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Season on Friday, September 11, 2026
Houston Octopods
(2-4)
at
San Diego Sabercats
(3-3)
Series Snapshot
No completed season meetings.
San Diego Sabercats leads the all-time series 63-53.
Predicted Score
HOU
98
SD
108
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Octopods | 54.75% | 7.02% | 32.17% | 9.33% | 1.13 | 101.15 |
| San Diego Sabercats | 54.97% | 5.62% | 32.07% | 14.14% | 1.18 | 104.43 |
Projected Matchups
| HOU Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | SD Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andres Brown | 24.7 | 4.2 | 9.0 | Exc | PG | ---> | PG | AP | 16.2 | 3.3 | 5.2 | Louis Sumner |
| William Morgan | 25.5 | 5.2 | 5.7 | Exc+ | SG | --> | SG | AP- | 18.8 | 5.3 | 2.8 | Dean Oliver |
| Dashawn Williams | 21.2 | 6.0 | 3.0 | AP- | SF | -> | SF | AP+ | 19.5 | 5.7 | 3.2 | Samuel Price |
| Nathaniel Hanselman | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.2 | AP- | PF | -> | PF | AP+ | 15.2 | 8.5 | 2.7 | Lance Bailey |
| Philip Murray | 7.3 | 12.5 | 2.0 | Exc+ | C | -> | C | Exc+ | 5.5 | 10.3 | 1.3 | James Banks |
| Karl Johnson | 4.0 | 1.5 | 2.3 | Exc+ | bPG | -> | bPG | AP- | 15.5 | 3.8 | 6.8 | Adrian Johnson |
| Charles Farley | 11.0 | 1.8 | 1.2 | Exc | bSG | --> | bSG | AP- | 16.3 | 1.7 | 2.0 | Nathaniel Benford |
| Jimmy Lumpkins | 4.7 | 2.0 | 0.5 | Exc+ | bSF | -> | bSF | Exc+ | 7.0 | 3.8 | 0.7 | Ryan Budz |
| Dylan Daniels | 2.2 | 2.7 | 0.8 | AP- | bPF | -> | bPF | AP | 5.8 | 3.8 | 0.8 | Daniel Covington |
| Mason Russ | 3.7 | 3.3 | 0.7 | AP- | bC | <- | bC | Exc+ | 3.0 | 4.7 | 1.0 | Franklin Wheat |
Ratings key: Poor, Fair, Avg, Good, Exc, and AP reflect the legacy SimHoops overall player scale used in the original advanced game preview.