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Season on Thursday, October 22, 2026
Seattle Cougars
(3-3)
at
Houston Octopods
(2-4)
Series Snapshot
No completed season meetings.
Houston Octopods leads the all-time series 61-54.
Predicted Score
SEA
106
HOU
100
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Cougars | 54.35% | 7.00% | 31.83% | 11.95% | 1.13 | 104.33 |
| Houston Octopods | 54.75% | 7.02% | 31.86% | 9.33% | 1.13 | 101.15 |
Projected Matchups
| SEA Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | HOU Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexis Monroe | 21.2 | 4.7 | 7.3 | AP- | PG | <-- | PG | Exc | 24.7 | 4.2 | 9.0 | Andres Brown |
| Dominic Gunderman | 20.7 | 5.0 | 3.2 | Exc+ | SG | <- | SG | Exc+ | 25.5 | 5.2 | 5.7 | William Morgan |
| James Freeman | 10.5 | 5.0 | 1.8 | AP | SF | <- | SF | AP- | 21.2 | 6.0 | 3.0 | Dashawn Williams |
| Dante Christal | 19.3 | 9.7 | 2.0 | AP+ | PF | <-- | PF | AP- | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.2 | Nathaniel Hanselman |
| Henry Madison | 4.5 | 9.7 | 2.5 | AP- | C | <-- | C | Exc+ | 7.3 | 12.5 | 2.0 | Philip Murray |
| Jason Riley | 11.8 | 1.0 | 3.8 | AP- | bPG | <- | bPG | Exc+ | 4.0 | 1.5 | 2.3 | Karl Johnson |
| James Poma | 9.2 | 2.8 | 2.5 | Exc+ | bSG | <- | bSG | Exc | 11.0 | 1.8 | 1.2 | Charles Farley |
| Juan Wales | 14.3 | 4.0 | 3.0 | AP- | bSF | <- | bSF | Exc+ | 4.7 | 2.0 | 0.5 | Jimmy Lumpkins |
| Dillan Walker | 3.3 | 5.3 | 0.8 | AP- | bPF | <- | bPF | AP- | 2.2 | 2.7 | 0.8 | Dylan Daniels |
| Jose Thomas | 3.0 | 4.2 | 1.3 | AP- | bC | <- | bC | AP- | 3.7 | 3.3 | 0.7 | Mason Russ |
Ratings key: Poor, Fair, Avg, Good, Exc, and AP reflect the legacy SimHoops overall player scale used in the original advanced game preview.