2015-2016 Dakota Bikers season

Dakota Bikers
RL GM	itsamadworld919
RL HC	Qovapryi
Arena	Sofawolf Stadium - Sturgis, SD
Owner(s)	Bernard Dwight (male red fox)
General Manager	Ben Bracy (male donkey)
Head coach	Bud Boorman (male bison)
Results
Record	32-32
Place	Division: 2nd (Plains)
	Conference: 8th (Western)
Playoff finish	Lost to Montana Howlers 3-4 (Conference Semifinals)
2014-15	2016-17

The 2015-2016 Dakota Bikers season is the 37th season of the franchise in the Furry Basketball Association (FBA). This season has started off rocky for everyone, as the Players association and the FBA negotiates the collective bargaining agreement.

Key Dates

• 07/24/15 Start of Free Agency
• 08/30/15 Draft Day held in Las Vegas, NV at the FBA Amphitheatre

Draft Picks

Main article: 2015 FBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Species	Position
1	14	Matthew Silvius	Long-Tailed Weasel	G/F
1	15	Brian Delano Montgomery III	Dragon	C/F

Roster

Depth Chart

Dakota Bikers 2015-2016 Depth Chart

Starters
Point Guard		Shooting Guard		Small Forward		Power Forward		Center
16	Catherine DeMille (Palm Cockatoo, G)	24	Ryan Malone (Kangaroo, G)	15	Dylan Redfield (Red Deer, F)	14	Fenruss Brylee (Black Wolf, F/C)	29	Cassidy Whitelatch (Border Collie, C/F)
Bench
Guard		Center		Forward		Swingfur		Bigfur
32	Matthew Silvius (Long-Tailed Weasel, G)	4	Charles Burgh (Polar Bear, C)	66	Keitaro Kurosaki (Black Tip Reef Shark, F)	35	Sammy Sickstra (Cougar, G/F)	33	Brian Delano Montgomery III (Dragon, C/F)
Reserves
Forward		Guard		Guard		Guard		Guard
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2	Andi Sekforde (Skunk, F)	5	Elisa Lawless (Ocelot, G)	36	Gris Ful (Pacific Lamprey, G)	1	Sebastian Spelt (Mongoose, G)	8	Robert Munteanu (Ram, G)

Regular Season 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
Andi Sekforde	53	344.1	54	107	0	0	26	36	13	70	28	34	1	10	10	134	6.5	0.505	0	0.722	1.3	0.5	0.6	0	0.2	0.2	2.5
Brian Delano Montgomery III	62	697.4	81	201	0	0	34	53	40	155	36	52	2	35	47	196	11.2	0.403	0	0.642	2.5	0.6	0.8	0	0.6	0.8	3.2
Cassidy Whitelatch	61	1905.7	253	560	0	0	84	116	75	490	80	59	1	107	187	590	31.2	0.452	0	0.724	8	1.3	1	0	1.8	3.1	9.7
Catherine DeMille	64	1913	265	593	72	215	95	101	19	102	393	73	126	12	81	697	29.9	0.447	0.335	0.941	1.6	6.1	1.1	2	0.2	1.3	10.9
Charles Burgh	64	1037.2	105	299	0	1	31	46	35	248	6	57	1	44	95	241	16.2	0.351	0	0.674	3.9	0.1	0.9	0	0.7	1.5	3.8
Sebastian Spelt	15	130.4	22	50	8	22	6	6	4	5	13	13	6	0	11	58	8.7	0.44	0.364	1	0.3	0.9	0.9	0.4	0	0.7	3.9
Dylan Redfield	55	1763.6	471	828	40	99	151	180	95	332	152	55	43	24	152	1133	32.1	0.569	0.404	0.839	6	2.8	1	0.8	0.4	2.8	20.6
Elisa Lawless	32	482.8	73	169	0	10	24	26	6	38	19	33	23	3	24	170	15.1	0.432	0	0.923	1.2	0.6	1	0.7	0.1	0.8	5.3
Fenruss Brylee	61	1974.4	383	706	1	1	129	144	99	503	114	45	18	128	150	896	32.4	0.542	1	0.896	8.2	1.9	0.7	0.3	2.1	2.5	14.7
Gris Ful	48	357.3	61	139	13	53	22	26	8	13	61	19	11	2	9	157	7.4	0.439	0.245	0.846	0.3	1.3	0.4	0.2	0	0.2	3.3
Keitaro Kurosaki	60	892.1	139	306	7	34	29	35	24	118	95	57	15	16	51	314	14.9	0.454	0.206	0.829	2	1.6	1	0.3	0.3	0.9	5.2
Matthew Silvius	57	1372.8	258	546	112	224	65	70	26	139	112	58	58	12	75	693	24.1	0.473	0.5	0.929	2.4	2	1	1	0.2	1.3	12.2
Robert Munteanu	24	176.9	26	57	3	19	15	16	3	11	35	19	5	1	6	70	7.4	0.456	0.158	0.938	0.5	1.5	0.8	0.2	0	0.3	2.9
Ryan Malone	49	1559.1	316	594	2	23	117	132	54	185	109	44	46	14	67	751	31.8	0.532	0.087	0.886	3.8	2.2	0.9	0.9	0.3	1.4	15.3
Sammy Sickstra	45	622.6	55	206	4	67	28	41	17	66	57	42	13	2	25	142	13.8	0.267	0.06	0.683	1.5	1.3	0.9	0.3	0	0.6	3.2
Sofía Kikian	16	130.6	32	50	0	1	7	8	3	12	26	5	7	0	1	71	8.2	0.64	0	0.875	0.8	1.6	0.3	0.4	0	0.1	4.4
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

