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Ohio Valley Conference · First Community Arena · February 28, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread SIUE -5.5 Home covered
O/U 129.5 Under
Money SIUE -265 / EIU +215
Model Predictions
Spread Total SIUE win
Actual SIUE +27 127 Won
Massey SIUE -7.6 (+19.4) — —
Massey Totals — 124.5 (+2.5) —
Bradley-Terry — — 78% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 83% ✓
Baseline Plus ML SIUE -6.0 (+21.0) 132.9 (-5.9) 69% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ SIUE -5.6 (+21.4) 132.3 (-5.3) 70% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML SIUE -5.5 (+21.5) 126.4 (+0.6) 68% ✓
Baseline ML SIUE -5.8 (+21.2) 127.5 (-0.5) 72% ✓

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 5, 2026 EIU 77 – 71 SIUE
Dec 18, 2025 EIU 76 – 72 SIUE
Feb 5, 2025 SIUE 66 – 41 EIU
Jan 8, 2025 SIUE 60 – 57 EIU
Mar 7, 2024 SIUE 68 – 57 EIU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings SIUE EIU
Overall 19-13 13-20
Conference 12-8 8-12
Home 10-5 9-6
Away 8-7 3-13
Neutral 1-1 1-1
Last 5 2-3 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 67.7 64.6
Avg Pts Against 65.9 72.2
Massey -5.9 (#262) -10.5 (#316)
Bradley-Terry -0.90 (#249) -1.66 (#315)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.18 (#250) -2.19 (#318)
RPI 0.448 (#281) 0.450 (#279)
Shooting & Four Factors SIUE EIU
FG% 43.0% 40.6%
3PT% 34.2% 32.0%
REB / G 35.6 31.6
OREB / G 10.3 9.9
AST / TO 1.02 0.89
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.0% 45.3%
TOV% 17.9% 18.6%
ORB% 29.8% 28.5%
FT Rate 21.1% 25.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 45.4% 50.6%
Opp TOV% 17.1% 19.5%
DRB% 68.0% 64.8%
Opp FT Rate 24.5% 27.3%

Game Analysis

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