And I'm telling you son, well, it ain't no fun staring straight down a forty-four. "Gimme Three Steps" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
NJIT Highlanders
60 – 79
FINAL Conference
UMBC Retrievers
America East Conference · Joel & Diane Bloom Wellness and Events Center · March 1, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread UMBC -1.5 Away covered
O/U 154.5 Under
Money NJIT +120 / UMBC -110
Model Predictions
Spread Total NJIT win
Actual UMBC +19 139 Lost
Massey UMBC -1.0 (-18.0) — —
Massey Totals — 156.1 (-17.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 63% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 51% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML UMBC -0.6 (-18.4) 148.3 (-9.3) 44% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UMBC -1.2 (-17.8) 150.8 (-11.8) 40% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UMBC -1.0 (-18.0) 152.6 (-13.6) 41% ✓
Baseline ML UMBC -0.5 (-18.5) 150.0 (-11.0) 38% ✓

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Mar 3, 2026 UMBC 91 – 52 NJIT
Jan 22, 2026 UMBC 87 – 74 NJIT
Feb 22, 2025 UMBC 95 – 91 NJIT
Jan 10, 2025 UMBC 87 – 64 NJIT
Jan 28, 2024 NJIT 75 – 74 UMBC

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NJIT UMBC
Overall 7-21 11-21
Conference 3-13 6-10
Home 5-8 6-9
Away 2-13 5-12
Neutral 0-0 0-0
Last 5 1-4 3-2
Streak L6 L2
Avg Pts For 65.7 78.5
Avg Pts Against 75.9 81.2
Massey -10.8 (#327) -6.4 (#279)
Bradley-Terry -1.71 (#317) -1.62 (#314)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.35 (#330) -1.72 (#305)
RPI 0.420 (#321) 0.408 (#333)
Shooting & Four Factors NJIT UMBC
FG% 39.0% 46.7%
3PT% 30.1% 36.0%
REB / G 33.4 36.8
OREB / G 10.7 9.8
AST / TO 0.86 0.95
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 44.9% 53.0%
TOV% 16.8% 18.0%
ORB% 28.6% 26.6%
FT Rate 22.5% 16.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.9% 50.9%
Opp TOV% 17.0% 14.7%
DRB% 65.8% 69.1%
Opp FT Rate 27.4% 20.3%

Game Analysis

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