2014-2015 Tallahassee Typhoons season

Tallahassee Typhoons
RL GM	Harlow
RL HC	IllaRouge
Arena	Merrill Palace - Tallahassee, FL
Owner(s)	Merrill Melech
General Manager	Filippo Arango (African Wild Dog)
Head coach	Hildegard Tetreault
Standings
Record	44-36
Place	Division: 2nd
	Conference: 5th
Last Update	07/31/14
2013-14	2015-16

The 2014-2015 Tallahassee Typhoons season is the 11th season of the Tallahassee Typhoons in the Furry Basketball Association (FBA).

Key Dates

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

Summary

A disappointing finish in the previous post-season saw a bit of turnover in management.

Draft Picks

Main article: 2014 FBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Species	Position
1	16	Ren Inoue	Tosa Inu	G
2	32	Trent Mosley	Elk	C/F
2	37	Brad Pullman	Bald Eagle	F

Roster

Depth Chart

**Tallahassee Typhoons 2014-2015 Depth Chart**
Starters
Point Guard		Shooting Guard		Small Forward		Power Forward		Center
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2	Franz Volker (Doberman, G)	11	Oliver Vance (Swift Fox, G)	13	Augustin Benoit (Bat-eared Fox, G/F)	32	Amelia Odessa Springer (Goat, F)	30	Neil LaRocca (Black Cat, C)
Bench
Forward		Forward		Guard		Center		Bigfur

53	Edward Hudson (Coyote, F)	76	Brad Pullman (Bald Eagle, F)	86	Ren Inoue (Tosa Inu, G)	2	Rex Kearsarge (Alligator Snapping Turtle, C)	65	Trent Mosley (Elk, C/F)
Reserves
Swingfur		Bigfur		Guard		Guard		Forward

15	Nebojša Elkasević (Banded Mongoose, G/F)	69	Mika Ziggler (Otter, F/C)	77	Keith Cortado (Llama, G)	77	Pat Winters (Spotted Skunk, G)	12	Taylor Chinquapin (Raccoon, F)

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
Franz Volker	75	2328.3	372	725	109	250	159	164	31	188	498	44	94	17	91	1012	31	0.513	0.436	0.97	2.5	6.6	0.6	1.3	0.2	1.2	13.5
Oliver Vance	75	2282.3	565	1044	256	472	143	146	25	89	216	69	97	7	119	1529	30.4	0.541	0.542	0.979	1.2	2.9	0.9	1.3	0.1	1.6	20.4
Neil LaRocca	80	2161.7	347	739	0	3	170	220	84	607	68	69	1	106	157	864	27	0.47	0	0.773	7.6	0.9	0.9	0	1.3	2	10.8
Augustin Benoit	78	2126.3	363	742	107	237	129	131	53	292	100	69	92	9	95	962	27.3	0.489	0.451	0.985	3.7	1.3	0.9	1.2	0.1	1.2	12.3
Amelia Odessa Springer	80	1713.7	300	615	12	35	104	110	56	409	194	72	6	47	105	716	21.4	0.488	0.343	0.945	5.1	2.4	0.9	0.1	0.6	1.3	9
Edward Hudson	74	1602.4	298	610	1	3	120	134	62	392	185	59	4	53	111	717	21.7	0.489	0.333	0.896	5.3	2.5	0.8	0.1	0.7	1.5	9.7
Brad Pullman	62	1467.5	207	483	11	58	80	91	29	255	147	67	16	43	130	505	23.7	0.429	0.19	0.879	4.1	2.4	1.1	0.3	0.7	2.1	8.1
Ren Inoue	80	1466.3	254	429	27	62	64	65	23	121	473	69	61	9	82	599	18.3	0.592	0.435	0.985	1.5	5.9	0.9	0.8	0.1	1	7.5
Rex Kearsarge	65	1205.1	150	398	0	0	81	131	74	381	131	71	0	59	79	381	18.5	0.377	---	0.618	5.9	2	1.1	0	0.9	1.2	5.9
Trent Mosley	67	926.1	131	336	0	2	64	105	31	268	80	60	1	46	60	326	13.8	0.39	0	0.61	4	1.2	0.9	0	0.7	0.9	4.9
Nebojša Elkasević	63	753	157	331	14	60	26	33	19	129	131	36	13	8	38	354	12	0.474	0.233	0.788	2	2.1	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.6	5.6
Mika Ziggler	52	749.8	103	293	0	0	62	82	43	229	19	63	2	30	50	268	14.4	0.352	---	0.756	4.4	0.4	1.2	0	0.6	1	5.2
Keith Cortado	51	435.5	82	217	2	35	24	27	5	66	80	34	20	1	27	190	8.5	0.378	0.057	0.889	1.3	1.6	0.7	0.4	0	0.5	3.7
Pat Winters	54	353.7	78	183	15	50	16	18	7	71	46	29	19	1	17	187	6.6	0.426	0.3	0.889	1.3	0.9	0.5	0.4	0	0.3	3.5
Taylor Chinquapin	22	132.6	10	53	0	0	10	13	5	25	5	14	1	3	5	30	6	0.189	---	0.769	1.1	0.2	0.6	0 0.1	0.2	1.4
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

