Today Billie Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchee Bridge "Ode to Billie Joe" - Bobbie Gentry
Sun Belt Conference · Fant-Ewing Coliseum · January 6, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread GAST -4.5 Home covered
O/U 129.5 Under
Money ULM +180 / GAST -175
Model Predictions
Spread Total ULM win
Actual ULM +8 124 Won
Massey GAST -1.3 (+9.3) — —
Massey Totals — 127.1 (-3.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 58% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 62% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML GAST -0.3 (+8.3) 130.9 (-6.9) 49% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ GAST -2.0 (+10.0) 131.6 (-7.6) 45% ✗
Baseline Plus ML GAST -1.2 (+9.2) 132.0 (-8.0) 51% ✓
Baseline ML GAST -0.5 (+8.5) 132.0 (-8.0) 52% ✓

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 17, 2026 GAST 77 – 57 ULM
Feb 6, 2025 GAST 97 – 64 ULM
Feb 24, 2022 GAST 82 – 70 ULM
Jan 29, 2022 GAST 73 – 62 ULM

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings ULM GAST
Overall 11-21 10-21
Conference 7-11 3-15
Home 7-8 10-9
Away 4-10 0-11
Neutral 0-3 0-1
Last 5 3-2 2-3
Streak L8 L8
Avg Pts For 63.4 65.1
Avg Pts Against 71.5 70.9
Massey -9.4 (#326) -3.8 (#245)
Bradley-Terry -1.18 (#283) -0.74 (#251)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.16 (#264) -0.73 (#228)
RPI 0.430 (#300) 0.444 (#278)
Shooting & Four Factors ULM GAST
FG% 39.3% 39.9%
3PT% 32.8% 25.7%
REB / G 32.0 32.9
OREB / G 10.4 10.6
AST / TO 0.85 0.72
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 45.2% 43.7%
TOV% 21.0% 19.1%
ORB% 29.3% 31.2%
FT Rate 24.0% 23.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.6% 47.8%
Opp TOV% 20.4% 19.8%
DRB% 64.0% 68.6%
Opp FT Rate 20.5% 21.7%

Game Analysis

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