2014-2015 Texas Lone Stars season

Texas Lone Stars
RL GM	Foxx
RL HC	(awaiting hiring)
Arena	Austin Arena
Owner(s)	Tim Vermster (male Silver Fox)
General Manager	Hector Louis (male Rat)
Head coach	Walter Billcheck (male North American Porcupine)
Results
Record	41-39
Place	Division: 1st (Plains)
	Conference: 4th (Western)
Playoff finish	Lost to Dakota Bikers 2-4 (Western Conference Quarterfinals)
2013-14	2015-16

The 2014-2015 Texas Lone Stars season is the second season for the franchise in Austin, and the 54th in the Furry Basketball Association (FBA). The Stars were formerly known as the Clefs. With a year to settle in and Walter Billcheck at the helm the Stars managed to clinch first in the Plains division and moved on to the post season. In the quarterfinals they faced their rivals the Dakota Bikers and ultimately lost.

Key Dates

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

Draft Picks

Main article: 2014 FBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Species	Position
2	26	Wesely Lachs	Sockeye salmon	F
2	27	Ahti Nereus	White Sturgeon	C

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
Marcus Knight	80	2430.9	452	926	203	386	133	138	28	155	324	97	80	1	118	1240	30.4	0.488	0.526	0.964	1.9	4.1	1.2	1	0	1.5	15.5
Mitchell Redding	66	1992.3	358	718	55	168	179	181	64	265	389	50	103	25	119	950	30.2	0.499	0.327	0.989	4	5.9	0.8	1.6	0.4	1.8	14.4
Travis Buckner	73	2258.4	446	899	32	93	194	209	139	483	304	45	52	25	161	1118	30.9	0.496	0.344	0.928	6.6	4.2	0.6	0.7	0.3	2.2	15.3
Wesley Lachs	74	2195.3	395	810	0	0	160	185	134	545	199	71	7	91	161	950	29.7	0.488	---	0.865	7.4	2.7	1	0.1	1.2	2.2	12.8
Ahti Nereus	75	2035.9	330	721	0	1	155	205	123	588	191	69	1	104	139	815	27.1	0.458	0	0.756	7.8	2.5	0.9	0	1.4	1.9	10.9
Stripes Quinn	41	660.2	145	242	68	109	35	36	8	44	171	21	53	2	21	393	16.1	0.599	0.624	0.972	1.1	4.2	0.5	1.3	0	0.5	9.6
Chester Blackwater	63	1156.4	166	426	5	23	51	61	30	169	102	65	23	14	53	388	18.4	0.39	0.217	0.836	2.7	1.6	1	0.4	0.2	0.8	6.2
Sherman Downward	60	902.3	126	320	0	0	38	56	36	173	32	58	3	36	63	290	15	0.394	---	0.679	2.9	0.5	1	0.1	0.6	1.1	4.8
Maurice York	77	627	87	244	0	3	45	49	11	84	26	51	42	1	33	219	8.1	0.357	0	0.918	1.1	0.3	0.7	0.5	0	0.4	2.8
Wagner Vaughters	30	278.2	43	98	10	31	18	18	8	31	103	19	12	1	8	114	9.3	0.439	0.323	1	1	3.4	0.6	0.4	0	0.3	3.8
Petr Sek	58	1289.7	210	468	98	206	14	15	13	27	75	56	21	2	47	532	22.2	0.449	0.476	0.933	0.5	1.3	1	0.4	0	0.8	9.2
Frank London	65	959.5	169	363	0	1	75	87	37	260	236	44	0	21	54	413	14.8	0.466	0	0.862	4	3.6	0.7	0	0.3	0.8	6.4
Phinneas Ishmael Wilson	73	1655.9	208	575	0	2	98	152	43	379	30	102	0	55	120	514	22.7	0.362	0	0.645	5.2	0.4	1.4	0	0.8	1.6	7
Caspian Rhos	62	341.2	43	143	0	0	21	34	16	83	4	31	0	16	19	107	5.5	0.301	---	0.618	1.3	0.1	0.5	0	0.3	0.3	1.7
Timur Tomilin	57	713.5	109	297	0	0	49	80	29	220	53	51	1	27	47	267	12.5	0.367	---	0.613	3.9	0.9	0.9	0	0.5	0.8	4.7
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

