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Season on Friday, June 5, 2026
Knoxville Wampus Cats
(3-4)
at
Syracuse River Rats
(4-3)
Series Snapshot
Syracuse River Rats leads the season series 1-0.
Knoxville Wampus Cats leads the all-time series 79-68.
Predicted Score
KNX
100
SYR
106
Season Series
| Date | Type | Matchup | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 4/27 | Season | SYR at KNX | 113 - 92 |
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knoxville Wampus Cats | 47.33% | 12.39% | 30.41% | 19.18% | 0.96 | 107.21 |
| Syracuse River Rats | 49.13% | 11.52% | 31.78% | 17.97% | 1.01 | 103.60 |
Projected Matchups
| KNX Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | SYR Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Metcalfe | 13.0 | 4.1 | 7.6 | Exc- | PG | <- | PG | Exc- | 22.0 | 3.3 | 5.7 | Richard Ayala |
| Tyler Lewandowski | 7.6 | 1.4 | 0.6 | Avg- | SG | --> | SG | Avg+ | 17.4 | 4.9 | 1.4 | Christopher Harris |
| Elvis Hammond | 15.1 | 4.7 | 3.3 | Avg | SF | <-- | SF | Avg- | 6.7 | 6.7 | 2.4 | Evan Sartin |
| Davion Philhower | 13.1 | 9.0 | 1.6 | Good | PF | <--- | PF | Avg- | 9.0 | 7.3 | 1.9 | Nicholas Wallace |
| Dante Clark | 16.0 | 11.1 | 1.4 | Good | C | -> | C | Good+ | 14.7 | 9.7 | 1.3 | Jose Goodman |
| Zachary Hollis | 10.4 | 1.6 | 3.3 | Avg+ | bPG | -> | bPG | Good- | 7.6 | 2.0 | 3.0 | Shawn Dunn |
| Dominic Davis | 11.0 | 3.5 | 3.0 | Fair- | bSG | ---> | bSG | Avg | 5.5 | 1.8 | 2.7 | Jake Harris |
| Peter Jenifer | 4.7 | 2.9 | 0.6 | Fair | bSF | ---> | bSF | Avg+ | 9.0 | 3.0 | 0.4 | Jarius Kushner |
| Travis Hanley | 6.4 | 3.7 | 0.4 | Avg+ | bPF | -> | bPF | Avg+ | 6.4 | 5.3 | 0.4 | Rahul Ferdinand |
| Alexander Schmidt | 5.4 | 5.3 | 0.6 | Avg+ | 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.