2014-2015 Montana Howlers season

Montana Howlers
RL GM	Anonymous13423
RL HC	MartineauQC
Arena	Treasure State Arena - Billings, MT
Owner(s)	Jacques Chatneuve
General Manager	Art Sadowski
Head coach	Franklin O'neill
Standings
Record	20-15
Place	Division: 1st
	Conference: 3rd
Last Update	01/20/14
2013-14	2015-16

The 2014-2015 Montana Howlers season is the 48th season of the Montana Howlers in the Furry Basketball Association (FBA).

After missing the playoffs for the first time in nearly 15 years, the club looks to regroup under new management.

Key Dates

07/25/14 Start of Free Agency
08/31/14 Draft Day held in Las Vegas, NV at the FBA Ampitheatre

Draft Picks

Main article: 2014 FBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Species	Position
1	4	Baltasár Torrealba y Toboso	Aldabra Giant Tortoise	C/F
2	28	LaShawn Grandon	Badger	F
2	43	Ricardo Rodrigues	Black Barbary Lion	G

Roster

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
Bailey Brisbane	79	2668.8	340	708	96	242	112	117	30	168	532	84	84	8	147	888	33.8	0.48	0.397	0.957	2.1	6.7	1.1	1.1	0.1	1.9	11.2
Lemond Conkale	74	2491.4	515	965	8	31	183	201	71	488	422	48	29	96	146	1221	33.7	0.534	0.258	0.91	6.6	5.7	0.6	0.4	1.3	2	16.5
Hiroyuki Matsuura	72	2341.7	379	779	0	0	170	212	179	626	222	50	0	91	140	928	32.5	0.487	---	0.802	8.7	3.1	0.7	0	1.3	1.9	12.9
Bobby-Rae Brine	75	2106.9	361	784	88	217	147	152	27	245	228	74	100	31	136	957	28.1	0.46	0.406	0.967	3.3	3	1	1.3	0.4	1.8	12.8
Vincent Maraundi	62	1885	368	729	157	313	110	118	26	118	108	53	105	3	92	1003	30.4	0.505	0.502	0.932	1.9	1.7	0.9	1.7	0	1.5	16.2
LaShawn Grandon	74	1501.3	232	479	0	3	90	106	55	349	138	64	2	65	125	554	20.3	0.484	0	0.849	4.7	1.9	0.9	0	0.9	1.7	7.5
Nohea Holokai	73	1350.3	270	567	0	0	114	156	51	417	11	81	2	53	103	654	18.5	0.476	---	0.731	5.7	0.2	1.1	0	0.7	1.4	9
Wescot Yobia	53	1314.9	218	468	0	0	98	122	41	322	76	54	3	39	75	534	24.8	0.466	---	0.803	6.1	1.4	1	0.1	0.7	1.4	10.1
Omar Pink	54	753.1	144	324	11	36	61	67	25	174	115	40	9	19	33	360	13.9	0.444	0.306	0.91	3.2	2.1	0.7	0.2	0.4	0.6	6.7
Corey Allen	60	671.5	126	257	18	45	30	31	21	148	133	33	7	12	35	300	11.2	0.49	0.4	0.968	2.5	2.2	0.6	0.1	0.2	0.6	5
Sanford Teeson	74	652.4	145	312	72	153	17	17	16	34	169	48	48	1	28	379	8.8	0.465	0.471	1	0.5	2.3	0.6	0.6	0	0.4	5.1
Ricardo Rodrigues	69	591.7	140	281	66	128	21	21	8	108	107	47	24	10	34	367	8.6	0.498	0.516	1	1.6	1.6	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.5	5.3
Diego Imperio	45	490.9	110	215	38	74	33	33	9	45	105	32	23	0	15	291	10.9	0.512	0.514	1	1	2.3	0.7	0.5	0	0.3	6.5
Miguel Mendoza	16	223.6	34	82	0	1	20	28	9	89	1	9	0	9	21	88	14	0.415	0	0.714	5.6	0.1	0.6	0	0.6	1.3	5.5
Adrian McCormick	26	193.3	35	80	0	0	16	19	10	69	9	8	0	12	8	86	7.4	0.438	---	0.842	2.7	0.3	0.3	0	0.5	0.3	3.3
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

Depth Chart

Montana Howlers Roster

Starters

Bench

Reserves

43 Ricardo Rodrigues
21 Adrian McCormick

Deep Reserves

**Montana Howlers Roster**
Starters
Point Guard		Shooting Guard		Small Forward		Power Forward		Center

1	Paul Jones (Gray Wolf, G/F)	81	Mark Gerena Jr. (Greenland Shark, F)	00	Andy Roth (Red Tailed Hawk, F)	43	Sierra Katzroy (Genet, F)	0	Dennis Summers (Kangaroo, G)
Bench
Forward		Center		Forward		Guard		Guard