TXS Roster
Starters 16 Mitchell Redding 24 Marcus Knight 13 Travis Buckner 62 Wesley Lachs 26 Ahti Nereus		Bench 74 Stripes Quinn 15 Chester Blackwater 23 Sherman Downward 1 Maurice York 7 Wagner Vaughters		Reserves 27 Petr Sek 0 Frank London Deep Reserves 11 Phinneas Ishmael Wilson 36 Caspian Rhos 96 Timur Tomilin

Pre-season

Texas Lone Stars 2014 Pre-season

• Fri 10/10/14: HWI 62 @TXS 76 (boxscore)
• Mon 10/13/14: TXS 111 @SAS 117 (boxscore)
• Wed 10/15/14: TXS 120 @SFW 107 (boxscore)
• Fri 10/17/14: NWK@TXS
• Sun 10/19/14: TXS@TEN

Regular Season

Main article: 2015 Schedule

The regular season opener was held on Saturday November 1, 2014 on the road against the Seattle Summit, while the first home game was held on Monday, November 3, 2014 against the Dakota Bikers.

Standings

Plains Division Team Record Conf. Div. GB y-Texas Lone Stars 41-39 32-24 16-8 ---- x-Dakota Bikers 41-39 31-25 14-10 - (*) x-Winnipeg Voyageurs 37-43 27-29 10-14 4 Santa Fe Whips 35-45 21-35 8-16 6 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 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

• Sat 11/01/14: TXS 113, SEA 116 (boxscore)
• Mon 11/03/14: DAK 108, TXS 116 (boxscore)
• Wed 11/05/14: TXS 111, SFW 117 (boxscore)
• Fri 11/07/14: TXS 110, TAL 103 (boxscore)
• Sun 11/09/14: TXS 120, ALB 122 (boxscore)
• Tue 11/11/14: TXS 109, WPG 102 (boxscore)
• Thu 11/13/14: TEN 84, TXS 97 (boxscore)
• Sat 11/15/14: TXS 108, PIT 100 (boxscore)
• Mon 11/17/14: WIL 100, TXS 97 (boxscore)
• Wed 11/19/14: BAL 100, TXS 117 (boxscore)
• Fri 11/21/14: ALK 103, TXS 104 (boxscore)
• Sun 11/23/14: SAS 102, TXS 112 (boxscore)
• Tue 11/25/14: TXS 104, LVG 98 (boxscore)
• Fri 11/28/14: TXS 96, PLY 112 (boxscore)
• Sun 11/30/14: TXS 98, EDM 110 (boxscore)

December

• Tue 12/02/14: SJT 117, TXS 108 (boxscore)
• Thu 12/04/14: WPG 110, TXS 106 (boxscore)
• Thu 12/11/14: TXS 95, DAK 98 (boxscore)
• Sat 12/13/14: SFW 98, TXS 100 (boxscore)
• Mon 12/15/14: BGR 101, TXS 99 (boxscore)
• Wed 12/17/14: TXS 101, MON 99 (boxscore)
• Fri 12/19/14: EDM 107, TXS 98 (boxscore)
• Sun 12/21/14: HWI 114, TXS 102 (boxscore)
• Tue 12/23/14: TXS 104, SAS 114 (boxscore)
• Thu 12/25/14: LVG 105, TXS 107 (boxscore)
• Sat 12/27/14: TXS 107, HNT 109 (boxscore)
• Mon 12/29/14: TXS 122, BLV 102 (boxscore)
• Wed 12/31/14: TXS 109, ALK 106 (boxscore)

January

• Fri 01/02/15: LOR 93, TXS 106 (boxscore)
• Sun 01/04/15: TXS 107, DAK 115 (boxscore)
• Tue 01/06/15: TXS 122, SJT 124 (boxscore)
• Thu 01/08/15: TXS 111, SFW 113 (boxscore)
• Sat 01/10/15: TXS 117, WPG 129 (boxscore)
• Mon 01/12/15: NWK 102, TXS 114 (boxscore)
• Wed 01/14/15: MON 114, TXS 117 (boxscore)
• Wed 01/21/15: SEA 107, TXS 114 (boxscore)
• Fri 01/23/15: TXS 92, HWI 99 (boxscore)
• Sun 01/25/15: WPG 98, TXS 115 (boxscore)
• Tue 01/27/15: SFW 106, TXS 109 (boxscore)
• Thu 01/29/15: DAK 99, TXS 100 (boxscore)
• Sat 01/31/15: SAS 120, TXS 106 (boxscore)

