STORM WATCH Saturday, February 21, 2015

Island Storm Regular Season Record Breakdown ATLANTIC DIVISION CENTRAL DIVISION Vs Vs Vs Vs Vs Atlantic Vs Vs Vs Vs Vs Vs Vs Central SEASON Hal Mct SJ Division Bra Lnd Mss Win Ott Que Mtl Division HOME 10-3 2-1 3-1 3-0 8-2 0-1 0-0 1-0 1-0 2-1 AWAY 9-7 2-2 3-1 2-2 7-5 1-0 0-1 1-0 0-1 2-2 OVERALL 19-10 4-3 6-2 5-2 15-7 1-1 0-1 2-0 1-1 4-3

2013-14 22-18 7-3 5-5 7-3 19-11 0-2 0-2 1-1 1-1 1-1 3-7 2012-13 26-14 5-3 5-3 5-3 15-9 3-1 2-2 2-2 4-0 11-5 2011-12 12-24 1-5 3-3 3-3 0-6 3-3 2-4 ALL-TIME 79-66 17-16 19-13 20-11 49-27 1-3 3-10 8-6 4-4 1-1 2-4 4-0 16-15

Island Storm Regular Season Monthly Record Breakdown November December January February March 2014-15 5-4 4-2 8-2 2-2 --- 2013-14 5-5 6-3 5-5 6-5 --- 2012-13 5-6 6-3 6-2 3-3 6-0 2011-12 5-4 2-7 3-6 2-5 0-2 ALL- 20-19 18-15 22-15 11-14 6-2 TIME

Team Breakdown: With a chance to clinch its second Atlantic Division Atlantic Division title in the past three years, the Standings Storm took on the second-place on (As of Feb. 21, 11:00 am) Thursday at Eastlink Centre in Charlottetown. Unfortunately, a poor third quarter and start of the W L GBL 1. STORM 19 10 --- fourth period proved disastrous as the Storm lost 2. Halifax 17 12 2 107-110. The Storm led 50-48 at halftime. In the 3. St. John 15 14 4 third quarter the Rainmen led by four with 5:12 left 4. Moncton 7 20 11 in the period. They then went on a 6-0 run to increase their lead to 10 with 4:40 left in the third. They would increase their lead to 12 (83-71) after the third period. Halifax led by 18 points (94-76) with 8:50 left in the game. With 4:31 left, the Storm had brought the deficit down to three (95-98) after Billy Rush sank a three. Halifax would bring the lead up to 12 (109-97) with 0:49 left to go. Although the Storm would out-score the Rainmen 10-1 the rest of the way, they would lose their third home game of the year……The Storm lead the Atlantic Division by two games over the Rainmen with each team having three games left to play. The Storm plays the Mill Rats on Sunday, the Lightning on Monday and the Rainmen on Thursday. All three games are at home. Halifax will entertain the on Saturday, host the on Sunday before their last game on Thursday in Charlottetown……The Storm record goes to 19-10 with a 10-3 record at Eastlink Centre. Their three home losses were against Brampton A’s (122-125, Dec. 5), Moncton Miracles (111-120, Jan. 25) and Thursday’s loss to Halifax (107-110). The Storm has lost two of their last three home games, after posting a seven-game home winning streak……The Storm is 4-4 in its last eight games…..This is the 19th game this season that the Storm has been involved in a game that was decided by less than 10 points. The Storm is 14-5 in such games…..The Storm led 50-48 at half. They have a 12-3 record (5-2 at home) when they lead at the break…….The Rainmen led 83-71 after three periods. The Storm is 7-9 when trailing heading into the last period……The Storm has scored 100 or more points in 23 of its 29 games. They are 17-6 in such games……The Storm shot 45.2% (38 for 84) while Halifax was 52.4% (43 for 82). It is the 12th game where the opposition has out-shot the Storm. The Storm is a dismal 3-9 in such games. The Storm is 4-4 when the opposition shoot at least 50%...... The Rainmen out-rebounded the Storm 52-45. The Storm is 6-4 when the opposition has posted more rebounds…….For the 17th game this season, the Storm had more assists than the opposition (25-21). They are 14-3 in such games……For only the 10th time this year, the opposition has posted more turnovers than the Storm. The Storm is 7-3 in such games……..The Storm is 4-3 this season against the Rainmen. The Rainmen won the first game between the two. Then the Storm reeled off four wins in a row. Halifax has won the last two, January 18 (101-112) and February 19 (107-110).

Foul-Line Woes

The Storm was only 22 for 34 (64.7%) from the line. They have missed 22 foul shots in the last two games (44 for 66 – 66.7%). The Storm has shot less than 70% from the charity stripe in nine games this season. They won the first seven such games, but have lost the last two. The 64.7% is the fourth lowest of the season.

February Blues

With the last two losses, the Storm’s record for February goes to 2-2. They have an all-time February record of 11-14. It is the only month that the Storm has more losses than wins. They are 20-19 in November, all-time, 18-15 in December, 22-15 in January and 6-2 in March.