Playoff 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
Catherine DeMille	14	496.8	66	150	23	58	27	28	3	23	111	13	38	1	22	182	35.5	0.44	0.397	0.964	1.6	7.9	0.9	2.7	0.1	1.6	13
Charles Burgh	12	136.7	19	40	0	0	8	10	8	33	1	11	0	8	9	46	11.4	0.475	N/A	0.8	2.8	0.1	0.9	0	0.7	0.8	3.8
Dylan Redfield	14	493.6	117	211	10	24	41	47	16	77	33	15	14	4	42	285	35.3	0.555	0.417	0.872	5.5	2.4	1.1	1	0.3	3	20.4
Elisa Lawless	9	118.4	23	46	0	5	10	11	2	9	7	6	7	0	5	56	13.2	0.5	0	0.909	1	0.8	0.7	0.8	0	0.6	6.2
Fenruss Brylee	14	496.7	92	177	0	0	32	37	29	115	17	12	3	31	37	216	35.5	0.52	N/A	0.865	8.2	1.2	0.9	0.2	2.2	2.6	15.4
Ryan Malone	14	466.3	99	187	3	9	29	34	16	44	28	15	7	0	12	230	33.3	0.529	0.333	0.853	3.1	2	1.1	0.5	0	0.9	16.4
Sammy Sickstra	10	98	10	31	0	7	4	8	2	8	8	8	1	0	4	24	9.8	0.323	0	0.5	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.1	0	0.4	2.4
Andi Sekforde	11	67.9	8	19	0	0	5	5	5	14	2	5	0	1	1	21	6.2	0.421	N/A	1	1.3	0.2	0.5	0	0.1	0.1	1.9
Cassidy Whitelatch	14	453.4	57	124	0	0	13	18	13	107	19	13	0	26	42	127	32.4	0.46	N/A	0.722	7.6	1.4	0.9	0	1.9	3	9.1
Keitaro Kurosaki	14	156.5	30	58	0	4	7	9	5	23	16	13	2	2	7	67	11.2	0.517	0	0.778	1.6	1.1	0.9	0.1	0.1	0.5	4.8
Robert Munteanu	1	4.4	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	4.4	N/A	N/A	1	3	1	1	0	0	1	2
Sofía Kikian	14	103.8	24	33	1	1	3	3	0	3	24	4	4	0	3	52	7.4	0.727	1	1	0.2	1.7	0.3	0.3	0	0.2	3.7
Brian Delano Montgomery III	9	83.3	7	21	0	0	4	6	2	21	3	8	0	4	4	18	9.3	0.333	N/A	0.667	2.3	0.3	0.9	0	0.4	0.4	2
Gris Ful	5	28	4	9	0	3	1	1	0	1	4	0	2	0	0	9	5.6	0.444	0	1	0.2	0.8	0	0.4	0	0	1.8
Matthew Silvius	13	206.2	50	100	20	43	9	9	2	20	22	17	12	1	9	129	15.9	0.5	0.465	1	1.5	1.7	1.3	0.9	0.1	0.7	9.9
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

