I want the bomb, I want the P-Funk, I want my funk uncut. "P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)" - Parliament
NJIT Highlanders
44 – 57
FINAL Conference
Maine Black Bears
America East Conference · Joel & Diane Bloom Wellness and Events Center · January 16, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread ME -10.5 Away covered
O/U 131.5 Under
Money NJIT +425 / ME -650
Model Predictions
Spread Total NJIT win
Actual ME +13 101 Lost
Massey ME -7.7 (-5.3) — —
Massey Totals — 129.4 (-28.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 15% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 10% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML ME -8.6 (-4.4) 129.4 (-28.4) 20% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ ME -8.4 (-4.6) 130.8 (-29.8) 17% ✓
Baseline Plus ML ME -8.8 (-4.2) 130.7 (-29.7) 19% ✓
Baseline ML ME -8.4 (-4.6) 131.3 (-30.3) 21% ✓

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 7, 2026 NJIT 60 – 58 ME
Feb 14, 2026 NJIT 67 – 58 ME
Jan 10, 2026 ME 74 – 70 NJIT
Feb 6, 2025 ME 78 – 74 NJIT
Feb 24, 2024 ME 68 – 58 NJIT

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NJIT ME
Overall 6-25 20-14
Conference 3-13 10-6
Home 4-9 10-3
Away 1-16 8-11
Neutral 1-0 2-0
Last 5 0-5 2-3
Streak W1 L1
Avg Pts For 63.9 69.0
Avg Pts Against 73.9 67.2
Massey -14.9 (#353) -3.4 (#224)
Bradley-Terry -2.97 (#352) -0.55 (#218)
W. Bradley-Terry -3.67 (#352) -0.67 (#213)
RPI 0.352 (#359) 0.478 (#213)
Shooting & Four Factors NJIT ME
FG% 38.7% 45.4%
3PT% 29.2% 34.7%
REB / G 33.3 27.9
OREB / G 9.8 7.1
AST / TO 0.72 1.26
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 44.3% 51.1%
TOV% 19.6% 16.5%
ORB% 27.5% 22.4%
FT Rate 19.9% 21.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.1% 51.9%
Opp TOV% 13.5% 22.4%
DRB% 65.9% 66.1%
Opp FT Rate 26.3% 24.3%

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