Virgil Cain is my name and I served on the Danville train. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"-The Band
Missouri Valley Conference · Ford Center · January 7, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread ILST -2.5 Away covered
O/U 128.5 Over
Money EVAN +130 / ILST -120
Model Predictions
Spread Total EVAN win
Actual ILST +8 130 Lost
Massey ILST -0.2 (-7.8) — —
Massey Totals — 131.0 (-1.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 59% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 57% ✗
Baseline Plus ML ILST -0.7 (-7.3) 135.1 (-5.1) 41% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ ILST -1.7 (-6.3) 132.1 (-2.1) 34% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML ILST -1.4 (-6.6) 136.3 (-6.3) 45% ✓
Baseline ML ILST -1.6 (-6.4) 137.1 (-7.1) 38% ✓

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 10, 2026 EVAN 88 – 80 ILST
Jan 1, 2026 ILST 73 – 47 EVAN
Mar 2, 2025 ILST 62 – 53 EVAN
Jan 9, 2025 EVAN 69 – 51 ILST
Mar 8, 2024 EVAN 59 – 53 ILST

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings EVAN ILST
Overall 5-27 11-21
Conference 1-19 6-14
Home 3-10 8-7
Away 1-14 3-9
Neutral 1-3 0-5
Last 5 1-4 1-4
Streak L6 L1
Avg Pts For 62.4 66.5
Avg Pts Against 76.0 70.5
Massey -9.9 (#331) -5.4 (#265)
Bradley-Terry -1.40 (#302) -1.01 (#279)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.97 (#313) -1.33 (#279)
RPI 0.419 (#307) 0.440 (#284)
Shooting & Four Factors EVAN ILST
FG% 39.2% 42.5%
3PT% 30.5% 33.6%
REB / G 33.8 33.7
OREB / G 9.1 9.4
AST / TO 0.85 0.76
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 44.2% 49.4%
TOV% 17.6% 21.7%
ORB% 23.8% 29.6%
FT Rate 18.9% 24.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 53.5% 49.8%
Opp TOV% 18.3% 16.8%
DRB% 75.9% 72.6%
Opp FT Rate 25.1% 23.5%

Game Analysis

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