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Season on Wednesday, September 2, 2026
Knoxville Wampus Cats
(1-5)
at
Syracuse River Rats
(0-6)
Series Snapshot
Knoxville Wampus Cats leads the season series 1-0.
Knoxville Wampus Cats leads the all-time series 80-70.
Predicted Score
KNX
102
SYR
104
Season Series
| Date | Type | Matchup | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 8/26 | Season | SYR at KNX | 80 - 103 |
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knoxville Wampus Cats | 46.00% | 13.25% | 37.86% | 16.91% | 0.92 | 106.30 |
| Syracuse River Rats | 42.84% | 14.47% | 38.00% | 15.44% | 0.84 | 106.71 |
Projected Matchups
| KNX Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | SYR Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zachary Hollis | 20.3 | 2.7 | 5.2 | Good | PG | <- | PG | Good- | 11.7 | 4.5 | 6.5 | Shawn Dunn |
| Elvis Hammond | 12.2 | 4.7 | 2.7 | Avg+ | SG | <- | SG | Avg+ | 16.0 | 4.2 | 2.5 | Christopher Harris |
| Peter Jenifer | 9.8 | 3.5 | 3.3 | Avg | SF | <-- | SF | Avg- | 9.2 | 5.8 | 1.3 | Evan Sartin |
| Travis Hanley | 15.5 | 9.0 | 1.7 | Good- | PF | <--- | PF | Avg- | 9.8 | 6.5 | 1.5 | Nicholas Wallace |
| Alexander Schmidt | 13.5 | 13.8 | 1.2 | Good- | C | --> | C | Good+ | 17.2 | 11.3 | 0.3 | Jose Goodman |
| Tyler Lewandowski | 6.0 | 1.8 | 3.3 | Avg+ | bPG | <--- | bPG | Poor+ | 6.0 | 1.2 | 3.5 | Michael Bryant |
| Kaleb Cruz | 5.8 | 2.3 | 1.0 | Fair- | bSG | ---> | bSG | Avg | 5.7 | 2.3 | 1.0 | Jake Harris |
| Samuel Williams | 4.5 | 2.2 | 0.8 | Avg | bSF | -> | bSF | Avg+ | 4.0 | 2.7 | 0.3 | Jarius Kushner |
| Trent Stoll | 6.3 | 4.8 | 0.8 | Fair | bPF | ---> | bPF | Avg+ | 6.0 | 5.3 | 0.8 | Rahul Ferdinand |
| Austin Toney | 3.7 | 3.8 | 0.7 | Avg | bC | --> | bC | Avg+ | 4.0 | 4.2 | 1.3 | Alexander Clift |
Ratings key: Poor, Fair, Avg, Good, Exc, and AP reflect the legacy SimHoops overall player scale used in the original advanced game preview.