2014-2015 Plymouth Taproots season

Plymouth Taproots
RL GM	C-Cat
RL HC	Jadedfox
Arena	Roots Garden - Plymouth, MA
Owner(s)	Chris Farrow (male Cat)
General Manager	Chris Farrow (male Cat)
Head coach	Steve Bradford (male Rat)
Results
Record	54-26
Place	Division: 1st
	Conference: 3rd
Playoff finish	Eliminated in the Semi-finals
2013-14	2015-16

The 2014-2015 Plymouth Taproots season is the 54th season of the Plymouth Taproots in the Furry Basketball Association (FBA).

Key Dates

07/25/14 Start of Free Agency

Summary

With the 2014 Rookie of the Year and the Splash Sisters, the team looks to continue their dominance in the Eastern Conference.

Draft Picks

Main article: 2014 FBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Species	Position
2	47	Jordan McGrath-Alidis	White Rabbit	F

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
Kasa Yalenchka	67	2342.4	378	812	164	380	116	118	11	56	350	62	155	4	85	1036	35	0.466	0.432	0.983	0.8	5.2	0.9	2.3	0.1	1.3	15.5
Shou Masaru	78	2430.5	362	788	131	301	134	135	34	184	410	68	135	10	122	989	31.2	0.459	0.435	0.993	2.4	5.3	0.9	1.7	0.1	1.6	12.7
Nina Lime	69	2524.7	643	1144	278	511	193	205	39	323	421	49	103	11	125	1757	36.6	0.562	0.544	0.941	4.7	6.1	0.7	1.5	0.2	1.8	25.5
Jordan McGrath-Alidis	70	1779.4	290	606	97	193	85	93	44	370	187	53	14	62	97	763	25.4	0.479	0.503	0.914	5.3	2.7	0.8	0.2	0.9	1.4	10.9
Raoul Kidane	80	2573.1	534	1029	0	1	240	312	201	775	219	83	4	200	170	1308	32.2	0.519	0	0.769	9.7	2.7	1	0.1	2.5	2.1	16.4
Darius Cole	72	1163.9	230	537	0	5	125	165	58	451	22	79	1	91	109	585	16.2	0.428	0	0.758	6.3	0.3	1.1	0	1.3	1.5	8.1
Cheeto Wolfote	74	1921.5	270	606	61	167	142	152	33	208	421	90	66	9	91	743	26	0.446	0.365	0.934	2.8	5.7	1.2	0.9	0.1	1.2	10
Christopher Zwischenberger	74	1312.9	211	497	0	0	80	102	65	407	182	71	3	57	89	502	17.7	0.425	---	0.784	5.5	2.5	1	0	0.8	1.2	6.8
Joey Juloni	51	386.3	58	144	2	5	15	17	9	70	33	24	7	6	11	133	7.6	0.403	0.4	0.882	1.4	0.6	0.5	0.1	0.1	0.2	2.6
Kortni Whitelatch	18	185.6	36	72	5	12	12	12	7	47	47	11	3	4	9	89	10.3	0.5	0.417	1	2.6	2.6	0.6	0.2	0.2	0.5	4.9
Gerrit-Jan Pretorius	71	1809.2	290	609	1	5	90	123	69	423	40	81	2	71	178	671	25.5	0.476	0.2	0.732	6	0.6	1.1	0	1	2.5	9.5
Angelo Dolph	18	192.7	17	72	2	9	1	2	3	16	43	7	9	3	11	37	10.7	0.236	0.222	0.5	0.9	2.4	0.4	0.5	0.2	0.6	2.1
Rollo Mestdagh	24	242.2	29	86	1	8	4	5	6	37	29	25	10	2	14	63	10.1	0.337	0.125	0.8	1.5	1.2	1	0.4	0.1	0.6	2.6
Jonathan Sirhan	28	302.8	18	94	0	6	13	17	9	39	9	16	2	2	20	49	10.8	0.191	0	0.765	1.4	0.3	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.7	1.8
Mark Ferramin	25	224.8	36	93	0	0	26	35	17	109	5	17	0	14	22	98	9	0.387	---	0.743	4.4	0.2	0.7	0	0.6	0.9	3.9
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