Pre-season

Dakota Bikers 2015 Pre-season

• Wed 12/02/15: DAK 102, TAL 100 (boxscore)
• Fri 12/04/15: WIL 105, DAK 92 (boxscore)

Regular Season

Main article: 2016 Schedule

The regular season opener was held on Monday, December 8th, 2015, hosting the Texas Lone Stars.

Standings

Team Record Conf. Div. GB Plains Division y-Arizona Whips 35-29 22-18 12-12 --- x-Dakota Bikers 32-32 19-21 13-11 3.0 Winnipeg Voyageurs 27-37 19-21 13-11 8.0 Texas Lone Stars 23-41 13-27 10-14 12.0 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 47-17 29-11 --- 2 x-Hawaii Kahunas 40-24 22-18 7.0 3 y-Seattle Summit 37-27 26-14 10.0 4 x-Montana Howlers 36-28 23-17 11.0 5 y-Arizona Whips 35-29 22-18 12.0 6 x-San Jose Thrust 35-29 21-19 12.0 7 x-Alaska Arctics 35-29 21-19 12.0 8 x-Dakota Bikers 32-32 19-21 15.0 9 Winnipeg Voyageurs 27-37 19-21 20.0 10 Texas Lone Stars 23-41 13-27 24.0 11 Las Vegas Wildcards 17-47 13-27 30.0 12 Edmonton Totems 17-47 12-28 30.0

Game Log

December

• Mon 12/07/15: TXS 96, DAK 105 (boxscore)
• Wed 12/09/15: DAK 95, ALK 103 (boxscore)
• Sat 12/12/15: TAL 103, DAK 104 (boxscore)
• Sun 12/13/15: ALB 97, DAK 104 (boxscore)
• Tue 12/15/15: DAK 100, BGR 86 (boxscore)
• Thu 12/17/15: PLY 92, DAK 102 (boxscore)
• Fri 12/18/15: LOR 106, DAK 107 (boxscore)
• Wed 12/23/15: DAK 90, QNS 96 (boxscore)
• Thu 12/24 - Fri 12/25 (Christmas Break: no games)
• Sat 12/26/15: DAK 106, WPG 107 (boxscore)
• Mon 12/28/15: AZW 104, DAK 108 (boxscore)
• Wed 12/30/15: SAS 108, DAK 106 (boxscore)

January

• Fri 01/01/16: DAK 97, EDM 104 (boxscore)
• Sun 01/03/16: SEA 104, DAK 98 (boxscore)
• Tue 01/05/16: DAK 93, HWI 100 (boxscore)
• Thu 01/07/16: DAK 88, SJT 98 (boxscore)
• Sat 01/09/16: WPG 107, DAK 101 (boxscore)
• Mon 01/11/16: DAK 104, AZW 95 (boxscore)
• Wed 01/13/16: TXS 105, DAK 94 (boxscore)
• Fri 01/15 - Sun 01/17 (no games)
• Mon 01/18/16: BLV 98, DAK 103 (boxscore)
• Wed 01/20/16: DAK 101, TEN 107 (boxscore)
• Fri 01/22 - Mon 01/25 (no games)
• Tue 01/26/16: AZW 96, DAK 113 (boxscore)
• Thu 01/28/16: DAK 101, TXS 106 (boxscore)
• Sat 01/30/16: DAK 114, WPG 113 (boxscore)