Images

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Pre-season

Tallahassee Typhoons 2014 Pre-season

Tue 10/07/14: TAL 87 @BLV 95 at the Estadio Vulpino Vasquez in Mexico City, MX (boxscore)
Wed 10/15/14: TAL 78 @HNT 87 (boxscore)
Sat 10/18/14: WPG@TAL
Thu 10/23/14: HWI@TAL
Mon 10/27/14: SFW@TAL
Wed 10/29/14: TAL@TEN

Regular Season

Main article: 2015 Schedule

The regular season opener was held on Saturday November 1st visiting the Plymouth Taproots.

Standings

Team	Record	Conf.	Div.	GB
Southern Division
c-Huntsville Mayors	57-23	42-14	19-5	---
x-Tallahassee Typhoons	44-36	33-23	13-11	13
Biloxi Voodoo	30-50	24-32	13-11	27
Tennessee Moonshiners	20-60	11-45	3-21	37

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
#	Eastern Conference
1	c-Huntsville Mayors	57-23	42-14	---
2	y-Pittsburgh Keystones	56-24	39-17	1
3	y-Plymouth Taproots	54-26	33-23	3
4	x-Albany Alphas	53-27	38-18	4
5	x-Tallahassee Typhoons	44-36	33-23	13
6	x-Bangor Tides	42-38	26-30	15
7	x-Williamsburg Minutemen	37-43	27-29	20
8	x-Baltimore Spirits	33-47	28-28	24
9	Newark Pride	32-48	19-37	25
10	Biloxi Voodoo	30-50	24-32	27
11	Lorain Firestorm	24-56	16-40	33
12	Tennessee Moonshiners	20-60	11-45	37

Game Log

November

Sat 11/01/14: TAL 105, PLY 94 (boxscore)
Mon 11/03/14: TAL 90, HNT 95 (boxscore)
Wed 11/05/14: TEN 80, TAL 99 (boxscore)
Fri 11/07/14: TXS 110, TAL 103 (boxscore)
Sun 11/09/14: TAL 114, SAS 117 (boxscore)
Tue 11/11/14: TAL 109, BLV 100 (boxscore)
Thu 11/13/14: DAK 114, TAL 102 (boxscore)
Sat 11/15/14: WPG 94, TAL 102 (boxscore)
Mon 11/17/14: TAL 102, SJT 96 (boxscore)
Wed 11/19/14: TAL 99, ALK 109 (boxscore)
Fri 11/21/14: LVG 96, TAL 102 (boxscore)
Sun 11/23/14: TAL 118, BAL 96 (boxscore)
Tue 11/25/14: PIT 117, TAL 108 (boxscore)
Fri 11/28/14: LOR 99, TAL 102 (boxscore)
Sun 11/30/14: TAL 109, NWK 99 (boxscore)

December

Tue 12/02/14: TAL 116, WIL 131 (boxscore)
Thu 12/04/14: BLV 113, TAL 123 (boxscore)
Thu 12/11/14: HNT 113, TAL 119 (boxscore)
Sat 12/13/14: TAL 121, TEN 96 (boxscore)
Mon 12/15/14: TAL 97, ALB 104 (boxscore)
Wed 12/17/14: BGR 120, TAL 99 (boxscore)
Fri 12/19/14: NWK 98, TAL 107 (boxscore)
Sun 12/21/14: TAL 108, LOR 103 (boxscore)
Tue 12/23/14: WIL 101, TAL 111 (boxscore)
Thu 12/25/14: TAL 105, PIT 113 (boxscore)
Sat 12/27/14: TAL 101, HWI 102 (boxscore)
Mon 12/29/14: SFW 108, TAL 119 (boxscore)
Wed 12/31/14: SEA 120, TAL 111 (boxscore)

