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NJIT Highlanders
63 – 54
FINAL Conference
Maine Black Bears
America East Conference · Joel & Diane Bloom Wellness and Events Center · January 9, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread NJIT -9.5 Away covered
O/U 129.0 Under
Money NJIT -556 / ME +380
Model Predictions
Spread Total NJIT win
Actual NJIT +9 117 Won
Massey NJIT -7.1 (+1.9) — —
Massey Totals — 134.8 (-17.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 80% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 80% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML NJIT -4.4 (+4.6) 135.8 (-18.8) 69% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ NJIT -4.5 (+4.5) 130.7 (-13.7) 72% ✓
Baseline Plus ML NJIT -5.4 (+3.6) 135.2 (-18.2) 73% ✓
Baseline ML NJIT -4.3 (+4.7) 136.0 (-19.0) 70% ✓

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
Jan 16, 2025 ME 57 – 44 NJIT

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NJIT ME
Overall 7-12 2-7
Conference 6-10 2-6
Home 3-5 1-1
Away 4-6 1-6
Neutral 0-1 0-0
Last 5 3-2 1-4
Streak L4 L2
Avg Pts For 66.1 53.1
Avg Pts Against 70.2 64.6
Massey -2.8 (#214) -6.7 (#273)
Bradley-Terry -0.57 (#213) -1.37 (#267)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.79 (#216) -1.60 (#256)
RPI 0.431 (#258) 0.365 (#316)
Shooting & Four Factors NJIT ME
FG% 40.8% 42.3%
3PT% 32.7% 34.8%
REB / G 32.8 32.2
OREB / G 9.3 8.8
AST / TO 0.82 0.85
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 46.0% 50.2%
TOV% 15.5% 25.6%
ORB% 24.7% 27.3%
FT Rate 32.5% 17.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.4% 49.3%
Opp TOV% 20.2% 20.3%
DRB% 64.4% 70.1%
Opp FT Rate 22.7% 20.1%

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