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Howard Bison
85 – 66
FINAL Conference
Delaware State Hornets
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference · Burr Gymnasium · March 5, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread HOW -5.5 Home covered
O/U 144.5 Over
Money HOW -250 / DSU +188
Model Predictions
Spread Total HOW win
Actual HOW +19 151 Won
Massey HOW -4.8 (+14.2) — —
Massey Totals — 149.9 (+1.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 69% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 68% ✓
Baseline Plus ML HOW -3.8 (+15.2) 147.2 (+3.8) 66% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ HOW -5.1 (+13.9) 144.6 (+6.4) 74% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML HOW -3.9 (+15.1) 146.4 (+4.6) 68% ✓
Baseline ML HOW -3.7 (+15.3) 148.0 (+3.0) 73% ✓

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 17, 2026 HOW 91 – 59 DSU
Jan 13, 2026 HOW 84 – 58 DSU
Feb 15, 2025 DSU 90 – 69 HOW
Jan 5, 2025 HOW 100 – 94 DSU
Mar 16, 2024 HOW 70 – 67 DSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings HOW DSU
Overall 18-17 15-19
Conference 9-5 6-8
Home 9-4 7-5
Away 6-9 4-11
Neutral 3-4 4-3
Last 5 4-1 3-2
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 74.5 68.4
Avg Pts Against 75.1 71.4
Massey -6.3 (#276) -7.8 (#300)
Bradley-Terry -1.14 (#290) -1.35 (#302)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.29 (#288) -1.36 (#291)
RPI 0.458 (#266) 0.433 (#305)
Shooting & Four Factors HOW DSU
FG% 44.7% 42.6%
3PT% 37.2% 31.6%
REB / G 35.2 32.9
OREB / G 10.9 10.5
AST / TO 0.88 0.81
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.9% 46.6%
TOV% 21.4% 20.8%
ORB% 33.0% 32.0%
FT Rate 30.1% 26.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.3% 51.6%
Opp TOV% 17.0% 21.4%
DRB% 69.1% 70.3%
Opp FT Rate 27.2% 25.0%

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