You just want to be on the side that's winning. "Positively 4th Street" - Bob Dylan
Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers
67 – 70 OT
FINAL Conference
Iona Gaels
Metro Conference · Knott Arena · February 7, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread MSM -0.5 Away covered
O/U 140.5 Under
Money MSM -110 / IONA -110
Model Predictions
Spread Total MSM win
Actual IONA +3 137 Lost
Massey MSM -4.8 (-7.8) — —
Massey Totals — 139.6 (-2.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 81% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 81% ✗
Baseline Plus ML MSM -3.7 (-6.7) 139.3 (-2.3) 62% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MSM -3.1 (-6.1) 138.8 (-1.8) 52% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML MSM -3.6 (-6.6) 139.9 (-2.9) 65% ✗
Baseline ML MSM -3.9 (-6.9) 140.2 (-3.2) 65% ✗

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 8, 2026 MSM 83 – 76 IONA
Dec 30, 2025 MSM 66 – 59 IONA
Mar 15, 2025 MSM 63 – 49 IONA
Feb 25, 2024 MSM 72 – 65 IONA
Jan 14, 2024 IONA 87 – 70 MSM

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MSM IONA
Overall 23-13 17-17
Conference 12-8 12-8
Home 10-4 7-7
Away 9-8 7-7
Neutral 4-1 3-3
Last 5 2-3 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 69.3 69.7
Avg Pts Against 70.7 70.5
Massey -5.9 (#257) -7.5 (#287)
Bradley-Terry -0.20 (#193) -1.06 (#263)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.64 (#217) -1.47 (#276)
RPI 0.507 (#171) 0.447 (#265)
Shooting & Four Factors MSM IONA
FG% 42.9% 40.3%
3PT% 33.3% 30.7%
REB / G 36.5 37.1
OREB / G 10.6 15.5
AST / TO 1.00 0.87
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.7% 45.5%
TOV% 21.4% 21.9%
ORB% 31.0% 40.3%
FT Rate 23.8% 20.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.8% 53.2%
Opp TOV% 17.1% 24.1%
DRB% 69.7% 69.3%
Opp FT Rate 20.1% 29.1%

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