And I'm telling you son, well, it ain't no fun staring straight down a forty-four. "Gimme Three Steps" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Indiana State Sycamores
75 59
FINAL Neutral Conference MVC
Missouri State Bears
Missouri Valley Conference · Enterprise Center (Neutral) · March 8, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread INST -11.5 Home covered
O/U 150.5 Under
Money INST -800 / MOST +500
Model Predictions
Spread Total INST win
Actual INST +16 134 Won
Massey INST -10.8 (+5.2)
Massey Totals 154.0 (-20.0)
Bradley-Terry 87%
Weighted B-T 89%
Baseline Plus ML INST -10.8 (+5.2) 148.9 (-14.9) 85%
Efficiency Plus ML INST -10.7 (+5.3) 147.7 (-13.7) 85%
Baseline Tuned ML INST -11.0 (+5.0) 146.7 (-12.7) 86%
Baseline ML INST -10.2 (+5.8) 147.6 (-13.6) 86%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 30, 2025 INST 7267 MOST
Dec 8, 2024 INST 8077 MOST
Feb 10, 2024 INST 7371 MOST
Jan 17, 2024 INST 8866 MOST
Feb 26, 2023 MOST 6662 INST

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings INST MOST
Overall 32-7 17-16
Conference 17-3 8-12
Home 16-1 9-5
Away 9-4 4-10
Neutral 7-2 4-1
Last 5 4-1 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 84.7 71.2
Avg Pts Against 73.5 71.3
Massey 12.1 (#39) 1.3 (#149)
Bradley-Terry 2.21 (#26) 0.34 (#140)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.50 (#32) 0.46 (#140)
RPI 0.586 (#40) 0.506 (#162)
Shooting & Four Factors INST MOST
FG% 50.3% 44.2%
3PT% 38.4% 31.6%
REB / G 35.7 39.1
OREB / G 7.2 10.1
AST / TO 1.42 1.01
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 59.8% 50.1%
TOV% 16.9% 17.4%
ORB% 23.6% 29.0%
FT Rate 27.1% 22.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.0% 47.8%
Opp TOV% 15.7% 13.1%
DRB% 76.6% 75.2%
Opp FT Rate 19.0% 18.0%

Game Analysis

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