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Emily Engstler

F · 6′1″ · Current team: Portland Fire

Regular season · Aug 30, 2025 · WAS 62 @ GSV 99 · Final

Emily Engstler 0 points on 0-of-4 vs Valkyries (Aug 30, 2025)

ANSWER

0 PTS · 0-of-4 FG · 0-of-2 3P · 17:42 MIN

Usual before this game: 3.8 PTS · 3.4 FGA · 12.8 MIN, from 35 regular-season games

Lowest Game Score of 36 games this season: -3.7 against a usual 3.9 (-7.6)

Matched the season low of 0 points, reached in 8 earlier games

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 Emily Engstler score 0 points?

Emily Engstler scored 0 points against the Valkyries on Aug 30, 2025 in 17:42: 0-of-4 from the field, 0-of-2 from three, no free throw attempts. Coming in, Engstler had averaged 3.8 points on 3.4 shots in 12.8 minutes, from 35 regular-season games. The 0 points tied the season low, reached in 8 earlier games. By Game Score it was the lowest of 36 games this season. From two-pointers, 0 points against a usual 1.8; from threes, 0 points against a usual 1.4. Playing time was 17:42, against a usual 12.8 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was -7.5, against a usual 10.9. At the Valkyries, the Mystics lost 99-62, a 37-point loss. 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

Engstler in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (35 games)Change
Minutes17:4212.8+4.9
Points03.8-3.8
Shots (FGA) · FG%0-of-43.4 · 39.8%+0.6
3PA · 3P%0-of-21.7 · 27.6%+0.3
FTA · FT%0-of-01.0 · 64.7%-1.0
Rebounds33.1-0.1
Assists21.4+0.6
Turnovers21.0+1.0
Game Score per 36 minutes-7.510.9-18.4
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 (35 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-2)1.4 (0.5-of-1.7)-1.4
Twos0 (0-of-2)1.8 (0.9-of-1.7)-1.8
Free throws0 (0-of-0)0.6 (0.6-of-1.0)-0.6
Total03.8-3.8
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-3.7 against a usual 3.9 (-7.6)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-4.6
Rebounds-0.4
Assists+0.4
Steals and blocks-1.3
Turnovers and fouls-1.7
Total-7.6
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 36 games, oldest first, this game last: 5.6, 3.4, 3.2, -2, 2.4, 6.7, 4.6, 6.5, 2.7, 3.6, 5, 2.9, 0, 1.3, 4.2, 1.7, 0, -0.7, -1.5, 0.1, 7.4, 8.2, 4.4, 2, 4.2, 3.5, 8.8, 13.5, 8.9, 6.2, 6.2, 3, 5.9, 1.3, 2.4, -3.7

Lowest Game Score of 36 games this season.

Previous lowest: -2.0, set on May 23, 2025.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Mystics lost 99-62 at the Valkyries, a 37-point loss.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Valkyries this season: 3 points (May 21, 2025), 5 points (Jul 31, 2025), 13 points (Aug 13, 2025).
06

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.