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Howard Bison
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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%
Efficiency Plus ML HOW -15.4 (+1.6) 144.0 (-5.0) 89%
Baseline Tuned ML HOW -14.5 (+2.5) 141.9 (-2.9) 88%
Baseline ML HOW -16.0 (+1.0) 142.2 (-3.2) 90%
Baseline Plus ML HOW -15.9 (+1.1) 142.8 (-3.8) 90%

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 8557 SCST
Jan 3, 2026 SCST 5857 HOW
Mar 4, 2025 SCST 7969 HOW
Feb 4, 2025 SCST 8966 HOW
Feb 20, 2024 SCST 7568 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%

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