January

Fri 01/02/15: BAL 121, TAL 120 (boxscore)
Sun 01/04/15: TAL 108, BGR 113 (boxscore)
Tue 01/06/15: TAL 106, EDM 110 (boxscore)
Thu 01/08/15: TAL 112, TEN 108 (boxscore)
Sat 01/10/15: TAL 92, HNT 115 (boxscore)
Mon 01/12/15: TAL 112, MON 116 (boxscore)
Wed 01/14/15: BLV 98, TAL 101 (boxscore)
Wed 01/21/15: ALB 102, TAL 123 (boxscore)
Fri 01/23/15: PLY 105, TAL 114 (boxscore)
Sun 01/25/15: TAL 97, BLV 107 (boxscore)
Tue 01/27/15: TEN 98, TAL 107 (boxscore)
Thu 01/29/15: HNT 107, TAL 101 (boxscore)
Sat 01/31/15: BAL 100, TAL 106 (boxscore)

February

Mon 02/02/15: TAL 109, NWK 110 (boxscore)
Wed 02/04/15: TAL 104, DAK 95 (boxscore)
Fri 02/06/15: ALK 105, TAL 114 (boxscore)
Sun 02/08/15: TAL 104, SEA 110 (boxscore)
Tue 02/10/15: TAL 111, PLY 109 (boxscore)
Thu 02/12/15: TAL 98, ALB 104 (boxscore)
Sat 02/14/15: BGR 95, TAL 105 (boxscore)
Mon 02/16/15: TAL 101, LOR 103 (boxscore)
Wed 02/18/15: TAL 98, WPG 104 (boxscore)
Wed 02/25/15: TAL 104, TXS 102 (boxscore)
Fri 02/27/15: SAS 106, TAL 119 (boxscore)

March

Sun 03/01/15: SJT 101, TAL 107 (boxscore)
Tue 03/03/15: MON 115, TAL 109 (boxscore)
Thu 03/05/15: TAL 94, LVG 106 (boxscore)
Sat 03/07/15: HWI 100, TAL 109 (boxscore)
Mon 03/09/15: PIT 108, TAL 115 (boxscore)
Wed 03/11/15: TAL 106, BAL 86 (boxscore)
Fri 03/13/15: TAL 103, WIL 105 (boxscore)
Sun 03/15/15: TAL 98, SFW 102 (boxscore)
Tue 03/17/15: NWK 114, TAL 117 (boxscore)
Thu 03/19/15: TAL 108, HNT 119 (boxscore)
Sat 03/21/15: BLV 100, TAL 99 (boxscore)
Mon 03/23/15: TEN 96, TAL 101 (boxscore)
Wed 03/25/15: EDM 101, TAL 102 (boxscore)

April

Wed 04/01/15: LOR 101, TAL 105 (boxscore)
Fri 04/03/15: TAL 101, BLV 105 (boxscore)
Sun 04/05/15: TAL 108, BGR 98 (boxscore)
Tue 04/07/15: TAL 107, TEN 100 (boxscore)
Thu 04/09/15: HNT 107, TAL 102 (boxscore)
Sat 04/11/15: PLY 78, TAL 104 (boxscore)
Mon 04/13/15: TAL 100, TEN 86 (boxscore)
Wed 04/15/15: TAL 92, BLV 100 (boxscore)
Fri 04/17/15: HNT 100, TAL 108 (boxscore)
Sun 04/19/15: ALB 92, TAL 93 (boxscore)
Tue 04/21/15: BLV 102, TAL 100 (boxscore)
Thu 04/23/15: TEN 82, TAL 98 (boxscore)
Sat 04/25/15: TAL 95, HNT 103 (boxscore)
Mon 04/27/15: TAL 111, PIT 117 (boxscore)
Wed 04/29/15: WIL 90, TAL 105 (boxscore)

Playoffs

Main article: 2015 FBA Playoffs

The Tallahassee Typhoons began their post-season on Thursday May 7th against the Albany Alphas. They lost the series against Albany 4-2.