Islander Day Game Postponed

For the eighth time in franchise history, the Storm had a game STORM POSTPONED GAMES postponed when the Islander Day 1011-12 game at home against the London None

Lightning was postponed due to a 2012-13 raging snow blizzard. It was the ORIGINAL RESCHEDULED CAUSE first postponement of the season St. John at STORM 02/18/13 03/05/13 Weather for the Storm. Two of the last STORM at London 02/10/13 02/23/13 Weather three Islander Day games have had to be postponed with the February 2013-14 18, 2013 game against the Saint ORIGINAL RESCHEDULED CAUSE John Mill Rats having to be Moncton at STORM 12/10/13 02/15/14 Weather Windsor at STORM 12/15/13 12/16/13 Weather cancelled. Four of the eight STORM at Halifax 02/16/14 02/26/14 Weather postponements have been at STORM at Halifax 03/26/14 03/27/14 Weather home. This was the second game STORM at Halifax 03/27/14 03/29/14 Weather against the Lightning that has been cancelled. The Storm were 2014-15 postponed on February 10, 2013 in ORIGINAL RESCHEDULED CAUSE London at STORM 02/16/15 02/23/14 Weather London. The Storm had no postponements in their first year of existence, 2011-12.

Not So Rough

The Storm and the Rainmen were whistled for 30 fouls each in the game on Thursday. It is the third time this season that the Storm has been involved in a game with at least 60 fouls. On November 15th at London, the Storm had 37 fouls while the Lightning had 31 fouls for a total of 68 fouls. On January 3rd at home against Halifax, the Storm had 31 fouls to 34 for the Rainmen. The game had two unsportsmanlike fouls and two technical fouls. With 9:10 left in the fourth period, Nick Evans hard-fouled Freddy Appiah of the Rainmen when Appiah drove to the basket. Evans was assessed an unsportsmanlike foul. Both Liam McMorrow of the Rainmen and Evans of the Storm got into a pushing and shoving match and were both given technical fouls. With 39 seconds left in the game, Tyrone Watson of Halifax was given an unsportsmanlike foul on Nick Okorie of the Storm.

Halifax Dominates Middle Periods

Although the middle two periods were kinder for the Storm (47.2% percentage in middle periods as opposed to 43.8% in the first and fourth combined), it was a bonanza for the Halifax Rainmen. The Rainmen shot 41.5% in periods one and four combined but a sparkling 63.4% in the middle frames. In a span of 13:20 (from 10:10 left in the third period when the score was tied 52-52 until 8:50 left in the fourth quarter when the score was 94-76 for the Rainmen), the Rainmen out-scored the Storm 42-24. In that time, Halifax shot 73.9% (17 for 23) from the field. Meanwhile the Storm shot 40% (8 for 20). At one point, Halifax made eight of nine shots.

STORM RAINMEN Per. 1 & 4 21 48 .438 17 41 .415 Per. 2 & 3 17 36 .472 26 41 .634

Field Goal Percentage by Quarter 80 70 60 68.2 50 57.9 40 47.6 46.7 Storm 44.4 44.4 43.3

Percentage 30 39.1 Rainmen 20 10 0 1 2 3 4 Quarter

Nick Okorie

Nick Okorie led the Storm with 27 points. It was the 15th time in his Storm career that Okorie has scored at least 25 Career Points (Regular Season & Playoffs) points. Seven of those occurrences took place in the 1 Antonio Ballard 1613 playoffs. That puts 2 Brandon Robinson 1274 Okorie in third place in franchise history for number of 3 Al Stewart 1184 25-point games. Antonio Ballard leads the way with 19 4 Greg Plummer 1058 such games and Brandon Robinson has 16. Okorie needs just 24 more points to become the fifth Storm player to 5 Nick Okorie 976 score 1000 points (regular season and playoffs) as a 6 Mike Williams 819 member of the Storm. Okorie now has 98 career 7 Nick Evans 626 successful three-pointers (regular season and playoffs). 8 Chris Cayole 603 With two more successful treys, he would become the 9 565 fourth Storm player to reach 100 in team history. Okorie 10 Adrian Moss 548 led the Storm with a player efficiency rating of 26 against Halifax.

Brandon Robinson

Brandon Robinson had 10 points against Halifax. He has scored at least 10 points in his last 16 games, tying him with Omari Johnson for the third longest streak in club history. Lately Robinson has struggled from beyond the arc. He has not recorded a successful three in the past two games and is only 2 for 19 (10.5%) in the past four games. Robinson has 99 career steals (regular season and playoffs) and needs one more to become the fourth Storm player to reach 100 steals.

Nick Evans

Nick Evans recorded the only double-double of the game against Halifax. He had 10 points and 11 assists. It was his sixth double-double of the year, tied with Brandon Robinson for the team lead. Evans has played 72 regular season games as a member of the Storm. It ranks him in third place on the Storm’s all-time games-played list. Al Stewart leads the way with 96 and Doug McKinney has played 79. Nick Evans had three blocked shots against Halifax to become the first Storm player with 50 blocked shots (regular season and playoffs).

