Today Billie Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchee Bridge "Ode to Billie Joe" - Bobbie Gentry
Sam Houston Bearkats
69 – 61
FINAL Neutral Conference CUSA
New Mexico State Aggies
Conference USA · Propst Arena (Neutral) · March 12, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread SHSU -4.5 Home covered
O/U 154.5 Under
Money SHSU -192 / NMSU +160
Model Predictions
Spread Total SHSU win
Actual SHSU +8 130 Won
Massey SHSU -4.9 (+3.1) — —
Massey Totals — 155.8 (-25.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 73% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 74% ✓
Baseline Plus ML SHSU -4.0 (+4.0) 151.1 (-21.1) 71% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ SHSU -3.4 (+4.6) 147.7 (-17.7) 63% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML SHSU -4.6 (+3.4) 149.5 (-19.5) 70% ✓
Baseline ML SHSU -4.7 (+3.3) 150.3 (-20.3) 72% ✓

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Dec 21, 2025 NMSU 87 – 78 SHSU
Mar 8, 2025 SHSU 76 – 69 NMSU
Jan 3, 2025 NMSU 75 – 71 SHSU
Feb 23, 2024 SHSU 79 – 58 NMSU
Jan 26, 2024 SHSU 79 – 67 NMSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings SHSU NMSU
Overall 22-12 16-16
Conference 13-7 8-12
Home 13-1 10-5
Away 6-10 3-8
Neutral 3-1 3-3
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 80.0 73.9
Avg Pts Against 76.9 73.8
Massey 4.2 (#106) -0.7 (#175)
Bradley-Terry 0.65 (#110) -0.35 (#211)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.84 (#109) -0.22 (#183)
RPI 0.550 (#74) 0.497 (#193)
Shooting & Four Factors SHSU NMSU
FG% 46.2% 42.4%
3PT% 38.4% 32.9%
REB / G 38.1 37.1
OREB / G 12.7 12.1
AST / TO 1.26 1.26
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.1% 48.8%
TOV% 16.7% 14.8%
ORB% 35.4% 32.7%
FT Rate 24.9% 25.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.2% 49.2%
Opp TOV% 16.1% 14.8%
DRB% 70.2% 70.2%
Opp FT Rate 25.5% 32.1%

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