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Season on Tuesday, November 3, 2026
Houston Octopods
(2-4)
at
Indianapolis Tornadoes
(2-4)
Series Snapshot
No completed season meetings.
Indianapolis Tornadoes leads the all-time series 28-18.
Predicted Score
HOU
98
IND
108
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Octopods | 54.75% | 7.02% | 34.83% | 9.33% | 1.13 | 101.15 |
| Indianapolis Tornadoes | 50.96% | 9.04% | 38.05% | 14.01% | 1.05 | 104.63 |
Projected Matchups
| HOU Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | IND Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andres Brown | 24.7 | 4.2 | 9.0 | Exc | PG | ---> | PG | AP | 9.3 | 4.8 | 2.7 | Jackson Cotton |
| William Morgan | 25.5 | 5.2 | 5.7 | Exc+ | SG | --> | SG | AP | 27.7 | 5.0 | 2.0 | Andrew Moore |
| Dashawn Williams | 21.2 | 6.0 | 3.0 | AP- | SF | -> | SF | AP+ | 16.7 | 4.7 | 2.3 | Nathan Finney |
| Nathaniel Hanselman | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.2 | AP- | PF | <- | PF | AP- | 4.0 | 7.5 | 2.5 | Brandon Roselli |
| Philip Murray | 7.3 | 12.5 | 2.0 | Exc+ | C | <- | C | Exc+ | 15.3 | 13.2 | 1.3 | Baron Von Trump |
| Karl Johnson | 4.0 | 1.5 | 2.3 | Exc+ | bPG | -> | bPG | AP | 11.5 | 3.0 | 7.0 | Dillan Raatz |
| Charles Farley | 11.0 | 1.8 | 1.2 | Exc | bSG | --> | bSG | AP- | 9.0 | 3.7 | 1.3 | Trinidad Wright |
| Jimmy Lumpkins | 4.7 | 2.0 | 0.5 | Exc+ | bSF | --> | bSF | AP- | 2.0 | 2.7 | 0.7 | Jacob Northrop |
| Dylan Daniels | 2.2 | 2.7 | 0.8 | AP- | bPF | -> | bPF | AP- | 14.8 | 6.8 | 0.5 | Carlos Garcia |
| Mason Russ | 3.7 | 3.3 | 0.7 | AP- | bC | -> | bC | AP- | 4.8 | 4.5 | 1.3 | Michael Walker |
Ratings key: Poor, Fair, Avg, Good, Exc, and AP reflect the legacy SimHoops overall player scale used in the original advanced game preview.