In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
Pepperdine Waves
80 – 65
FINAL Conference
Portland Pilots
West Coast Conference · Firestone Fieldhouse · January 17, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread PEPP -12.5 Home covered
O/U 154.5 Under
Money PEPP -1000 / PORT +800
Model Predictions
Spread Total PEPP win
Actual PEPP +15 145 Won
Massey PEPP -9.9 (+5.1) — —
Massey Totals — 162.0 (-17.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 65% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 85% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML PEPP -8.2 (+6.8) 155.8 (-10.8) 82% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ PEPP -7.5 (+7.5) 156.7 (-11.7) 83% ✓
Baseline Plus ML PEPP -9.0 (+6.0) 155.5 (-10.5) 82% ✓
Baseline ML PEPP -8.2 (+6.8) 154.2 (-9.2) 81% ✓

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 6, 2026 PORT 77 – 68 PEPP
Feb 19, 2026 PEPP 95 – 87 PORT
Jan 15, 2026 PEPP 67 – 63 PORT
Mar 8, 2025 PEPP 86 – 73 PORT
Feb 28, 2025 PORT 87 – 67 PEPP

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings PEPP PORT
Overall 15-12 6-15
Conference 7-6 0-11
Home 7-5 5-8
Away 3-5 1-6
Neutral 5-2 0-1
Last 5 1-4 1-4
Streak W3 L13
Avg Pts For 75.6 67.4
Avg Pts Against 75.0 85.1
Massey -2.6 (#213) -9.7 (#309)
Bradley-Terry -0.72 (#229) -0.79 (#234)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.76 (#215) -1.91 (#280)
RPI 0.484 (#191) 0.471 (#210)
Shooting & Four Factors PEPP PORT
FG% 43.3% 38.3%
3PT% 30.9% 30.2%
REB / G 32.2 33.6
OREB / G 7.5 8.7
AST / TO 1.12 0.71
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.6% 43.1%
TOV% 18.5% 19.7%
ORB% 21.5% 23.1%
FT Rate 27.2% 33.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.2% 54.6%
Opp TOV% 17.5% 18.1%
DRB% 65.3% 69.6%
Opp FT Rate 23.9% 18.0%

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