This will be our year, took a long time to come "This Will Be Our Year" - The Zombies
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference · McDougald-McLendon Arena · January 11, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread NCCU -10.5 Home covered
O/U 143.5 Over
Money NCCU -700 / UMES +450
Model Predictions
Spread Total NCCU win
Actual NCCU +19 157 Won
Massey NCCU -11.0 (+8.0) — —
Massey Totals — 149.4 (+7.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 94% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 97% ✓
Baseline Plus ML NCCU -9.3 (+9.7) 145.9 (+11.1) 84% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ NCCU -10.3 (+8.7) 143.2 (+13.8) 86% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML NCCU -9.2 (+9.8) 147.2 (+9.8) 83% ✓
Baseline ML NCCU -8.8 (+10.2) 148.0 (+9.0) 81% ✓

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 13, 2026 NCCU 83 – 76 UMES
Mar 3, 2026 NCCU 77 – 73 UMES
Feb 2, 2026 NCCU 65 – 63 UMES
Feb 27, 2025 UMES 68 – 59 NCCU
Mar 14, 2024 NCCU 87 – 81 UMES

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NCCU UMES
Overall 14-19 6-25
Conference 6-8 2-12
Home 10-4 5-7
Away 2-13 1-17
Neutral 2-2 0-1
Last 5 1-4 0-5
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 74.0 63.3
Avg Pts Against 78.8 79.5
Massey -9.0 (#312) -16.1 (#357)
Bradley-Terry -1.89 (#323) -3.89 (#361)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.74 (#331) -5.26 (#361)
RPI 0.414 (#322) 0.400 (#336)
Shooting & Four Factors NCCU UMES
FG% 43.2% 38.7%
3PT% 30.8% 29.4%
REB / G 30.3 31.1
OREB / G 12.0 9.1
AST / TO 1.00 0.62
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 48.4% 43.8%
TOV% 18.9% 19.2%
ORB% 33.3% 24.1%
FT Rate 26.0% 21.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 56.0% 56.0%
Opp TOV% 22.3% 13.2%
DRB% 60.0% 62.7%
Opp FT Rate 33.4% 24.1%

Game Analysis

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