2015–16 Illawarra Hawks season

2015–16 Illawarra Hawks season
Head coach	Rob Beveridge
Captain	Oscar Forman
Arena	Wollongong Entertainment Centre
NBL results
Record	17–11 (60.7%)
Ladder	3rd
Finals finish	Semifinalists
Stats at NBL.com.au
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The 2015–16 NBL season is the 38th season for the Illawarra Hawks in the NBL. Following two seasons without making the playoffs, the Hawks enlisted the services of championship winning coach Rob Beveridge in an attempt to win the championship.

Off-season

Illawarra Hawks announced the re-signing of key players Rhys Martin,^[1] Oscar Forman,^[2] Tyson Demos,^[3] Larry Davidson,^[4] and club MVP Tim Coenraad.^[5]

Additions

Player	Signed	Former Team
Kirk Penney	26 July 2015^[6]	CB Sevilla
Kevin White	15 July 2015^[7]	Hobart Chargers
Kevin Lisch	6 July 2015^[8]	Perth Wildcats

Subtractions

Player	Reason Left	New Team

Current roster

Illawarra Hawks roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.
G/F	2	Demos, Tyson	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	92 kg (203 lb)
G	3	White, Kevin	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	90 kg (198 lb)
C	6	Ogilvy, Andrew	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	115 kg (254 lb)
F	7	Forman, Oscar (C)	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	103 kg (227 lb)
G/F	8	Penney, Kirk	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	98 kg (216 lb)
SF	9	Jamieson, Luke (DP)	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	80 kg (176 lb)
F/C	10	Davidson, Larry	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	105 kg (231 lb)
G	11	Lisch, Kevin (I)	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	88 kg (194 lb)
PG	13	Martin, Rhys	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	84 kg (185 lb)
SF	22	Coenraad, Tim	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	97 kg (214 lb)
PF	24	Ellis, Cody	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	110 kg (243 lb)
SG	25	Tolovae, Tony (DP)	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
PG	97	Weeks, Jarrad	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)

Head coach

Rob Beveridge

Assistant coach(es)

Eric Cooks
Matt Flinn

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Development player
(I) Import player
Injured

Roster

Updated: 10 August 2015

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Reserve
C	Andrew Ogilvy	Larry Davidson
PF	Oscar Forman	Cody Ellis
SF	Tim Coenraad	Tyson Demos	Luke Jamieson
SG	Kirk Penney	Tony Tolovae		Kevin Lisch
PG	Kevin White	Jarrad Weeks		Rhys Martin

Regular season

Standings

Pos	2015–16 NBL season v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	Last 5	Streak	Home	Away	PF	PA	PP
1	Melbourne United¹	28	18	10	64.29%	2–3	L2	11–3	7–7	2384	2342	101.79%
2	Perth Wildcats¹	28	18	10	64.29%	3–2	W1	12–2	6–8	2391	2266	105.52%
3	Illawarra Hawks	28	17	11	60.71%	3–2	W2	11–3	6–8	2637	2486	106.07%
4	New Zealand Breakers	28	16	12	57.14%	5–0	W5	11–3	5–9	2357	2282	103.29%

5	Adelaide 36ers	28	14	14	50.00%	1–4	L4	10–4	4–10	2495	2500	99.80%
6	Cairns Taipans	28	12	16	42.86%	2–3	L2	11–3	1–13	2238	2354	95.07%
7	Townsville Crocodiles	28	11	17	39.29%	3–2	W2	8–6	3–11	2271	2390	95.02%
8	Sydney Kings	28	6	22	21.43%	1–4	L1	5–9	1–13	2416	2569	94.04%

Updated to match(es) played on 14 February 2016. Source: NBL.com.au

Game log

2015–16 game log

October: 3–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 2–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	8 October	@ Cairns	L 74–79	Kirk Penney (12)	Andrew Ogilvy (9)	Tim Coenraad (9)	Cairns Convention Centre –	0–1
2	11 October	@ Melbourne	L 81–93	Andrew Ogilvy (20)	Andrew Ogilvy (15)	Kevin White (5)	Hisense Arena –	0–2
3	14 October	NZ Breakers	W 96–75	Kirk Penney (36)	Andrew Ogilvy (10)	Tyson Demos (5)	WIN Entertainment Centre –	1–2
4	17 October	@ Sydney	W 100–86	Oscar Forman (24)	Oscar Forman (10)	Andrew Ogilvy (6)	Sydney Entertainment Centre –	2–2
5	25 October	Perth	L 99–106	Andrew Ogilvy (21)	Oscar Forman (6)	Kevin Lisch (7)	WIN Entertainment Centre –	2–3
6	28 October	@ Townsville	W 96–88	Andrew Ogilvy (28)	Andrew Ogilvy (13)	Kirk Penney (5)	Townsville Entertainment Centre –	3–3

Finals

Player statistics

Regular season

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Player	Min	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG
Tim Coenraad	000:00	.000	.000	.000	.0	.0	.0	.0
Larry Davidson	000:00	.000	.000	.000	.0	.0	.0	.0
Tyson Demos	000:00	.000	.000	.000	.0	.0	.0	.0
Kevin White	000:00	.000	.000	.000	.0	.0	.0	.0
Andrew Ogilvy	000:00	.000	.000	.000	.0	.0	.0	.0
Oscar Forman	000:00	.000	.000	.000	.0	.0	.0	.0
Kirk Penney	000:00	.000	.000	.000	.0	.0	.0	.0
Luke Jamieson	000:00	.000	.000	.000	.0	.0	.0	.0
Kevin Lisch	000:00	.000	.000	.000	.0	.0	.0	.0
Cody Ellis	000:00	.000	.000	.000	.0	.0	.0	.0
Rhys Martin	000:00	.000	.000	.000	.0	.0	.0	.0
Tony Tolovae	000:00	.000	.000	.000	.0	.0	.0	.0
Jarrad Weeks	000:00	.000	.000	.000	.0	.0	.0	.0

Finals

Awards

Player of the Week

Player of the Month

Coach of the Month

References

^ "RHYS MARTIN RE-SIGNS WITH HAWKS". hawks.com.au. 25 June 2015. Archived from the original on 22 September 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
^ "SHARP SHOOTER OSCAR FORMAN SIGNS WITH HAWKS". hawks.com.au. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
^ "ILLAWARRA JUNIOR TYSON DEMOS SIGNS WITH THE HAWKS". hawks.com.au. 3 July 2015. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
^ "LARRY DAVIDSON IS BACK FOR HIS 9TH SEASON WITH THE HAWKS". hawks.com.au. 9 July 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
^ "HAWKS MVP TIM COENRAAD RETURNS". hawks.com.au. 13 July 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
^ "Hawks sign another former NBL MVP, NZ's Kirk Penney". hawks.com.au. 26 July 2015. Archived from the original on 14 September 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
^ "Former King, Kevin White joins Illawarra". hawks.com.au. 15 July 2015. Archived from the original on 14 September 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
^ "Hawks secure 2012 NBL MVP, Kevin Lisch". hawks.com.au. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015.