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Season on Monday, October 26, 2026
Birmingham Venom
(4-2)
at
Syracuse River Rats
(0-6)
Series Snapshot
No completed season meetings.
Birmingham Venom leads the all-time series 23-21.
Predicted Score
BIR
105
SYR
101
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham Venom | 44.55% | 12.45% | 42.76% | 12.14% | 0.88 | 107.06 |
| Syracuse River Rats | 42.84% | 14.47% | 35.85% | 15.44% | 0.84 | 106.71 |
Projected Matchups
| BIR Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | SYR Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Wimberly | 11.5 | 3.3 | 5.0 | Poor+ | PG | ---> | PG | Good- | 11.7 | 4.5 | 6.5 | Shawn Dunn |
| Cade Dotson | 16.8 | 4.8 | 3.0 | Good | SG | <-- | SG | Avg+ | 16.0 | 4.2 | 2.5 | Christopher Harris |
| Joseph Royster | 12.5 | 8.5 | 2.5 | Exc | SF | <--- | SF | Avg- | 9.2 | 5.8 | 1.3 | Evan Sartin |
| Daniel Brink | 4.3 | 8.3 | 2.2 | Exc | PF | <--- | PF | Avg- | 9.8 | 6.5 | 1.5 | Nicholas Wallace |
| Anthony Gordon | 10.7 | 8.3 | 0.7 | Fair+ | C | ---> | C | Good+ | 17.2 | 11.3 | 0.3 | Jose Goodman |
| Jordan Snyder | 8.8 | 2.2 | 4.7 | Exc | bPG | <--- | bPG | Poor+ | 6.0 | 1.2 | 3.5 | Michael Bryant |
| Blake Parnell | 7.5 | 4.0 | 1.8 | Avg- | bSG | --> | bSG | Avg | 5.7 | 2.3 | 1.0 | Jake Harris |
| Christian Bankston | 5.7 | 3.7 | 1.2 | Avg- | bSF | --> | bSF | Avg+ | 4.0 | 2.7 | 0.3 | Jarius Kushner |
| Brandon Werner | 8.5 | 6.2 | 0.7 | Avg+ | bPF | <- | bPF | Avg+ | 6.0 | 5.3 | 0.8 | Rahul Ferdinand |
| Salvador Sweeney | 8.2 | 6.3 | 1.2 | Fair+ | bC | ---> | bC | Avg+ | 4.0 | 4.2 | 1.3 | Alexander Clift |
Ratings key: Poor, Fair, Avg, Good, Exc, and AP reflect the legacy SimHoops overall player scale used in the original advanced game preview.