The Washington Mystics posted a blowout victory in their first game under interim coach Jessie Kenlaw. Two blowout losses to the New York Liberty are likely part of the reason she's now in charge.

Coming off their most impressive win this year, the Mystics look to avoid being swept in their season series with the Liberty as the teams meet on Wednesday at the Verizon Center.

Washington (9-14) had lost six of eight - including a 77-56 loss to New York on Thursday - before coach Tree Rollins was fired on Saturday. The Mystics also lost their first game of the season versus the Liberty, 79-60 on May 22.

After promoting Kenlaw on an interim basis, Washington posted a decisive win by beating Seattle 89-57 on Sunday. The Mystics had lost their previous two contests by a combined 58 points.

"It feels awesome," Kenlaw said. "I didn't know what to expect. I feel like doing flips it feels so good."

Kenlaw, in her first season with Washington after four as an assistant with the Storm, guided a Mystics team that set a franchise record with their 23-point halftime lead. The 48 first-half points also were a season high for the WNBA's lowest-scoring team (69.0).

Kenlaw, though, preaches defense first, and Washington held Seattle to 38.2 percent shooting from the field.

"Coach Kenlaw made it clear to us that if we didn't play defense we were going to be sitting," said forward Taj McWilliams-Franklin, who had 22 points and four of the team's 19 steals. "That's cut and dry."

McWilliams-Franklin had the top game by a Washington player against New York this season, posting 26 points and 12 rebounds in May.

Shameka Christon, who leads the Liberty (12-10) with 16.6 points per contest, had 17 in that game. But she was held to nine points on 2-of-13 shooting in a 71-55 loss to Indiana on Saturday in the first WNBA game played outdoors at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing, N.Y.

Though the game wasn't played at Madison Square Garden, it marked the Liberty's first home loss since June 8, when they fell 70-63 to Sacramento.

The Liberty had their worst offensive game of the season, shooting 28.6 percent (18-of-63) from the floor. They're 0-6 this season when scoring fewer than 70 points.

"It was not the outcome we were expecting," Liberty coach Pat Coyle said. "I was disappointed for the thing we did and didn't do on the court tonight. ... I mean our play on the court was disappointing."