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Season on Tuesday, June 30, 2026
Knoxville Wampus Cats
(3-4)
at
South Dakota Blackhawks
(5-2)
Series Snapshot
South Dakota Blackhawks leads the season series 1-0.
South Dakota Blackhawks leads the all-time series 106-48.
Predicted Score
KNX
88
SOD
118
Season Series
| Date | Type | Matchup | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 5/1 | Season | KNX at SOD | 73 - 104 |
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knoxville Wampus Cats | 47.33% | 12.39% | 31.14% | 19.18% | 0.96 | 107.21 |
| South Dakota Blackhawks | 55.18% | 10.20% | 32.56% | 16.16% | 1.13 | 105.14 |
Projected Matchups
| KNX Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | SOD Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Metcalfe | 13.0 | 4.1 | 7.6 | Exc- | PG | -> | PG | Exc- | 27.6 | 3.4 | 7.6 | Isaiah Stout |
| Tyler Lewandowski | 7.6 | 1.4 | 0.6 | Avg- | SG | ---> | SG | Exc | 13.7 | 3.5 | 1.3 | Joshua Hughes |
| Elvis Hammond | 15.1 | 4.7 | 3.3 | Avg | SF | ---> | SF | Exc+ | 24.4 | 6.7 | 1.0 | Justin Walker |
| Davion Philhower | 13.1 | 9.0 | 1.6 | Good | PF | --> | PF | Good+ | 4.6 | 4.0 | 0.9 | Nathaniel Waters |
| Dante Clark | 16.0 | 11.1 | 1.4 | Good | C | <--- | C | Avg | 4.0 | 10.7 | 1.3 | Joshua Hocking |
| Zachary Hollis | 10.4 | 1.6 | 3.3 | Avg+ | bPG | ---> | bPG | Exc+ | 5.6 | 1.9 | 4.1 | Julio Bischof |
| Dominic Davis | 11.0 | 3.5 | 3.0 | Fair- | bSG | ---> | bSG | Good+ | 19.4 | 3.9 | 3.4 | Brennan Arthur |
| Peter Jenifer | 4.7 | 2.9 | 0.6 | Fair | bSF | --> | bSF | Avg- | 3.6 | 3.7 | 0.3 | William Holman |
| Travis Hanley | 6.4 | 3.7 | 0.4 | Avg+ | bPF | ---> | bPF | Exc | 5.9 | 7.1 | 2.6 | Jared Wilson |
| Alexander Schmidt | 5.4 | 5.3 | 0.6 | Avg+ | bC | ---> | bC | Exc- | 10.9 | 5.4 | 1.3 | Matthew Argumedo |
Ratings key: Poor, Fair, Avg, Good, Exc, and AP reflect the legacy SimHoops overall player scale used in the original advanced game preview.