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Troy Trojans
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FINAL MAC-SBC Challenge
Akron Zips
Trojan Arena · February 7, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread AKR -2.5 Home covered
O/U 157.5 Under
Money TROY +124 / AKR -148
Model Predictions
Spread Total TROY win
Actual TROY +10 148 Won
Massey AKR -6.4 (+16.4)
Massey Totals 169.8 (-21.8)
Bradley-Terry 32%
Weighted B-T 19%
Baseline Plus ML AKR -3.3 (+13.3) 155.8 (-7.8) 28%
Model 4 ML AKR -2.8 (+12.8) 157.1 (-9.1) 36%
Model 3 ML AKR -4.4 (+14.4) 156.3 (-8.3) 32%
Baseline ML AKR -3.8 (+13.8) 156.4 (-8.4) 33%

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings TROY AKR
Overall 22-12 29-6
Conference 12-6 17-1
Home 10-3 15-0
Away 9-7 9-3
Neutral 3-2 5-3
Last 5 3-2 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 77.3 86.4
Avg Pts Against 74.5 75.0
Massey 1.3 (#143) 10.7 (#54)
Bradley-Terry 0.61 (#104) 1.88 (#54)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.18 (#150) 2.19 (#60)
RPI 0.549 (#79) 0.593 (#42)
Shooting & Four Factors TROY AKR
FG% 44.4% 50.2%
3PT% 34.0% 38.6%
REB / G 38.1 36.6
OREB / G 12.6 11.4
AST / TO 1.30 1.66
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.0% 58.8%
TOV% 16.5% 15.6%
ORB% 33.6% 34.4%
FT Rate 25.3% 21.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.0% 50.2%
Opp TOV% 17.6% 18.9%
DRB% 68.3% 67.5%
Opp FT Rate 23.1% 23.4%

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