2017-2018 Montana Howlers season

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Montana Howlers
Primary Contact Eaite
Secondary Contact MartineauQC
Arena Treasure State Arena - Billings, MT
Owner(s) Jacques Chatneuve
General Manager Art Sadowski (male grey wolf)
Head coach Franklin O'Neill (male scottish fold cat)
Standings
Record 44-36
Place Division: 2nd (Mountain)
Conference: 6th (Western)
Last Update 20 September 2024 13:24:47 GMT
2016-17 2018-19

The 2017-18 Montana Howlers season is the 51st season of the franchise in the Furry Basketball Association (FBA).

Key Dates

  • 09/01/17 Start of Free Agency
  • 09/15/17 Draft Day held in Las Vegas, NV at the FBA Amphitheatre

Draft Picks

Main article: 2017 FBA Draft
Round Pick Player Species Position
1 23 Freddy Varnagy Coati C/F
2 31 Francis Laurent Black Rat G

Roster

Depth Chart

Dakota Bikers 2017-2018 Depth Chart
Starters
Point Guard Shooting Guard Small Forward Power Forward Center
86 Ren Inoue (Tosa Inu, G) 12 Kresta Renstill (Silver Fox, G) 15 Vincent Maraundi (Caracal, G/F) 34 LaShawn Grandon (Badger, F) 47 Wescot Yobia (Binturong, F/C)
Bench
Swingfur Guard Guard Forward Bigfur
42 Oriana Lowenthal (Gryphon, F/G) 23 Christian Ashbury (Peacock Mantis Shrimp, G) 21 Doug Dawson (Barbary Lion, G) 73 Brax Trenor (Grey Hare, F) 5 Freddy Varnagy (Coati, C/F)
Reserves
Guard Center Center Forward Swingfur
43 Ricardo Rodrigues (Black Barbary Lion, G) 61 Pierre Caro (Fossa, C) 2 Alejandro Salazar (Prawn, C) 1 Valeriy Smolov (Steller's Sea Eagle, F) 90 Josh Green (Squirrel, F/G)

Player Stats

Name G Min FGM FGA 3PtM 3PtA FTM FTA Off Reb Ast TO Stl Blk PF Pts MPG FG% TP% FT% RPG APG TPG SPG BPG FPG PPG
Ren Inoue 80 2399.8 673 1402 127 378 151 194 18 234 645 164 130 48 174 1624 30 0.48 0.336 0.778 2.9 8.1 2.1 1.6 0.6 2.2 20.3
Kresta Renstill 77 2269.9 611 1327 310 682 155 174 17 210 299 194 181 26 118 1687 29.5 0.46 0.455 0.891 2.7 3.9 2.5 2.4 0.3 1.5 21.9
Wescot Yobia 80 2188.4 184 555 7 55 211 241 30 660 146 188 33 115 159 586 27.4 0.332 0.127 0.876 8.3 1.8 2.4 0.4 1.4 2 7.3
LaShawn Grandon 73 1967.4 256 709 17 116 182 215 21 497 176 153 98 57 181 711 27 0.361 0.147 0.847 6.8 2.4 2.1 1.3 0.8 2.5 9.7
Vincent Maraundi 72 1906.8 285 751 113 324 128 144 13 195 64 231 122 52 152 811 26.5 0.379 0.349 0.889 2.7 0.9 3.2 1.7 0.7 2.1 11.3
Oriana Lowenthal 80 1543.6 257 631 82 252 115 143 32 303 122 137 45 55 120 711 19.3 0.407 0.325 0.804 3.8 1.5 1.7 0.6 0.7 1.5 8.9
Christian Ashbury 74 1354.4 203 460 106 213 95 106 19 159 140 103 84 8 71 607 18.3 0.441 0.498 0.896 2.1 1.9 1.4 1.1 0.1 1 8.2
Doug Dawson 80 1286.6 208 500 61 173 77 87 15 171 113 101 36 28 84 554 16.1 0.416 0.353 0.885 2.1 1.4 1.3 0.5 0.4 1.1 6.9
Brax Trenor 80 1214.8 101 235 0 1 86 93 18 300 90 97 9 30 99 288 15.2 0.43 0 0.925 3.8 1.1 1.2 0.1 0.4 1.2 3.6
Freddy Varnagy 61 922.9 102 239 0 0 58 80 36 192 43 87 23 32 65 262 15.1 0.427 N/A 0.725 3.1 0.7 1.4 0.4 0.5 1.1 4.3
Ricardo Rodrigues 80 729.5 58 168 14 59 32 42 31 167 69 45 26 21 32 162 9.1 0.345 0.237 0.762 2.1 0.9 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.4 2
Pierre Caro 37 788.4 68 233 0 0 51 69 20 199 37 56 19 16 69 187 21.3 0.292 N/A 0.739 5.4 1 1.5 0.5 0.4 1.9 5.1
Alejandro Salazar 50 407.1 17 53 0 0 32 36 20 82 32 36 12 3 29 66 8.1 0.321 N/A 0.889 1.6 0.6 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.6 1.3
Valeriy Smolov 26 211.9 15 39 0 0 16 22 10 41 8 16 6 1 14 46 8.2 0.385 N/A 0.727 1.6 0.3 0.6 0.2 0 0.5 1.8
Josh Green 7 58.4 5 11 3 5 1 2 2 7 6 9 5 0 2 14 8.3 0.455 0.6 0.5 1 0.9 1.3 0.7 0 0.3 2
Former Players  
Francis Laurent 3 23.4 4 7 0 2 1 2 0 6 2 2 0 2 2 9 7.8 0.571 0.000 0.500 2 0.7 0.7 0 0.7 0.7 3
Legend: G: Games played, Min: Minutes, FGM: Field Goals Made, FGA: Field Goal Attempts, 3PtM: 3-Pointers Made, 3PtA: 3-Point Attempts, FTM: Free Throws Made, FTA: Free Throws Attempted, Off: Offensive Rebounds, Reb: Total Rebounds, Ast: Assists, TO: Turnovers, Stl: Steals, Blk: Blocks, PF: Personal Fouls, Pts: Points Scored, MPG: Minutes per game, FG%: Field Goal Percentage, TP%: Three-Point Percentage, FT%: Free Throw Percentage, RPG: Rebounds per game, APG: Assists per game, TPG: Turnovers per game, SPG: Steals per game, BPG: Blocks per game, FPG: Fouls per game, PPG: Points per game

