Game Preview
Season on Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Houston Octopods
(2-4)
at
Sacramento Rainbow Trout
(3-3)
Series Snapshot
No completed season meetings.
Houston Octopods leads the all-time series 66-43.
Predicted Score
HOU
99
SAC
107
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Octopods | 54.75% | 7.02% | 35.82% | 9.33% | 1.13 | 101.15 |
| Sacramento Rainbow Trout | 55.86% | 8.49% | 35.83% | 18.83% | 1.18 | 103.96 |
Projected Matchups
| HOU Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | SAC Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andres Brown | 24.7 | 4.2 | 9.0 | Exc | PG | --> | PG | AP | 24.7 | 2.2 | 6.2 | Samuel Jones |
| William Morgan | 25.5 | 5.2 | 5.7 | Exc+ | SG | --> | SG | AP | 19.2 | 6.8 | 3.0 | Adrian McCully |
| Dashawn Williams | 21.2 | 6.0 | 3.0 | AP- | SF | <- | SF | AP- | 4.5 | 3.5 | 0.5 | Giovanni Lindholm |
| Nathaniel Hanselman | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.2 | AP- | PF | -> | PF | AP | 17.0 | 7.5 | 1.5 | Cooper Woods |
| Philip Murray | 7.3 | 12.5 | 2.0 | Exc+ | C | --> | C | AP | 4.0 | 8.7 | 2.0 | Landon Allen |
| Karl Johnson | 4.0 | 1.5 | 2.3 | Exc+ | bPG | -> | bPG | AP- | 4.8 | 2.5 | 5.8 | Jacob Coleman |
| Charles Farley | 11.0 | 1.8 | 1.2 | Exc | bSG | -> | bSG | Exc+ | 15.0 | 2.3 | 1.0 | Brandon Weston |
| Jimmy Lumpkins | 4.7 | 2.0 | 0.5 | Exc+ | bSF | --> | bSF | AP- | 21.2 | 7.2 | 2.0 | Tristan Davis |
| Dylan Daniels | 2.2 | 2.7 | 0.8 | AP- | bPF | -> | bPF | AP- | 3.8 | 4.0 | 0.8 | Joshua Byler |
| Mason Russ | 3.7 | 3.3 | 0.7 | AP- | bC | <-- | bC | Exc | 4.3 | 4.7 | 0.7 | Deangelo Black |
Ratings key: Poor, Fair, Avg, Good, Exc, and AP reflect the legacy SimHoops overall player scale used in the original advanced game preview.