Billy Rush

Billy Rush was the only Storm player with a positive plus/minus rating against the Rainmen. He was +17. All other players had negative ratings.

Louis Birdsong

Louis Birdsong has missed the past three games with a leg injury.

RECORD COMPARISONS

2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

After 23 Games 9-14 14-9 11-12 15-8 After 24 Games 9-15 15-9 11-13 16-8 After 25 Games 9-16 15-10 12-13 17-8 After 26 Games 10-16 16-10 13-13 18-8 After 27 Games 10-17 17-10 14-13 19-8 After 28 Games 10-18 17-11 15-13 19-9 After 29 Games 10-19 18-11 16-13 19-10 After 30 Games 10-20 18-12 17-13 After 31 Games 11-20 19-12 17-14 After 32 Games 11-21 19-13 18-14

ATTENDANCE COMPARISON

The Storm only drew 1,081 fans last Thursday. It stands as the fifth lowest crowd in franchise history and the third lowest in Charlottetown.

2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 Home Date Att. Date Att. Date Att. Date Att. Game 1 Nov. 3, 2011 2,238 Nov. 2, 2012 2,119 Nov. 2, 2013 2,564 Nov. 6, 2014 2,320 2 Nov. 4, 2011 2,065 Nov. 9, 2012 2,042 Nov. 3, 2013 2,050 Nov. 30, 2014 1,850 3 Nov. 17, 2011 1,894 Nov. 23, 2012 2,073 Nov. 7, 2013 1,660 Dec. 5, 2014 1,460 4 Nov. 18, 2011 1,936 Nov. 30, 2012 1,676 Nov. 14, 2013 1,894 Dec. 7, 2014 1,030 5 Dec.1, 2011 1,866 Dec. 2, 2012 1,602 Nov. 24, 2013 1,306 Dec. 26, 2014 1,843 6 Dec. 2, 2011 1,608 Dec. 7, 2012 2,083 Nov. 30, 2013 1,109 Dec. 31, 2014 1,755 7 Dec. 8, 2011 2,231 Dec. 14, 2012 2,014 Dec. 6, 2013 1,471 Jan. 3, 2015 1,702 8 Dec. 15, 2011 1,863 Dec. 26, 2012 1,914 Dec. 16, 2013 1,062 Jan. 11, 2015 1,716 9 Dec. 16, 2011 1,054 Dec. 28, 2012 1,847 Dec. 26, 2013 1,500 Jan. 15, 2015 1,204 10 Dec. 20, 2011 1,968 Dec. 31, 2012 2,517 Dec. 31, 2013 1,407 Jan. 16, 2015 1,802 11 Dec. 31, 2011 3,296 Jan. 18, 2013 1,711 Jan. 11, 2014 1,727 Jan. 25, 2015 1,706 12 Jan. 12, 2012 2,008 Jan. 20, 2013 1,834 Jan. 17, 2014 1,304 Feb. 7, 2015 1,827 13 Jan. 20, 2012 3.090 Jan. 24, 2013 1,353 Jan. 19, 2014 1,283 Feb. 19, 2015 1,081 14 Jan. 26, 2012 3,409 Jan. 25, 2013 1,816 Jan. 23, 2014 1,523 15 Feb. 9, 2012 3,007 Feb. 14, 2013 1,519 Jan. 29, 2014 1,196 16 Feb. 16, 2012 2,579 Mar. 5, 2013 1,039 Feb. 4, 2014 1,310 17 Feb. 20, 2012 4,017 Mar. 8, 2013 2,106 Feb. 7, 2014 1,858 18 Mar. 2, 2012 4,064 Mar. 10, ‘13 2,169 Feb. 11, 2014 1,321 19 ------Mar. 14, ‘13 1,826 Feb. 15, 2014 1,767 20 ------Mar. 16, ‘13 2,291 Feb. 17, 2014 2,211 Total TOTAL 44,148 TOTAL 37,551 TOTAL 31,523 TOTAL 21,296 gms (Average) (2,453) (Average) (1,878) (Average) (1,576) (Average) (1,638) Playoffs Date Att. Date Att. Date Att. 1 Mar. 24, ‘13 1,530 Mar. 3, 2014 1,207 2 Mar. 26, ‘13 1,239 Mar. 5, 2014 1,235 3 Apr. 2, ‘13 2,073 Mar. 12, ‘14 1,132 4 Apr. 10, ‘13 2,582 Mar. 16, ‘14 1,906 5 Apr. 12, ‘13 3,019 Mar. 24, ‘14 1,750 6 Apr. 9, ‘14 1,940 7 Apr. 11, ‘14 2,220 8 Apr. 12, ‘14 3,002 Total TOTAL 10,443 TOTAL 14,392 (5 gms) (2,089) (8 gms) (1,799)