Twenty-one years in captivity / His shoes too small to fit his feet "Nelson Mandela" - The Specials
Niagara Purple Eagles
65 67 OT
FINAL Conference
Marist Red Foxes
Metro Atlantic Athletic 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%
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%
Baseline Plus ML MRST -2.2 (+0.2) 131.2 (+0.8) 34%

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 5846 NIA
Feb 23, 2025 MRST 6461 NIA
Mar 14, 2024 MRST 6559 NIA
Mar 9, 2024 MRST 6362 NIA
Jan 27, 2024 NIA 6762 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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