February

• Mon 02/02/15: SEA 102, TXS 93 (boxscore)
• Wed 02/04/15: TXS 99, BGR 111 (boxscore)
• Fri 02/06/15: TXS 101, BAL 108 (boxscore)
• Sun 02/08/15: TXS 97, TEN 102 (boxscore)
• Tue 02/10/15: ALK 100, TXS 103 (boxscore)
• Thu 02/12/15: MON 89, TXS 93 (boxscore)
• Sat 02/14/15: TXS 94, HWI 96 (boxscore)
• Mon 02/16/15: EDM 102, TXS 106 (boxscore)
• Wed 02/18/15: PIT 106, TXS 94 (boxscore)
• Wed 02/25/15: TAL 104, TXS 102 (boxscore)
• Fri 02/27/15: ALB 109, TXS 93 (boxscore)

March

• Sun 03/01/15: TXS 95, WIL 91 (boxscore)
• Tue 03/03/15: TXS 106, NWK 116 (boxscore)
• Thu 03/05/15: TXS 97, LOR 104 (boxscore)
• Sat 03/07/15: HNT 111, TXS 98 (boxscore)
• Mon 03/09/15: TXS 106, LVG 105 (boxscore)
• Wed 03/11/15: SJT 108, TXS 111 (boxscore)
• Fri 03/13/15: TXS 98, SEA 110 (boxscore)
• Sun 03/15/15: BLV 106, TXS 109 (boxscore)
• Tue 03/17/15: TXS 99, SAS 108 (boxscore)
• Thu 03/19/15: TXS 96, SFW 97 (boxscore)
• Sat 03/21/15: DAK 105, TXS 111 (boxscore)
• Mon 03/23/15: TXS 92, WPG 90 (boxscore)
• Wed 03/25/15: PLY 105, TXS 100 (boxscore)

April

• Wed 04/01/15: TXS 100, MON 108 (boxscore)
• Fri 04/03/15: TXS 110, DAK 100 (boxscore)
• Sun 04/05/15: HWI 95, TXS 108 (boxscore)
• Tue 04/07/15: WPG 96, TXS 97 (boxscore)
• Thu 04/09/15: SFW 91, TXS 102 (boxscore)
• Sat 04/11/15: TXS 95, EDM 116 (boxscore)
• Mon 04/13/15: TXS 114, WPG 112 (boxscore)
• Wed 04/15/15: TXS 97, DAK 108 (boxscore)
• Fri 04/17/15: SFW 91, TXS 103 (boxscore)
• Sun 04/19/15: TXS 103, ALK 111 (boxscore)
• Tue 04/21/15: DAK 116, TXS 118 (boxscore)
• Thu 04/23/15: WPG 94, TXS 95 (boxscore)
• Sat 04/25/15: TXS 102, SFW 101 (boxscore)
• Mon 04/27/15: LVG 98, TXS 100 (boxscore)
• Wed 04/29/15: TXS 104, SJT 98 (boxscore)

Playoffs

The team wins the Plains Division and clinch the fourth seed in the Western Conference. They played against the division rival, the Dakota Bikers, in the first round only to be eliminated in 6 game series against them.

