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Season on Monday, September 21, 2026
St. Louis 5th Alarm
(4-2)
at
Houston Octopods
(2-4)
Series Snapshot
No completed season meetings.
All-time series tied 23-23.
Predicted Score
STL
106
HOU
100
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis 5th Alarm | 58.45% | 5.92% | 36.25% | 13.68% | 1.24 | 103.54 |
| Houston Octopods | 54.75% | 7.02% | 31.37% | 9.33% | 1.13 | 101.15 |
Projected Matchups
| STL Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | HOU Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Abrahamsen | 31.8 | 4.2 | 4.7 | AP | PG | <--- | PG | Exc | 24.7 | 4.2 | 9.0 | Andres Brown |
| Anthony Rice | 12.5 | 6.7 | 5.3 | AP- | SG | <- | SG | Exc+ | 25.5 | 5.2 | 5.7 | William Morgan |
| Zachary Federer | 19.7 | 7.3 | 2.5 | AP- | SF | -> | SF | AP- | 21.2 | 6.0 | 3.0 | Dashawn Williams |
| Ryan McGriff | 11.3 | 9.2 | 2.7 | AP | PF | <- | PF | AP- | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.2 | Nathaniel Hanselman |
| Justin Cooper | 6.7 | 10.3 | 2.8 | AP | C | <-- | C | Exc+ | 7.3 | 12.5 | 2.0 | Philip Murray |
| Caden Henley | 14.7 | 2.2 | 4.3 | AP- | bPG | <- | bPG | Exc+ | 4.0 | 1.5 | 2.3 | Karl Johnson |
| Gavin Kosinski | 9.5 | 2.8 | 1.7 | AP- | bSG | <-- | bSG | Exc | 11.0 | 1.8 | 1.2 | Charles Farley |
| Darnell Thomas | 5.7 | 3.5 | 2.5 | AP | bSF | <-- | bSF | Exc+ | 4.7 | 2.0 | 0.5 | Jimmy Lumpkins |
| Antonio Harris | 12.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | AP- | bPF | -> | bPF | AP- | 2.2 | 2.7 | 0.8 | Dylan Daniels |
| Fletcher Wood | 5.0 | 4.3 | 0.5 | AP- | bC | <- | bC | AP- | 3.7 | 3.3 | 0.7 | Mason Russ |
Ratings key: Poor, Fair, Avg, Good, Exc, and AP reflect the legacy SimHoops overall player scale used in the original advanced game preview.