Standings

Team Record Conf. Div. GB
Mountain Division
c-Seattle Summit 61-19 42-14 16-8 -
x-Montana Howlers 44-36 29-27 10-14 17
x-Edmonton Totems 41-39 28-28 14-10 20
Las Vegas Wildcards 36-44 24-32 8-16 25


Notes

  • z – Clinched home court advantage for the entire playoffs
  • c – Clinched home court advantage for the conference playoffs
  • y – Clinched division title
  • x – Clinched playoff spot
  • †teams that are banned from post-season play for violating major rules
# Western Conference
Team Record Conf. GB
1 c-Seattle Summit 61-19 42-14 0
2 y-Dakota Bikers 57-23 39-17 4
3 y-Alaska Arctics 55-25 38-18 6
4 x-Santa Ana Spectrums 47-33 31-25 14
5 x-Hawaii Kahunas 44-36 29-27 17
6 x-Montana Howlers 44-36 29-27 17
7 x-Edmonton Totems 41-39 28-28 20
8 x-Winnipeg Voyageurs 40-40 25-31 21
9 Las Vegas Wildcards 36-44 24-32 25
10 San Jose Thrust 35-45 22-34 26
11 Texas Lone Stars 26-54 14-42 35
12 Arizona Whips 25-55 15-41 36


Game Log

Pre-season

Regular Season

Main article: 2018 Schedule

The regular season opener was held on Tuesday, October 31st, 2017, hosting the Tallahassee Typhoons.

