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Northeast Conference · DeGol Arena · January 11, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread SFPA -3.5 Home covered
O/U 134.5 Under
Money SFPA -155 / MERC +135
Model Predictions
Spread Total SFPA win
Actual SFPA +14 132 Won
Massey SFPA -4.4 (+9.6)
Massey Totals 138.2 (-6.2)
Bradley-Terry 70%
Weighted B-T 69%
Baseline Plus ML SFPA -1.5 (+12.5) 134.2 (-2.2) 58%
Model 4 ML SFPA -1.8 (+12.2) 132.3 (-0.3) 56%
Model 3 ML SFPA -2.1 (+11.9) 136.2 (-4.2) 59%
Baseline ML SFPA -1.5 (+12.5) 136.8 (-4.8) 55%

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 14, 2026 MERC 9479 SFPA
Feb 6, 2026 MERC 9889 SFPA
Jan 31, 2025 MERC 6258 SFPA

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings SFPA MERC
Overall 16-18 15-16
Conference 8-8 9-7
Home 10-4 11-2
Away 6-13 4-14
Neutral 0-1 0-0
Last 5 0-5 1-4
Streak L1 W2
Avg Pts For 68.0 65.8
Avg Pts Against 73.4 71.8
Massey -11.0 (#332) -11.4 (#337)
Bradley-Terry -1.46 (#296) -1.56 (#303)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.10 (#305) -2.06 (#304)
RPI 0.453 (#256) 0.438 (#286)
Shooting & Four Factors SFPA MERC
FG% 42.2% 40.4%
3PT% 33.7% 32.8%
REB / G 30.8 26.2
OREB / G 8.3 7.4
AST / TO 0.89 1.02
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.3% 46.2%
TOV% 20.7% 17.5%
ORB% 24.0% 22.5%
FT Rate 14.4% 22.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 56.0% 55.8%
Opp TOV% 16.7% 19.6%
DRB% 68.0% 64.9%
Opp FT Rate 21.9% 26.3%

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