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Season on Friday, May 8, 2026
Calgary Cougars
(3-4)
at
Birmingham Venom
(1-6)
Series Snapshot
No completed season meetings.
Calgary Cougars leads the all-time series 22-21.
Predicted Score
CAL
104
BIR
102
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calgary Cougars | 48.99% | 12.14% | 32.43% | 12.93% | 0.97 | 104.38 |
| Birmingham Venom | 43.27% | 11.26% | 33.70% | 15.60% | 0.89 | 107.72 |
Projected Matchups
| CAL Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | BIR Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carsen Bollinger | 15.6 | 4.3 | 6.3 | Good+ | PG | <--- | PG | Poor+ | 12.4 | 4.0 | 5.9 | Jordan Wimberly |
| Anthony Holmes | 12.1 | 5.4 | 3.0 | Good- | SG | -> | SG | Good | 16.3 | 4.7 | 1.9 | Cade Dotson |
| Zachary Cummings | 8.0 | 4.1 | 1.3 | Good- | SF | ---> | SF | Exc | 13.7 | 7.6 | 1.0 | Joseph Royster |
| Christian Searcy | 12.3 | 8.9 | 2.4 | Exc | PF | <- | PF | Exc | 2.0 | 6.1 | 1.6 | Daniel Brink |
| Colten Hutt | 8.3 | 9.9 | 1.3 | Good- | C | --> | C | Good+ | 9.3 | 10.6 | 1.4 | Richard Orenstein |
| Wade Bussey | 8.9 | 2.1 | 3.7 | AP- | bPG | <-- | bPG | Exc | 15.0 | 1.9 | 2.1 | Jordan Snyder |
| Dayton Coleman | 5.5 | 3.8 | 1.2 | Fair | bSG | --> | bSG | Avg- | 5.9 | 2.0 | 2.7 | Blake Parnell |
| Nicholas Macias | 10.0 | 3.1 | 1.9 | Fair+ | bSF | ---> | bSF | Avg+ | 7.3 | 3.6 | 1.1 | Brandon Werner |
| Isaiah Gethers | 3.2 | 2.8 | 1.0 | Poor+ | bPF | ---> | bPF | Fair+ | 8.1 | 6.4 | 1.4 | Salvador Sweeney |
| David Walker | 14.4 | 5.4 | 0.9 | Exc- | bC | <--- | bC | Fair+ | 5.4 | 5.9 | 1.1 | Anthony Gordon |
Ratings key: Poor, Fair, Avg, Good, Exc, and AP reflect the legacy SimHoops overall player scale used in the original advanced game preview.