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Missouri State Bears
61 – 68
FINAL Conference
Drake Bulldogs
Missouri Valley Conference · Great Southern Bank Arena · January 27, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread DRKE -3.5 Away covered
O/U 145.5 Under
Money MOST +150 / DRKE -138
Model Predictions
Spread Total MOST win
Actual DRKE +7 129 Lost
Massey DRKE -6.4 (-0.6) — —
Massey Totals — 153.9 (-24.9) —
Bradley-Terry — — 18% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 8% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML DRKE -5.3 (-1.7) 149.4 (-20.4) 29% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ DRKE -4.5 (-2.5) 142.4 (-13.4) 28% ✓
Baseline Plus ML DRKE -4.4 (-2.6) 147.4 (-18.4) 24% ✓
Baseline ML DRKE -3.8 (-3.2) 147.1 (-18.1) 24% ✓

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 2, 2025 DRKE 68 – 60 MOST
Jan 25, 2025 DRKE 69 – 62 MOST
Jan 25, 2024 MOST 83 – 80 DRKE
Dec 2, 2023 DRKE 74 – 57 MOST
Jan 19, 2023 MOST 65 – 62 DRKE

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MOST DRKE
Overall 17-7 26-5
Conference 12-6 15-3
Home 9-4 14-1
Away 7-2 9-2
Neutral 1-1 3-2
Last 5 4-1 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 72.5 74.7
Avg Pts Against 67.3 64.8
Massey 6.7 (#82) 15.6 (#15)
Bradley-Terry 1.51 (#74) 3.51 (#8)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.60 (#88) 4.59 (#8)
RPI 0.543 (#95) 0.569 (#71)
Shooting & Four Factors MOST DRKE
FG% 50.3% 52.8%
3PT% 35.6% 43.5%
REB / G 37.2 37.1
OREB / G 6.8 11.2
AST / TO 1.14 1.25
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 58.8% 59.6%
TOV% 18.3% 17.9%
ORB% 21.9% 36.4%
FT Rate 29.6% 17.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.6% 45.2%
Opp TOV% 15.0% 21.8%
DRB% 77.0% 77.4%
Opp FT Rate 21.8% 25.7%

Game Analysis

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