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Niagara Purple Eagles
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FINAL Conference
Iona Gaels
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference · Gallagher Center · February 28, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread NIA -0.5 Away covered
O/U 138.5 Under
Money NIA -110 / IONA -110
Model Predictions
Spread Total NIA win
Actual IONA +2 128 Lost
Massey NIA -1.0 (-3.0)
Massey Totals 138.2 (-10.2)
Bradley-Terry 50%
Weighted B-T 45%
Efficiency Plus ML IONA -0.8 (-1.2) 137.4 (-9.4) 35%
Baseline Tuned ML NIA -0.1 (-2.1) 138.7 (-10.7) 48%
Baseline ML IONA -0.2 (-1.8) 140.9 (-12.9) 49%
Baseline Plus ML IONA -0.2 (-1.8) 138.0 (-10.0) 41%

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 NIA 7068 IONA
Jan 10, 2026 IONA 7153 NIA
Feb 9, 2024 IONA 7471 NIA
Jan 7, 2024 NIA 7573 IONA
Mar 10, 2023 IONA 7159 NIA

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NIA IONA
Overall 11-20 17-17
Conference 6-14 12-8
Home 6-7 7-7
Away 3-13 7-7
Neutral 2-0 3-3
Last 5 2-3 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 67.4 69.7
Avg Pts Against 71.6 70.5
Massey -9.3 (#315) -7.1 (#279)
Bradley-Terry -1.51 (#307) -0.96 (#258)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.19 (#323) -1.36 (#273)
RPI 0.437 (#299) 0.458 (#264)
Shooting & Four Factors NIA IONA
FG% 44.3% 40.8%
3PT% 34.2% 31.4%
REB / G 30.4 36.8
OREB / G 7.5 14.9
AST / TO 0.99 0.96
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.7% 46.3%
TOV% 18.5% 21.3%
ORB% 23.6% 38.9%
FT Rate 21.9% 19.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 53.3% 52.4%
Opp TOV% 17.4% 23.2%
DRB% 72.8% 69.3%
Opp FT Rate 24.0% 27.9%

Game Analysis

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