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Belmont Bruins
92 87
FINAL Conference
UIC Flames
Missouri Valley Conference · Curb Event Center Arena · January 4, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread BEL -6.5 Away covered
O/U 159.5 Over
Money BEL -250 / UIC +210
Model Predictions
Spread Total BEL win
Actual BEL +5 179 Won
Massey BEL -5.1 (-0.1)
Massey Totals 168.6 (+10.4)
Bradley-Terry 66%
Weighted B-T 67%
Efficiency Plus ML BEL -2.8 (+2.2) 155.6 (+23.4) 68%
Baseline Tuned ML BEL -2.4 (+2.6) 155.0 (+24.0) 64%
Baseline ML BEL -2.2 (+2.8) 156.4 (+22.6) 59%
Baseline Plus ML BEL -2.5 (+2.5) 154.9 (+24.1) 62%

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 7, 2026 BEL 6862 UIC
Dec 13, 2025 BEL 8784 UIC
Feb 18, 2024 BEL 7560 UIC
Jan 27, 2024 BEL 7465 UIC
Feb 11, 2023 BEL 9871 UIC

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BEL UIC
Overall 22-11 17-14
Conference 13-7 10-10
Home 11-5 9-5
Away 9-4 7-6
Neutral 2-2 1-3
Last 5 2-3 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 78.9 74.1
Avg Pts Against 76.8 75.3
Massey 1.7 (#133) 0.7 (#146)
Bradley-Terry 0.99 (#94) 1.07 (#87)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.76 (#121) 0.90 (#115)
RPI 0.560 (#80) 0.575 (#59)
Shooting & Four Factors BEL UIC
FG% 46.8% 44.6%
3PT% 36.8% 34.7%
REB / G 34.5 37.5
OREB / G 9.3 12.3
AST / TO 1.54 1.05
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.2% 51.3%
TOV% 15.9% 20.1%
ORB% 26.0% 34.9%
FT Rate 17.2% 25.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 54.2% 52.1%
Opp TOV% 17.5% 15.6%
DRB% 73.5% 71.5%
Opp FT Rate 19.9% 22.4%

Game Analysis

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