In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
Mid-American Conference · Worthen Arena · January 11, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread BALL -5.5 Home covered
O/U 149.5 Over
Money BALL -240 / BGSU +195
Model Predictions
Spread Total BALL win
Actual BALL +22 160 Won
Massey BALL -5.6 (+16.4) — —
Massey Totals — 151.4 (+8.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 76% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 81% ✓
Baseline Plus ML BALL -5.1 (+16.9) 149.6 (+10.4) 70% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ BALL -3.6 (+18.4) 148.7 (+11.3) 72% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML BALL -5.3 (+16.7) 147.4 (+12.6) 72% ✓
Baseline ML BALL -5.5 (+16.5) 148.7 (+11.3) 70% ✓

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 4, 2026 BGSU 77 – 52 BALL
Mar 1, 2025 BGSU 61 – 52 BALL
Mar 9, 2024 BGSU 80 – 70 BALL
Jan 31, 2024 BGSU 81 – 72 BALL
Feb 11, 2023 BALL 93 – 72 BGSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BALL BGSU
Overall 14-17 14-18
Conference 7-11 8-10
Home 8-7 8-8
Away 4-9 5-8
Neutral 1-1 1-2
Last 5 3-2 2-3
Streak L4 L2
Avg Pts For 73.8 71.9
Avg Pts Against 75.2 75.4
Massey -4.4 (#241) -6.1 (#269)
Bradley-Terry -1.29 (#286) -1.68 (#310)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.82 (#293) -2.42 (#318)
RPI 0.429 (#298) 0.404 (#330)
Shooting & Four Factors BALL BGSU
FG% 43.2% 44.7%
3PT% 33.3% 33.6%
REB / G 33.5 32.6
OREB / G 7.9 9.0
AST / TO 1.01 0.93
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.0% 51.2%
TOV% 16.4% 16.5%
ORB% 23.0% 26.2%
FT Rate 34.1% 25.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.6% 52.8%
Opp TOV% 14.8% 17.3%
DRB% 71.8% 68.6%
Opp FT Rate 27.0% 25.0%

Game Analysis

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