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Delaware State Hornets
59 – 91
FINAL Conference
Howard Bison
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference · Memorial Hall (DE) · February 17, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread HOW -11.5 Away covered
O/U 131.5 Over
Money DSU +550 / HOW -800
Model Predictions
Spread Total DSU win
Actual HOW +32 150 Lost
Massey HOW -11.0 (-21.0) — —
Massey Totals — 131.1 (+18.9) —
Bradley-Terry — — 15% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 10% ✓
Baseline Plus ML HOW -11.7 (-20.3) 131.0 (+19.0) 16% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ HOW -9.7 (-22.3) 130.3 (+19.7) 13% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML HOW -10.4 (-21.6) 130.0 (+20.0) 16% ✓
Baseline ML HOW -11.5 (-20.5) 130.8 (+19.2) 15% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 13, 2026 HOW 84 – 58 DSU
Feb 15, 2025 DSU 90 – 69 HOW
Jan 5, 2025 HOW 100 – 94 DSU
Mar 16, 2024 HOW 70 – 67 DSU
Mar 5, 2024 HOW 85 – 66 DSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings DSU HOW
Overall 8-23 24-11
Conference 2-12 11-3
Home 5-7 11-4
Away 2-14 7-6
Neutral 1-1 6-1
Last 5 1-4 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 59.7 75.5
Avg Pts Against 71.4 69.4
Massey -18.2 (#359) -4.2 (#230)
Bradley-Terry -3.23 (#359) -1.02 (#261)
W. Bradley-Terry -4.07 (#360) -1.28 (#261)
RPI 0.361 (#362) 0.461 (#255)
Shooting & Four Factors DSU HOW
FG% 38.1% 42.9%
3PT% 28.9% 33.5%
REB / G 29.8 35.1
OREB / G 9.2 12.0
AST / TO 0.72 1.04
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 42.3% 48.5%
TOV% 19.6% 20.1%
ORB% 25.8% 35.2%
FT Rate 24.2% 31.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 54.4% 48.3%
Opp TOV% 20.3% 21.6%
DRB% 68.7% 67.4%
Opp FT Rate 27.2% 28.1%

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