Game Preview
Season on Wednesday, September 9, 2026
Houston Octopods
(2-4)
at
Salt Lake City Night Hawks
(3-3)
Series Snapshot
Salt Lake City Night Hawks leads the season series 1-0.
Salt Lake City Night Hawks leads the all-time series 99-65.
Predicted Score
HOU
102
SLC
104
Season Series
| Date | Type | Matchup | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 8/26 | Season | HOU at SLC | 105 - 124 |
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Octopods | 54.75% | 7.02% | 32.90% | 9.33% | 1.13 | 101.15 |
| Salt Lake City Night Hawks | 56.89% | 9.42% | 34.33% | 14.12% | 1.16 | 108.09 |
Projected Matchups
| HOU Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | SLC Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andres Brown | 24.7 | 4.2 | 9.0 | Exc | PG | ---> | PG | AP | 27.8 | 5.2 | 7.2 | Hayden Bond |
| William Morgan | 25.5 | 5.2 | 5.7 | Exc+ | SG | --> | SG | AP- | 27.0 | 5.7 | 3.8 | Trevor Doherty |
| Dashawn Williams | 21.2 | 6.0 | 3.0 | AP- | SF | -> | SF | AP | 19.8 | 7.8 | 2.8 | Cole Bell |
| Nathaniel Hanselman | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.2 | AP- | PF | <-- | PF | Exc | 12.8 | 6.7 | 3.5 | Isaiah Conroy |
| Philip Murray | 7.3 | 12.5 | 2.0 | Exc+ | C | <-- | C | Exc- | 7.3 | 12.5 | 2.5 | Benjamin Ruff |
| Karl Johnson | 4.0 | 1.5 | 2.3 | Exc+ | bPG | <- | bPG | Exc+ | 4.3 | 2.0 | 3.3 | John Lloyd |
| Charles Farley | 11.0 | 1.8 | 1.2 | Exc | bSG | -> | bSG | Exc+ | 8.5 | 1.7 | 0.8 | Martin Atkins |
| Jimmy Lumpkins | 4.7 | 2.0 | 0.5 | Exc+ | bSF | <- | bSF | Exc | 7.0 | 1.8 | 1.0 | David Skinner |
| Dylan Daniels | 2.2 | 2.7 | 0.8 | AP- | bPF | <- | bPF | Exc+ | 6.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | Caleb Nance |
| Mason Russ | 3.7 | 3.3 | 0.7 | AP- | bC | -> | bC | AP- | 2.7 | 4.2 | 0.3 | Ricardo Mason |
Ratings key: Poor, Fair, Avg, Good, Exc, and AP reflect the legacy SimHoops overall player scale used in the original advanced game preview.