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Season on Thursday, September 3, 2026
Houston Octopods
(2-4)
at
Memphis Express
(3-3)
Series Snapshot
No completed season meetings.
Memphis Express leads the all-time series 29-17.
Predicted Score
HOU
101
MEM
105
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Octopods | 54.75% | 7.02% | 33.89% | 9.33% | 1.13 | 101.15 |
| Memphis Express | 55.24% | 8.04% | 26.49% | 13.60% | 1.14 | 98.51 |
Projected Matchups
| HOU Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | MEM Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andres Brown | 24.7 | 4.2 | 9.0 | Exc | PG | ---> | PG | AP | 26.0 | 3.8 | 5.7 | Chad Robinson |
| William Morgan | 25.5 | 5.2 | 5.7 | Exc+ | SG | --> | SG | AP- | 13.7 | 4.0 | 4.0 | Collin Kent |
| Dashawn Williams | 21.2 | 6.0 | 3.0 | AP- | SF | <- | SF | AP- | 6.0 | 5.0 | 2.8 | Daniel Scoville |
| Nathaniel Hanselman | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.2 | AP- | PF | -> | PF | AP | 5.8 | 9.0 | 2.0 | Cj Neri |
| Philip Murray | 7.3 | 12.5 | 2.0 | Exc+ | C | ---> | C | AP+ | 23.8 | 9.2 | 0.5 | Jose Watson |
| Karl Johnson | 4.0 | 1.5 | 2.3 | Exc+ | bPG | -> | bPG | AP- | 10.5 | 1.7 | 4.3 | Javin Hill |
| Charles Farley | 11.0 | 1.8 | 1.2 | Exc | bSG | -> | bSG | Exc | 13.0 | 2.0 | 0.8 | Ryan Peterson |
| Jimmy Lumpkins | 4.7 | 2.0 | 0.5 | Exc+ | bSF | <- | bSF | Exc+ | 4.2 | 2.2 | 0.7 | Mason Hunt |
| Dylan Daniels | 2.2 | 2.7 | 0.8 | AP- | bPF | <--- | bPF | Exc- | 3.5 | 3.7 | 1.3 | Kevin Nanni |
| Mason Russ | 3.7 | 3.3 | 0.7 | AP- | bC | <--- | bC | Good+ | 6.0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | Christopher Cameron |
Ratings key: Poor, Fair, Avg, Good, Exc, and AP reflect the legacy SimHoops overall player scale used in the original advanced game preview.