Series Log

Western Conference Quarterfinals: #4 TXS vs #5 DAK

• Wed 05/06/15: DAK 90, @TXS 96 (boxscore) TXS leads 1-0
• Fri 05/08/15: DAK 103, @TXS 96 (boxscore) Series tied 1-1
• Sun 05/10/15: TXS 85, @DAK 98 (boxscore) DAK leads 2-1
• Tue 05/12/15: TXS 88, @DAK 102 (boxscore) DAK leads 3-1
• Thu 05/14/15: DAK 102, @TXS 109 (boxscore) DAK leads 3-2
• Sat 05/16/15: TXS 100, @DAK 106 (boxscore) DAK 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
Ahti Nereus	6	205.7	28	61	0	0	13	16	14	48	11	4	0	12	13	69	34.3	0.5	---	0.8	8	1.8	0.7	---	2	2.2	11.5
Mitchell Redding	6	208.2	34	75	2	20	22	22	9	29	43	2	16	1	13	92	34.7	0.5	0.1	1	4.8	7.2	0.3	2.7	0.2	2.2	15.3
Caspian Rhos	4	10.1	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	2.5	0.7	---	---	0.5	---	---	---	0.250 ---	1
Chester Blackwater	6	96.9	9	27	0	4	6	7	4	15	5	8	4	0	5	24	16.2	0.3	---	0.9	2.5	0.8	1.3	0.7	---	0.8	4
Frank London	2	9.7	1	2	0	0	2	2	1	2	7	0	0	0	1	4	4.9	0.5	---	1	1	3.5	---	---	---	0.5	2
Petr Sek	2	9.6	2	5	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	4	4.8	0.4	---	---	0.5	---	1	---	---	---	2
Marcus Knight	6	206.6	38	72	16	30	12	12	2	11	26	7	5	0	11	104	34.4	0.5	0.5	1	1.8	4.3	1.2	0.8	---	1.8	17.3
Phinneas Ishmael Wilson	4	58.9	6	14	0	0	1	2	1	8	0	3	0	4	4	13	14.7	0.4	---	0.5	2	---	0.8	---	1	1	3.3
Maurice York	6	37.1	4	13	0	1	2	4	0	4	3	4	3	0	3	10	6.2	0.3	---	0.5	0.7	0.5	0.7	0.5	---	0.5	1.7
Sherman Downward	6	97.4	12	29	0	0	3	6	8	17	1	6	1	6	7	27	16.2	0.4	---	0.5	2.8	0.2	1	0.2	1	1.2	4.5
Stripes Quinn	2	41.5	10	17	5	9	2	2	0	1	10	0	5	0	1	27	20.8	0.6	0.6	1	0.5	5	---	2.5	---	0.5	13.5
Timur Tomilin	4	14.2	1	4	0	0	2	2	1	4	1	2	0	0	0	4	3.6	0.3	---	1	1	0.3	0.5	---	---	---	1
Travis Buckner	6	206.3	45	87	2	10	20	22	10	37	25	4	6	0	22	112	34.4	0.5	0.2	0.9	6.2	4.2	0.7	1	---	3.7	18.7
Wagner Vaughters	6	37.4	6	17	2	5	5	6	1	4	9	2	1	0	2	19	6.2	0.4	0.4	0.8	0.7	1.5	0.3	0.2	---	0.3	3.2
Wesley Lachs	6	200.4	24	57	0	0	13	16	13	44	8	3	1	6	12	61	33.4	0.4	---	0.8	7.3	1.3	0.5	0.2	1	2	10.2
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: Wesley Lachs (Week 23)
• Player of the Month: Wesley Lachs (April)

All-Star

• Western All-Star: Travis Buckner (Starter), Mitchell Redding (Starter)
• Rookie Challenge Participant: Ahti Nereus (Starter), Wesley Lachs (Bench)
• 3-Point Shootout Contestant: Marcus Knight (6th seed)

Records

Record	Value	Player	Date of record
Minutes Played	42	Marcus Knight (River Otter, G)	Apr 13, 2015
Field Goals Made	12	Wesley Lachs (Sockeye Salmon, F)	Mar 15, 2015
3 Pointers Made	5	Marcus Knight (River Otter, G)	Jan 21, 2015
Free Throws Made	7	Wesley Lachs (Sockeye Salmon, F)	Mar 15, 2015
Offensive Rebounds	8	Wesley Lachs (Sockeye Salmon, F)	Jan 29, 2015
Total Rebounds	15	Wesley Lachs (Sockeye Salmon, F)	Jan 29, 2015
Assists	12	Mitchell Redding (Rabbit, G)	Dec 2, 2014
Turn Overs	5*	Sherman Downward (Porcupine, F/C)	Nov 30, 2014
Steals	4	Stripes Quinn (Tiger, G)	Mar 13, 2015
Blocks	4	Wesley Lachs (Sockeye Salmon, F)	Mar 1, 2015
Points	31	Wesley Lachs (Sockeye Salmon, F)	Mar 15, 2015

