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Sam Houston Bearkats
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FINAL Conference
Liberty Flames
Conference USA · Bernard G. Johnson Coliseum · January 10, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread LIB -3.5 Away covered
O/U 142.5 Over
Money SHSU +140 / LIB -165
Model Predictions
Spread Total SHSU win
Actual LIB +8 144 Lost
Massey LIB -5.2 (-2.8)
Massey Totals 149.0 (-5.0)
Bradley-Terry 23%
Weighted B-T 13%
Efficiency Plus ML LIB -4.9 (-3.1) 142.3 (+1.7) 33%
Baseline Tuned ML LIB -6.5 (-1.5) 145.2 (-1.2) 26%
Baseline ML LIB -5.3 (-2.7) 147.1 (-3.1) 26%
Baseline Plus ML LIB -6.0 (-2.0) 143.7 (+0.3) 28%

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 7, 2026 LIB 7972 SHSU
Jan 10, 2026 LIB 8274 SHSU
Feb 8, 2025 LIB 6461 SHSU
Feb 18, 2024 SHSU 8373 LIB
Jan 21, 2024 LIB 8266 SHSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings SHSU LIB
Overall 13-19 28-7
Conference 6-12 13-5
Home 9-4 12-3
Away 3-13 9-2
Neutral 1-2 7-2
Last 5 1-4 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 72.9 73.7
Avg Pts Against 77.1 65.2
Massey -1.2 (#181) 8.1 (#72)
Bradley-Terry -0.22 (#189) 1.76 (#57)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.01 (#166) 2.79 (#46)
RPI 0.504 (#165) 0.566 (#66)
Shooting & Four Factors SHSU LIB
FG% 45.1% 49.5%
3PT% 37.8% 39.6%
REB / G 32.3 33.1
OREB / G 11.6 7.2
AST / TO 1.08 1.46
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.1% 58.6%
TOV% 17.9% 17.0%
ORB% 33.3% 23.2%
FT Rate 24.2% 18.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 57.2% 45.5%
Opp TOV% 17.9% 17.7%
DRB% 65.5% 72.3%
Opp FT Rate 25.5% 18.1%

Game Analysis

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