Gaga googa ga ga googa ga ga goo ga ga "Night of the Thumpasaurus People" - Parliament
Niagara Purple Eagles
65 – 67 OT
FINAL Conference
Marist Red Foxes
Metro Conference · Gallagher Center · January 23, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread MRST -3.5 Home covered
O/U 126.5 Over
Money NIA +145 / MRST -170
Model Predictions
Spread Total NIA win
Actual MRST +2 132 Lost
Massey MRST -1.1 (-0.9) — —
Massey Totals — 129.8 (+2.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 23% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 22% ✓
Baseline Plus ML MRST -2.2 (+0.2) 131.2 (+0.8) 34% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MRST -1.8 (-0.2) 129.3 (+2.7) 40% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML MRST -1.7 (-0.3) 130.0 (+2.0) 38% ✓
Baseline ML MRST -1.4 (-0.6) 130.3 (+1.7) 37% ✓

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 1, 2026 MRST 58 – 46 NIA
Feb 23, 2025 MRST 64 – 61 NIA
Mar 14, 2024 MRST 65 – 59 NIA
Mar 9, 2024 MRST 63 – 62 NIA
Jan 27, 2024 NIA 67 – 62 MRST

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NIA MRST
Overall 11-20 20-10
Conference 6-14 13-7
Home 6-7 11-4
Away 3-13 9-5
Neutral 2-0 0-1
Last 5 1-4 4-1
Streak L1 L5
Avg Pts For 67.4 66.0
Avg Pts Against 71.6 64.5
Massey -8.6 (#305) -4.1 (#232)
Bradley-Terry -1.40 (#297) 0.46 (#128)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.03 (#308) -0.03 (#177)
RPI 0.421 (#305) 0.512 (#159)
Shooting & Four Factors NIA MRST
FG% 43.5% 45.6%
3PT% 34.3% 32.9%
REB / G 30.9 34.9
OREB / G 7.5 9.0
AST / TO 1.02 1.13
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.3% 51.8%
TOV% 18.3% 17.9%
ORB% 23.2% 27.3%
FT Rate 21.0% 16.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.3% 46.8%
Opp TOV% 16.9% 17.6%
DRB% 72.1% 73.6%
Opp FT Rate 23.4% 22.2%

Game Analysis

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