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Niagara Purple Eagles
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FINAL Conference
Iona Gaels
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference · Gallagher Center · February 9, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread IONA -2.5 Away covered
O/U 146.5 Under
Money NIA +115 / IONA -150
Model Predictions
Spread Total NIA win
Actual IONA +3 145 Lost
Massey IONA -1.0 (-2.0)
Massey Totals 152.3 (-7.3)
Bradley-Terry 56%
Weighted B-T 46%
Efficiency Plus ML IONA -0.7 (-2.3) 146.1 (-1.1) 40%
Baseline Tuned ML NIA -0.2 (-3.2) 147.5 (-2.5) 52%
Baseline ML NIA -0.3 (-3.3) 148.6 (-3.6) 51%
Baseline Plus ML IONA -0.0 (-3.0) 148.0 (-3.0) 50%

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 15, 2026 NIA 7068 IONA
Jan 10, 2026 IONA 7153 NIA
Feb 28, 2025 IONA 6563 NIA
Jan 7, 2024 NIA 7573 IONA
Mar 10, 2023 IONA 7159 NIA

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NIA IONA
Overall 16-16 16-17
Conference 11-9 10-10
Home 5-9 9-5
Away 10-6 5-8
Neutral 1-1 2-4
Last 5 4-1 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 71.2 71.3
Avg Pts Against 72.4 70.6
Massey -5.1 (#265) -0.8 (#175)
Bradley-Terry -0.75 (#248) -0.37 (#204)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.04 (#257) -0.22 (#185)
RPI 0.459 (#252) 0.494 (#185)
Shooting & Four Factors NIA IONA
FG% 46.7% 43.7%
3PT% 37.6% 35.2%
REB / G 30.1 32.9
OREB / G 7.5 11.1
AST / TO 1.10 1.44
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.3% 50.6%
TOV% 16.4% 14.9%
ORB% 24.2% 30.1%
FT Rate 27.4% 20.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.7% 52.3%
Opp TOV% 16.4% 22.5%
DRB% 72.3% 67.7%
Opp FT Rate 21.3% 30.3%

Game Analysis

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