Game Preview
Season on Thursday, September 17, 2026
Phoenix Kangaroos
(4-2)
at
Salt Lake City Night Hawks
(3-3)
Series Snapshot
Phoenix Kangaroos leads the season series 1-0.
Salt Lake City Night Hawks leads the all-time series 89-45.
Predicted Score
PHO
104
SLC
102
Season Series
| Date | Type | Matchup | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 8/25 | Season | SLC at PHO | 120 - 121 |
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix Kangaroos | 55.22% | 5.46% | 32.01% | 13.87% | 1.18 | 102.24 |
| Salt Lake City Night Hawks | 56.89% | 9.42% | 35.27% | 14.12% | 1.16 | 108.09 |
Projected Matchups
| PHO Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | SLC Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Rodriguez | 18.2 | 3.8 | 6.3 | AP- | PG | -> | PG | AP | 27.8 | 5.2 | 7.2 | Hayden Bond |
| Dominic Arnold | 25.2 | 3.7 | 3.5 | AP- | SG | -> | SG | AP- | 27.0 | 5.7 | 3.8 | Trevor Doherty |
| Andrew Haney | 25.3 | 6.0 | 2.8 | AP | SF | -> | SF | AP | 19.8 | 7.8 | 2.8 | Cole Bell |
| Parker Surles | 6.7 | 8.8 | 2.5 | AP- | PF | <-- | PF | Exc | 12.8 | 6.7 | 3.5 | Isaiah Conroy |
| Richard Mays | 8.8 | 10.0 | 2.8 | Exc+ | C | <--- | C | Exc- | 7.3 | 12.5 | 2.5 | Benjamin Ruff |
| Miguel Lobue | 9.3 | 1.0 | 3.7 | AP | bPG | <-- | bPG | Exc+ | 4.3 | 2.0 | 3.3 | John Lloyd |
| Ariel Renfro | 12.8 | 3.7 | 1.8 | AP- | bSG | <- | bSG | Exc+ | 8.5 | 1.7 | 0.8 | Martin Atkins |
| Jonathan Thayer | 7.5 | 1.2 | 0.8 | Exc | bSF | <- | bSF | Exc | 7.0 | 1.8 | 1.0 | David Skinner |
| Ian Shaw | 6.8 | 3.8 | 2.2 | AP- | bPF | <- | bPF | Exc+ | 6.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | Caleb Nance |
| Daniel Hernandez | 2.0 | 4.5 | 2.5 | Exc+ | 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.