* = Overall League Record

Double-doubles

• Ahti Nereus: 15 - (11/03/14), (11/07/14), (11/25/14), (12/19/14), (01/12/15), (01/27/15), (02/10/15), (02/12/15), (02/16/15), (02/18/15), (03/17/15), (03/19/15), (04/19/15), (04/25/15), (04/29/15)
  
• Mariam V. Walstein: 22 - (11/03/14), (11/13/14), (11/30/14), (12/11/14), (12/13/14), (12/21/14), (12/27/14), (12/29/14), (12/31/14), (01/02/15), (01/08/15), (01/14/15), (01/25/15), (02/10/15), (02/12/15), (02/27/15), (03/03/15), (03/09/15), (03/15/15), (03/19/15), (04/05/15), (04/09/15)
  
• Mitchell Redding: 5 - (12/02/14), (12/29/14), (01/04/15), (01/25/15), (02/10/15)
  
• Stripes Quinn: 2 - (03/13/15), (04/01/15)
  
• Travis Buckner: 10 - (11/15/14), (12/11/14), (12/13/14), (01/21/15), (03/01/15), (03/03/15), (03/11/15), (04/11/15), (04/23/15), (04/25/15)
  
• Wagner Vaughters: 1 - (12/02/14)
  
• Wesley Lachs: 16 - (12/17/14), (12/19/14), (12/29/14), (01/02/15), (01/08/15), (01/12/15), (01/14/15), (01/29/15), (02/27/15), (03/05/15), (03/15/15), (03/23/15), (03/25/15), (04/05/15), (04/09/15), (04/29/15)
  

Triple-doubles

• Mitchell Redding: 1 - (11/11/14)
  
• Travis Buckner: 1 - (04/13/15)
  

Transactions

Main article: 2015 Transactions

Overview

Texas Lone Stars

Players Added Via Draft Wesley Lachs (Sockeye Salmon, F) Ahti Nereus (White Sturgeon, C) Via Free Agency Marcus Knight (River Otter, G) Kyle McLeod (Tasmanian Tiger, G) Via Trade Caspian Rhos (Pembroke Welsh Corgi, C) (from Moonshiners) Maurice York (Rat, G/F) (from Pride) Wagner Vaughters (Coyote, G) (from Taproots) Chester Blackwater (American Alligator, G/F) (from Arctics) Phinneas Ishmael Wilson (Great White Shark, C/F) (from Pride) Timur Tomilin (Mammoth, C) (from Pride)

Players Lost Waivers/Buyouts Alvero Diaz (Caiman, G) (Amnesty) Phinneas Ishmael Wilson (Great White Shark, C/F) Via Free Agency Lukas Sangre (Dire Wolf, F) Via Trade Dewitt Azad Ghakhar (Markhor, F/C) (Moonshiners) Pat Winters (Spotted Skunk, G) (Pride) Joey Juloni (Leopard, G) (Taproots) Kyle McLeod (Tasmanian Tiger, G) (Taproots) Mariam V. Walstein (African Cape Buffalo, F/C) (Pride) Margo Newsome (Badger, F) (Pride)

Trades

08/24/14	To Lone Stars Caspian Rhos	To Moonshiners Dewitt Azad Ghakhar
09/10/14	To Lone Stars Maurice York	To Pride Pat Winters
11/20/14	To Lone Stars Wagner Vaughters	To Taproots Joey Juloni $6.5m of Cap Space (Current)
12/17/14	To Lone Stars Chester Blackwater EDM 1st Round Pick (2015)	To Arctics Kyle McLeod $3m Cap Space (2015-2016)
12/26/14	To Lone Stars Phinneas Ishmael Wilson Timur Tomilin	To Taproots Mariam V. Walstein Margo Newsome

Free Agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former Team
Marcus Knight (River Otter, G)	6yr - $31m	Contract Extension
Kyle McLeod (Tasmanian Tiger, G)	1yr - $1m	ROOKIE

Subtractions

Player	Reason Left	Team if applicable
Alvero Diaz (Caiman, G)	Amnesty	Unsigned
Phinneas Ishmael Wilson (Great White Shark, C/F)	Bought Out	Unsigned
Lukas Sangre (Dire Wolf, F)	Free Agency	San Jose Thrust