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Season on Monday, May 18, 2026
Houston Octopods
(1-6)
at
San Francisco Golden Gators
(4-3)
Series Snapshot
No completed season meetings.
San Francisco Golden Gators leads the all-time series 52-49.
Predicted Score
HOU
101
SF
105
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Octopods | 52.38% | 7.05% | 36.73% | 8.24% | 1.09 | 102.59 |
| San Francisco Golden Gators | 53.68% | 5.51% | 35.90% | 10.44% | 1.13 | 101.22 |
Projected Matchups
| HOU Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | SF Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andres Brown | 21.4 | 3.0 | 7.9 | Exc | PG | ---> | PG | AP+ | 15.7 | 4.6 | 8.9 | Benjamin Spence |
| William Morgan | 24.6 | 4.3 | 2.9 | Exc+ | SG | --> | SG | AP | 28.1 | 3.9 | 2.6 | Alfredo Depietro |
| Dashawn Williams | 19.4 | 5.7 | 1.9 | AP- | SF | <- | SF | AP- | 25.1 | 6.3 | 2.6 | Christian Thompson |
| Nathaniel Hanselman | 7.0 | 7.8 | 1.8 | AP- | PF | <-- | PF | Exc+ | 4.9 | 4.9 | 1.6 | Brycen Tristan |
| Philip Murray | 5.9 | 12.4 | 1.6 | Exc+ | C | -> | C | Exc+ | 4.1 | 10.1 | 2.9 | David Coldwell |
| Karl Johnson | 10.7 | 2.4 | 2.7 | Exc+ | bPG | <- | bPG | Exc+ | 8.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | Tyler Lague |
| Charles Farley | 11.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | Exc | bSG | -> | bSG | Exc+ | 11.4 | 2.3 | 1.0 | Richard Walker |
| Jimmy Lumpkins | 6.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | Exc+ | bSF | -> | bSF | Exc+ | 3.4 | 4.0 | 0.9 | Carlos McDonald |
| Dylan Daniels | 2.8 | 5.2 | 0.8 | AP- | bPF | <- | bPF | AP- | 7.1 | 5.6 | 1.1 | Conner Paden |
| Mason Russ | 3.9 | 6.7 | 2.1 | AP- | bC | <-- | bC | Exc | 1.7 | 5.9 | 1.7 | Myles Burget |
Ratings key: Poor, Fair, Avg, Good, Exc, and AP reflect the legacy SimHoops overall player scale used in the original advanced game preview.