Depth Chart

PLY Roster

Starters

Bench

Reserves

38 Gerrit-Jan Pretorius
1 Angelo Dolph

Deep Reserves

**Plymouth Taproots Roster**
Starters
Point Guard		Shooting Guard		Small Forward		Power Forward		Center

39	Tory Marrón (Pampas Fox, G)	69	Trevor Cruz (Painted Bat, G/F)	0	Tahiry Andriamatsinoro (Ring-Tailed Lemur, F)	84	Michael River (Water Deer, F)	17	Natalie Bellemare (Atlantic Puffin, C/F)
Bench
Bigfur		Guard		Swingfur		Forward		Guard
								100px
33	Jake Turner (Red Fox, C/F)	11	Kinny DeMarcus (Hairy Bush Viper, G)	6	Yesina Selas (Ruffed Red Lemur, G/F)	32	Amelia Odessa Springer (Goat, F)	4	Martin Kreilinger (Prairie Dog, G)
Reserves				Deep Reserves
Bigfur		Guard		Center		Forward		Swingfur

9	Samantha Canuteson (Orca, C/F)	11	Sofía Kikian (Sand Cat, G)	61	Pierre Caro (Fossa, C)	65	Lucien Ngoy (Fossa, F)	15	Vincent Maraundi (Caracal, G/F)

Head Coach Use Only:

Pre-season

Plymouth Taproots 2014 Pre-season

Wed 10/15/14: DAK 89 @PLY 115 (boxscore)

Regular Season

Main article: 2015 Schedule

The regular season opener was held on Saturday November 1st hosting the Tallahassee Typhoons.

Standings

Team	Record	Conf.	Div.	GB
Northern Division
y-Plymouth Taproots	54-26	33-23	13-11	---
x-Albany Alphas	53-27	38-18	15-9	1
x-Bangor Tides	42-38	26-30	10-14	12
Newark Pride	32-48	19-37	10-14	22

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: TEN 78, PLY 82 (boxscore)
Wed 11/05/14: LOR 103, PLY 94 (boxscore)
Fri 11/07/14: PIT 105, PLY 106 (boxscore)
Sun 11/09/14: PLY 99, EDM 117 (boxscore)
Tue 11/11/14: PLY 90, ALB 96 (boxscore)
Thu 11/13/14: PLY 102, WPG 92 (boxscore)
Sat 11/15/14: SFW 121, PLY 122 (boxscore)
Mon 11/17/14: ALK 103, PLY 109 (boxscore)
Wed 11/19/14: HWI 111, PLY 113 (boxscore)
Fri 11/21/14: NWK 107, PLY 105 (boxscore)
Sun 11/23/14: PLY 121, BGR 107 (boxscore)
Tue 11/25/14: PLY 113, BLV 101 (boxscore)
Fri 11/28/14: TXS 96, PLY 112 (boxscore)
Sun 11/30/14: ALB 138, PLY 136 OT (boxscore)

December

Tue 12/02/14: PLY 107, HNT 109 (boxscore)
Thu 12/04/14: BGR 108, PLY 120 (boxscore)
Thu 12/11/14: PLY 104, BAL 108 (boxscore)
Sat 12/13/14: PLY 119, WIL 97 (boxscore)
Mon 12/15/14: PLY 126, NWK 115 (boxscore)
Wed 12/17/14: LVG 106, PLY 116 (boxscore)
Fri 12/19/14: PLY 112, TEN 99 (boxscore)
Sun 12/21/14: PLY 117. PIT 124 (boxscore)
Tue 12/23/14: SEA 104, PLY 127 (boxscore)
Thu 12/25/14: PLY 128, LOR 104 (boxscore)
Sat 12/27/14: PLY 117, DAK 115 (boxscore)
Mon 12/29/14: PLY 124, MON 118 (boxscore)
Wed 12/31/14: BLV 88, PLY 111 (boxscore)

January

Fri 01/02/15: PLY 112, ALB 119 (boxscore)
Sun 01/04/15: WIL 109, PLY 120 (boxscore)
Tue 01/06/15: BAL 109, PLY 112 (boxscore)
Thu 01/08/15: PLY 103, NWK 104 OT (boxscore)
Sat 01/10/15: BGR 126, PLY 128 (boxscore)
Mon 01/12/15: PLY 103, SAS 111 (boxscore)
Wed 01/14/15: PLY 118, SJT 114 (boxscore)
Wed 01/21/15: HNT 114, PLY 110 (boxscore)
Fri 01/23/15: PLY 105, TAL 114 (boxscore)
Sun 01/25/15: NWK 100, PLY 96 (boxscore)
Tue 01/27/15: ALB 107, PLY 109 (boxscore)
Thu 01/29/15: PLY 100, BGR 101 (boxscore)
Sat 01/31/15: PLY 108, BLV 106 (boxscore)

