He took it all too far, but boy could he play guitar. "Ziggy Stardust" - David Bowie
Big South Conference · Templeton Center · January 2, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread LONG -3.5 Home covered
O/U 143.5 Under
Money PRES +145 / LONG -170
Model Predictions
Spread Total PRES win
Actual PRES +8 128 Won
Massey PRES -1.0 (+7.0) — —
Massey Totals — 144.5 (-16.5) —
Bradley-Terry — — 41% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 36% ✗
Baseline Plus ML PRES -0.7 (+7.3) 144.3 (-16.3) 51% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ PRES -0.2 (+7.8) 142.5 (-14.5) 47% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML PRES -1.2 (+6.8) 143.3 (-15.3) 55% ✓
Baseline ML PRES -0.6 (+7.4) 143.9 (-15.9) 57% ✓

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 20, 2026 PRES 72 – 65 LONG
Jan 10, 2026 LONG 77 – 70 PRES
Feb 15, 2025 PRES 77 – 68 LONG
Feb 17, 2024 LONG 81 – 73 PRES
Jan 20, 2024 LONG 80 – 70 PRES

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings PRES LONG
Overall 14-19 18-14
Conference 7-9 7-9
Home 8-5 12-4
Away 4-12 5-7
Neutral 2-2 1-3
Last 5 0-5 3-2
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 70.5 76.6
Avg Pts Against 72.9 76.1
Massey -3.7 (#225) -0.6 (#169)
Bradley-Terry -0.90 (#255) 0.23 (#148)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.25 (#254) 0.18 (#153)
RPI 0.431 (#293) 0.487 (#190)
Shooting & Four Factors PRES LONG
FG% 44.2% 44.6%
3PT% 37.8% 28.4%
REB / G 33.6 33.2
OREB / G 10.9 11.8
AST / TO 1.01 0.98
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.8% 49.7%
TOV% 17.8% 18.9%
ORB% 31.0% 34.0%
FT Rate 20.6% 31.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 53.0% 54.4%
Opp TOV% 17.3% 23.5%
DRB% 68.5% 68.4%
Opp FT Rate 25.4% 25.0%

Game Analysis

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