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Niagara Purple Eagles
63 – 65
FINAL Conference
Iona Gaels
Metro 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% ✓
Baseline Plus ML IONA -0.2 (-1.8) 138.0 (-10.0) 41% ✓
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% ✓

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 70 – 68 IONA
Jan 10, 2026 IONA 71 – 53 NIA
Feb 9, 2024 IONA 74 – 71 NIA
Jan 7, 2024 NIA 75 – 73 IONA
Mar 10, 2023 IONA 71 – 59 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%

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