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Morgan State Bears
89 – 76
FINAL Conference
Howard Bison
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference · Hill Field House · February 21, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread HOW -6.5 Home covered
O/U 148.5 Over
Money MORG +225 / HOW -300
Model Predictions
Spread Total MORG win
Actual MORG +13 165 Won
Massey HOW -0.2 (+13.2) — —
Massey Totals — 145.1 (+19.9) —
Bradley-Terry — — 42% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 41% ✗
Baseline Plus ML HOW -1.2 (+14.2) 143.7 (+21.3) 49% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ HOW -0.3 (+13.3) 144.0 (+21.0) 46% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML HOW -0.8 (+13.8) 145.0 (+20.0) 45% ✗
Baseline ML HOW -0.6 (+13.6) 147.0 (+18.0) 46% ✗

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 28, 2026 HOW 84 – 59 MORG
Jan 24, 2026 MORG 78 – 77 HOW
Mar 13, 2025 MORG 91 – 90 HOW
Feb 22, 2025 HOW 87 – 81 MORG
Jan 11, 2025 HOW 100 – 95 MORG

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MORG HOW
Overall 15-16 22-13
Conference 7-7 11-3
Home 10-2 12-2
Away 3-12 6-8
Neutral 2-2 4-3
Last 5 1-4 5-0
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 69.9 73.4
Avg Pts Against 75.3 73.3
Massey -8.1 (#307) -4.3 (#243)
Bradley-Terry -0.95 (#262) 0.02 (#172)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.47 (#282) -0.35 (#202)
RPI 0.481 (#218) 0.500 (#177)
Shooting & Four Factors MORG HOW
FG% 41.3% 45.4%
3PT% 36.1% 37.1%
REB / G 33.2 34.2
OREB / G 11.7 10.5
AST / TO 0.83 0.84
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 46.9% 52.1%
TOV% 22.0% 23.2%
ORB% 30.7% 31.5%
FT Rate 20.7% 24.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.0% 52.5%
Opp TOV% 24.2% 21.3%
DRB% 61.7% 69.1%
Opp FT Rate 30.1% 22.8%

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