I got a baby's brain and an old man's heart "I'm Eighteen" - Alice Cooper
Indiana State Sycamores
53 – 43
FINAL Neutral Conference MVC
Evansville Purple Aces
Missouri Valley Conference · Enterprise Center (Neutral) · March 5, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread INST -5.5 Home covered
O/U 129.5 Under
Money INST -225 / EVAN +240
Model Predictions
Spread Total INST win
Actual INST +10 96 Won
Massey INST -6.2 (+3.8) — —
Massey Totals — 132.8 (-36.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 78% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 81% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML INST -5.8 (+4.2) 136.3 (-40.3) 73% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ INST -4.4 (+5.6) 129.8 (-33.8) 68% ✓
Baseline Plus ML INST -5.3 (+4.7) 133.7 (-37.7) 72% ✓
Baseline ML INST -6.0 (+4.0) 136.2 (-40.2) 73% ✓

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 4, 2026 INST 84 – 63 EVAN
Jan 10, 2026 EVAN 72 – 69 INST
Feb 20, 2025 EVAN 79 – 74 INST
Jan 4, 2025 INST 66 – 62 EVAN
Feb 29, 2024 INST 85 – 67 EVAN

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings INST EVAN
Overall 15-10 9-16
Conference 11-7 7-11
Home 9-3 8-4
Away 5-6 1-10
Neutral 1-1 0-2
Last 5 3-2 1-4
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 65.9 64.8
Avg Pts Against 65.8 69.6
Massey 2.7 (#128) -3.4 (#223)
Bradley-Terry 0.64 (#122) -0.63 (#224)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.58 (#132) -0.87 (#229)
RPI 0.541 (#98) 0.471 (#221)
Shooting & Four Factors INST EVAN
FG% 43.5% 44.3%
3PT% 33.9% 38.1%
REB / G 31.7 26.6
OREB / G 8.3 5.9
AST / TO 0.87 1.08
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.3% 53.8%
TOV% 18.6% 17.3%
ORB% 25.4% 18.9%
FT Rate 27.6% 18.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.8% 57.9%
Opp TOV% 21.8% 18.5%
DRB% 72.3% 75.8%
Opp FT Rate 20.3% 23.9%

Game Analysis

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