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Akron Zips
92 – 80
FINAL Conference
Ohio Bobcats
Mid-American Conference · James A. Rhodes Arena · January 17, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread AKR -3.5 Home covered
O/U 163.5 Over
Money AKR -170 / OHIO +145
Model Predictions
Spread Total AKR win
Actual AKR +12 172 Won
Massey AKR -4.9 (+7.1) — —
Massey Totals — 164.6 (+7.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 74% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 79% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML AKR -3.3 (+8.7) 157.8 (+14.2) 68% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ AKR -5.3 (+6.7) 158.6 (+13.4) 71% ✓
Baseline Plus ML AKR -3.9 (+8.1) 158.6 (+13.4) 64% ✓
Baseline ML AKR -3.6 (+8.4) 159.4 (+12.6) 64% ✓

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 24, 2026 AKR 86 – 65 OHIO
Feb 22, 2025 OHIO 84 – 67 AKR
Mar 15, 2024 AKR 65 – 62 OHIO
Feb 28, 2024 OHIO 74 – 67 AKR
Jan 24, 2024 AKR 67 – 58 OHIO

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings AKR OHIO
Overall 28-7 16-16
Conference 17-1 10-8
Home 16-0 12-3
Away 8-4 3-10
Neutral 4-3 1-3
Last 5 4-1 5-0
Streak L1 L3
Avg Pts For 83.4 79.1
Avg Pts Against 76.4 77.3
Massey 2.2 (#126) 1.0 (#148)
Bradley-Terry 0.50 (#119) 0.12 (#164)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.41 (#139) -0.14 (#181)
RPI 0.534 (#111) 0.507 (#163)
Shooting & Four Factors AKR OHIO
FG% 43.3% 47.1%
3PT% 35.3% 35.4%
REB / G 39.2 34.1
OREB / G 13.5 8.9
AST / TO 1.36 1.31
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.6% 54.6%
TOV% 17.1% 16.2%
ORB% 33.9% 26.0%
FT Rate 18.5% 23.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.5% 51.7%
Opp TOV% 19.0% 18.9%
DRB% 68.6% 71.3%
Opp FT Rate 23.5% 24.9%

Game Analysis

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