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Season on Thursday, May 7, 2026
Montreal Ice Cats
(7-0)
at
South Dakota Blackhawks
(5-2)
Series Snapshot
No completed season meetings.
South Dakota Blackhawks leads the all-time series 61-58.
Predicted Score
MON
102
SOD
104
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal Ice Cats | 52.42% | 8.69% | 34.29% | 12.73% | 1.08 | 102.70 |
| South Dakota Blackhawks | 55.18% | 10.20% | 31.65% | 16.16% | 1.13 | 105.14 |
Projected Matchups
| MON Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | SOD Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Wilkerson | 5.3 | 4.9 | 7.9 | Exc- | PG | -> | PG | Exc- | 27.6 | 3.4 | 7.6 | Isaiah Stout |
| Christopher Young | 29.4 | 5.1 | 2.9 | Exc- | SG | -> | SG | Exc | 13.7 | 3.5 | 1.3 | Joshua Hughes |
| Dylan Jefferson | 5.1 | 7.1 | 3.1 | Avg | SF | ---> | SF | Exc+ | 24.4 | 6.7 | 1.0 | Justin Walker |
| Zachery Mansell | 18.4 | 7.6 | 1.7 | Exc+ | PF | <--- | PF | Good+ | 4.6 | 4.0 | 0.9 | Nathaniel Waters |
| Luke Bailey | 17.9 | 9.7 | 2.1 | AP- | C | <--- | C | Avg | 4.0 | 10.7 | 1.3 | Joshua Hocking |
| Riley Moore | 11.1 | 3.7 | 4.0 | Exc | bPG | --> | bPG | Exc+ | 5.6 | 1.9 | 4.1 | Julio Bischof |
| Hunter Phillips | 5.4 | 2.4 | 1.1 | Avg | bSG | ---> | bSG | Good+ | 19.4 | 3.9 | 3.4 | Brennan Arthur |
| Jaime Carter | 5.3 | 3.3 | 0.7 | Good+ | bSF | <--- | bSF | Avg- | 3.6 | 3.7 | 0.3 | William Holman |
| Mason Lovings | 6.6 | 3.1 | 0.7 | Exc- | bPF | --> | bPF | Exc | 5.9 | 7.1 | 2.6 | Jared Wilson |
| Devin Odem | 5.1 | 5.3 | 0.9 | Exc- | bC | -> | bC | Exc- | 10.9 | 5.4 | 1.3 | Matthew Argumedo |
Ratings key: Poor, Fair, Avg, Good, Exc, and AP reflect the legacy SimHoops overall player scale used in the original advanced game preview.