February

Mon 02/02/15: TEN 100, PLY 105 (boxscore)
Wed 02/04/15: EDM 103, PLY 104 (boxscore)
Fri 02/06/15: PLY 108, HWI 99 (boxscore)
Sun 02/08/15: SJT 97, PLY 112 (boxscore)
Tue 02/10/15: TAL 111, PLY 109 (boxscore)
Thu 02/12/15: PIT 103, PLY 113 (boxscore)
Sat 02/14/15: BAL 91, PLY 115 (boxscore)
Mon 02/16/15: PLY 99, HNT 102 (boxscore)
Wed 02/18/15: PLY 117, SFW 115 (boxscore)
Wed 02/25/15: DAK 109, PLY 119 (boxscore)
Fri 02/27/15: WPG 107, PLY 101 (boxscore)

March

Sun 03/01/15: PLY 115, ALK 101 (boxscore)
Tue 03/03/15: SAS 107, PLY 111 (boxscore)
Thu 03/05/15: PLY 112, SEA 101 (boxscore)
Sat 03/07/15: PLY 110, LVG 99 (boxscore)
Mon 03/09/15: PLY 116, WIL 101 (boxscore)
Wed 03/11/15: BLV 99, PLY 121 (boxscore)
Fri 03/13/15: LOR 94, PLY 117 (boxscore)
Sun 03/15/15: MON 89, PLY 108 (boxscore)
Tue 03/17/15: PLY 113, TEN 86 (boxscore)
Thu 03/19/15: PLY 116, ALB 117 (boxscore)
Sat 03/21/15: BGR 96, PLY 116 (boxscore)
Mon 03/23/15: NWK 106, PLY 118 (boxscore)
Wed 03/25/15: PLY 105, TXS 100 (boxscore)

April

Wed 04/01/15: HNT 107, PLY 118 (boxscore)
Fri 04/03/15: PLY 108, BGR 111 (boxscore)
Sun 04/05/15: PLY 95, BAL 100 (boxscore)
Tue 04/07/15: PLY 105, NWK 110 (boxscore)
Thu 04/09/15: ALB 96, PLY 101 (boxscore)
Sat 04/11/15: PLY 78, TAL 104 (boxscore)
Mon 04/13/15: NWK 90, PLY 101 (boxscore)
Wed 04/15/15: PLY 105, BGR 101 (boxscore)
Fri 04/17/15: ALB 108, PLY 113 (boxscore)
Sun 04/19/15: PLY 106, PIT 115 (boxscore)
Tue 04/21/15: BGR 101, PLY 114 (boxscore)
Thu 04/23/15: PLY 106, NWK 96 (boxscore)
Sat 04/25/15: PLY 114, ALB 119 (boxscore)
Mon 04/27/15: WIL 83, PLY 102 (boxscore)
Wed 04/29/15: PLY 113, LOR 101 (boxscore)

Playoffs

Main article: 2015 FBA Playoffs

The Plymouth Taproots won the Northern Division and clinches the #3 seed in the Eastern Conference. They faced the Bangor Tides in the first round of the playoff. They deafeted the Tides in a 5 game series and went on to face the Pittsburgh Keystones in the 2nd round. They would lose to the Taproots in a 7 game series.

Series Log

Eastern Conference Quarterfinals: #3 PLY vs #6 BGR

Wed 05/06/15: BGR 96, @PLY 104 (boxscore) PLY leads 1-0
Fri 05/08/15: BGR 96, @PLY 98 (boxscore) PLY leads 2-0
Sun 05/10/15: PLY 105, @BGR 98 (boxscore) PLY leads 3-0
Tue 05/12/15: PLY 95, @BGR 98 (boxscore) PLY leads 3-1
Thu 05/14/15: BGR 92, @PLY 99 (boxscore) PLY wins 4-1

