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Ball State Cardinals
81 – 67
FINAL Conference
Toledo Rockets
Mid-American Conference · Worthen Arena · February 6, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread TOL -8.5 Home covered
O/U 148.5 Under
Money BALL +333 / TOL -333
Model Predictions
Spread Total BALL win
Actual BALL +14 148 Won
Massey TOL -9.6 (+23.6) — —
Massey Totals — 151.5 (-3.5) —
Bradley-Terry — — 10% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 4% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML TOL -8.2 (+22.2) 148.3 (-0.3) 21% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ TOL -8.1 (+22.1) 147.4 (+0.6) 25% ✗
Baseline Plus ML TOL -8.8 (+22.8) 148.5 (-0.5) 23% ✗
Baseline ML TOL -8.4 (+22.4) 151.8 (-3.8) 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

Jan 31, 2026 TOL 73 – 55 BALL
Feb 19, 2025 TOL 67 – 66 BALL
Jan 18, 2025 TOL 93 – 75 BALL
Jan 14, 2024 TOL 77 – 72 BALL
Mar 3, 2023 TOL 87 – 81 BALL

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BALL TOL
Overall 10-13 21-9
Conference 8-9 15-4
Home 7-4 12-1
Away 3-8 7-5
Neutral 0-1 2-3
Last 5 1-4 5-0
Streak L2 L2
Avg Pts For 74.7 81.1
Avg Pts Against 75.5 72.6
Massey -2.2 (#198) 10.0 (#55)
Bradley-Terry -0.75 (#237) 1.92 (#50)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.80 (#224) 2.81 (#39)
RPI 0.483 (#194) 0.594 (#34)
Shooting & Four Factors BALL TOL
FG% 42.6% 45.9%
3PT% 32.7% 39.1%
REB / G 35.3 37.8
OREB / G 9.1 11.5
AST / TO 0.89 1.46
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.1% 54.7%
TOV% 19.8% 16.3%
ORB% 25.5% 32.3%
FT Rate 23.4% 21.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.8% 48.5%
Opp TOV% 18.6% 18.0%
DRB% 68.9% 69.1%
Opp FT Rate 24.4% 16.8%

Game Analysis

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