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Niagara Purple Eagles
66 – 55
FINAL Conference
Rider Broncs
Metro Conference · Gallagher Center · January 9, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread NIA -6.0 Home covered
O/U 137.0 Under
Model Predictions
Spread Total NIA win
Actual NIA +11 121 Won
Massey NIA -9.6 (+1.4) — —
Massey Totals — 138.7 (-17.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 83% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 89% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML NIA -8.0 (+3.0) 139.0 (-18.0) 79% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ NIA -7.6 (+3.4) 134.0 (-13.0) 74% ✓
Baseline Plus ML NIA -8.5 (+2.5) 138.2 (-17.2) 79% ✓
Baseline ML NIA -7.4 (+3.6) 137.5 (-16.5) 76% ✓

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 22, 2026 RID 67 – 62 NIA
Mar 8, 2025 RID 77 – 76 NIA
Jan 12, 2025 RID 68 – 65 NIA
Mar 2, 2024 RID 71 – 61 NIA
Jan 20, 2024 NIA 78 – 74 RID

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NIA RID
Overall 9-11 6-17
Conference 7-9 5-13
Home 5-3 1-8
Away 3-7 4-8
Neutral 1-1 1-1
Last 5 3-2 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 64.7 67.5
Avg Pts Against 65.2 74.0
Massey -2.0 (#199) -8.4 (#291)
Bradley-Terry -0.50 (#208) -1.48 (#274)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.49 (#195) -2.01 (#275)
RPI 0.470 (#206) 0.419 (#269)
Shooting & Four Factors NIA RID
FG% 40.5% 44.2%
3PT% 34.1% 33.3%
REB / G 31.2 32.6
OREB / G 8.0 9.1
AST / TO 1.13 0.95
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 47.5% 48.9%
TOV% 15.6% 19.0%
ORB% 22.6% 28.2%
FT Rate 22.0% 23.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.7% 53.8%
Opp TOV% 20.0% 16.3%
DRB% 73.1% 71.0%
Opp FT Rate 19.0% 24.8%

Game Analysis

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