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Season on Thursday, May 14, 2026
Syracuse River Rats
(4-3)
at
South Dakota Blackhawks
(5-2)
Series Snapshot
No completed season meetings.
South Dakota Blackhawks leads the all-time series 75-63.
Predicted Score
SYR
90
SOD
116
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syracuse River Rats | 49.13% | 11.52% | 32.15% | 17.97% | 1.01 | 103.60 |
| South Dakota Blackhawks | 55.18% | 10.20% | 32.19% | 16.16% | 1.13 | 105.14 |
Projected Matchups
| SYR Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | SOD Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Ayala | 22.0 | 3.3 | 5.7 | Exc- | PG | -> | PG | Exc- | 27.6 | 3.4 | 7.6 | Isaiah Stout |
| Christopher Harris | 17.4 | 4.9 | 1.4 | Avg+ | SG | ---> | SG | Exc | 13.7 | 3.5 | 1.3 | Joshua Hughes |
| Evan Sartin | 6.7 | 6.7 | 2.4 | Avg- | SF | ---> | SF | Exc+ | 24.4 | 6.7 | 1.0 | Justin Walker |
| Nicholas Wallace | 9.0 | 7.3 | 1.9 | Avg- | PF | ---> | PF | Good+ | 4.6 | 4.0 | 0.9 | Nathaniel Waters |
| Jose Goodman | 14.7 | 9.7 | 1.3 | Good+ | C | <--- | C | Avg | 4.0 | 10.7 | 1.3 | Joshua Hocking |
| Shawn Dunn | 7.6 | 2.0 | 3.0 | Good- | bPG | ---> | bPG | Exc+ | 5.6 | 1.9 | 4.1 | Julio Bischof |
| Jake Harris | 5.5 | 1.8 | 2.7 | Avg | bSG | ---> | bSG | Good+ | 19.4 | 3.9 | 3.4 | Brennan Arthur |
| Jarius Kushner | 9.0 | 3.0 | 0.4 | Avg+ | bSF | <-- | bSF | Avg- | 3.6 | 3.7 | 0.3 | William Holman |
| Rahul Ferdinand | 6.4 | 5.3 | 0.4 | Avg+ | bPF | ---> | bPF | Exc | 5.9 | 7.1 | 2.6 | Jared Wilson |
| Jim Davis | 4.7 | 4.6 | 0.9 | Avg+ | 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.