52	Jaxon Gazaki (Boar, F)	58	Kurtis McCartney (American Alligator, C)	63	Bryan Rudolph (Beaver, North American, F)	2	Gail Swindon (Gray Squirrel, G)	9	Liana Cross (American Sable Rabbit, G)
Reserves				Deep Reserves
Guard		Guard		Guard		Swingfur		Bigfur

88	Jackson Brooks (Swamp Rabbit, G)	14	Terry Irawan (Asian Water Monitor, G)	24	Callum Williamson (Wallaby, G)	57	Berty Lavoie-Williams (Grey Kangaroo, F/G)	16	Rodney Blackburn (Timberwolf, C/F)

Head Coach Use Only:

Pre-season

Montana Howlers 2014 Pre-season

Tue 10/07/14: PIT 93 @MON 94 (boxscore)
Mon 10/13/14: MON 95 @ALB 96 (boxscore)
Sun 10/19/14: HNT@MON
Sat 10/25/14: SJT@MON

Regular Season

Main article: 2015 Schedule

The regular season opener was held on Friday October 31st hosting the Santa Fe Whips for the Howlereen Invitational.

Standings

Team	Record	Conf.	Div.	GB
Mountain Division
y-Montana Howlers	55-25	41-15	19-5	---
x-Seattle Summit	45-35	30-26	13-11	10
Edmonton Totems	35-45	24-32	10-14	20
Las Vegas Wildcards	26-54	15-41	6-18	29

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

#	Team	Record	Conf.	GB
#	Western Conference
1	z-Santa Ana Spectrums	59-21	41-15	---
2	y-Montana Howlers	55-25	41-15	4
3	x-Seattle Summit	45-35	30-26	14
4	y-Texas Lone Stars	41-39	32-24	18
5	x-Dakota Bikers	41-39	31-25	18
6	x-Alaska Arctics	39-41	27-29	20
7	x-Winnipeg Voyageurs	37-43	27-29	22
8	x-Hawaii Kahunas	35-45	26-30	24
9	Edmonton Totems	35-45	24-32	24
10	Santa Fe Whips	35-45	21-35	24
11	San Jose Thrust	30-50	21-35	29
12	Las Vegas Wildcards	26-54	15-41	33

Game Log

November

Fri 10/31/14: SFW 110, MON 111 (boxscore)
Mon 11/03/14: EDM 100, MON 93 (boxscore)
Wed 11/05/14: MON 111, SJT 130 (boxscore)
Fri 11/07/14: MON 112, LVG 111 (boxscore)
Sun 11/09/14: MON 94, HNT 111 (boxscore)
Tue 11/11/14: SEA 95, MON 100 (boxscore)
Thu 11/13/14: MON 90, BAL 83 (boxscore)
Sat 11/15/14: MON 115, WIL 110 (boxscore)
Mon 11/17/14: MON 97, PIT 101 (boxscore)
Wed 11/19/14: MON 114, LOR 107 (boxscore)
Fri 11/21/14: ALB 100, MON 103 (boxscore)
Sun 11/23/14: ALK 94, MON 99 (boxscore)
Tue 11/25/14: MON 84, DAK 104 (boxscore)
Fri 11/28/14: BLV 104, MON 105 OT (boxscore)
Sun 11/30/14: BGR 107, MON 97 (boxscore)

December

Tue 12/02/14: MON 92, TEN 103 (boxscore)
Thu 12/04/14: MON 106, SEA 99 (boxscore)
Thu 12/11/14: WPG 102, MON 109 (boxscore)
Sat 12/13/14: LVG 105, MON 125 (boxscore)
Mon 12/15/14: EDM 129, MON 124 (boxscore)
Wed 12/17/14: TXS 101, MON 99 (boxscore)
Fri 12/19/14: MON 103, SAS 111 (boxscore)
Sun 12/21/14: MON 119, ALK 104 (boxscore)
Tue 12/23/14: DAK 107, MON 113 (boxscore)
Thu 12/25/14: MON 116, HWI 114 (boxscore)
Sat 12/27/14: NWK 111, MON 114 (boxscore)
Mon 12/29/14: PLY 124, MON 118 (boxscore)
Wed 12/31/14: SJT 109, MON 108 (boxscore)

