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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%
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%
Baseline Plus ML DSU -3.3 (+17.7) 153.0 (+6.0) 67%

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 9159 DSU
Jan 13, 2026 HOW 8458 DSU
Jan 5, 2025 HOW 10094 DSU
Mar 16, 2024 HOW 7067 DSU
Mar 5, 2024 HOW 8566 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%

Game Analysis

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