Virgil Cain is my name and I served on the Danville train. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"-The Band
West Coast Conference · Gersten Pavilion · January 17, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread SCU -4.5 Home covered
O/U 148.5 Under
Money LMU +160 / SCU -190
Model Predictions
Spread Total LMU win
Actual LMU +3 111 Won
Massey SCU -4.8 (+7.8) — —
Massey Totals — 148.8 (-37.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 52% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 52% ✓
Baseline Plus ML SCU -4.1 (+7.1) 147.4 (-36.4) 37% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ SCU -4.4 (+7.4) 147.0 (-36.0) 35% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML SCU -3.8 (+6.8) 146.2 (-35.2) 36% ✗
Baseline ML SCU -4.8 (+7.8) 147.6 (-36.6) 36% ✗

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

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 1, 2026 SCU 104 – 73 LMU
Jan 11, 2026 SCU 103 – 72 LMU
Feb 21, 2025 SCU 76 – 61 LMU
Feb 23, 2024 SCU 65 – 55 LMU
Jan 5, 2024 SCU 68 – 57 LMU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings LMU SCU
Overall 17-15 21-13
Conference 8-10 12-6
Home 11-6 12-5
Away 3-8 6-5
Neutral 3-1 3-3
Last 5 1-4 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 70.3 81.9
Avg Pts Against 72.1 73.0
Massey -0.1 (#165) 8.4 (#69)
Bradley-Terry 0.65 (#109) 1.26 (#73)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.92 (#105) 1.62 (#77)
RPI 0.539 (#99) 0.568 (#61)
Shooting & Four Factors LMU SCU
FG% 42.2% 46.3%
3PT% 32.9% 35.2%
REB / G 34.8 38.9
OREB / G 9.0 12.3
AST / TO 1.14 1.32
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.0% 54.3%
TOV% 16.7% 17.4%
ORB% 25.3% 34.2%
FT Rate 19.0% 22.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.5% 49.5%
Opp TOV% 15.0% 16.9%
DRB% 70.5% 70.8%
Opp FT Rate 21.9% 22.4%

Game Analysis

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