And the sound that I'm hearing is only the sound of the low spark of high heeled boys. "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys" - Traffic
Delaware State Hornets
90 – 69
FINAL Conference
Howard Bison
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference · Memorial Hall (DE) · February 15, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread DSU -1.5 Home covered
O/U 158.5 Over
Money DSU -125 / HOW +105
Model Predictions
Spread Total DSU win
Actual DSU +21 159 Won
Massey DSU -2.5 (+18.5) — —
Massey Totals — 159.8 (-0.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 67% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 64% ✓
Baseline Plus ML DSU -3.3 (+17.7) 153.0 (+6.0) 67% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ DSU -2.1 (+18.9) 151.0 (+8.0) 63% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML DSU -3.3 (+17.7) 152.9 (+6.1) 65% ✓
Baseline ML DSU -2.4 (+18.6) 154.4 (+4.6) 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 17, 2026 HOW 91 – 59 DSU
Jan 13, 2026 HOW 84 – 58 DSU
Jan 5, 2025 HOW 100 – 94 DSU
Mar 16, 2024 HOW 70 – 67 DSU
Mar 5, 2024 HOW 85 – 66 DSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings DSU HOW
Overall 16-14 12-20
Conference 8-6 7-7
Home 11-2 8-6
Away 3-11 3-11
Neutral 2-1 1-3
Last 5 4-1 2-3
Streak L1 L5
Avg Pts For 75.4 75.6
Avg Pts Against 78.6 80.7
Massey -8.6 (#298) -7.9 (#290)
Bradley-Terry -1.14 (#277) -1.29 (#289)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.86 (#301) -1.77 (#296)
RPI 0.442 (#284) 0.445 (#278)
Shooting & Four Factors DSU HOW
FG% 43.7% 48.2%
3PT% 32.5% 39.4%
REB / G 35.3 30.4
OREB / G 12.0 8.4
AST / TO 0.95 1.02
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 47.1% 55.3%
TOV% 17.7% 21.5%
ORB% 32.4% 27.4%
FT Rate 24.1% 27.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.5% 54.7%
Opp TOV% 18.5% 16.5%
DRB% 68.0% 67.2%
Opp FT Rate 28.0% 29.3%

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