They headed down to old El Paso; thats's where they ran into a great big hassle. "Take the Money and Run" - The Steve Miller Band
UNLV Rebels
65 – 62
FINAL Conference
Utah State Aggies
Mountain West Conference · Thomas & Mack Center · January 16, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread USU -5.5 Home covered
O/U 148.5 Under
Money UNLV +200 / USU -240
Model Predictions
Spread Total UNLV win
Actual UNLV +3 127 Won
Massey USU -6.6 (+9.6) — —
Massey Totals — 149.1 (-22.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 8% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 4% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ USU -5.5 (+8.5) 142.4 (-15.4) 26% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML USU -5.8 (+8.8) 145.2 (-18.2) 28% ✗
Baseline ML USU -5.7 (+8.7) 146.6 (-19.6) 36% ✗
Baseline Plus ML USU -6.4 (+9.4) 144.1 (-17.1) 26% ✗

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 12, 2026 USU 80 – 60 UNLV
Mar 4, 2026 UNLV 92 – 65 USU
Jan 21, 2026 UNLV 86 – 76 USU
Mar 14, 2025 USU 70 – 58 UNLV
Jan 30, 2025 USU 76 – 71 UNLV

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UNLV USU
Overall 18-15 26-8
Conference 11-9 15-5
Home 12-5 15-2
Away 5-7 7-4
Neutral 1-3 4-2
Last 5 3-2 5-0
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 69.2 78.8
Avg Pts Against 68.1 70.5
Massey 2.6 (#118) 13.0 (#41)
Bradley-Terry 0.66 (#110) 3.74 (#12)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.93 (#104) 4.93 (#9)
RPI 0.521 (#134) 0.649 (#14)
Shooting & Four Factors UNLV USU
FG% 45.9% 48.6%
3PT% 38.2% 33.6%
REB / G 32.1 36.4
OREB / G 9.2 12.2
AST / TO 1.19 1.54
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.4% 55.3%
TOV% 16.1% 16.9%
ORB% 27.7% 36.2%
FT Rate 24.2% 27.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.8% 51.3%
Opp TOV% 19.2% 21.4%
DRB% 65.7% 70.4%
Opp FT Rate 23.1% 20.6%

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