And I'm telling you son, well, it ain't no fun staring straight down a forty-four. "Gimme Three Steps" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Maine Black Bears
58 – 67
FINAL Conference
NJIT Highlanders
America East Conference · Skip Chappelle Court in Memorial Gymnasium · February 14, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread NJIT -1.5 Away covered
O/U 137.5 Under
Money ME +114 / NJIT -135
Model Predictions
Spread Total ME win
Actual NJIT +9 125 Lost
Massey ME -0.2 (-9.2) — —
Massey Totals — 130.4 (-5.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 22% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 20% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML NJIT -2.0 (-7.0) 134.6 (-9.6) 35% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ NJIT -0.7 (-8.3) 134.6 (-9.6) 45% ✓
Baseline Plus ML NJIT -1.7 (-7.3) 137.2 (-12.2) 32% ✓
Baseline ML NJIT -1.5 (-7.5) 135.7 (-10.7) 31% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Mar 7, 2026 NJIT 60 – 58 ME
Jan 10, 2026 ME 74 – 70 NJIT
Feb 6, 2025 ME 78 – 74 NJIT
Jan 16, 2025 ME 57 – 44 NJIT
Feb 24, 2024 ME 68 – 58 NJIT

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings ME NJIT
Overall 8-24 16-17
Conference 6-10 10-6
Home 4-8 8-6
Away 4-14 8-11
Neutral 0-2 0-0
Last 5 2-3 5-0
Streak L3 L1
Avg Pts For 61.2 66.2
Avg Pts Against 68.5 73.7
Massey -13.4 (#341) -10.7 (#317)
Bradley-Terry -2.74 (#353) -0.94 (#251)
W. Bradley-Terry -3.43 (#352) -1.48 (#272)
RPI 0.388 (#354) 0.480 (#222)
Shooting & Four Factors ME NJIT
FG% 43.6% 40.8%
3PT% 31.1% 31.5%
REB / G 27.6 34.5
OREB / G 6.7 9.5
AST / TO 0.92 0.95
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.3% 47.3%
TOV% 19.5% 16.8%
ORB% 20.8% 26.2%
FT Rate 24.4% 24.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.3% 49.4%
Opp TOV% 18.9% 15.5%
DRB% 64.0% 67.5%
Opp FT Rate 24.6% 27.3%

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