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George Mason Patriots
87 – 85 2OT
FINAL Conference
Saint Joseph's Hawks
Atlantic 10 Conference · EagleBank Arena · January 21, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread GMU -8.5 Away covered
O/U 147.5 Over
Money GMU -400 / JOES +350
Model Predictions
Spread Total GMU win
Actual GMU +2 172 Won
Massey GMU -7.0 (-5.0) — —
Massey Totals — 152.4 (+19.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 90% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 92% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML GMU -5.9 (-3.9) 146.0 (+26.0) 74% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ GMU -5.1 (-3.1) 149.1 (+22.9) 79% ✓
Baseline Plus ML GMU -6.7 (-4.7) 150.1 (+21.9) 76% ✓
Baseline ML GMU -5.9 (-3.9) 147.9 (+24.1) 73% ✓

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 26, 2026 JOES 81 – 63 GMU
Feb 7, 2026 GMU 60 – 52 JOES
Mar 15, 2025 GMU 74 – 64 JOES
Feb 15, 2025 GMU 58 – 57 JOES
Mar 13, 2024 JOES 64 – 57 GMU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings GMU JOES
Overall 13-9 5-15
Conference 8-6 3-9
Home 7-3 3-3
Away 3-4 1-9
Neutral 3-2 1-3
Last 5 1-4 1-4
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 71.3 72.2
Avg Pts Against 69.9 82.6
Massey -0.5 (#165) -4.7 (#246)
Bradley-Terry 0.15 (#156) -1.60 (#290)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.05 (#166) -1.91 (#279)
RPI 0.517 (#136) 0.453 (#235)
Shooting & Four Factors GMU JOES
FG% 42.6% 41.7%
3PT% 31.0% 29.8%
REB / G 37.2 32.2
OREB / G 11.3 8.4
AST / TO 0.91 0.98
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 48.5% 49.0%
TOV% 20.0% 20.3%
ORB% 29.9% 22.1%
FT Rate 17.8% 18.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.0% 54.9%
Opp TOV% 20.4% 18.9%
DRB% 72.7% 66.2%
Opp FT Rate 23.9% 27.5%

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