And I'm telling you son, well, it ain't no fun staring straight down a forty-four. "Gimme Three Steps" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
UMBC Retrievers
74 – 75
FINAL Conference
NJIT Highlanders
America East Conference · Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena · January 28, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread UMBC -5.5 Away covered
O/U 153.5 Under
Money UMBC -225 / NJIT +225
Model Predictions
Spread Total UMBC win
Actual NJIT +1 149 Lost
Massey UMBC -6.0 (-7.0) — —
Massey Totals — 156.8 (-7.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 63% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 62% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML UMBC -3.8 (-4.8) 146.1 (+2.9) 65% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UMBC -3.7 (-4.7) 148.6 (+0.4) 54% ✗
Baseline Plus ML UMBC -3.2 (-4.2) 149.2 (-0.2) 60% ✗
Baseline ML UMBC -3.9 (-4.9) 146.3 (+2.7) 63% ✗

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 3, 2026 UMBC 91 – 52 NJIT
Jan 22, 2026 UMBC 87 – 74 NJIT
Feb 22, 2025 UMBC 95 – 91 NJIT
Jan 10, 2025 UMBC 87 – 64 NJIT
Mar 1, 2024 UMBC 79 – 60 NJIT

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UMBC NJIT
Overall 11-21 7-21
Conference 6-10 3-13
Home 6-9 5-8
Away 5-12 2-13
Neutral 0-0 0-0
Last 5 1-4 0-5
Streak L2 L6
Avg Pts For 78.5 65.7
Avg Pts Against 81.2 75.9
Massey -9.2 (#312) -11.6 (#333)
Bradley-Terry -2.44 (#347) -2.28 (#340)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.96 (#340) -2.70 (#335)
RPI 0.378 (#348) 0.414 (#319)
Shooting & Four Factors UMBC NJIT
FG% 45.6% 38.4%
3PT% 35.7% 29.7%
REB / G 36.5 34.2
OREB / G 9.8 11.3
AST / TO 0.90 0.81
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.1% 44.4%
TOV% 18.9% 18.3%
ORB% 26.2% 29.4%
FT Rate 15.3% 23.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.1% 50.9%
Opp TOV% 14.8% 17.4%
DRB% 68.6% 63.3%
Opp FT Rate 20.9% 27.8%

Game Analysis

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