Series Log

Eastern Conference Quarterfinals: #4 ALB vs #5 TAL

Thu 05/07/15: TAL 89, @ALB 94 (boxscore) ALB leads 1-0
Sat 05/09/15: TAL 98, @ALB 107 (boxscore) ALB leads 2-0
Mon 05/11/15: ALB 105, @TAL 110 (boxscore) ALB leads 2-1
Wed 05/13/15: ALB 100, @TAL 108 (boxscore) Series tied 2-2
Fri 05/15/15: TAL 96, @ALB 110 (boxscore) ALB leads 3-2
Sun 05/17/15: ALB 110, @TAL 100 (boxscore) ALB wins 4-2

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
Amelia Odessa Springer	6	201.7	36	70	5	12	13	14	2	36	14	4	3	4	15	90	33.6	0.5	0.4	0.9	6	2.3	0.7	0.5	0.7	2.5	15
Brad Pullman	6	108.2	17	37	1	2	5	7	2	18	9	7	1	3	13	34	18	0.5	0.5	0.7	3	1.5	1.2	0.2	0.5	2.2	5.7
Edward Hudson	4	58.4	14	22	0	0	4	5	2	14	7	2	0	2	2	28	14.6	0.6	---	0.8	3.5	1.8	0.5	---	0.5	0.5	7
Oliver Vance	6	186.8	31	61	11	26	11	12	4	9	18	2	9	1	14	96	31.1	0.5	0.4	0.9	1.5	3	0.3	1.5	0.2	2.3	16
Keith Cortado	1	3.8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.8	---	---	---	2	---	1	---	---	---	---
Franz Volker	6	222.6	37	70	8	18	18	20	2	16	38	1	11	2	9	92	37.1	0.5	0.4	0.9	2.7	6.3	0.2	1.8	0.3	1.5	15.3
Mika Ziggler	2	3.9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	---	---	---	1	---	---	---	---	---	---
Nebojša Elkasević	5	44.6	5	9	0	0	2	2	1	8	10	3	1	1	4	20	8.9	0.6	---	1	1.6	2	0.6	0.2	0.2	0.8	4
Neil LaRocca	6	219.3	35	68	0	0	15	21	1	48	5	7	0	8	16	74	36.6	0.5	---	0.7	8	0.8	1.2	---	1.3	2.7	12.3
Augustin Benoit	6	219	32	66	5	17	14	14	4	23	9	4	11	3	11	85	36.5	0.5	0.3	1	3.8	1.5	0.7	1.8	0.5	1.8	14.2
Pat Winters	1	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.2	---	---	---	---	1	1	---	---	---	---
Ren Inoue	6	102.7	21	36	2	3	3	3	7	18	31	5	4	0	9	47	17.1	0.6	0.7	1	3	5.2	0.8	0.7	---	1.5	7.8
Rex Kearsarge	2	3.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.8	---	---	---	1.5	0.5	0.5	---	---	---	---
Taylor Chinquapin	1	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	0.3	---	---	---	---	---	1	---	---	2
Trent Mosley	6	59	11	22	0	0	4	8	2	14	6	5	0	4	8	29	9.8	0.5	---	0.5	2.3	1	0.8	---	0.7	1.3	4.8
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

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

Week/Month

Player of the Week: Oliver Vance (Week 3 and week 5)

All-Star

Eastern All-Stars Starter: Oliver Vance
Eastern All-Stars Reserves: Franz Volker
Rookie Challenge Second Team: Ren Inoue
Rookie Challenge Second Team: Brad Pullman
Eastern Dunk Contest Team: Franz Volker
3-Point Shootout Contestant: Oliver Vance

Records

Record	Value	Player	Date of record
Minutes Played	40	Neil LaRocca (Black Cat, C)	Dec 31, 2015
Field Goals Made	12	Oliver Vance (Swift Fox, G)	Dec 4, 2014
3 Pointers Made	6	Oliver Vance (Swift Fox, G)	Dec 4, 2014
Free Throws Made	6	Edward Hudson (Coyote, F)	Dec 2, 2014
Offensive Rebounds	6	Amelia Odessa Springer (Goat, F)	Apr 17, 2015
Total Rebounds	14	Neil LaRocca (Black Cat, C)	Apr 11, 2015
Assists	11	Ren Inoue (Tosa Inu, G)	Feb 14, 2015
Turn Overs	5	Oliver Vance (Swift Fox, G)	Apr 11, 2015
Steals	4	Oliver Vance (Swift Fox, G)	Mar 21, 2015
Blocks	3	Rex Kearsarge (Alligator Snapping Turtle, C)	Nov 11, 2014
Points	35	Oliver Vance (Swift Fox, G)	Apr 21, 2015

