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Bowling Green Falcons
68 – 71
FINAL Conference
Akron Zips
Mid-American Conference · Stroh Center · January 3, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread AKR -5.5 Home covered
O/U 157.5 Under
Money BGSU +195 / AKR -230
Model Predictions
Spread Total BGSU win
Actual AKR +3 139 Lost
Massey AKR -3.4 (+0.4) — —
Massey Totals — 161.8 (-22.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 28% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 15% ✓
Baseline Plus ML AKR -3.6 (+0.6) 154.5 (-15.5) 39% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ AKR -4.1 (+1.1) 155.3 (-16.3) 32% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML AKR -3.8 (+0.8) 152.5 (-13.5) 38% ✓
Baseline ML AKR -3.6 (+0.6) 153.0 (-14.0) 38% ✓

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 10, 2026 AKR 77 – 67 BGSU
Mar 13, 2025 AKR 96 – 67 BGSU
Jan 6, 2024 AKR 83 – 67 BGSU
Jan 11, 2023 AKR 74 – 70 BGSU
Feb 23, 2022 AKR 82 – 68 BGSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BGSU AKR
Overall 14-18 28-7
Conference 8-10 17-1
Home 8-8 16-0
Away 5-8 8-4
Neutral 1-2 4-3
Last 5 2-3 2-3
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 71.9 83.4
Avg Pts Against 75.4 76.4
Massey -7.5 (#295) 0.0 (#156)
Bradley-Terry -1.93 (#320) -0.24 (#191)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.88 (#337) -0.29 (#189)
RPI 0.375 (#348) 0.486 (#194)
Shooting & Four Factors BGSU AKR
FG% 44.9% 41.5%
3PT% 33.6% 35.0%
REB / G 30.4 38.8
OREB / G 7.8 13.9
AST / TO 0.99 1.21
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.7% 49.5%
TOV% 16.1% 18.0%
ORB% 23.2% 33.7%
FT Rate 26.4% 19.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 53.6% 52.5%
Opp TOV% 17.5% 20.1%
DRB% 68.2% 68.4%
Opp FT Rate 26.9% 22.4%

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