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Season on Friday, May 22, 2026
Houston Octopods
(1-6)
at
Chicago Hilltoppers
(2-5)
Series Snapshot
No completed season meetings.
Houston Octopods leads the all-time series 27-22.
Predicted Score
HOU
99
CHI
107
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Octopods | 52.38% | 7.05% | 33.51% | 8.24% | 1.09 | 102.59 |
| Chicago Hilltoppers | 53.17% | 8.77% | 30.77% | 11.92% | 1.10 | 99.41 |
Projected Matchups
| HOU Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | CHI Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andres Brown | 21.4 | 3.0 | 7.9 | Exc | PG | ---> | PG | AP | 21.9 | 4.1 | 6.9 | Alonso Radliff |
| William Morgan | 24.6 | 4.3 | 2.9 | Exc+ | SG | --> | SG | AP | 13.0 | 7.9 | 3.1 | Peter Jeanpierre |
| Dashawn Williams | 19.4 | 5.7 | 1.9 | AP- | SF | -> | SF | AP | 18.7 | 5.0 | 2.4 | Ethan Wilcox |
| Nathaniel Hanselman | 7.0 | 7.8 | 1.8 | AP- | PF | <- | PF | AP- | 6.9 | 6.0 | 2.7 | William Simon |
| Philip Murray | 5.9 | 12.4 | 1.6 | Exc+ | C | ---> | C | AP+ | 15.5 | 6.5 | 0.5 | Luke Anderson |
| Karl Johnson | 10.7 | 2.4 | 2.7 | Exc+ | bPG | -> | bPG | AP- | 14.3 | 2.9 | 2.3 | Christopher Jenkins |
| Charles Farley | 11.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | Exc | bSG | -> | bSG | Exc+ | 8.0 | 2.7 | 1.1 | Kevin Rushing |
| Jimmy Lumpkins | 6.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | Exc+ | bSF | <- | bSF | Exc+ | 7.7 | 3.1 | 1.3 | Robert Busch |
| Dylan Daniels | 2.8 | 5.2 | 0.8 | AP- | bPF | <-- | bPF | Exc | 3.8 | 3.6 | 0.8 | Joshua Brenton |
| Mason Russ | 3.9 | 6.7 | 2.1 | AP- | bC | <- | bC | Exc+ | 3.0 | 5.5 | 0.8 | Jack Palacios |
Ratings key: Poor, Fair, Avg, Good, Exc, and AP reflect the legacy SimHoops overall player scale used in the original advanced game preview.