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Southern Illinois Salukis
79 – 67
FINAL Conference
UIC Flames
Missouri Valley Conference · Banterra Center · February 8, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread SIU -0.5 Home covered
O/U 151.5 Under
Money SIU -105 / UIC -115
Model Predictions
Spread Total SIU win
Actual SIU +12 146 Won
Massey UIC -0.9 (+12.9) — —
Massey Totals — 157.6 (-11.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 46% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 44% ✗
Baseline Plus ML UIC -0.3 (+12.3) 154.2 (-8.2) 51% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ SIU -0.5 (+11.5) 152.3 (-6.3) 58% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML SIU -0.4 (+11.6) 152.4 (-6.4) 53% ✓
Baseline ML UIC -0.3 (+12.3) 153.7 (-7.7) 50% ✓

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 1, 2026 UIC 68 – 66 SIU
Jan 8, 2026 UIC 70 – 57 SIU
Jan 25, 2025 SIU 89 – 85 UIC
Mar 8, 2024 UIC 84 – 82 SIU
Feb 3, 2024 SIU 74 – 71 UIC

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings SIU UIC
Overall 14-19 17-14
Conference 8-12 10-10
Home 7-7 9-5
Away 5-8 7-6
Neutral 1-4 1-3
Last 5 3-2 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 72.2 74.1
Avg Pts Against 75.5 75.3
Massey -1.6 (#187) 2.4 (#125)
Bradley-Terry -0.12 (#184) 0.61 (#121)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.14 (#182) 0.76 (#117)
RPI 0.514 (#153) 0.536 (#108)
Shooting & Four Factors SIU UIC
FG% 44.8% 46.3%
3PT% 33.5% 35.7%
REB / G 35.1 36.6
OREB / G 10.9 11.0
AST / TO 1.05 1.24
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.5% 53.5%
TOV% 18.8% 17.6%
ORB% 31.4% 31.7%
FT Rate 24.1% 25.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.6% 52.1%
Opp TOV% 16.5% 15.5%
DRB% 71.1% 72.9%
Opp FT Rate 24.9% 23.8%

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