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Southern Miss Golden Eagles
66 – 63
FINAL Neutral Conference Sun Belt
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
Sun Belt Conference · Pensacola Bay Center (Neutral) · March 4, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread USM -3.5 Away covered
O/U 140.5 Under
Money USM -165 / CCU +140
Model Predictions
Spread Total USM win
Actual USM +3 129 Won
Massey USM -1.9 (+1.1) — —
Massey Totals — 140.5 (-11.5) —
Bradley-Terry — — 57% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 56% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML USM -1.3 (+1.7) 138.9 (-9.9) 57% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ USM -1.6 (+1.4) 138.0 (-9.0) 66% ✓
Baseline Plus ML USM -0.6 (+2.4) 139.3 (-10.3) 58% ✓
Baseline ML USM -1.8 (+1.2) 137.7 (-8.7) 60% ✓

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 24, 2026 CCU 85 – 67 USM
Feb 21, 2025 CCU 87 – 78 USM
Jan 25, 2024 USM 79 – 63 CCU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings USM CCU
Overall 11-22 10-22
Conference 5-13 3-15
Home 9-6 6-8
Away 1-13 3-13
Neutral 1-3 1-1
Last 5 0-5 2-3
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 69.9 66.0
Avg Pts Against 76.5 72.2
Massey -8.1 (#296) -10.0 (#324)
Bradley-Terry -1.55 (#309) -1.82 (#326)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.95 (#309) -2.19 (#319)
RPI 0.430 (#310) 0.404 (#339)
Shooting & Four Factors USM CCU
FG% 42.7% 42.9%
3PT% 30.4% 35.3%
REB / G 36.6 35.9
OREB / G 10.1 9.8
AST / TO 0.99 0.94
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 48.3% 49.7%
TOV% 20.0% 18.4%
ORB% 27.6% 28.8%
FT Rate 24.1% 23.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.2% 48.9%
Opp TOV% 16.0% 10.6%
DRB% 70.2% 71.4%
Opp FT Rate 25.3% 27.2%

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