Virgil Cain is my name and I served on the Danville train. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"-The Band
Lipscomb Bisons
87 – 80
FINAL Conference
Bellarmine Knights
Atlantic Sun Conference · Allen Arena · February 1, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread LIP -18.5 Away covered
O/U 144.5 Over
Money LIP -6000 / BELL +1800
Model Predictions
Spread Total LIP win
Actual LIP +7 167 Won
Massey LIP -25.3 (-18.3) — —
Massey Totals — 143.7 (+23.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 99% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 100% ✓
Baseline Plus ML LIP -20.7 (-13.7) 145.0 (+22.0) 91% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ LIP -18.7 (-11.7) 144.5 (+22.5) 90% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML LIP -19.4 (-12.4) 144.5 (+22.5) 91% ✓
Baseline ML LIP -21.1 (-14.1) 144.2 (+22.8) 91% ✓

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 19, 2026 LIP 75 – 72 BELL
Jan 16, 2026 LIP 81 – 71 BELL
Jan 16, 2025 LIP 87 – 53 BELL
Feb 29, 2024 LIP 90 – 74 BELL
Jan 6, 2024 LIP 81 – 70 BELL

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings LIP BELL
Overall 25-10 5-26
Conference 14-4 2-16
Home 15-3 5-10
Away 10-6 0-16
Neutral 0-1 0-0
Last 5 3-2 0-5
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 77.0 70.9
Avg Pts Against 68.2 81.3
Massey 6.4 (#89) -15.6 (#354)
Bradley-Terry 0.28 (#151) -3.91 (#360)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.69 (#124) -4.45 (#361)
RPI 0.510 (#162) 0.334 (#362)
Shooting & Four Factors LIP BELL
FG% 46.5% 43.8%
3PT% 34.0% 34.5%
REB / G 35.4 28.4
OREB / G 8.4 6.8
AST / TO 1.40 1.03
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.1% 51.4%
TOV% 15.8% 18.5%
ORB% 25.6% 21.1%
FT Rate 22.1% 21.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.1% 59.0%
Opp TOV% 17.2% 14.9%
DRB% 71.7% 69.3%
Opp FT Rate 14.4% 23.6%

Game Analysis

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