In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
Sun Belt Conference · GSU Convocation Center · January 9, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread GAST -2.5 Home covered
O/U 155.5 Over
Money GAST -135 / GASO +115
Model Predictions
Spread Total GAST win
Actual GAST +4 160 Won
Massey GAST -4.0 (-0.0) — —
Massey Totals — 153.0 (+7.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 37% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 41% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML GAST -1.9 (+2.1) 146.0 (+14.0) 60% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ GAST -3.2 (+0.8) 148.7 (+11.3) 69% ✓
Baseline Plus ML GAST -2.5 (+1.5) 150.0 (+10.0) 62% ✓
Baseline ML GAST -1.6 (+2.4) 147.4 (+12.6) 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 20, 2026 GAST 66 – 64 GASO
Dec 19, 2025 GASO 90 – 67 GAST
Mar 6, 2025 GAST 80 – 71 GASO
Mar 1, 2025 GASO 76 – 75 GAST
Jan 20, 2024 GASO 86 – 70 GAST

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings GAST GASO
Overall 14-19 17-16
Conference 8-10 8-10
Home 9-6 11-3
Away 3-11 4-11
Neutral 2-2 2-2
Last 5 1-4 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 74.2 74.1
Avg Pts Against 78.7 76.1
Massey -8.7 (#304) -8.6 (#301)
Bradley-Terry -1.70 (#308) -0.40 (#210)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.22 (#307) -0.97 (#240)
RPI 0.438 (#286) 0.469 (#226)
Shooting & Four Factors GAST GASO
FG% 41.5% 42.2%
3PT% 30.7% 33.3%
REB / G 37.8 36.6
OREB / G 12.4 12.4
AST / TO 0.84 0.85
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 46.8% 49.5%
TOV% 19.4% 20.9%
ORB% 33.6% 31.0%
FT Rate 23.8% 19.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.8% 52.3%
Opp TOV% 13.4% 19.3%
DRB% 69.8% 68.8%
Opp FT Rate 22.1% 32.5%

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