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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%
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%
Baseline Plus ML SIUE -6.0 (+21.0) 132.9 (-5.9) 69%

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 7771 SIUE
Dec 18, 2025 EIU 7672 SIUE
Feb 5, 2025 SIUE 6641 EIU
Jan 8, 2025 SIUE 6057 EIU
Mar 7, 2024 SIUE 6857 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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