usual 20.5 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was -5.8, against a usual 8.0. Turnovers and fouls: 4 and 1, against a usual 1.0 and 2.0. At home against the Tempo, the Mystics won 93-82. The box score records what changed, not why: it holds no injury, matchup or coaching information.

Generated from the box score and this season's game log. How the score works

01

What changed

McMahon in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (32 games)Change
Minutes18:0620.5-2.4
Points26.8-4.8
Shots (FGA) · FG%1-of-75.8 · 39.2%+1.2
3PA · 3P%0-of-42.0 · 27.7%+2.0
FTA · FT%0-of-02.7 · 59.8%-2.7
Rebounds43.1+0.9
Assists22.00.0
Turnovers41.0+3.0
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 32 games25.817.6+8.2
Game Score per 36 minutes-5.88.0-13.8
02

Points by shot type

Twos, threes and free throws: the changes add up to the points change

Points by shot type against the usual line
Shot typeThis gameUsual (32 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-4)1.7 (0.6-of-2.0)-1.7
Twos2 (1-of-3)3.5 (1.7-of-3.8)-1.5
Free throws0 (0-of-0)1.6 (1.6-of-2.7)-1.6
Total26.8-4.8
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-2.9 against a usual 4.6 (-7.5)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-5.7
Rebounds+0.5
Assists0.0
Steals and blocks+0.3
Turnovers and fouls-2.6
Total-7.5
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 33 games, oldest first, this game last: 6.5, 1.5, 1.4, 0, 2.8, 9.2, 2.4, 2.8, 9.3, 4.5, 3.1, 4.7, 13.6, 3.2, 1.6, 2.8, -0.4, 3.4, 1.9, 1.4, -0.7, 7.2, 4.9, 6, 10.9, 0.3, 16.1, 5, 8.7, 3.5, 4.1, 4.8, -2.9

Lowest Game Score of 33 games this season.

Previous lowest: -0.7, set on Jul 16, 2026.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Mystics won 93-82 at home against the Tempo.
  • Previous appearance: Aug 15, 2026, 4 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Tempo this season: 9 points (Jun 12, 2026), 2 points (Jul 14, 2026).
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What this page cannot tell you

The same on every performance page

Limits

Box scores record what happened, not why: no injuries or health, defensive assignments, matchups, coaching decisions or play-by-play.

METHOD

Game Score against the player's own usual line. How rare a gap is comes from WNBA regular-season games of 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, checked on 2026.