February

• Mon 02/01 (no games)
• Wed 02/03/16: PIT 97, DAK 89 (boxscore)
• Fri 02/05/16: DAK 92, WIL 115 (boxscore)
• Sun 02/07/16: HNT 96, DAK 86 (boxscore)
• Tue 02/09/16: DAK 93, BAL 82 (boxscore)
• Thu 02/11/16: MON 103, DAK 107 (boxscore)
• Sat 02/13/16: DAK 82, LVG 87 (boxscore)
• Mon 02/15/16: DAK 88, AZW 90 (boxscore)
• Wed 02/17/16: DAK 106, TXS 104 (boxscore)
• Fri 02/19/16: WPG 94, DAK 99 (boxscore)
• Sun 02/21 (no games)
• Tue 02/23/16: DAK 88, PIT 102 (boxscore)
• Thu 02/25/16: QNS 104, DAK 98 (boxscore)
• Sat 02/27/16: TEN 100, DAK 101 (boxscore)
• Sun 02/28 (no games)

March

• Tue 03/01/16: LVG 95, DAK 98 (boxscore)
• Thu 03/03/16: DAK 93, SAS 106 (boxscore)
• Sat 03/05/16: AZW 98, DAK 100 (boxscore)
• Mon 03/07/16: TXS 87, DAK 97 (boxscore)
• Wed 03/09/16: DAK 82, WPG 88 (boxscore)
• Thu 03/10 - Mon 03/14 (All-Star Break: no games)
• Wed 03/16/16: DAK 92, TAL 103 (boxscore)
• Fri 03/18/16: DAK 91, ALB 98 (boxscore)
• Sun 03/20/16: DAK 93, HNT 85 (boxscore)
• Wed 03/23/16: WPG 101, DAK 98 (boxscore)
• Fri 03/25/16: DAK 99, AZW 100 (boxscore)
• Sun 03/27/16: DAK 98, TXS 83 (boxscore)
• Tue 03/29/16: DAK 108, SEA 107 (boxscore)
• Thu 03/31/16: ALK 100, DAK 109 (boxscore)

April

• Fri 04/01/16: WIL 100, DAK 105 (boxscore)
• Mon 04/04/16: BAL 107, DAK 113 (boxscore)
• Thu 04/07/16: BGR@DAK (boxscore)
• Sun 04/10/16: TXS 104, DAK 109 (boxscore)
• Tue 04/12/16: DAK 105, WPG 94 (boxscore)
• Thu 04/14/16: AZW 86, DAK 96 (boxscore)
• Sat 04/16/16: DAK 106, PLY 94 (boxscore)
• Tue 04/19/16: DAK 90, BLV 95 (boxscore)
• Fri 04/22/16: DAK 103, LOR 104 (boxscore)
• Sun 04/24/16: EDM 96, DAK 93 (boxscore)
• Tue 04/26/16: SJT 87, DAK 100 (boxscore)
• Thu 04/28/16: WPG 98, DAK 92 (boxscore)
• Sat 04/30/16: DAK 98, AZW 101 (boxscore)

May

• Mon 05/02/16: DAK 96, TXS 103 (boxscore)
• Wed 05/04/16: HWI 86, DAK 94 (boxscore)
• Fri 05/06/16: DAK 92, MON 103 (boxscore)

Playoffs

The Bikers slipped into the playoffs as the 8th seed. Their playoffs started 5/14/16 against the defending champions, the Santa Ana Spectrums.

Series Log

Round 1

Western Conference Quarterfinals: #1 Spectrums vs #8 Bikers

• Sat 05/14/16: DAK 96, @SAS 106 (boxscore) Santa Ana leads 1-0
• Mon 05/16/16: DAK 107, @SAS 104 (boxscore) Series tied 1-1
• Wed 05/18/16: SAS 98, @DAK 104 (boxscore) Dakota leads 2-1
• Fri 05/20/16: SAS 109, @DAK 106 (boxscore) Series tied 2-2
• Sun 05/22/16: DAK 103, @SAS 106 (boxscore) Santa Ana leads 3-2
• Tue 05/24/16: SAS 116, @DAK 117 OT (boxscore) Series tied 3-3
• Thu 05/26/16: DAK 109, @SAS 107 (boxscore) Dakota wins 4-3

