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UTEP Miners
81 72
FINAL Conference
Sam Houston Bearkats
Conference USA · Don Haskins Center · January 5, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread UTEP -5.5 Home covered
O/U 146.5 Over
Money UTEP -225 / SHSU +190
Model Predictions
Spread Total UTEP win
Actual UTEP +9 153 Won
Massey UTEP -7.5 (+1.5)
Massey Totals 156.9 (-3.9)
Bradley-Terry 89%
Weighted B-T 85%
Efficiency Plus ML UTEP -4.3 (+4.7) 144.6 (+8.4) 74%
Baseline Tuned ML UTEP -5.8 (+3.2) 148.4 (+4.6) 77%
Baseline ML UTEP -6.2 (+2.8) 148.8 (+4.2) 76%
Baseline Plus ML UTEP -5.5 (+3.5) 147.2 (+5.8) 76%

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 5, 2026 SHSU 7066 UTEP
Mar 11, 2025 UTEP 7965 SHSU
Mar 7, 2025 SHSU 8987 UTEP
Mar 15, 2024 UTEP 6563 SHSU
Feb 25, 2024 SHSU 6554 UTEP

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UTEP SHSU
Overall 18-15 13-19
Conference 7-11 6-12
Home 11-5 9-4
Away 4-8 3-13
Neutral 3-2 1-2
Last 5 4-1 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 71.1 72.9
Avg Pts Against 72.1 77.1
Massey 2.0 (#124) -1.3 (#185)
Bradley-Terry 0.94 (#96) -0.33 (#201)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.72 (#123) -0.11 (#177)
RPI 0.536 (#110) 0.488 (#187)
Shooting & Four Factors UTEP SHSU
FG% 44.3% 45.1%
3PT% 38.6% 38.5%
REB / G 29.0 32.5
OREB / G 8.5 11.6
AST / TO 0.96 1.12
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.1% 52.2%
TOV% 18.3% 17.5%
ORB% 25.3% 33.2%
FT Rate 28.1% 23.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.0% 56.7%
Opp TOV% 26.3% 18.0%
DRB% 64.5% 64.8%
Opp FT Rate 35.3% 24.9%

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