Today Billie Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchee Bridge "Ode to Billie Joe" - Bobbie Gentry
Missouri Valley Conference · Banterra Center · January 3, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread SIU -4.5 Home covered
O/U 145.5 Under
Money SIU -215 / BEL +178
Model Predictions
Spread Total SIU win
Actual SIU +10 136 Won
Massey SIU -11.5 (-1.5) — —
Massey Totals — 151.3 (-15.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 56% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 72% ✓
Baseline Plus ML SIU -10.4 (-0.4) 148.1 (-12.1) 81% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ SIU -8.2 (+1.8) 145.6 (-9.6) 78% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML SIU -9.2 (+0.8) 146.1 (-10.1) 81% ✓
Baseline ML SIU -9.8 (+0.2) 146.4 (-10.4) 82% ✓

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 18, 2026 BEL 73 – 68 SIU
Jan 4, 2026 SIU 68 – 67 BEL
Feb 16, 2025 BEL 73 – 68 SIU
Jan 9, 2025 BEL 90 – 86 SIU
Feb 15, 2024 BEL 82 – 68 SIU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings SIU BEL
Overall 19-13 20-13
Conference 11-9 12-8
Home 13-5 12-2
Away 5-6 6-9
Neutral 1-2 2-2
Last 5 3-2 4-1
Streak L3 L1
Avg Pts For 72.2 77.4
Avg Pts Against 68.6 76.1
Massey 6.9 (#77) -0.1 (#168)
Bradley-Terry 0.32 (#145) 0.98 (#95)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.99 (#114) 1.11 (#105)
RPI 0.516 (#149) 0.531 (#124)
Shooting & Four Factors SIU BEL
FG% 47.1% 48.8%
3PT% 38.5% 37.8%
REB / G 32.3 33.4
OREB / G 8.2 7.5
AST / TO 1.40 1.14
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.0% 56.0%
TOV% 16.3% 17.9%
ORB% 27.1% 22.7%
FT Rate 28.5% 22.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 45.9% 52.9%
Opp TOV% 17.8% 16.3%
DRB% 69.6% 68.8%
Opp FT Rate 23.6% 17.1%

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