In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
Horizon League · Beeghly Center · January 8, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread YSU -2.5 Home covered
O/U 136.5 Under
Money YSU -150 / NKU +130
Model Predictions
Spread Total YSU win
Actual YSU +11 133 Won
Massey YSU -4.3 (+6.7)
Massey Totals 132.7 (+0.3)
Bradley-Terry 70%
Weighted B-T 71%
Baseline Plus ML YSU -2.3 (+8.7) 138.2 (-5.2) 61%
Model 4 ML YSU -3.0 (+8.0) 140.8 (-7.8) 64%
Model 3 ML YSU -2.8 (+8.2) 135.9 (-2.9) 64%
Baseline ML YSU -2.2 (+8.8) 137.1 (-4.1) 60%

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 22, 2026 YSU 6458 NKU
Jan 4, 2026 NKU 9479 YSU
Mar 1, 2025 NKU 8879 YSU
Jan 28, 2024 YSU 8252 NKU
Jan 5, 2024 NKU 7976 YSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings YSU NKU
Overall 21-13 17-16
Conference 13-7 11-9
Home 10-5 12-6
Away 9-6 5-10
Neutral 2-2 0-0
Last 5 4-1 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 73.7 70.6
Avg Pts Against 72.6 72.2
Massey -1.6 (#190) -1.8 (#194)
Bradley-Terry -0.14 (#182) -0.23 (#192)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.34 (#196) -0.39 (#199)
RPI 0.465 (#236) 0.482 (#198)
Shooting & Four Factors YSU NKU
FG% 40.3% 41.7%
3PT% 28.4% 32.6%
REB / G 36.5 35.6
OREB / G 10.7 11.6
AST / TO 0.89 1.10
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 46.6% 48.6%
TOV% 17.6% 18.9%
ORB% 27.6% 31.6%
FT Rate 26.3% 21.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 45.5% 51.8%
Opp TOV% 18.3% 20.7%
DRB% 69.5% 71.1%
Opp FT Rate 26.4% 18.9%

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