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Howard Bison
78 – 61
FINAL Neutral Conference MEAC
South Carolina State Bulldogs
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference · Norfolk Scope Arena (Neutral) · March 13, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread HOW -15.5 Home covered
O/U 145.5 Under
Money HOW -1800 / SCST +1000
Model Predictions
Spread Total HOW win
Actual HOW +17 139 Won
Massey HOW -16.3 (+0.7) — —
Massey Totals — 144.8 (-5.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 85% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 92% ✓
Baseline Plus ML HOW -13.9 (+3.1) 142.1 (-3.1) 88% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ HOW -13.1 (+3.9) 140.8 (-1.8) 86% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML HOW -13.5 (+3.5) 141.9 (-2.9) 87% ✓
Baseline ML HOW -14.6 (+2.4) 142.5 (-3.5) 88% ✓

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 7, 2026 HOW 85 – 57 SCST
Jan 3, 2026 SCST 58 – 57 HOW
Mar 4, 2025 SCST 79 – 69 HOW
Feb 4, 2025 SCST 89 – 66 HOW
Feb 20, 2024 SCST 75 – 68 HOW

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings HOW SCST
Overall 24-11 10-22
Conference 11-3 7-7
Home 11-4 6-5
Away 7-6 3-16
Neutral 6-1 1-1
Last 5 5-0 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 75.5 67.4
Avg Pts Against 69.4 80.6
Massey -1.9 (#198) -18.2 (#360)
Bradley-Terry -0.76 (#241) -2.52 (#348)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.97 (#239) -3.40 (#353)
RPI 0.494 (#198) 0.419 (#334)
Shooting & Four Factors HOW SCST
FG% 45.0% 41.3%
3PT% 35.3% 33.8%
REB / G 35.8 30.4
OREB / G 12.0 10.9
AST / TO 1.12 0.84
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.0% 46.9%
TOV% 19.9% 20.5%
ORB% 36.2% 31.4%
FT Rate 31.4% 28.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.6% 54.1%
Opp TOV% 20.9% 18.7%
DRB% 68.1% 62.4%
Opp FT Rate 26.8% 37.5%

Game Analysis

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