Don't talk to me about your big, big heroes "Kelly's Heroes" - Black Grape
Southland Conference · Prather Coliseum · January 4, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread NWST -2.5 Away covered
O/U 137.5 Under
Money NWST -145 / NICH +125
Model Predictions
Spread Total NWST win
Actual NWST +2 134 Won
Massey NWST -5.8 (-3.8) — —
Massey Totals — 136.6 (-2.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 47% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 69% ✓
Baseline Plus ML NWST -3.7 (-1.7) 137.3 (-3.3) 63% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ NWST -2.2 (-0.2) 136.6 (-2.6) 60% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML NWST -3.6 (-1.6) 136.7 (-2.7) 65% ✓
Baseline ML NWST -3.7 (-1.7) 137.4 (-3.4) 63% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Mar 9, 2026 NICH 61 – 47 NWST
Feb 3, 2026 NICH 61 – 58 NWST
Jan 6, 2026 NICH 74 – 72 NWST
Feb 11, 2025 NWST 72 – 60 NICH
Mar 5, 2024 NICH 68 – 62 NWST

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NWST NICH
Overall 16-16 20-13
Conference 12-8 13-7
Home 9-5 11-4
Away 6-11 8-8
Neutral 1-0 1-1
Last 5 2-3 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 65.4 72.0
Avg Pts Against 69.0 71.7
Massey -2.7 (#208) -4.4 (#245)
Bradley-Terry -0.74 (#240) 0.14 (#155)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.57 (#212) -0.48 (#204)
RPI 0.509 (#149) 0.508 (#154)
Shooting & Four Factors NWST NICH
FG% 43.2% 38.8%
3PT% 33.9% 30.6%
REB / G 32.8 37.7
OREB / G 10.6 12.6
AST / TO 1.05 1.02
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 48.9% 44.8%
TOV% 18.7% 15.1%
ORB% 30.3% 29.8%
FT Rate 15.2% 16.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.6% 49.6%
Opp TOV% 17.3% 15.5%
DRB% 68.1% 69.9%
Opp FT Rate 25.7% 30.8%

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