They headed down to old El Paso; thats's where they ran into a great big hassle. "Take the Money and Run" - The Steve Miller Band
Big Sky Conference · Worthington Arena · February 23, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread MTST -1.5 Away covered
O/U 145.5 Over
Money MTST -130 / MONT +110
Model Predictions
Spread Total MTST win
Actual MONT +4 174 Lost
Massey MTST -3.2 (-7.2)
Massey Totals 145.8 (+28.2)
Bradley-Terry 27%
Weighted B-T 38%
Efficiency Plus ML MTST -2.0 (-6.0) 144.2 (+29.8) 56%
Baseline Tuned ML MTST -0.7 (-4.7) 144.5 (+29.5) 51%
Baseline ML MTST -1.3 (-5.3) 145.5 (+28.5) 51%
Baseline Plus ML MTST -1.8 (-5.8) 146.3 (+27.7) 55%

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 15, 2026 MTST 8271 MONT
Jan 18, 2026 MTST 7667 MONT
Jan 26, 2025 MONT 7770 MTST
Mar 14, 2024 MTST 8570 MONT
Feb 18, 2024 MONT 8869 MTST

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MTST MONT
Overall 15-18 25-10
Conference 9-9 15-3
Home 11-3 15-1
Away 3-14 7-8
Neutral 1-1 3-1
Last 5 3-2 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 70.7 75.2
Avg Pts Against 70.7 75.0
Massey -1.3 (#181) -1.3 (#182)
Bradley-Terry -0.69 (#235) 0.86 (#99)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.53 (#210) 0.61 (#122)
RPI 0.468 (#243) 0.562 (#64)
Shooting & Four Factors MTST MONT
FG% 44.4% 49.1%
3PT% 34.3% 36.7%
REB / G 31.0 30.0
OREB / G 6.8 7.0
AST / TO 1.24 1.24
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.9% 55.9%
TOV% 15.2% 16.4%
ORB% 21.0% 23.0%
FT Rate 23.8% 23.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.8% 53.0%
Opp TOV% 15.5% 15.8%
DRB% 71.2% 69.6%
Opp FT Rate 25.6% 23.1%

Game Analysis

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