In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
Sun Belt Conference · Reed Green Coliseum · December 21, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread MRSH -3.5 Home covered
O/U 146.5 Under
Money USM +150 / MRSH -175
Model Predictions
Spread Total USM win
Actual USM +2 134 Won
Massey MRSH -2.8 (+4.8) — —
Massey Totals — 146.7 (-12.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 45% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 36% ✗
Baseline Plus ML MRSH -2.0 (+4.0) 144.1 (-10.1) 49% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MRSH -2.0 (+4.0) 143.6 (-9.6) 46% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML MRSH -1.2 (+3.2) 142.7 (-8.7) 47% ✗
Baseline ML MRSH -1.0 (+3.0) 143.9 (-9.9) 51% ✓

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 5, 2026 MRSH 81 – 77 USM
Jan 27, 2024 MRSH 83 – 67 USM
Jan 13, 2023 MRSH 89 – 67 USM
Feb 22, 2022 MRSH 74 – 60 USM

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings USM MRSH
Overall 11-22 20-13
Conference 5-13 12-6
Home 9-6 14-3
Away 1-13 5-9
Neutral 1-3 1-1
Last 5 2-3 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 69.9 74.7
Avg Pts Against 76.5 72.5
Massey -8.9 (#307) -1.9 (#200)
Bradley-Terry -1.52 (#301) -0.52 (#218)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.21 (#303) -0.78 (#225)
RPI 0.396 (#330) 0.466 (#242)
Shooting & Four Factors USM MRSH
FG% 40.9% 43.0%
3PT% 30.5% 28.5%
REB / G 35.1 36.3
OREB / G 10.8 11.2
AST / TO 0.92 1.11
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 47.0% 49.3%
TOV% 21.5% 16.5%
ORB% 29.5% 29.3%
FT Rate 24.8% 27.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 53.5% 50.2%
Opp TOV% 16.3% 18.5%
DRB% 68.7% 73.0%
Opp FT Rate 24.6% 35.9%

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