But spirit is something that no one destroys. "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys" - Traffic
Big South Conference · Templeton Center · February 17, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread LONG -3.5 Away covered
O/U 140.5 Over
Money PRES +140 / LONG -125
Model Predictions
Spread Total PRES win
Actual LONG +8 154 Lost
Massey LONG -2.8 (-5.2) — —
Massey Totals — 142.0 (+12.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 52% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 51% ✗
Baseline Plus ML LONG -1.8 (-6.2) 144.9 (+9.1) 42% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ LONG -4.1 (-3.9) 142.0 (+12.0) 29% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML LONG -1.6 (-6.4) 142.3 (+11.7) 45% ✓
Baseline ML LONG -2.0 (-6.0) 143.2 (+10.8) 46% ✓

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 20, 2026 PRES 72 – 65 LONG
Jan 10, 2026 LONG 77 – 70 PRES
Feb 15, 2025 PRES 77 – 68 LONG
Jan 2, 2025 PRES 68 – 60 LONG
Jan 20, 2024 LONG 80 – 70 PRES

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings PRES LONG
Overall 14-19 21-14
Conference 6-10 6-10
Home 8-7 13-3
Away 5-9 5-10
Neutral 1-3 3-1
Last 5 3-2 1-4
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 72.0 72.9
Avg Pts Against 74.6 70.2
Massey -7.0 (#287) -0.9 (#181)
Bradley-Terry -1.23 (#290) -0.69 (#245)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.47 (#292) -0.81 (#241)
RPI 0.411 (#325) 0.469 (#231)
Shooting & Four Factors PRES LONG
FG% 46.1% 43.7%
3PT% 34.2% 31.5%
REB / G 31.8 37.3
OREB / G 8.4 13.1
AST / TO 1.08 0.97
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.9% 48.0%
TOV% 16.7% 18.2%
ORB% 25.1% 37.1%
FT Rate 25.4% 26.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.7% 50.6%
Opp TOV% 17.1% 19.3%
DRB% 71.6% 74.9%
Opp FT Rate 33.2% 24.1%

Game Analysis

Loading game analysis…

Failed to load game analysis.