Round 2

Western Conference Semifinals: #5 Howlers vs #8 Bikers

• Sat 05/28/16: DAK 107, @MON 106 OT (boxscore) Dakota leads 1-0
• Sun 05/29/16: DAK 104, @MON 109 (boxscore) Series tied 1-1
• Tue 05/31/16: MON 95, @DAK 100 (boxscore) Dakota leads 2-1
• Wed 06/01/16: MON 98, @DAK 101 (boxscore) Dakota leads 3-1
• Fri 06/03/16: DAK 103, @MON 107 (boxscore) Dakota leads 3-2
• Sun 06/05/16: MON 101, @DAK 98 (boxscore) Series tied 3-3
• Tue 06/07/16: DAK 109, @MON 112 (boxscore) Montana wins 4-3

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

Week/Month

• Player of the Week: Fenruss Brylee (Week 2)
• Player of the Week: Dylan Redfield (Week 8)

All-Star

• Matthew Silvius - Rookie All-Star Participant (Bench), 3pt Contestant (Quarterfinalist)
• Brian Delano Montgomery III - Rookie All-Star Participant (Bench)

Records

Record	Value	Player	Date of record
Minutes Played	36.3	Matthew Silvius (Long-Tailed Weasel, G)	Jan 05, 2016
Field Goals Made	13	Dylan Redfield (Red Deer, F)	Jan 26, 2016
3 Pointers Made	3	Matthew Silvius (Long-Tailed Weasel, G)	Dec 18, 2015
Free Throws Made	7	Fenruss Brylee (Black Wolf, F/C)	Mar 05, 2016
Offensive Rebounds	5	Fenruss Brylee (Black Wolf, F/C)	Mar 01, 2016
Total Rebounds	13	Fenruss Brylee (Black Wolf, F/C)	Mar 01, 2016
Assists	12	Catherine DeMille (Palm Cockatoo, G)	Apr 01, 2016
Turn Overs	3	Catherine DeMille (Palm Cockatoo, G)	Dec 07, 2015
Steals	5	Matthew Silvius (Long-Tailed Weasel, G)	Feb 03, 2016
Blocks	10	Fenruss Brylee (Black Wolf, F/C)	May 04, 2016
Points	31	Dylan Redfield (Red Deer, F)	Jan 26, 2016

* = Overall League Record

Double-Doubles

• Brian Delano Montgomery III: 1 (01/11)
• Cassidy Whitelatch: 4 (12/09, 12/26, 03/25, 04/16)
• Catherine DeMille: 1 (04/01)
• Charles Burgh: 1 (12/12)
• Fenruss Brylee: 16 (12/07, 12/15, 12/18, 01/03, 01/09, 01/11, 01/30, 03/01, 03/07, 03/16, 03/20, 03/23, 03/29, 04/04, 04/12)

Triple-Doubles

• Fenruss Brylee: 1 (05/04)

Transactions

Main article: 2016 Transactions

Overview

Dakota Bikers

Players Added Via Draft Matthew Silvius (Long-Tailed Weasel, G) Brian Delano Montgomery III (Dragon, C/F) Via Free Agency Gris Ful (Pacific Lamprey, G) Keitaro Kurosaki (Black Tip Reef Shark, F) Ryan Malone (Kangaroo, G) Catherine DeMille (Palm Cockatoo, G) Via Trade Charles Burgh (Polar Bear, C) (from Kahunas)

Players Lost Waivers/Buyouts Via Free Agency Griff Rasputin (Kodiak Bear, C) Roxanne Proctor (Fossa, G/F) Via Trade Simon Thal (Aurochs, C) (to Kahunas) Aesop Tecumseh (Northern Pike, G) (to the Thrust)

Trades

07/30/15	To Bikers Charles Burgh $2m in 2016-2017 cap	To Kahunas Simon Thal $1.5m in current cap
07/30/15	To Bikers 2016 2nd rd pick	To Thrust Aesop Tecumseh

Free Agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former Team
Gris Ful (Pacific Lamprey, G)	1yr - $1m	Restricted Free Agency
Keitaro Kurosaki (Black Tip Reef Shark, F)	1yr - $2m	Contract Extension
Ryan Malone (Kangaroo, G)	2yr - $16m	Contract Extension
Catherine DeMille (Palm Cockatoo, G)	2yr - $9.5m	Contract Extension

Subtractions

Player	Reason Left	Team if applicable
Griff Rasputin (Kodiak Bear, C)	Free Agent	RETIRED
Roxanne Proctor (Fossa, G/F)	Free Agent	N/A