In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
Temple Owls
106 – 99 3OT
FINAL Big 5 Classic
La Salle Explorers
Liacouras Center · November 30, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread TEM -4.0 Home covered
O/U 142.0 Over
Money TEM -178 / LAS +150
Model Predictions
Spread Total TEM win
Actual TEM +7 205 Won
Massey TEM -10.6 (-3.6) — —
Massey Totals — 157.8 (+47.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 64% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 49% ✗
Baseline Plus ML TEM -5.2 (+1.8) 149.3 (+55.7) 73% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ TEM -6.6 (+0.4) 145.6 (+59.4) 78% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML TEM -6.1 (+0.9) 149.4 (+55.6) 70% ✓
Baseline ML TEM -5.6 (+1.4) 150.2 (+54.8) 71% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Nov 12, 2025 TEM 90 – 63 LAS
Nov 30, 2024 LAS 83 – 75 TEM
Nov 30, 2022 TEM 67 – 51 LAS
Dec 2, 2021 TEM 73 – 57 LAS

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings TEM LAS
Overall 16-20 16-17
Conference 5-13 6-12
Home 5-9 11-6
Away 5-7 3-10
Neutral 6-4 2-1
Last 5 3-2 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 70.5 71.6
Avg Pts Against 73.4 74.1
Massey -0.9 (#187) -5.0 (#263)
Bradley-Terry 0.03 (#185) 0.72 (#122)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.40 (#206) 1.07 (#124)
RPI 0.495 (#185) 0.499 (#169)
Shooting & Four Factors TEM LAS
FG% 39.0% 45.4%
3PT% 33.3% 35.6%
REB / G 36.4 33.0
OREB / G 11.2 10.0
AST / TO 1.22 1.63
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 46.7% 52.2%
TOV% 13.4% 13.7%
ORB% 29.8% 28.8%
FT Rate 31.7% 23.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.0% 52.6%
Opp TOV% 19.3% 17.7%
DRB% 69.2% 69.7%
Opp FT Rate 20.1% 20.3%

Game Analysis

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