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Missouri Valley Conference · Great Southern Bank Arena · January 16, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread MOST -1.5 Away covered
O/U 135.5 Under
Money MOST -130 / SIU +110
Model Predictions
Spread Total MOST win
Actual SIU +22 124 Lost
Massey MOST -5.2 (-27.2)
Massey Totals 147.0 (-23.0)
Bradley-Terry 68%
Weighted B-T 74%
Baseline Plus ML MOST -3.4 (-25.4) 142.2 (-18.2) 65%
Efficiency Plus ML MOST -3.3 (-25.3) 139.3 (-15.3) 66%
Baseline Tuned ML MOST -3.5 (-25.5) 141.2 (-17.2) 67%
Baseline ML MOST -3.3 (-25.3) 141.4 (-17.4) 65%

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 12, 2025 SIU 8878 MOST
Feb 1, 2024 MOST 7675 SIU
Mar 4, 2023 SIU 5451 MOST
Feb 5, 2023 SIU 7353 MOST
Jan 21, 2023 SIU 6157 MOST

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MOST SIU
Overall 9-23 14-19
Conference 2-18 8-12
Home 7-8 7-7
Away 1-12 5-8
Neutral 1-3 1-4
Last 5 0-5 1-4
Streak L6 L1
Avg Pts For 67.5 72.2
Avg Pts Against 71.9 75.5
Massey -4.3 (#238) -5.7 (#264)
Bradley-Terry -1.07 (#263) -1.15 (#275)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.03 (#243) -1.30 (#258)
RPI 0.440 (#283) 0.461 (#239)
Shooting & Four Factors MOST SIU
FG% 42.8% 43.0%
3PT% 36.0% 31.5%
REB / G 34.1 35.2
OREB / G 12.1 11.7
AST / TO 0.93 1.03
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.4% 48.3%
TOV% 19.0% 18.5%
ORB% 33.7% 31.5%
FT Rate 25.2% 22.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 55.6% 54.7%
Opp TOV% 19.6% 17.3%
DRB% 71.6% 70.3%
Opp FT Rate 27.2% 24.8%

Game Analysis

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