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Season on Wednesday, September 2, 2026
San Diego Sabercats
(3-3)
at
Sacramento Rainbow Trout
(3-3)
Series Snapshot
San Diego Sabercats leads the season series 1-0.
San Diego Sabercats leads the all-time series 80-67.
Predicted Score
SD
102
SAC
104
Season Series
| Date | Type | Matchup | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 8/26 | Season | SAC at SD | 120 - 137 |
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Sabercats | 54.97% | 5.62% | 33.94% | 14.14% | 1.18 | 104.43 |
| Sacramento Rainbow Trout | 55.86% | 8.49% | 34.06% | 18.83% | 1.18 | 103.96 |
Projected Matchups
| SD Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | SAC Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louis Sumner | 16.2 | 3.3 | 5.2 | AP | PG | <- | PG | AP | 24.7 | 2.2 | 6.2 | Samuel Jones |
| Dean Oliver | 18.8 | 5.3 | 2.8 | AP- | SG | -> | SG | AP | 19.2 | 6.8 | 3.0 | Adrian McCully |
| Samuel Price | 19.5 | 5.7 | 3.2 | AP+ | SF | <-- | SF | AP- | 4.5 | 3.5 | 0.5 | Giovanni Lindholm |
| Lance Bailey | 15.2 | 8.5 | 2.7 | AP+ | PF | <- | PF | AP | 17.0 | 7.5 | 1.5 | Cooper Woods |
| James Banks | 5.5 | 10.3 | 1.3 | Exc+ | C | --> | C | AP | 4.0 | 8.7 | 2.0 | Landon Allen |
| Adrian Johnson | 15.5 | 3.8 | 6.8 | AP- | bPG | <- | bPG | AP- | 4.8 | 2.5 | 5.8 | Jacob Coleman |
| Nathaniel Benford | 16.3 | 1.7 | 2.0 | AP- | bSG | <- | bSG | Exc+ | 15.0 | 2.3 | 1.0 | Brandon Weston |
| Ryan Budz | 7.0 | 3.8 | 0.7 | Exc+ | bSF | --> | bSF | AP- | 21.2 | 7.2 | 2.0 | Tristan Davis |
| Daniel Covington | 5.8 | 3.8 | 0.8 | AP | bPF | <- | bPF | AP- | 3.8 | 4.0 | 0.8 | Joshua Byler |
| Franklin Wheat | 3.0 | 4.7 | 1.0 | Exc+ | bC | <- | bC | Exc | 4.3 | 4.7 | 0.7 | Deangelo Black |
Ratings key: Poor, Fair, Avg, Good, Exc, and AP reflect the legacy SimHoops overall player scale used in the original advanced game preview.