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Season on Monday, November 2, 2026
Houston Octopods
(2-4)
at
Chicago Hilltoppers
(3-3)
Series Snapshot
No completed season meetings.
Houston Octopods leads the all-time series 27-23.
Predicted Score
HOU
99
CHI
107
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Octopods | 54.75% | 7.02% | 32.48% | 9.33% | 1.13 | 101.15 |
| Chicago Hilltoppers | 52.26% | 6.89% | 33.22% | 12.90% | 1.11 | 105.14 |
Projected Matchups
| HOU Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | CHI Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andres Brown | 24.7 | 4.2 | 9.0 | Exc | PG | --> | PG | AP- | 22.2 | 4.0 | 7.5 | Christopher Jenkins |
| William Morgan | 25.5 | 5.2 | 5.7 | Exc+ | SG | ---> | SG | AP | 20.3 | 5.8 | 3.5 | Ethan Wilcox |
| Dashawn Williams | 21.2 | 6.0 | 3.0 | AP- | SF | -> | SF | AP | 19.5 | 8.3 | 2.0 | Peter Jeanpierre |
| Nathaniel Hanselman | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.2 | AP- | PF | --> | PF | AP+ | 22.3 | 8.0 | 2.2 | Luke Anderson |
| Philip Murray | 7.3 | 12.5 | 2.0 | Exc+ | C | --> | C | AP | 4.2 | 9.3 | 2.5 | Ryan Davis |
| Karl Johnson | 4.0 | 1.5 | 2.3 | Exc+ | bPG | <- | bPG | Exc+ | 18.8 | 3.7 | 4.2 | Derek Mitchell |
| Charles Farley | 11.0 | 1.8 | 1.2 | Exc | bSG | -> | bSG | Exc+ | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Kevin Rushing |
| Jimmy Lumpkins | 4.7 | 2.0 | 0.5 | Exc+ | bSF | -> | bSF | AP- | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.8 | Mitchell Ardis |
| Dylan Daniels | 2.2 | 2.7 | 0.8 | AP- | bPF | <- | bPF | Exc+ | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | William Simon |
| Mason Russ | 3.7 | 3.3 | 0.7 | AP- | bC | <- | bC | Exc+ | 4.0 | 6.7 | 1.0 | Jack Palacios |
Ratings key: Poor, Fair, Avg, Good, Exc, and AP reflect the legacy SimHoops overall player scale used in the original advanced game preview.