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Missouri State Bears
73 – 78
FINAL Conference
Drake Bulldogs
Missouri Valley Conference · Great Southern Bank Arena · January 28, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread DRKE -3.5 Away covered
O/U 143.5 Over
Money MOST +170 / DRKE -163
Model Predictions
Spread Total MOST win
Actual DRKE +5 151 Lost
Massey DRKE -6.5 (+1.5) — —
Massey Totals — 149.4 (+1.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 12% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 5% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML DRKE -4.2 (-0.8) 145.2 (+5.8) 32% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ DRKE -3.8 (-1.2) 142.0 (+9.0) 35% ✓
Baseline Plus ML DRKE -2.8 (-2.2) 145.3 (+5.7) 35% ✓
Baseline ML DRKE -3.3 (-1.7) 142.5 (+8.5) 38% ✓

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 6.6 (#83) 15.6 (#14)
Bradley-Terry 1.36 (#80) 3.79 (#5)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.51 (#91) 4.87 (#6)
RPI 0.552 (#88) 0.593 (#42)
Shooting & Four Factors MOST DRKE
FG% 49.2% 51.3%
3PT% 33.9% 42.5%
REB / G 38.4 37.0
OREB / G 7.1 11.0
AST / TO 1.07 1.24
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 56.8% 57.8%
TOV% 18.7% 16.9%
ORB% 22.5% 34.3%
FT Rate 28.3% 17.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 45.8% 44.9%
Opp TOV% 14.1% 21.9%
DRB% 77.5% 77.0%
Opp FT Rate 21.7% 25.0%

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