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Howard Bison
100 – 94
FINAL Conference
Delaware State Hornets
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference · Burr Gymnasium · January 5, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread HOW -6.5 Away covered
O/U 149.5 Over
Money HOW -300 / DSU +250
Model Predictions
Spread Total HOW win
Actual HOW +6 194 Won
Massey HOW -5.9 (+0.1) — —
Massey Totals — 153.0 (+41.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 55% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 65% ✓
Baseline Plus ML HOW -2.4 (+3.6) 150.4 (+43.6) 59% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ HOW -2.8 (+3.2) 147.6 (+46.4) 60% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML HOW -3.1 (+2.9) 148.8 (+45.2) 64% ✓
Baseline ML HOW -2.9 (+3.1) 149.7 (+44.3) 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

Feb 17, 2026 HOW 91 – 59 DSU
Jan 13, 2026 HOW 84 – 58 DSU
Feb 15, 2025 DSU 90 – 69 HOW
Mar 16, 2024 HOW 70 – 67 DSU
Mar 5, 2024 HOW 85 – 66 DSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings HOW DSU
Overall 12-20 16-14
Conference 7-7 8-6
Home 8-6 11-2
Away 3-11 3-11
Neutral 1-3 2-1
Last 5 1-4 4-1
Streak L5 L1
Avg Pts For 75.6 75.4
Avg Pts Against 80.7 78.6
Massey -6.8 (#281) -8.5 (#300)
Bradley-Terry -1.38 (#289) -0.81 (#246)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.67 (#286) -1.39 (#268)
RPI 0.444 (#273) 0.452 (#259)
Shooting & Four Factors HOW DSU
FG% 45.1% 41.8%
3PT% 36.7% 32.8%
REB / G 30.2 35.0
OREB / G 8.7 11.7
AST / TO 1.02 0.90
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.5% 44.8%
TOV% 20.5% 17.4%
ORB% 26.5% 30.5%
FT Rate 21.1% 22.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 56.7% 54.2%
Opp TOV% 16.1% 18.2%
DRB% 68.4% 68.1%
Opp FT Rate 27.2% 24.6%

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