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Niagara Purple Eagles
71 – 74
FINAL Conference
Iona Gaels
Metro 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% ✓
Baseline Plus ML IONA -0.0 (-3.0) 148.0 (-3.0) 50% ✗
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% ✗

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 70 – 68 IONA
Jan 10, 2026 IONA 71 – 53 NIA
Feb 28, 2025 IONA 65 – 63 NIA
Jan 7, 2024 NIA 75 – 73 IONA
Mar 10, 2023 IONA 71 – 59 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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