They were all in love with dying, they we're doing it in Texas. "Pepper" - Butthole Surfers
Marshall Thundering Herd
68 71
FINAL Neutral Conference Sun Belt
Texas State Bobcats
Sun Belt Conference · Pensacola Bay Center (Neutral) · March 4, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread MRSH -8.0 Away covered
O/U 147.5 Under
Model Predictions
Spread Total MRSH win
Actual TXST +3 139 Lost
Massey MRSH -10.0 (-13.0)
Massey Totals 143.9 (-4.9)
Bradley-Terry 82%
Weighted B-T 88%
Efficiency Plus ML MRSH -7.6 (-10.6) 143.2 (-4.2) 73%
Baseline Tuned ML MRSH -9.4 (-12.4) 147.1 (-8.1) 84%
Baseline ML MRSH -9.4 (-12.4) 146.8 (-7.8) 83%
Baseline Plus ML MRSH -8.3 (-11.3) 144.6 (-5.6) 81%

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 29, 2026 TXST 7268 MRSH
Jan 3, 2025 MRSH 7771 TXST
Jan 6, 2024 MRSH 7975 TXST
Jan 20, 2023 MRSH 8173 TXST

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MRSH TXST
Overall 24-8 16-19
Conference 13-5 6-12
Home 15-2 4-10
Away 9-5 7-7
Neutral 0-1 5-2
Last 5 4-1 3-2
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 81.2 65.2
Avg Pts Against 71.2 66.8
Massey 8.5 (#66) -1.4 (#201)
Bradley-Terry 1.19 (#81) -0.31 (#207)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.60 (#74) -0.36 (#203)
RPI 0.577 (#48) 0.477 (#228)
Shooting & Four Factors MRSH TXST
FG% 46.5% 43.9%
3PT% 33.3% 31.4%
REB / G 38.7 32.4
OREB / G 12.1 10.3
AST / TO 1.53 0.84
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.6% 47.9%
TOV% 15.6% 18.0%
ORB% 31.8% 31.8%
FT Rate 18.2% 24.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.4% 50.9%
Opp TOV% 20.3% 18.7%
DRB% 67.2% 71.8%
Opp FT Rate 18.3% 29.7%

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