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Season on Friday, September 25, 2026
Syracuse River Rats
(0-6)
at
Buffalo Bombers
(3-3)
Series Snapshot
No completed season meetings.
Buffalo Bombers leads the all-time series 81-71.
Predicted Score
SYR
105
BUF
101
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syracuse River Rats | 42.84% | 14.47% | 34.97% | 15.44% | 0.84 | 106.71 |
| Buffalo Bombers | 50.66% | 15.08% | 33.84% | 17.39% | 0.98 | 106.46 |
Projected Matchups
| SYR Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | BUF Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawn Dunn | 11.7 | 4.5 | 6.5 | Good- | PG | -> | PG | Good | 19.5 | 5.3 | 7.5 | Dana Rodriques |
| Christopher Harris | 16.0 | 4.2 | 2.5 | Avg+ | SG | -> | SG | Avg+ | 17.8 | 5.7 | 2.3 | Kyle Williams |
| Evan Sartin | 9.2 | 5.8 | 1.3 | Avg- | SF | ---> | SF | Avg+ | 12.0 | 7.3 | 2.5 | Liam Mullis |
| Nicholas Wallace | 9.8 | 6.5 | 1.5 | Avg- | PF | <-- | PF | Fair | 12.0 | 8.3 | 1.8 | Joseph Dalton |
| Jose Goodman | 17.2 | 11.3 | 0.3 | Good+ | C | <--- | C | Fair- | 8.7 | 8.5 | 2.3 | Braden Nicholson |
| Michael Bryant | 6.0 | 1.2 | 3.5 | Poor+ | bPG | --> | bPG | Fair | 3.0 | 1.2 | 3.8 | Adam Conkle |
| Jake Harris | 5.7 | 2.3 | 1.0 | Avg | bSG | -> | bSG | Avg+ | 11.5 | 2.3 | 1.7 | Jacob Hynes |
| Jarius Kushner | 4.0 | 2.7 | 0.3 | Avg+ | bSF | <- | bSF | Avg | 7.7 | 2.2 | 0.8 | Ivan Chavez |
| Rahul Ferdinand | 6.0 | 5.3 | 0.8 | Avg+ | bPF | <- | bPF | Avg+ | 6.5 | 5.0 | 0.5 | Wesley Vigil |
| Alexander Clift | 4.0 | 4.2 | 1.3 | Avg+ | bC | <--- | bC | Fair | 6.0 | 4.3 | 0.7 | Azael Fleming |
Ratings key: Poor, Fair, Avg, Good, Exc, and AP reflect the legacy SimHoops overall player scale used in the original advanced game preview.