In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
Mid-American Conference · Convocation Center (OH) · January 25, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread KENT -1.5 Home covered
O/U 143.5 Under
Money OHIO +110 / KENT -130
Model Predictions
Spread Total OHIO win
Actual OHIO +2 120 Won
Massey OHIO -1.9 (+0.1) — —
Massey Totals — 141.5 (-21.5) —
Bradley-Terry — — 52% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 50% ✗
Baseline Plus ML OHIO -0.5 (+1.5) 142.1 (-22.1) 56% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ OHIO -0.2 (+1.8) 140.6 (-20.6) 51% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML OHIO -0.9 (+1.1) 139.0 (-19.0) 58% ✓
Baseline ML OHIO -0.5 (+1.5) 139.8 (-19.8) 55% ✓

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 12, 2026 KENT 86 – 75 OHIO
Jan 28, 2026 KENT 72 – 57 OHIO
Feb 15, 2025 KENT 76 – 75 OHIO
Feb 21, 2024 OHIO 63 – 57 KENT
Jan 26, 2024 OHIO 71 – 64 KENT

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings OHIO KENT
Overall 16-16 24-12
Conference 10-8 11-7
Home 12-3 11-4
Away 3-10 10-6
Neutral 1-3 3-2
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak L3 L1
Avg Pts For 79.1 72.5
Avg Pts Against 77.3 68.4
Massey 0.0 (#164) 1.5 (#140)
Bradley-Terry 0.05 (#176) 0.60 (#119)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.19 (#189) 0.52 (#137)
RPI 0.512 (#155) 0.529 (#120)
Shooting & Four Factors OHIO KENT
FG% 46.7% 40.0%
3PT% 34.3% 26.8%
REB / G 34.0 35.9
OREB / G 9.1 12.8
AST / TO 1.27 1.07
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.8% 45.5%
TOV% 16.0% 16.4%
ORB% 26.3% 34.2%
FT Rate 24.8% 19.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 53.2% 47.5%
Opp TOV% 18.5% 21.0%
DRB% 71.7% 71.8%
Opp FT Rate 24.4% 30.7%

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