Virgil Cain is my name and I served on the Danville train. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"-The Band
Iona Gaels
78 – 56
FINAL Conference
Niagara Purple Eagles
Metro Conference · Hynes Athletics Center · December 3, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread IONA -12.5 Home covered
O/U 130.5 Over
Money IONA -800 / NIA +650
Model Predictions
Spread Total IONA win
Actual IONA +22 134 Won
Massey IONA -13.1 (+8.9) — —
Massey Totals — 124.1 (+9.9) —
Bradley-Terry — — 78% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 91% ✓
Baseline Plus ML IONA -9.9 (+12.1) 132.1 (+1.9) 81% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ IONA -11.3 (+10.7) 133.1 (+0.9) 81% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML IONA -8.8 (+13.2) 133.7 (+0.3) 81% ✓
Baseline ML IONA -9.8 (+12.2) 133.9 (+0.1) 79% ✓

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 15, 2026 NIA 70 – 68 IONA
Jan 10, 2026 IONA 71 – 53 NIA
Feb 28, 2025 IONA 65 – 63 NIA
Feb 9, 2024 IONA 74 – 71 NIA
Jan 7, 2024 NIA 75 – 73 IONA

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings IONA NIA
Overall 27-8 16-15
Conference 17-3 10-10
Home 11-1 9-4
Away 8-4 4-10
Neutral 8-3 3-1
Last 5 2-2 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 76.0 64.2
Avg Pts Against 65.6 66.4
Massey 6.7 (#64) -0.2 (#187)
Bradley-Terry 0.36 (#150) 0.34 (#152)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.78 (#138) -0.07 (#188)
RPI 0.532 (#135) 0.596 (#55)
Shooting & Four Factors IONA NIA
FG% 46.2% 43.0%
3PT% 34.1% 33.3%
REB / G 33.5 33.0
OREB / G 10.5 9.2
AST / TO 1.77 0.98
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.7% 48.1%
TOV% 12.7% 19.7%
ORB% 28.4% 28.4%
FT Rate 11.4% 17.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.2% 48.8%
Opp TOV% 23.0% 15.6%
DRB% 73.6% 66.5%
Opp FT Rate 27.6% 23.2%

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