NEW YORK – The Fort Wayne Mad Ants' Steve Gansey today was named the NBA Development League Coach of the Month for games played in November.
Gansey led Fort Wayne to a 6-0 record in November, the NBA D-League's only undefeated team for the month. The Mad Ants ranked third in the league in scoring (117.7 ppg) and second in assists (24.5 apg). Gansey oversaw standout performances by Julyan Stone, who led the NBA D-League with 11.2 assists, and Travis Leslie, who paced the team with 19.3 points. On Nov. 27, Fort Wayne erased a nine-point fourth-quarter deficit in a 95-94 victory over the Iowa Energy – the only game in November that the Mad Ants did not score at least 120 points.