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Season on Tuesday, September 1, 2026
Birmingham Venom
(4-2)
at
Clarksville River Bandits
(5-1)
Series Snapshot
No completed season meetings.
Birmingham Venom leads the all-time series 81-61.
Predicted Score
BIR
102
CLA
104
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham Venom | 44.55% | 12.45% | 39.88% | 12.14% | 0.88 | 107.06 |
| Clarksville River Bandits | 48.99% | 11.33% | 31.31% | 17.25% | 1.00 | 104.35 |
Projected Matchups
| BIR Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | CLA Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Wimberly | 11.5 | 3.3 | 5.0 | Poor+ | PG | ---> | PG | Good- | 12.2 | 3.8 | 5.2 | John Graham |
| Cade Dotson | 16.8 | 4.8 | 3.0 | Good | SG | <--- | SG | Avg | 13.7 | 4.7 | 2.8 | Trevon Copeland |
| Joseph Royster | 12.5 | 8.5 | 2.5 | Exc | SF | <--- | SF | Avg | 15.3 | 5.2 | 1.8 | Brandon Alexander |
| Daniel Brink | 4.3 | 8.3 | 2.2 | Exc | PF | <--- | PF | Avg | 10.3 | 6.7 | 1.8 | Kirk Putnam |
| Anthony Gordon | 10.7 | 8.3 | 0.7 | Fair+ | C | ---> | C | Good- | 12.8 | 9.0 | 2.3 | Miles Thibodeaux |
| Jordan Snyder | 8.8 | 2.2 | 4.7 | Exc | bPG | -> | bPG | Exc+ | 11.3 | 3.0 | 3.5 | Maxwell Torres |
| Blake Parnell | 7.5 | 4.0 | 1.8 | Avg- | bSG | -> | bSG | Avg- | 5.5 | 2.2 | 2.3 | Shane Christman |
| Christian Bankston | 5.7 | 3.7 | 1.2 | Avg- | bSF | <--- | bSF | Fair- | 6.0 | 9.0 | 0.0 | Landon Thiele |
| Brandon Werner | 8.5 | 6.2 | 0.7 | Avg+ | bPF | <--- | bPF | Poor+ | 5.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | Eriberto Zukowski |
| Salvador Sweeney | 8.2 | 6.3 | 1.2 | Fair+ | bC | ---> | bC | Exc+ | 8.7 | 6.7 | 0.7 | Tyrone Hellman |
Ratings key: Poor, Fair, Avg, Good, Exc, and AP reflect the legacy SimHoops overall player scale used in the original advanced game preview.