Double-doubles

Amelia Odessa Springer: 4 - (04/01/15), (04/09/15), (04/17/15), (04/21/15)
Brad Pullman: 2 - (01/12/15), (01/23/15)
Edward Hudson: 5 - (12/02/14), (12/15/14), (12/19/14), (12/21/14), (01/02/15)
Franz Volker: 6 - (11/07/14), (11/25/14), (11/28/14), (11/30/14), (02/10/15), (04/13/15)
Neil LaRocca: 17 - (11/05/14), (12/15/14), (12/19/14), (12/23/14), (01/29/15), (02/04/15), (03/01/15), (03/05/15), (03/09/15), (03/25/15), (04/03/15), (04/11/15), (04/15/15), (04/17/15), (04/19/15), (04/25/15), (04/29/15)
Ren Inoue: 9 - (01/04/15), (01/06/15), (01/08/15), (01/10/15), (02/14/15), (03/05/15), (03/07/15), (04/05/15), (04/07/15)
Rex Kearsarge: 6 - (11/11/14), (12/02/14), (12/04/14), (01/02/15), (01/06/15), (01/23/15)
Trent Mosley: 1 - (11/23/14)

Transactions

Main article: 2015 Transactions

Overview

Tallahassee Typhoons

Players Added

Via Draft

Ren Inoue (Tosa Inu, G)
Trent Mosley (Elk, C/F)
Brad Pullman (Bald Eagle, F)

Via Free Agency

Nebojša Elkasević (Banded Mongoose, G/F)
Rex Kearsarge (Alligator Snapping Turtle, C)
Corbin A. Li’Arci (Lynx, G)

Via Trade

Pat Winters (Spotted Skunk, G) (From Pride)
Taylor Chinquapin (Raccoon, F) (From Pride)
Mika Ziggler (Otter, F/C) (From Wildcards)
Amelia Odessa Springer (Goat, F) (From Totems)
Keith Cortado (Llama, G) (From Totems)

Players Lost

Waivers/Buyouts

Jason Peterson (Spotted Hyena, C)

Via Free Agency

Daphne Milos (Osprey, G)
Carlos Syevens-Quiles (Calico Cat, F)
Morey Christianson (Grizzly Bear, C)

Via Trade

Sage Silverspine (Hyena, G/F) (Totems)
Russell Savoy (Binturong, G/F) (Totems)
Maggie Seton (Sheep, F) (Wildcards)
Adrian McCormick (Badger, F) (Howlers)
Dennis Xabbu (Spotted Giraffe, C) (Pride)
Corbin A. Li’Arci (Lynx, G) (Pride)

Via Retirement

Phineas Jackson (Crocodile, F)

Trades

08/04/14	To Typhoons Dennis Xabbu	To Howlers Adrian McCormick
09/10/14	To Typhoons Amelia Odessa Springer Keith Cortado $6m Cap Space (Current) 2015 EDM 1st Round Pick	To Alphas Russell Savoy Sage Silverspine
10/10/14	To Typhoons 2m Cap Space (2015-2016)	To Arctics 2015 EDM 1st Round Pick
12/28/14	To Typhoons Pat Winters Taylor Chinquapin	To Pride Corbin A. Li'Arci Dennis Xabbu
03/12/15	To Typhoons Mika Ziggler $4m Cap Space (Current) $1m Cap Space (2015-2016)	To Arctics Maggie Seton

Free Agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former Team
Corbin A. Li’Arci (Lynx, G)	2yr - $4m	UDFA
Nebojša Elkasević (Banded Mongoose, G/F)	1yr - $1m	RFA
Rex Kearsarge (Alligator Snapping Turtle, C)	1yr - 1m	RFA

Subtractions

Player	Reason Left	Team (if applicable)
Jason Peterson (Spotted Hyena, C)	Bought Out	Unsigned
Daphne Milos (Osprey, G)	Free Agency	Unsigned
Carlos Syevens-Quiles (Calico Cat, F)	Free Agency	Biloxi Voodoo
Morey Christianson (Grizzly Bear, C)	Free Agency	Unsigned

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2014-2015 Tallahassee Typhoons season

Contents

Key Dates

Summary

Draft Picks