January

Fri 01/02/15: MON 109, SEA 111 (boxscore)
Sun 01/04/15: MON 104, EDM 101 (boxscore)
Tue 01/06/15: LVG 105, MON 106 (boxscore)
Thu 01/08/15: HWI 103, MON 117 (boxscore)
Sat 01/10/15: SAS 108, MON 96 (boxscore)
Mon 01/12/15: TAL 112, MON 116 (boxscore)
Wed 01/14/15: MON 114, TXS 117 (boxscore)
Wed 01/21/15: MON 108, SFW 102 (boxscore)
Fri 01/23/15: SEA 115, MON 123 (boxscore)
Sun 01/25/15: MON 103, EDM 111 (boxscore)
Tue 01/27/15: MON 120, WPG 98 (boxscore)
Thu 01/29/15: MON 114, LVG 100 (boxscore)
Sat 01/31/15: DAK 100, MON 109 (boxscore)

February

Mon 02/02/15: MON 105, ALK 97 (boxscore)
Wed 02/04/15: HNT 103, MON 110 (boxscore)
Fri 02/06/15: LOR 100, MON 106 (boxscore)
Sun 02/08/15: MON 116, ALB 105 (boxscore)
Tue 02/10/15: MON 109, SAS 118 (boxscore)
Thu 02/12/15: MON 89, TXS 93 (boxscore)
Sat 02/14/15: MON 108, SJT 106 (boxscore)
Mon 02/16/15: WPG 100, MON 107 (boxscore)
Wed 02/18/15: WIL 106, MON 108 (boxscore)
Wed 02/25/15: MON 104, BLV 86 (boxscore)
Fri 02/27/15: BAL 98, MON 122 (boxscore)

March

Sun 03/01/15: PIT 120, MON 106 (boxscore)
Tue 03/03/15: MON 115, TAL 109 (boxscore)
Thu 03/05/15: MON 104, BGR 113 (boxscore)
Sat 03/07/15: MON 105, NWK 115 (boxscore)
Mon 03/09/15: MON 115, HWI 104 (boxscore)
Wed 03/11/15: MON 109, SFW 110 (boxscore)
Fri 03/13/15: ALK 104, MON 115 (boxscore)
Sun 03/15/15: MON 89, PLY 108 (boxscore)
Tue 03/17/15: MON 112, DAK 106 (boxscore)
Thu 03/19/15: MON 114, LVG 97 (boxscore)
Sat 03/21/15: EDM 101, MON 108 (boxscore)
Mon 03/23/15: MON 104, SEA 103 (boxscore)
Wed 03/25/15: TEN 102, MON 101 (boxscore)

April

Wed 04/01/15: TXS 100, MON 108 (boxscore)
Fri 04/03/15: MON 103, EDM 96 (boxscore)
Sun 04/05/15: SJT 99, MON 116 (boxscore)
Tue 04/07/15: SEA 99, MON 115 (boxscore)
Thu 04/09/15: LVG 107, MON 109 (boxscore)
Sat 04/11/15: MON 115, WPG 107 (boxscore)
Mon 04/13/15: MON 111, EDM 104 (boxscore)
Wed 04/15/15: MON 114, SEA 116 (boxscore)
Fri 04/17/15: LVG 90, MON 102 (boxscore)
Sun 04/19/15: SAS 112 , MON 114 (boxscore)
Tue 04/21/15: EDM 94, MON 106 (boxscore)
Thu 04/23/15: SEA 101, MON 107 (boxscore)
Sat 04/25/15: MON 111, LVG 94 (boxscore)
Mon 04/27/15: HWI 113, MON 114 (boxscore)
Wed 04/29/15: SFW 100, MON 111 (boxscore)

Playoffs

Main article: 2015 FBA Playoffs

The team won the Mountain Division and clinched the 2nd seed of the Western Conference and were set to face the Winnipeg Voyageurs in the first round. They were able to defeat them in five games. They were set to face the Alaska Arctics in the second round. They lost to the Arctics in a game series.

Series Log

Western Conference Quarterfinals: #2 MON vs #7 WPG

Wed 05/06/15: WPG 92, @MON 101 (boxscore) MON leads 1-0
Fri 05/08/15: WPG 92, @MON 100 (boxscore) MON leads 2-0
Sun 05/10/15: MON 104, @WPG 107 (boxscore) MON leads 2-1
Tue 05/12/15: MON 93, @WPG 83 (boxscore) MON leads 3-1
Thu 05/14/15: WPG 101, @MON 105 (boxscore) MON wins 4-1

Western Conference Semifinals: #2 MON vs #6 ALK

Thu 05/21/15: ALK 111, @MON 102 (boxscore) ALK leads 1-0
Sat 05/23/15: ALK 105, @MON 112 (boxscore) Series tied 1-1
Mon 05/25/15: MON 98, @ALK 105 (boxscore) ALK leads 2-1
Wed 05/27/15: MON 108, @ALK 110 (boxscore) ALK leads 3-1
Fri 05/29/15: ALK 104, @MON 113 (boxscore) ALK leads 3-2
Sun 05/31/15: MON 101, @ALK 107 (boxscore) ALK wins 4-2

