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Season on Friday, May 15, 2026
Birmingham Venom
(1-6)
at
Syracuse River Rats
(4-3)
Series Snapshot
No completed season meetings.
Birmingham Venom leads the all-time series 23-20.
Predicted Score
BIR
104
SYR
102
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham Venom | 43.27% | 11.26% | 33.70% | 15.60% | 0.89 | 107.72 |
| Syracuse River Rats | 49.13% | 11.52% | 30.53% | 17.97% | 1.01 | 103.60 |
Projected Matchups
| BIR Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | SYR Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Wimberly | 12.4 | 4.0 | 5.9 | Poor+ | PG | ---> | PG | Exc- | 22.0 | 3.3 | 5.7 | Richard Ayala |
| Cade Dotson | 16.3 | 4.7 | 1.9 | Good | SG | <-- | SG | Avg+ | 17.4 | 4.9 | 1.4 | Christopher Harris |
| Joseph Royster | 13.7 | 7.6 | 1.0 | Exc | SF | <--- | SF | Avg- | 6.7 | 6.7 | 2.4 | Evan Sartin |
| Daniel Brink | 2.0 | 6.1 | 1.6 | Exc | PF | <--- | PF | Avg- | 9.0 | 7.3 | 1.9 | Nicholas Wallace |
| Richard Orenstein | 9.3 | 10.6 | 1.4 | Good+ | C | <- | C | Good+ | 14.7 | 9.7 | 1.3 | Jose Goodman |
| Jordan Snyder | 15.0 | 1.9 | 2.1 | Exc | bPG | <--- | bPG | Good- | 7.6 | 2.0 | 3.0 | Shawn Dunn |
| Blake Parnell | 5.9 | 2.0 | 2.7 | Avg- | bSG | --> | bSG | Avg | 5.5 | 1.8 | 2.7 | Jake Harris |
| Brandon Werner | 7.3 | 3.6 | 1.1 | Avg+ | bSF | <- | bSF | Avg+ | 9.0 | 3.0 | 0.4 | Jarius Kushner |
| Salvador Sweeney | 8.1 | 6.4 | 1.4 | Fair+ | bPF | ---> | bPF | Avg+ | 6.4 | 5.3 | 0.4 | Rahul Ferdinand |
| Anthony Gordon | 5.4 | 5.9 | 1.1 | Fair+ | bC | ---> | bC | Avg+ | 4.7 | 4.6 | 0.9 | Jim Davis |
Ratings key: Poor, Fair, Avg, Good, Exc, and AP reflect the legacy SimHoops overall player scale used in the original advanced game preview.