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Season on Wednesday, September 30, 2026
San Diego Sabercats
(3-3)
at
Las Vegas Dark Knights
(3-3)
Series Snapshot
No completed season meetings.
San Diego Sabercats leads the all-time series 81-62.
Predicted Score
SD
104
LV
102
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Sabercats | 54.97% | 5.62% | 31.63% | 14.14% | 1.18 | 104.43 |
| Las Vegas Dark Knights | 53.20% | 6.52% | 29.70% | 12.29% | 1.13 | 104.36 |
Projected Matchups
| SD Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | LV Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louis Sumner | 16.2 | 3.3 | 5.2 | AP | PG | <- | PG | AP | 11.7 | 4.8 | 8.3 | Dylan Byron |
| Dean Oliver | 18.8 | 5.3 | 2.8 | AP- | SG | -> | SG | AP | 20.2 | 4.0 | 3.0 | Antonio Wims |
| Samuel Price | 19.5 | 5.7 | 3.2 | AP+ | SF | <-- | SF | AP- | 17.0 | 4.8 | 2.2 | Connor Graf |
| Lance Bailey | 15.2 | 8.5 | 2.7 | AP+ | PF | PF | AP+ | 19.7 | 10.7 | 1.7 | Ethan Penson | |
| James Banks | 5.5 | 10.3 | 1.3 | Exc+ | C | -> | C | AP | 11.7 | 11.0 | 2.0 | Nicholas Johnson |
| Adrian Johnson | 15.5 | 3.8 | 6.8 | AP- | bPG | <- | bPG | Exc+ | 11.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | Timothy Monroe |
| Nathaniel Benford | 16.3 | 1.7 | 2.0 | AP- | bSG | <-- | bSG | Exc | 5.8 | 2.5 | 1.5 | Fernando Ruiz |
| Ryan Budz | 7.0 | 3.8 | 0.7 | Exc+ | bSF | <- | bSF | Exc | 8.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | James Gundersen |
| Daniel Covington | 5.8 | 3.8 | 0.8 | AP | bPF | <-- | bPF | Exc+ | 5.5 | 4.0 | 1.8 | Samuel Kovacs |
| Franklin Wheat | 3.0 | 4.7 | 1.0 | Exc+ | bC | <- | bC | Exc | 7.6 | 4.4 | 0.4 | Dante Clark |
Ratings key: Poor, Fair, Avg, Good, Exc, and AP reflect the legacy SimHoops overall player scale used in the original advanced game preview.