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 · Atlantic Union Bank Center · January 6, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread JMU -11.5 Away covered
O/U 137.5 Under
Money JMU -700 / TXST +600
Model Predictions
Spread Total JMU win
Actual TXST +1 125 Lost
Massey JMU -18.9 (-19.9)
Massey Totals 141.9 (-16.9)
Bradley-Terry 93%
Weighted B-T 96%
Efficiency Plus ML JMU -11.6 (-12.6) 140.4 (-15.4) 81%
Baseline Tuned ML JMU -14.1 (-15.1) 143.5 (-18.5) 88%
Baseline ML JMU -15.3 (-16.3) 143.8 (-18.8) 86%
Baseline Plus ML JMU -14.5 (-15.5) 142.4 (-17.4) 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 24, 2026 JMU 8257 TXST
Mar 1, 2025 TXST 10293 JMU
Mar 11, 2024 JMU 7368 TXST
Dec 30, 2023 JMU 8265 TXST

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings JMU TXST
Overall 22-11 16-19
Conference 12-6 6-12
Home 11-3 4-10
Away 8-6 7-7
Neutral 2-2 5-2
Last 5 3-2 1-4
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 77.6 65.2
Avg Pts Against 70.4 66.8
Massey 11.9 (#28) -2.7 (#220)
Bradley-Terry 1.16 (#83) -0.72 (#249)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.74 (#76) -0.64 (#219)
RPI 0.539 (#109) 0.438 (#286)
Shooting & Four Factors JMU TXST
FG% 48.6% 42.1%
3PT% 37.6% 28.6%
REB / G 38.5 32.2
OREB / G 11.9 10.7
AST / TO 0.83 0.78
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.9% 46.1%
TOV% 19.8% 18.3%
ORB% 33.3% 31.2%
FT Rate 26.7% 23.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.4% 49.4%
Opp TOV% 24.2% 21.1%
DRB% 72.3% 69.5%
Opp FT Rate 21.9% 30.2%

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