You just want to be on the side that's winning. "Positively 4th Street" - Bob Dylan
Nicholls Colonels
61 – 47
FINAL Neutral Conference Southland
Northwestern State Demons
Southland Conference · Townsley Law Arena (Neutral) · March 9, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread NICH -1.5 Home covered
O/U 138.5 Under
Money NICH -122 / NWST +102
Model Predictions
Spread Total NICH win
Actual NICH +14 108 Won
Massey NICH -2.2 (+11.8) — —
Massey Totals — 143.1 (-35.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 69% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 70% ✓
Baseline Plus ML NICH -1.9 (+12.1) 134.4 (-26.4) 61% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ NICH -2.6 (+11.4) 135.3 (-27.3) 64% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML NICH -2.0 (+12.0) 133.4 (-25.4) 60% ✓
Baseline ML NICH -2.1 (+11.9) 133.2 (-25.2) 61% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 3, 2026 NICH 61 – 58 NWST
Jan 6, 2026 NICH 74 – 72 NWST
Feb 11, 2025 NWST 72 – 60 NICH
Jan 4, 2025 NWST 68 – 66 NICH
Mar 5, 2024 NICH 68 – 62 NWST

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NICH NWST
Overall 14-19 10-22
Conference 12-10 8-14
Home 6-6 8-6
Away 7-12 2-15
Neutral 1-1 0-1
Last 5 2-3 2-3
Streak L1 L3
Avg Pts For 71.0 66.1
Avg Pts Against 75.7 72.9
Massey -4.8 (#242) -7.0 (#276)
Bradley-Terry -0.80 (#241) -1.60 (#313)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.15 (#251) -1.98 (#310)
RPI 0.476 (#234) 0.427 (#327)
Shooting & Four Factors NICH NWST
FG% 43.3% 43.4%
3PT% 33.6% 33.3%
REB / G 30.3 30.4
OREB / G 10.0 8.2
AST / TO 1.09 0.96
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.7% 49.0%
TOV% 17.2% 18.1%
ORB% 27.8% 25.6%
FT Rate 23.1% 29.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 54.4% 53.1%
Opp TOV% 20.4% 16.8%
DRB% 66.2% 67.5%
Opp FT Rate 30.0% 25.9%

Game Analysis

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