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Delaware State Hornets
85 – 86 OT
FINAL Conference
Howard Bison
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference · Memorial Hall (DE) · February 11, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread HOW -9.5 Home covered
O/U 140.5 Over
Money DSU +400 / HOW -450
Model Predictions
Spread Total DSU win
Actual HOW +1 171 Lost
Massey HOW -4.4 (+3.4) — —
Massey Totals — 139.1 (+31.9) —
Bradley-Terry — — 28% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 23% ✓
Baseline Plus ML HOW -4.5 (+3.5) 142.5 (+28.5) 26% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ HOW -3.9 (+2.9) 140.4 (+30.6) 23% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML HOW -4.6 (+3.6) 143.1 (+27.9) 30% ✓
Baseline ML HOW -4.2 (+3.2) 144.8 (+26.2) 26% ✓

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 17, 2026 HOW 91 – 59 DSU
Jan 13, 2026 HOW 84 – 58 DSU
Feb 15, 2025 DSU 90 – 69 HOW
Jan 5, 2025 HOW 100 – 94 DSU
Mar 16, 2024 HOW 70 – 67 DSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings DSU HOW
Overall 6-24 22-13
Conference 4-10 11-3
Home 4-8 12-2
Away 2-14 6-8
Neutral 0-2 4-3
Last 5 4-1 5-0
Streak L4 L1
Avg Pts For 63.1 73.4
Avg Pts Against 75.8 73.3
Massey -12.7 (#350) -4.6 (#251)
Bradley-Terry -1.82 (#329) -0.24 (#196)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.53 (#343) -0.61 (#224)
RPI 0.410 (#330) 0.475 (#226)
Shooting & Four Factors DSU HOW
FG% 41.4% 45.2%
3PT% 31.8% 36.0%
REB / G 34.0 33.2
OREB / G 10.4 10.0
AST / TO 0.72 0.84
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 46.2% 51.6%
TOV% 23.6% 23.0%
ORB% 30.2% 30.3%
FT Rate 18.4% 24.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 53.6% 53.5%
Opp TOV% 18.6% 21.5%
DRB% 69.0% 69.5%
Opp FT Rate 24.9% 22.1%

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