Two Mystics starters have injuries that will keep them out until August

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Brittany Sykes has a sprained foot, Karlie Samuelson has a broken finger, and neither player will return until after the Olympics.

Karlie Samuelson and Brittney Sykes will not return to the Mystics until after the Olympic break. An already challenging season just got even more difficult for the Washington Mystics, who announced Wednesday that starters Brittney Sykes and Karlie Samuelson will be out with injuries until after the Olympic break that runs from July 21 to August 14.Sykes has already missed all but three of the Mystics’ games this season.

The news comes as the Mystics are in the midst of their best stretch of the season, having won four of their past five games as the offense has begun to click. Samuelson was a big part of that, averaging 14.5 points per game during that stretch and scoring in double figures in four consecutive games for the first time in her career.

Meanwhile, Aaliyah Edwards was fully back in practice Wednesday, but her status remains uncertain after she missed the past two games with a lower back injury. Starting power forward Shakira Austin, who is still dealing with a hip injury that has kept her out of all but six games, did not practice Wednesday because of an illness. Edwards has started in place of Austin, and Hines-Allen started when Edwards was also out.

 

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