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Missouri State Bears
61 – 56
FINAL Conference
Drake Bulldogs
Missouri Valley Conference · Great Southern Bank Arena · January 3, 2022
Betting Lines
Spread MOST -4.0 Home covered
O/U 139.0 Under
Model Predictions
Spread Total MOST win
Actual MOST +5 117 Won
Massey MOST -3.6 (+1.4) — —
Massey Totals — 143.2 (-26.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 54% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 59% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MOST -1.8 (+3.2) 142.0 (-25.0) 57% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML MOST -2.7 (+2.3) 146.5 (-29.5) 62% ✓
Baseline ML MOST -1.9 (+3.1) 145.9 (-28.9) 60% ✓
Baseline Plus ML MOST -2.2 (+2.8) 145.6 (-28.6) 65% ✓

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 2, 2025 DRKE 68 – 60 MOST
Jan 25, 2025 DRKE 69 – 62 MOST
Jan 25, 2024 MOST 83 – 80 DRKE
Dec 2, 2023 DRKE 74 – 57 MOST
Jan 19, 2023 MOST 65 – 62 DRKE

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MOST DRKE
Overall 23-11 25-11
Conference 13-5 13-5
Home 12-4 14-3
Away 8-5 8-2
Neutral 3-2 3-6
Last 5 4-1 4-1
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 76.5 73.3
Avg Pts Against 69.3 67.0
Massey 6.6 (#81) 7.4 (#71)
Bradley-Terry 0.10 (#168) 0.70 (#114)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.58 (#134) 1.05 (#105)
RPI 0.487 (#197) 0.524 (#125)
Shooting & Four Factors MOST DRKE
FG% 47.9% 45.7%
3PT% 38.1% 36.5%
REB / G 34.7 35.2
OREB / G 8.5 11.0
AST / TO 1.12 1.09
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.7% 52.9%
TOV% 16.4% 16.4%
ORB% 26.2% 32.3%
FT Rate 19.8% 20.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.9% 48.8%
Opp TOV% 18.1% 19.3%
DRB% 75.6% 71.3%
Opp FT Rate 18.8% 20.8%

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