Game Preview
Season on Thursday, October 15, 2026
Kansas City Wildcats
(5-1)
at
Salt Lake City Night Hawks
(3-3)
Series Snapshot
Kansas City Wildcats leads the season series 1-0.
Salt Lake City Night Hawks leads the all-time series 101-53.
Predicted Score
KC
105
SLC
101
Season Series
| Date | Type | Matchup | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 8/27 | Season | SLC at KC | 106 - 124 |
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Wildcats | 55.39% | 7.10% | 31.56% | 14.43% | 1.17 | 102.90 |
| Salt Lake City Night Hawks | 56.89% | 9.42% | 35.27% | 14.12% | 1.16 | 108.09 |
Projected Matchups
| KC Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | SLC Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phillip Anello | 30.7 | 4.5 | 7.7 | AP+ | PG | <- | PG | AP | 27.8 | 5.2 | 7.2 | Hayden Bond |
| Nicholas Blackmon | 15.5 | 5.7 | 3.5 | AP | SG | <- | SG | AP- | 27.0 | 5.7 | 3.8 | Trevor Doherty |
| David McCoin | 20.2 | 6.7 | 2.5 | AP- | SF | -> | SF | AP | 19.8 | 7.8 | 2.8 | Cole Bell |
| Jack Brown | 7.7 | 6.5 | 3.0 | AP | PF | <--- | PF | Exc | 12.8 | 6.7 | 3.5 | Isaiah Conroy |
| Kenneth McGriff | 8.3 | 8.7 | 2.3 | AP | C | <--- | C | Exc- | 7.3 | 12.5 | 2.5 | Benjamin Ruff |
| Cameron Foy | 5.8 | 1.8 | 4.7 | Exc+ | bPG | <- | bPG | Exc+ | 4.3 | 2.0 | 3.3 | John Lloyd |
| John Ekman | 4.5 | 2.7 | 1.7 | AP- | bSG | <- | bSG | Exc+ | 8.5 | 1.7 | 0.8 | Martin Atkins |
| Zachary Brickle | 9.3 | 3.7 | 1.7 | Exc+ | bSF | <- | bSF | Exc | 7.0 | 1.8 | 1.0 | David Skinner |
| Uziel Lee | 14.5 | 4.2 | 0.2 | Exc+ | bPF | -> | bPF | Exc+ | 6.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | Caleb Nance |
| Michael Wiggins | 3.5 | 3.0 | 1.7 | Exc+ | bC | -> | bC | AP- | 2.7 | 4.2 | 0.3 | Ricardo Mason |
Ratings key: Poor, Fair, Avg, Good, Exc, and AP reflect the legacy SimHoops overall player scale used in the original advanced game preview.