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Season on Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Houston Octopods
(2-4)
at
Louisville Colonels
(3-3)
Series Snapshot
Louisville Colonels leads the season series 1-0.
Louisville Colonels leads the all-time series 82-57.
Predicted Score
HOU
100
LOU
106
Season Series
| Date | Type | Matchup | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 8/27 | Season | HOU at LOU | 120 - 131 |
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Octopods | 54.75% | 7.02% | 32.58% | 9.33% | 1.13 | 101.15 |
| Louisville Colonels | 53.97% | 8.33% | 33.67% | 14.36% | 1.11 | 108.35 |
Projected Matchups
| HOU Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | LOU Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andres Brown | 24.7 | 4.2 | 9.0 | Exc | PG | --> | PG | AP- | 16.5 | 5.2 | 9.5 | Calvin Scruggs |
| William Morgan | 25.5 | 5.2 | 5.7 | Exc+ | SG | ---> | SG | AP | 30.2 | 6.8 | 3.2 | Ajay Blackshear |
| Dashawn Williams | 21.2 | 6.0 | 3.0 | AP- | SF | -> | SF | AP | 6.7 | 4.3 | 1.5 | Julian Cassel |
| Nathaniel Hanselman | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.2 | AP- | PF | <- | PF | AP- | 11.8 | 8.7 | 2.3 | Bryan Windsor |
| Philip Murray | 7.3 | 12.5 | 2.0 | Exc+ | C | ---> | C | AP+ | 16.0 | 11.5 | 2.0 | Ricardo Yohn |
| Karl Johnson | 4.0 | 1.5 | 2.3 | Exc+ | bPG | -> | bPG | AP- | 4.5 | 0.8 | 3.2 | Luis Torrence |
| Charles Farley | 11.0 | 1.8 | 1.2 | Exc | bSG | <- | bSG | Exc- | 11.8 | 2.8 | 1.7 | Abraham Normile |
| Jimmy Lumpkins | 4.7 | 2.0 | 0.5 | Exc+ | bSF | -> | bSF | AP- | 14.5 | 3.8 | 1.7 | Spenser Robison |
| Dylan Daniels | 2.2 | 2.7 | 0.8 | AP- | bPF | <-- | bPF | Exc | 4.3 | 3.3 | 1.3 | Isa Hutchison |
| Mason Russ | 3.7 | 3.3 | 0.7 | AP- | bC | <- | bC | Exc+ | 4.3 | 4.2 | 1.5 | Christopher Lalonde |
Ratings key: Poor, Fair, Avg, Good, Exc, and AP reflect the legacy SimHoops overall player scale used in the original advanced game preview.