Awards, records and milestones

Records

Record	Value	Player	Date of record
Minutes Played	41.7	Lemond Conkale (Florida Panther, F/G)	Feb 8, 2015
Field Goals Made	14	Bobby-Rae Brine (Stingray, G)	Oct 31, 2014
3 Pointers Made	5	Vincent Maraundi (Caracal, G/F)	Apr 7, 2015
Free Throws Made	6	Omar Pink (Saluki, F)	Oct 31, 2014
Offensive Rebounds	7	Hiroyuki Matsuura (Shrike, C/F)	Jan 25, 2015
Total Rebounds	13	Hiroyuki Matsuura (Shrike, C/F)	Dec 21, 2014
Assists	12	Bailey Brisbane (Catahoula Leopard Hound, G)	Dec 31, 2015
Turn Overs	4	Unknown FBA Player	Mar 9, 2015
Steals	5	Vincent Maraundi (Caracal, G/F)	Mar 13, 2015
Blocks	4	Hiroyuki Matsuura (Shrike, C/F)	Jan 4, 2015
Points	35	Vincent Maraundi (Caracal, G/F)	Apr 7, 2015

Transactions

Main article: 2015 Transactions

Overview

Montana Howlers

Players Added

Via Draft

Baltasár Torrealba y Toboso (Aldabra Giant Tortoise, C/F)
LaShawn Grandon (Badger, F)
Ricardo Rodrigues (Black Barbary Lion, G)

Via Free Agency

Bobby-Rae Brine (Stingray, G)
Sanford Teeson (Raccoon, G)
Corey Allen (Dog, F)
Miguel Mendoza (Blue-and-Yellow Macaw, C)
Unknown FBA Player
Vincent Maraundi (Caracal, G/F)

Via Trade

Omar Pink (Saluki, F) (from Tides)
Adrian McCormick (Badger, F) (from Typhoons)
Hiroyuki Matsuura (Shrike, C/F) (from Mayors)
Wescot Yobia (Binturong, F/C) (from Bikers)

Players Lost

Waivers/Buyouts

Unknown FBA Player
Unknown FBA Player
Steven Munt (Warthog, C)
David Immel (Hawk, G)

Via Free Agency

Jorge Gonzalez (Jaguar, C)
Jason Gilliam (Wolf, F)

Via Trade

Unknown FBA Player (to Tides)
Dennis Xabbu (Spotted Giraffe, C) (to Typhoons)
Raul Zuleta (Red Fox, G) (to Tides)
Baltasár Torrealba y Toboso (Aldabra Giant Tortoise, C/F) (to Mayors)
Simon Thal (Aurochs, C) (to Bikers)
Aesop Tecumseh (Northern Pike, G) (to Bikers)

Trades

08/01/14	To Howlers Omar Pink	To Tides Johann Beller
08/04/14	To Howlers Adrian McCormick	To Typhoons Dennis Xabbu
08/19/14	To Howlers $2m in current cap space 2015 BGR 2nd round pick	To Tides Raul Zuleta
08/31/14	To Howlers Hiroyuki Matsuura	To Mayors Baltasár Torrealba y Toboso $0.5m in current cap space
08/31/14	To Howlers Wescot Yobia	To Bikers Simon Thal Aesop Tecumseh
09/01/14	To Howlers 2015 LVG 1st round pick	To Wildcards $3m in current cap space

Free Agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former Team
Bobby-Rae Brine (Stingray, G)	4yr - $18m	Kahunas
Sanford Teeson (Raccoon, G)	2yr - $6m	Totems
Corey Allen (Dog, F)	2yr - $4m	Spirits
Miguel Mendoza (Blue-and-Yellow Macaw, C)	2yr - $4m	Pride
Unknown FBA Player	1yr - $1.5m	Keystones
Vincent Maraundi (Caracal, G/F)	1yr - $1m	N/A (previously w/Whips)

Subtractions

Player	Reason Left	Team if applicable
Dennis Xabbu (Spotted Giraffe, C)	Free agent (sign-and-trade)	Typhoons
Unknown FBA Player	Waived	RETIRED
Unknown FBA Player	Bought out	N/A
Steven Munt (Warthog, C)	Bought out	N/A
Simon Thal (Aurochs, C)	Free agent (sign-and-trade)	Bikers
Aesop Tecumseh (Northern Pike, G)	Free agent (sign-and-trade)	Bikers
Jorge Gonzalez (Jaguar, C)	Free agent	N/A
Jason Gilliam (Wolf, F)	Free agent	N/A
David Immel (Hawk, G)	Bought out	N/A

2014-2015 Montana Howlers season

Contents

Key Dates

Draft Picks