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Lamar Cardinals
62 – 52
FINAL Neutral Conference Hercules Tires Southland
Houston Christian Huskies
Southland Conference · Leonard E. Merrell Center (Neutral) · March 11, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread LAM -5.5 Home covered
O/U 145.5 Under
Money LAM -225 / HCU +230
Model Predictions
Spread Total LAM win
Actual LAM +10 114 Won
Massey LAM -3.0 (+7.0) — —
Massey Totals — 147.7 (-33.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 65% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 71% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML LAM -3.5 (+6.5) 142.7 (-28.7) 66% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ LAM -2.8 (+7.2) 142.5 (-28.5) 68% ✓
Baseline Plus ML LAM -3.8 (+6.2) 143.2 (-29.2) 70% ✓
Baseline ML LAM -3.7 (+6.3) 140.7 (-26.7) 68% ✓

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 3, 2026 HCU 75 – 53 LAM
Jan 13, 2026 LAM 64 – 56 HCU
Feb 22, 2025 LAM 66 – 58 HCU
Jan 5, 2025 LAM 63 – 61 HCU
Mar 7, 2024 LAM 78 – 68 HCU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings LAM HCU
Overall 10-18 6-19
Conference 6-10 4-11
Home 5-5 4-6
Away 3-11 1-12
Neutral 2-2 1-1
Last 5 4-1 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 65.8 70.1
Avg Pts Against 72.4 81.1
Massey -10.5 (#313) -13.6 (#334)
Bradley-Terry -2.30 (#327) -2.93 (#337)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.99 (#326) -3.86 (#338)
RPI 0.421 (#303) 0.403 (#324)
Shooting & Four Factors LAM HCU
FG% 40.7% 42.5%
3PT% 30.3% 33.6%
REB / G 35.3 33.8
OREB / G 10.2 9.2
AST / TO 0.86 0.84
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 45.0% 49.3%
TOV% 20.1% 22.5%
ORB% 27.4% 25.5%
FT Rate 23.5% 21.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.5% 54.2%
Opp TOV% 20.0% 18.6%
DRB% 72.2% 68.1%
Opp FT Rate 19.3% 20.4%

Game Analysis

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