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Season on Tuesday, May 19, 2026
San Diego Sabercats
(3-4)
at
Houston Octopods
(1-6)
Series Snapshot
No completed season meetings.
San Diego Sabercats leads the all-time series 61-53.
Predicted Score
SD
105
HOU
101
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Sabercats | 51.15% | 5.38% | 32.84% | 12.39% | 1.11 | 102.77 |
| Houston Octopods | 52.38% | 7.05% | 34.33% | 8.24% | 1.09 | 102.59 |
Projected Matchups
| SD Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | HOU Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexis Monroe | 18.4 | 5.0 | 8.7 | AP- | PG | <-- | PG | Exc | 21.4 | 3.0 | 7.9 | Andres Brown |
| Javier Hudson | 26.7 | 4.4 | 2.1 | AP | SG | <-- | SG | Exc+ | 24.6 | 4.3 | 2.9 | William Morgan |
| Samuel Price | 19.6 | 6.3 | 1.7 | AP+ | SF | <- | SF | AP- | 19.4 | 5.7 | 1.9 | Dashawn Williams |
| Lance Bailey | 12.1 | 8.6 | 2.3 | AP+ | PF | <- | PF | AP- | 7.0 | 7.8 | 1.8 | Nathaniel Hanselman |
| James Banks | 5.3 | 12.3 | 2.7 | Exc+ | C | <- | C | Exc+ | 5.9 | 12.4 | 1.6 | Philip Murray |
| Louis Sumner | 4.6 | 0.9 | 3.0 | AP | bPG | <-- | bPG | Exc+ | 10.7 | 2.4 | 2.7 | Karl Johnson |
| Dean Oliver | 13.6 | 1.7 | 0.3 | AP- | bSG | <-- | bSG | Exc | 11.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | Charles Farley |
| Ryan Budz | 8.6 | 3.6 | 0.7 | Exc+ | bSF | <- | bSF | Exc+ | 6.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | Jimmy Lumpkins |
| Daniel Covington | 1.9 | 4.1 | 1.0 | AP | bPF | <- | bPF | AP- | 2.8 | 5.2 | 0.8 | Dylan Daniels |
| Robert Westmoreland | 3.0 | 3.3 | 0.1 | Exc | bC | --> | bC | AP- | 3.9 | 6.7 | 2.1 | Mason Russ |
Ratings key: Poor, Fair, Avg, Good, Exc, and AP reflect the legacy SimHoops overall player scale used in the original advanced game preview.