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Abilene Christian Wildcats
69 – 48
FINAL West Texas Classic
Tarleton State Texans
Moody Coliseum (Abilene) · December 6, 2020
Betting Lines
Spread ACU -14.5 Home covered
O/U 137.5 Under
Money ACU -2000 / TAR +1040
Model Predictions
Spread Total ACU win
Actual ACU +21 117 Won
Massey ACU -16.8 (+4.2) — —
Massey Totals — 140.5 (-23.5) —
Bradley-Terry — — 100% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 100% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML ACU -14.6 (+6.4) 139.1 (-22.1) 87% ✓
Baseline Plus ML ACU -18.5 (+2.5) 139.0 (-22.0) 87% ✓
Baseline ML ACU -16.3 (+4.7) 137.4 (-20.4) 84% ✓

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 ACU 84 – 78 TAR
Feb 17, 2026 TAR 65 – 62 ACU
Feb 14, 2026 ACU 73 – 59 TAR
Jan 9, 2026 ACU 84 – 80 TAR
Feb 28, 2025 TAR 67 – 52 ACU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings ACU TAR
Overall 24-5 10-10
Conference 13-2 5-7
Home 13-0 6-3
Away 5-4 4-7
Neutral 6-1 0-0
Last 5 3-0 0-1
Streak L1 W3
Avg Pts For 74.2 63.9
Avg Pts Against 61.6 68.1
Massey 10.8 (#20) 2.1 (#107)
Bradley-Terry 3.24 (#5) -0.56 (#185)
W. Bradley-Terry 5.01 (#6) -0.77 (#181)
RPI 0.735 (#14) 0.500 (#135)
Shooting & Four Factors ACU TAR
FG% 46.9% 47.7%
3PT% 54.5% 42.1%
REB / G 29.0 25.0
OREB / G 7.0 3.0
AST / TO 0.91 0.55
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.4% 56.8%
TOV% 20.4% 29.2%
ORB% 22.3% 10.3%
FT Rate 28.7% 36.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 43.2% 43.8%
Opp TOV% 29.6% 27.0%
DRB% 71.0% 62.9%
Opp FT Rate 22.8% 64.6%

Game Analysis

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