In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
Ohio Valley Conference · Groniger Arena · February 3, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread LR -2.5 Away covered
O/U 143.5 Under
Money EIU +138 / LR -125
Model Predictions
Spread Total EIU win
Actual LR +24 118 Lost
Massey EIU -0.9 (-24.9) — —
Massey Totals — 148.0 (-30.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 59% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 54% ✗
Baseline Plus ML LR -0.8 (-23.2) 140.7 (-22.7) 45% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ LR -0.5 (-23.5) 138.6 (-20.6) 47% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML LR -0.3 (-23.7) 139.0 (-21.0) 48% ✓
Baseline ML EIU -0.0 (-24.0) 140.5 (-22.5) 44% ✓

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 14, 2026 EIU 78 – 72 LR
Jan 16, 2026 LR 74 – 63 EIU
Feb 28, 2025 EIU 71 – 60 LR
Jan 27, 2025 EIU 56 – 54 LR
Jan 6, 2024 EIU 90 – 88 LR

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings EIU LR
Overall 14-18 21-13
Conference 8-10 14-4
Home 9-6 14-4
Away 4-11 6-6
Neutral 1-1 1-3
Last 5 2-3 3-2
Streak L2 L2
Avg Pts For 65.3 77.3
Avg Pts Against 70.4 72.5
Massey -8.6 (#305) -6.0 (#278)
Bradley-Terry -1.47 (#301) -1.21 (#289)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.84 (#305) -1.29 (#280)
RPI 0.443 (#282) 0.403 (#330)
Shooting & Four Factors EIU LR
FG% 39.7% 46.1%
3PT% 31.9% 33.5%
REB / G 33.1 36.1
OREB / G 10.5 11.5
AST / TO 1.09 1.16
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 44.5% 51.6%
TOV% 15.8% 17.5%
ORB% 27.6% 31.6%
FT Rate 19.0% 25.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 55.0% 51.0%
Opp TOV% 19.8% 17.9%
DRB% 74.0% 69.4%
Opp FT Rate 28.0% 31.3%

Game Analysis

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