The black queen chants the funeral march, the cracked brass bells will ring / To summon back the fire witch to the court of the crimson king "The Court of the Crimson King" - King Crimson
Howard Bison
100 – 95
FINAL Conference
Morgan State Bears
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference · Burr Gymnasium · January 11, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread HOW -8.5 Away covered
O/U 161.5 Over
Money HOW -425 / MORG +320
Model Predictions
Spread Total HOW win
Actual HOW +5 195 Won
Massey HOW -12.2 (-7.2) — —
Massey Totals — 170.9 (+24.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 90% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 93% ✓
Baseline Plus ML HOW -9.0 (-4.0) 162.4 (+32.6) 84% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ HOW -9.5 (-4.5) 160.6 (+34.4) 84% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML HOW -10.2 (-5.2) 166.5 (+28.5) 85% ✓
Baseline ML HOW -9.9 (-4.9) 164.2 (+30.8) 85% ✓

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 28, 2026 HOW 84 – 59 MORG
Jan 24, 2026 MORG 78 – 77 HOW
Mar 13, 2025 MORG 91 – 90 HOW
Feb 22, 2025 HOW 87 – 81 MORG
Mar 14, 2024 HOW 78 – 65 MORG

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings HOW MORG
Overall 12-20 14-18
Conference 7-7 7-7
Home 8-6 11-4
Away 3-11 2-13
Neutral 1-3 1-1
Last 5 2-3 2-3
Streak L5 L1
Avg Pts For 75.6 76.2
Avg Pts Against 80.7 82.8
Massey -6.5 (#282) -14.8 (#353)
Bradley-Terry -1.16 (#279) -2.62 (#345)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.50 (#280) -3.20 (#341)
RPI 0.454 (#254) 0.346 (#360)
Shooting & Four Factors HOW MORG
FG% 46.1% 46.2%
3PT% 37.8% 30.2%
REB / G 30.0 34.6
OREB / G 8.5 11.6
AST / TO 1.05 0.91
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.9% 49.2%
TOV% 20.8% 18.4%
ORB% 26.6% 31.6%
FT Rate 23.3% 22.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 56.3% 56.6%
Opp TOV% 15.7% 15.7%
DRB% 68.0% 66.5%
Opp FT Rate 28.3% 30.9%

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