In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
Furman Paladins
70 – 67
FINAL Conference
Mercer Bears
Southern Conference · Timmons Arena · February 23, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread FUR -13.5 Away covered
O/U 140.5 Under
Money FUR -900 / MER +700
Model Predictions
Spread Total FUR win
Actual FUR +3 137 Won
Massey FUR -13.8 (-10.8) — —
Massey Totals — 144.0 (-7.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 92% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 94% ✓
Baseline Plus ML FUR -13.3 (-10.3) 145.2 (-8.2) 87% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ FUR -12.9 (-9.9) 144.9 (-7.9) 87% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML FUR -13.4 (-10.4) 144.8 (-7.8) 88% ✓
Baseline ML FUR -12.8 (-9.8) 145.7 (-8.7) 88% ✓

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 12, 2026 MER 69 – 64 FUR
Dec 31, 2025 FUR 74 – 72 MER
Feb 13, 2025 FUR 96 – 72 MER
Jan 25, 2025 FUR 79 – 74 MER
Mar 2, 2024 MER 82 – 75 FUR

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings FUR MER
Overall 28-8 14-19
Conference 15-3 6-12
Home 14-2 7-7
Away 8-3 4-10
Neutral 6-3 3-2
Last 5 4-1 1-4
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 79.2 66.1
Avg Pts Against 71.4 67.3
Massey 5.9 (#90) -4.4 (#245)
Bradley-Terry 0.68 (#115) -1.09 (#278)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.85 (#110) -1.12 (#258)
RPI 0.542 (#103) 0.450 (#275)
Shooting & Four Factors FUR MER
FG% 47.7% 43.8%
3PT% 34.4% 33.4%
REB / G 35.8 33.7
OREB / G 10.3 9.8
AST / TO 1.55 1.03
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.7% 48.7%
TOV% 16.2% 17.4%
ORB% 30.4% 28.9%
FT Rate 22.4% 19.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.0% 49.6%
Opp TOV% 18.5% 17.3%
DRB% 74.0% 72.1%
Opp FT Rate 22.2% 25.3%

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