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Season on Monday, June 29, 2026
Syracuse River Rats
(4-3)
at
Buffalo Bombers
(2-5)
Series Snapshot
Buffalo Bombers leads the season series 1-0.
Buffalo Bombers leads the all-time series 80-70.
Predicted Score
SYR
106
BUF
100
Season Series
| Date | Type | Matchup | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 5/5 | Season | BUF at SYR | 116 - 114 |
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syracuse River Rats | 49.13% | 11.52% | 31.50% | 17.97% | 1.01 | 103.60 |
| Buffalo Bombers | 46.26% | 14.46% | 32.58% | 13.67% | 0.89 | 107.47 |
Projected Matchups
| SYR Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | BUF Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Ayala | 22.0 | 3.3 | 5.7 | Exc- | PG | -> | PG | Exc- | 6.3 | 3.9 | 6.4 | Brendon Holmes |
| Christopher Harris | 17.4 | 4.9 | 1.4 | Avg+ | SG | -> | SG | Avg+ | 9.9 | 5.7 | 4.0 | Dana Rodriques |
| Evan Sartin | 6.7 | 6.7 | 2.4 | Avg- | SF | ---> | SF | Good | 21.1 | 7.9 | 1.7 | Talon Swiger |
| Nicholas Wallace | 9.0 | 7.3 | 1.9 | Avg- | PF | -> | PF | Avg | 12.4 | 7.7 | 1.6 | Liam Mullis |
| Jose Goodman | 14.7 | 9.7 | 1.3 | Good+ | C | <-- | C | Avg+ | 13.9 | 9.1 | 1.0 | Tamir Owens |
| Shawn Dunn | 7.6 | 2.0 | 3.0 | Good- | bPG | <--- | bPG | Poor+ | 4.7 | 1.6 | 3.6 | Adam Conkle |
| Jake Harris | 5.5 | 1.8 | 2.7 | Avg | bSG | <- | bSG | Avg | 9.6 | 2.0 | 1.3 | Jacob Hynes |
| Jarius Kushner | 9.0 | 3.0 | 0.4 | Avg+ | bSF | <- | bSF | Avg | 5.7 | 3.1 | 1.9 | Kyle Williams |
| Rahul Ferdinand | 6.4 | 5.3 | 0.4 | Avg+ | bPF | <--- | bPF | Poor+ | 4.7 | 4.6 | 1.6 | Braden Nicholson |
| Jim Davis | 4.7 | 4.6 | 0.9 | Avg+ | bC | <--- | bC | Avg- | 7.1 | 4.7 | 0.6 | Wesley Vigil |
Ratings key: Poor, Fair, Avg, Good, Exc, and AP reflect the legacy SimHoops overall player scale used in the original advanced game preview.