1996-97 Dakota Wizards Statistics
Team Record: 17-13
Finishing 2nd in the IBA
Lost Championship
Coach: Jay Garmatz (17-13)
Location: Bismarck, North Dakota
The Dakota Wizards of the International Basketball Association ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 17 wins and 13 losses, finishing second in the IBA.
Jay Garmatz coached the team. The 1996-97 Dakota Wizards lost in the Championship.
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Player Totals:
| Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Jones | G | 30 | 1117 | 580 | 241 | 246 | 100 | 207 | 171 | 0 | 0 | 167 | 108 | 57 | 9 | 0 | 122 | 753 |
| Willie Murdaugh | G | 30 | 976 | 322 | 174 | 98 | 48 | 149 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 225 | 100 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 105 | 521 |
| Robert Bennett | F | 23 | 851 | 306 | 144 | 6 | 1 | 109 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 237 | 66 | 30 | 41 | 0 | 59 | 365 |
| Paul O'liney | G | 30 | 834 | 239 | 103 | 82 | 25 | 135 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 100 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 71 | 326 |
| Rick Hughes | F | 15 | 440 | 222 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 136 | 29 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 47 | 298 |
| Joe McLean | G | 19 | 690 | 246 | 110 | 63 | 21 | 71 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 46 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 295 |
| Peter Patton | G | 30 | 1179 | 215 | 91 | 72 | 30 | 60 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 180 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 98 | 258 |
| Todd Sigel | G | 21 | 211 | 104 | 44 | 52 | 17 | 49 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 139 |
| Kevin Beard | F | 25 | 449 | 72 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 57 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 12 | 13 | 32 | 0 | 70 | 115 |
| Ivan Patterson | G | 12 | 211 | 88 | 43 | 20 | 8 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 100 |
| Curt Smith | G | 5 | 102 | 44 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 58 |
| Sean Simpson | F | 7 | 71 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 32 |
| Chris Allen | F | 5 | 72 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 19 |
| Mike Hidden | G | 8 | 97 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| Totals | 260 | 7300 | 2498 | 1152 | 657 | 254 | 980 | 731 | 0 | 0 | 1283 | 687 | 310 | 110 | 0 | 712 | 3289 |
Player Averages:
| Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Jones | G | 30 | 37.2 | 41.6 | 40.7 | 82.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 3.6 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 25.1 |
| Willie Murdaugh | G | 30 | 32.5 | 54.0 | 49.0 | 83.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.5 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 17.4 |
| Robert Bennett | F | 23 | 37.0 | 47.1 | 16.7 | 69.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.3 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 15.9 |
| Paul O'liney | G | 30 | 27.8 | 43.1 | 30.5 | 70.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 10.9 |
| Rick Hughes | F | 15 | 29.3 | 52.3 | 81.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.1 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 19.9 | |
| Joe McLean | G | 19 | 36.3 | 44.7 | 33.3 | 76.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 15.5 |
| Peter Patton | G | 30 | 39.3 | 42.3 | 41.7 | 76.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 8.6 |
| Todd Sigel | G | 21 | 10.0 | 42.3 | 32.7 | 69.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 6.6 |
| Kevin Beard | F | 25 | 18.0 | 54.2 | 100.0 | 63.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 4.6 |
| Ivan Patterson | G | 12 | 17.6 | 48.9 | 40.0 | 28.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 8.3 |
| Curt Smith | G | 5 | 20.4 | 59.1 | 33.3 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 11.6 |
| Sean Simpson | F | 7 | 10.1 | 54.5 | 38.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 4.6 | |
| Chris Allen | F | 5 | 14.4 | 41.2 | 45.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 3.8 | |
| Mike Hidden | G | 8 | 12.1 | 9.5 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.3 |
| Averages | 260 | 28.1 | 46.1 | 38.7 | 74.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 12.7 |
Postseason - Player Totals:
| Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Bennett | F | 6 | 207 | 80 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 114 |
| Curt Smith | G | 6 | 161 | 86 | 40 | 16 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 100 |
| Willie Murdaugh | G | 6 | 175 | 73 | 32 | 20 | 6 | 42 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 22 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 98 |
| Mike Jones | G | 6 | 178 | 90 | 32 | 38 | 12 | 26 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 95 |
| Joe McLean | G | 6 | 179 | 66 | 25 | 18 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 74 |
| Paul O'liney | G | 6 | 142 | 56 | 29 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 71 |
| Peter Patton | G | 6 | 220 | 39 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 42 |
| Kevin Beard | F | 5 | 72 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 25 |
| Todd Sigel | G | 5 | 62 | 28 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Rick Hughes | F | 4 | 44 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| Totals | 56 | 1440 | 548 | 241 | 138 | 37 | 171 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 296 | 128 | 81 | 13 | 0 | 160 | 650 |
Postseason Player Averages:
| Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Bennett | F | 6 | 34.5 | 55.0 | 0.0 | 76.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.3 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 19.0 |
| Curt Smith | G | 6 | 26.8 | 46.5 | 31.3 | 93.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 16.7 |
| Willie Murdaugh | G | 6 | 29.2 | 43.8 | 30.0 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.3 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 16.3 |
| Mike Jones | G | 6 | 29.7 | 35.6 | 31.6 | 73.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.2 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 15.8 |
| Joe McLean | G | 6 | 29.8 | 37.9 | 22.2 | 90.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 12.3 |
| Paul O'liney | G | 6 | 23.7 | 51.8 | 26.7 | 60.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 11.8 |
| Peter Patton | G | 6 | 36.7 | 43.6 | 30.8 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 4.8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 7.0 |
| Kevin Beard | F | 5 | 14.4 | 55.6 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 5.0 |
| Todd Sigel | G | 5 | 12.4 | 25.0 | 14.3 | 80.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 |
| Rick Hughes | F | 4 | 11.0 | 41.7 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 2.8 | |
| Averages | 56 | 25.7 | 44.0 | 26.8 | 76.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 11.6 |
