Game Preview
Season on Friday, September 25, 2026
Clarksville River Bandits
(5-1)
at
Birmingham Venom
(4-2)
Series Snapshot
No completed season meetings.
Birmingham Venom leads the all-time series 81-61.
Predicted Score
CLA
101
BIR
105
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarksville River Bandits | 48.99% | 11.33% | 31.31% | 17.25% | 1.00 | 104.35 |
| Birmingham Venom | 44.55% | 12.45% | 39.88% | 12.14% | 0.88 | 107.06 |
Projected Matchups
| CLA Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | BIR Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Graham | 12.2 | 3.8 | 5.2 | Good- | PG | <--- | PG | Poor+ | 11.5 | 3.3 | 5.0 | Jordan Wimberly |
| Trevon Copeland | 13.7 | 4.7 | 2.8 | Avg | SG | ---> | SG | Good | 16.8 | 4.8 | 3.0 | Cade Dotson |
| Brandon Alexander | 15.3 | 5.2 | 1.8 | Avg | SF | ---> | SF | Exc | 12.5 | 8.5 | 2.5 | Joseph Royster |
| Kirk Putnam | 10.3 | 6.7 | 1.8 | Avg | PF | ---> | PF | Exc | 4.3 | 8.3 | 2.2 | Daniel Brink |
| Miles Thibodeaux | 12.8 | 9.0 | 2.3 | Good- | C | <--- | C | Fair+ | 10.7 | 8.3 | 0.7 | Anthony Gordon |
| Maxwell Torres | 11.3 | 3.0 | 3.5 | Exc+ | bPG | <- | bPG | Exc | 8.8 | 2.2 | 4.7 | Jordan Snyder |
| Shane Christman | 5.5 | 2.2 | 2.3 | Avg- | bSG | <- | bSG | Avg- | 7.5 | 4.0 | 1.8 | Blake Parnell |
| Landon Thiele | 6.0 | 9.0 | 0.0 | Fair- | bSF | ---> | bSF | Avg- | 5.7 | 3.7 | 1.2 | Christian Bankston |
| Eriberto Zukowski | 5.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | Poor+ | bPF | ---> | bPF | Avg+ | 8.5 | 6.2 | 0.7 | Brandon Werner |
| Tyrone Hellman | 8.7 | 6.7 | 0.7 | Exc+ | bC | <--- | bC | Fair+ | 8.2 | 6.3 | 1.2 | Salvador Sweeney |
Ratings key: Poor, Fair, Avg, Good, Exc, and AP reflect the legacy SimHoops overall player scale used in the original advanced game preview.