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Mercer Bears
60 – 70
FINAL Conference
Furman Paladins
Southern Conference · Hawkins Arena · February 20, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread FUR -3.5 Away covered
O/U 146.5 Under
Money MER +163 / FUR -150
Model Predictions
Spread Total MER win
Actual FUR +10 130 Lost
Massey FUR -3.2 (-6.8) — —
Massey Totals — 153.9 (-23.9) —
Bradley-Terry — — 53% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 52% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML FUR -1.6 (-8.4) 149.8 (-19.8) 44% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ FUR -2.2 (-7.8) 146.9 (-16.9) 38% ✓
Baseline Plus ML FUR -1.5 (-8.5) 151.6 (-21.6) 41% ✓
Baseline ML FUR -2.0 (-8.0) 149.4 (-19.4) 42% ✓

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 12, 2026 MER 69 – 64 FUR
Dec 31, 2025 FUR 74 – 72 MER
Feb 13, 2025 FUR 96 – 72 MER
Jan 25, 2025 FUR 79 – 74 MER
Mar 2, 2024 MER 82 – 75 FUR

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MER FUR
Overall 18-11 16-9
Conference 8-9 10-5
Home 9-4 11-1
Away 6-6 5-7
Neutral 3-1 0-1
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 75.5 78.2
Avg Pts Against 72.6 70.5
Massey 2.6 (#130) 8.4 (#68)
Bradley-Terry 0.52 (#136) 0.81 (#109)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.77 (#127) 1.16 (#100)
RPI 0.525 (#124) 0.548 (#86)
Shooting & Four Factors MER FUR
FG% 47.9% 47.8%
3PT% 37.4% 34.9%
REB / G 34.8 34.1
OREB / G 8.9 9.2
AST / TO 1.25 1.28
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.3% 56.4%
TOV% 18.7% 18.4%
ORB% 26.8% 27.6%
FT Rate 19.8% 18.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.0% 51.2%
Opp TOV% 17.2% 21.9%
DRB% 72.4% 71.0%
Opp FT Rate 20.9% 20.1%

Game Analysis

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