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Season on Tuesday, October 13, 2026
San Diego Sabercats
(3-3)
at
New Orleans Hurricanes
(5-1)
Series Snapshot
No completed season meetings.
New Orleans Hurricanes leads the all-time series 30-16.
Predicted Score
SD
102
NO
104
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 |
| New Orleans Hurricanes | 53.44% | 6.50% | 32.81% | 13.23% | 1.14 | 102.01 |
Projected Matchups
| SD Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | NO Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louis Sumner | 16.2 | 3.3 | 5.2 | AP | PG | -> | PG | AP | 20.3 | 3.7 | 7.3 | Hussein White |
| Dean Oliver | 18.8 | 5.3 | 2.8 | AP- | SG | -> | SG | AP- | 21.3 | 4.7 | 3.0 | Sean Dominguez |
| Samuel Price | 19.5 | 5.7 | 3.2 | AP+ | SF | -> | SF | AP+ | 27.3 | 6.3 | 2.7 | Marcus McNally |
| Lance Bailey | 15.2 | 8.5 | 2.7 | AP+ | PF | <- | PF | AP | 9.5 | 8.8 | 1.7 | Kalvin Colbert |
| James Banks | 5.5 | 10.3 | 1.3 | Exc+ | C | <- | C | Exc+ | 7.8 | 11.3 | 3.0 | Emil Boddie |
| Adrian Johnson | 15.5 | 3.8 | 6.8 | AP- | bPG | <--- | bPG | Exc | 6.8 | 1.2 | 2.5 | Jalen Roberts |
| Nathaniel Benford | 16.3 | 1.7 | 2.0 | AP- | bSG | -> | bSG | AP | 13.3 | 3.3 | 2.0 | Joshua Suggs |
| Ryan Budz | 7.0 | 3.8 | 0.7 | Exc+ | bSF | -> | bSF | AP- | 7.3 | 3.2 | 1.0 | Jacob Jones |
| Daniel Covington | 5.8 | 3.8 | 0.8 | AP | bPF | <--- | bPF | Exc | 0.8 | 3.7 | 0.5 | Joshua Boettcher |
| Franklin Wheat | 3.0 | 4.7 | 1.0 | Exc+ | bC | --> | bC | AP- | 1.8 | 4.7 | 1.2 | Dekota North |
Ratings key: Poor, Fair, Avg, Good, Exc, and AP reflect the legacy SimHoops overall player scale used in the original advanced game preview.