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
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FINAL Neutral Conference MVC
Drake Bulldogs
Missouri Valley Conference · Enterprise Center (Neutral) · March 10, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread INST -2.5 Away covered
O/U 148.5 Over
Money INST -163 / DRKE +125
Model Predictions
Spread Total INST win
Actual DRKE +4 164 Lost
Massey INST -2.1 (-6.1)
Massey Totals 160.5 (+3.5)
Bradley-Terry 55%
Weighted B-T 54%
Efficiency Plus ML INST -3.0 (-7.0) 154.5 (+9.5) 55%
Baseline Tuned ML INST -3.3 (-7.3) 155.9 (+8.1) 64%
Baseline ML INST -2.9 (-6.9) 155.5 (+8.5) 61%
Baseline Plus ML INST -2.8 (-6.8) 155.8 (+8.2) 59%

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 24, 2026 DRKE 7662 INST
Jan 4, 2026 DRKE 7472 INST
Feb 8, 2025 DRKE 8581 INST
Jan 18, 2025 DRKE 7153 INST
Feb 3, 2024 INST 7567 DRKE

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings INST DRKE
Overall 32-7 28-7
Conference 17-3 16-4
Home 16-1 16-0
Away 9-4 6-5
Neutral 7-2 6-2
Last 5 5-0 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 84.7 79.7
Avg Pts Against 73.5 70.5
Massey 12.7 (#35) 10.5 (#48)
Bradley-Terry 2.31 (#24) 2.11 (#30)
W. Bradley-Terry 2.61 (#29) 2.45 (#37)
RPI 0.587 (#39) 0.616 (#12)
Shooting & Four Factors INST DRKE
FG% 50.3% 47.6%
3PT% 38.6% 35.9%
REB / G 35.8 34.7
OREB / G 7.1 8.1
AST / TO 1.47 1.65
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 59.9% 54.7%
TOV% 16.6% 13.7%
ORB% 23.5% 24.5%
FT Rate 26.3% 25.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.6% 50.7%
Opp TOV% 15.5% 17.5%
DRB% 76.6% 77.8%
Opp FT Rate 19.2% 21.9%

Game Analysis

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