In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
Southern Jaguars
81 – 73
FINAL Conference
Grambling Tigers
Southwestern Athletic Conference · F.G. Clark Activity Center · January 14, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread SOU -3.5 Home covered
O/U 138.5 Over
Money SOU -163 / GRAM +163
Model Predictions
Spread Total SOU win
Actual SOU +8 154 Won
Massey SOU -4.0 (+4.0) — —
Massey Totals — 135.8 (+18.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 55% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 41% ✗
Baseline Plus ML SOU -2.1 (+5.9) 139.6 (+14.4) 66% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ SOU -2.8 (+5.2) 139.4 (+14.6) 70% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML SOU -2.2 (+5.8) 139.0 (+15.0) 63% ✓
Baseline ML SOU -2.5 (+5.5) 140.6 (+13.4) 62% ✓

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 21, 2026 SOU 87 – 73 GRAM
Jan 17, 2026 SOU 71 – 53 GRAM
Mar 12, 2025 GRAM 65 – 62 SOU
Feb 22, 2025 SOU 71 – 64 GRAM
Jan 18, 2025 SOU 67 – 60 GRAM

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings SOU GRAM
Overall 15-17 24-9
Conference 11-7 15-3
Home 9-2 11-1
Away 5-12 9-6
Neutral 1-3 4-2
Last 5 4-1 3-2
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 69.7 67.5
Avg Pts Against 71.7 63.1
Massey -1.7 (#204) -1.6 (#203)
Bradley-Terry -0.43 (#218) 0.06 (#176)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.70 (#226) 0.46 (#143)
RPI 0.483 (#209) 0.490 (#192)
Shooting & Four Factors SOU GRAM
FG% 42.7% 43.7%
3PT% 36.9% 32.0%
REB / G 30.4 35.8
OREB / G 7.5 10.8
AST / TO 0.95 0.82
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.1% 48.2%
TOV% 21.1% 22.2%
ORB% 21.4% 31.1%
FT Rate 22.8% 22.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.8% 46.8%
Opp TOV% 23.8% 21.6%
DRB% 71.2% 70.1%
Opp FT Rate 33.2% 27.7%

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