2017-2018 Montana Howlers Regular Season Game Results
Date Score POTG Date Score POTG Date Score POTG Date Score POTG
10/31/17 TAL 82 @ MON 94 12/16/17 MON 117 @ ALB 96 02/02/18 MON 101 @ EDM 109 03/21/18 WPG 110 @ MON 113
11/02/17 DAK 105 @ MON 102 12/20/17 QNS 112 @ MON 107 02/04/18 TXS 99 @ MON 118 03/23/18 AZW 102 @ MON 103
11/04/17 SAS 85 @ MON 100 12/22/17 MON 98 @ LOR 83 02/06/18 MON 93 @ SAS 105 03/25/18 ALK 86 @ MON 113
11/06/17 MON 101 @ LVG 103 12/26/17 MON 107 @ SEA 102 02/08/18 SEA 116 @ MON 102 03/27/18 SAS 117 @ MON 109
11/08/17 SEA 108 @ MON 101 (OT) 12/28/17 MON 102 @ EDM 126 02/10/18 MON 108 @ ALK 99 03/29/18 MON 110 @ DAK 106
11/10/17 TXS 86 @ MON 94 12/30/17 LVG 77 @ MON 95 02/12/18 DAK 109 @ MON 95 03/31/18 MON 104 @ TXS 115
11/12/17 MON 81 @ SJT 93 01/01/18 MON 111 @ ALK 132 02/14/18 MON 95 @ QNS 92 04/02/18 LVG 90 @ MON 103
11/14/17 HWI 94 @ MON 104 01/03/18 MON 91 @ AZW 79 02/16/18 LOR 90 @ MON 114 04/04/18 EDM 102 @ MON 93
11/16/17 MON 86 @ WPG 107 01/05/18 MON 111 @ SAS 120 02/19/18 ALB 107 @ MON 120 04/06/18 MON 101 @ SEA 99
11/20/17 PLY 101 @ MON 103 01/07/18 MON 120 @ TXS 105 02/21/18 BGR 108 @ MON 109 04/09/18 MON 104 @ TEN 111
11/22/17 MON 98 @ BAL 89 01/09/18 SJT 117 @ MON 116 02/22/18 EDM 110 @ MON 89 04/11/18 BLV 126 @ MON 118
11/25/17 PIT 109 @ MON 94 01/15/18 MON 95 @ HWI 106 03/02/18 MON 104 @ PIT 121 04/14/18 MON 97 @ HNT 110
11/27/17 MON 99 @ BLV 104 01/17/18 MON 90 @ EDM 96 03/04/18 BAL 120 @ MON 99 04/16/18 MON 111 @ WIL 109
11/29/17 WIL 92 @ MON 97 01/19/18 MON 93 @ SEA 110 03/06/18 MON 108 @ PLY 101 04/18/18 HWI 85 @ MON 86
12/04/17 EDM 118 @ MON 121 01/21/18 MON 98 @ LVG 99 03/08/18 MON 88 @ TAL 101 04/20/18 MON 102 @ AZW 96
12/05/17 LVG 94 @ MON 107 01/23/18 WPG 121 @ MON 130 03/11/18 SEA 94 @ MON 107 04/22/18 MON 97 @ LVG 103
12/08/17 MON 113 @ BGR 107 01/25/18 ALK 87 @ MON 104 03/13/18 LVG 96 @ MON 100 04/24/18 MON 108 @ EDM 112
12/10/17 SEA 103 @ MON 112 01/27/18 AZW 92 @ MON 98 03/15/18 EDM 107 @ MON 102 04/26/18 MON 94 @ WPG 89
12/13/17 HNT 93 @ MON 118 01/29/18 MON 131 @ DAK 133 03/17/18 MON 118 @ HWI 128 OT 04/28/18 SJT 96 @ MON 108
12/14/17 TEN 106 @ MON 123 01/31/18 MON 95 @ LVG 91 03/19/18 MON 109 @ SJT 94 04/30/18 MON 117 @ SEA 125

Transactions

Main article: 2018 Transactions

Overview

Montana Howlers


 Players Added

Via Draft

Via Free Agency

Via Trade

Players Lost

Waivers/Buyouts

  • None

Via Free Agency

Via Trade

Trades

None

Free Agents

Additions

Player Signed Former Team
Christian Ashbury (Peacock Mantis Shrimp, G) 2yr - $4m Contract Extension
Oriana Lowenthal (Gryphon, F/G) 3yr - $10.5m Contract Extension
Wescot Yobia (Binturong, F/C) 4yr - $51m Contract Extension
Valeriy Smolov (Steller's Sea Eagle, F) 1yr - $1m Free Agency
Alejandro Salazar (Prawn, C) 2yr - $4m Connecticut Dots (FBADL)
Josh Green (Squirrel, F/G) 1yr - $1m Biloxi Voodoo

Subtractions

Player Reason Left Team if applicable
Sterling Bengtzing (Marbled Polecat, C/F) Free Agency Biloxi Voodoo
Gleximar Naranjo (Spectacled Bear, C) Free Agency n/a
Eldred Darragh (Black Shuck, F/C) Free Agency Tallahassee Typhoons
Bailey Brisbane (Catahoula Leopard Hound, G) Free Agency Plymouth Taproots
Francis Laurent (Black Rat, G) Traded Edmonton Totems

References

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