I remember one night the kid cut off his right arm in a bid to save a bit of power. "So It Goes" - Nick Lowe
South Alabama Jaguars
71 – 76
FINAL Neutral Conference Sun Belt
Georgia Southern Eagles
Sun Belt Conference · Pensacola Bay Center (Neutral) · March 7, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread USA -3.5 Away covered
O/U 151.5 Under
Money USA -167 / GASO +130
Model Predictions
Spread Total USA win
Actual GASO +5 147 Lost
Massey USA -3.1 (-8.1) — —
Massey Totals — 154.0 (-7.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 77% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 75% ✗
Baseline Plus ML USA -2.7 (-7.7) 150.8 (-3.8) 62% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ USA -2.8 (-7.8) 149.6 (-2.6) 60% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML USA -2.7 (-7.7) 148.5 (-1.5) 63% ✗
Baseline ML USA -2.6 (-7.6) 149.2 (-2.2) 61% ✗

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 7, 2026 GASO 94 – 85 USA
Jan 10, 2026 USA 87 – 71 GASO
Jan 4, 2025 USA 76 – 47 GASO
Feb 8, 2024 USA 78 – 65 GASO
Dec 30, 2022 GASO 64 – 50 USA

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings USA GASO
Overall 16-16 9-24
Conference 8-10 8-10
Home 11-6 6-7
Away 5-9 2-14
Neutral 0-1 1-3
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 73.4 73.3
Avg Pts Against 75.9 79.2
Massey -4.1 (#243) -7.2 (#291)
Bradley-Terry -0.42 (#217) -1.63 (#315)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.48 (#212) -1.57 (#298)
RPI 0.476 (#235) 0.415 (#328)
Shooting & Four Factors USA GASO
FG% 45.0% 43.1%
3PT% 35.3% 35.1%
REB / G 33.0 33.7
OREB / G 7.9 10.3
AST / TO 0.92 0.81
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.4% 51.1%
TOV% 16.5% 18.8%
ORB% 22.9% 28.4%
FT Rate 23.1% 21.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.5% 52.5%
Opp TOV% 16.3% 17.1%
DRB% 68.3% 65.8%
Opp FT Rate 23.6% 29.8%

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