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Northwestern State Demons
64 – 69
FINAL Neutral Conference Southland
East Texas A&M Lions
Southland Conference · Townsley Law Arena (Neutral) · March 11, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread ETAM -1.5 Away covered
O/U 133.5 Under
Money NWST -115 / ETAM -111
Model Predictions
Spread Total NWST win
Actual ETAM +5 133 Lost
Massey NWST -0.1 (-5.1) — —
Massey Totals — 140.5 (-7.5) —
Bradley-Terry — — 39% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 45% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML ETAM -0.0 (-5.0) 139.8 (-6.8) 49% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ NWST -0.7 (-5.7) 141.1 (-8.1) 54% ✗
Baseline Plus ML ETAM -0.1 (-4.9) 143.1 (-10.1) 47% ✓
Baseline ML ETAM -0.2 (-4.8) 141.5 (-8.5) 50% ✓

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 7, 2026 ETAM 52 – 48 NWST
Feb 5, 2026 ETAM 74 – 68 NWST
Feb 1, 2025 ETAM 72 – 50 NWST
Jan 11, 2025 NWST 75 – 67 ETAM
Mar 7, 2024 ETAM 83 – 80 NWST

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NWST ETAM
Overall 9-23 13-20
Conference 7-11 6-12
Home 6-7 8-7
Away 3-13 4-12
Neutral 0-3 1-1
Last 5 1-4 3-2
Streak L4 L1
Avg Pts For 68.6 67.3
Avg Pts Against 76.7 76.6
Massey -11.3 (#327) -11.4 (#328)
Bradley-Terry -2.23 (#339) -1.79 (#320)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.58 (#337) -2.37 (#330)
RPI 0.406 (#337) 0.448 (#286)
Shooting & Four Factors NWST ETAM
FG% 42.4% 39.3%
3PT% 31.4% 29.8%
REB / G 33.4 31.4
OREB / G 10.6 9.3
AST / TO 0.83 1.05
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 47.9% 46.2%
TOV% 19.4% 16.8%
ORB% 29.1% 24.3%
FT Rate 24.8% 20.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.0% 52.5%
Opp TOV% 18.5% 18.2%
DRB% 65.9% 67.2%
Opp FT Rate 28.9% 29.2%

Game Analysis

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