Eastern Conference Semifinals: #2 PIT vs #3 PLY

Wed 05/20/15: PLY 97, @PIT 107 (boxscore) PIT leads 1-0
Fri 05/22/15: PLY 109, @PIT 113 (boxscore) PIT leads 2-0
Sun 05/24/15: PIT 106, @PLY 108 (boxscore) PIT leads 2-1
Tue 05/26/15: PIT 106, @PLY 110 (boxscore) Series tied 2-2
Thu 05/28/15: PLY 102, @PIT 104 (boxscore) PIT leads 3-2
Sat 05/30/15: PIT 97, @PLY 98 (boxscore) Series tied 3-3
Mon 06/01/15: PLY 96, @PIT 107 (boxscore) PIT wins 4-3

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
Angelo Dolph	12	59.7	4	14	0	2	1	1	3	4	12	2	2	0	0	9	5.0	0.286	0.000	1.000	0.3	1.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.8
Cheeto Wolfote	12	185	31	73	8	26	9	13	6	15	49	9	8	0	8	79	15.4	0.425	0.308	0.692	1.3	4.1	0.8	0.7	0.0	0.7	6.6
Christopher Zwischenberger	12	312	42	85	0	0	19	21	13	60	24	6	1	7	22	103	26.0	0.494	---	0.905	5.0	2.0	0.5	0.1	0.6	1.8	8.6
Darius Cole	12	199.4	32	70	1	1	12	15	7	59	2	10	2	12	15	77	16.6	0.457	1.000	0.800	4.9	0.2	0.8	0.2	1.0	1.3	6.4
Gerrit-Jan Pretorius	12	147.8	29	50	0	0	9	9	10	39	1	8	0	6	13	67	12.3	0.580	---	1.000	3.3	0.1	0.7	0.0	0.5	1.1	5.6
Joey Juloni	12	72	12	37	1	9	1	3	2	9	8	4	3	0	3	26	6.0	0.324	0.111	0.333	0.8	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	2.2
Jonathan Sirhan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan McGrath-Alidis	12	194.6	26	55	4	15	10	10	5	42	7	8	0	5	19	66	16.2	0.473	0.267	1.000	3.5	0.6	0.7	0.0	0.4	1.6	5.5
Kasa Yalenchka	12	406.6	54	123	24	57	24	24	6	13	62	8	25	0	23	156	33.9	0.439	0.421	1.000	1.1	5.2	0.7	2.1	0.0	1.9	13.0
Kortni Whitelatch	12	72.1	12	24	3	9	5	5	4	19	12	7	0	0	1	32	6.0	0.500	0.333	1.000	1.6	1.0	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.1	2.7
Mark Ferramin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nina Lime	12	413.8	92	168	37	68	40	45	3	42	51	8	17	1	30	261	34.5	0.548	0.544	0.889	3.5	4.3	0.7	1.4	0.1	2.5	21.8
Raoul Kidane	12	404.2	75	138	0	0	41	56	29	112	21	9	2	26	33	191	33.7	0.543	---	0.732	9.3	1.8	0.8	0.2	2.2	2.8	15.9
Rollo Mestdagh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shou Masaru	12	412.7	57	124	15	40	25	26	3	23	67	7	20	2	25	154	34.4	0.460	0.375	0.962	1.9	5.6	0.6	1.7	0.2	2.1	12.8
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

Records

Record	Value	Player	Date of record
Minutes Played	49.8*	Nina Lime (Wolf, G/F)	Jan 10, 2015
Field Goals Made	15	Nina Lime (Wolf, G/F)	Mar 23, 2015
3 Pointers Made	6	Nina Lime (Wolf, G/F)	Dec 17, 2014
Free Throws Made	7	Raoul Kidane (Ethiopian Wolf, C)	Feb 10, 2015
Offensive Rebounds	8	Raoul Kidane (Ethiopian Wolf, C)	Dec 13, 2014
Total Rebounds	13	Raoul Kidane (Ethiopian Wolf, C)	Nov 21, 2014
Assists	15*	Cheeto Wolfote (Wolfote, G)	Jan 4, 2015
Turn Overs	4	Cheeto Wolfote (Wolfote, G)	Jan 4, 2015
Steals	5	Nina Lime (Wolf, G/F)	Mar 25, 2015
Blocks	6*	Raoul Kidane (Ethiopian Wolf, C)	Dec 21, 2014
Points	38	Nina Lime (Wolf, G/F)	Mar 23, 2015

* = Current League Record

Transactions

Main article: 2015 Transactions

Overview

Plymouth Taproots

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(none)

Via Trade

(none) (yet)

Players Lost

Waivers/Buyouts

(none)

Via Free Agency

(none)

Via Trade

(none) (yet)

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