They smelled of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs and too many right wing meetings. "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" - The Jam
Alcorn State Braves
70 – 71
FINAL Conference
Southern Jaguars
Southwestern Athletic Conference · Davey L. Whitney Complex · February 3, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread ALCN -2.5 Away covered
O/U 143.5 Under
Money ALCN -125 / SOU +140
Model Predictions
Spread Total ALCN win
Actual SOU +1 141 Lost
Massey SOU -2.2 (+1.2) — —
Massey Totals — 151.0 (-10.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 42% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 39% ✓
Baseline Plus ML SOU -2.1 (+1.1) 146.8 (-5.8) 39% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ SOU -2.0 (+1.0) 144.6 (-3.6) 39% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML SOU -2.0 (+1.0) 144.4 (-3.4) 42% ✓
Baseline ML SOU -2.4 (+1.4) 145.7 (-4.7) 41% ✓

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 31, 2026 ALCN 78 – 73 SOU
Feb 1, 2025 SOU 74 – 69 ALCN
Jan 28, 2023 SOU 80 – 68 ALCN
Jan 29, 2022 ALCN 68 – 64 SOU
Feb 27, 2021 SOU 89 – 75 ALCN

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings ALCN SOU
Overall 14-18 18-14
Conference 13-5 12-6
Home 7-3 11-2
Away 7-14 7-11
Neutral 0-1 0-1
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 71.9 67.9
Avg Pts Against 77.9 70.6
Massey -9.8 (#319) -4.1 (#247)
Bradley-Terry -1.12 (#280) -0.15 (#190)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.61 (#292) -0.45 (#214)
RPI 0.453 (#265) 0.494 (#182)
Shooting & Four Factors ALCN SOU
FG% 43.2% 43.1%
3PT% 33.2% 30.3%
REB / G 33.8 30.0
OREB / G 11.5 8.8
AST / TO 0.86 0.99
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 47.3% 48.8%
TOV% 17.8% 17.8%
ORB% 32.2% 24.4%
FT Rate 23.4% 21.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 56.9% 52.4%
Opp TOV% 17.1% 22.5%
DRB% 66.3% 66.2%
Opp FT Rate 27.2% 31.3%

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