Trouble's gonna come to you "Your Time is Gonna Come" - Led Zeppelin
Mid-American Conference · NIU Convocation Center · March 5, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread BGSU -4.5 Away covered
O/U 142.5 Under
Money NIU +160 / BGSU -190
Model Predictions
Spread Total NIU win
Actual BGSU +13 129 Lost
Massey BGSU -3.9 (-9.1) — —
Massey Totals — 146.4 (-17.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 22% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 31% ✓
Baseline Plus ML BGSU -4.0 (-9.0) 145.8 (-16.8) 31% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ BGSU -4.2 (-8.8) 145.1 (-16.1) 28% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML BGSU -3.7 (-9.3) 140.8 (-11.8) 29% ✓
Baseline ML BGSU -3.4 (-9.6) 142.9 (-13.9) 25% ✓

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 12, 2026 BGSU 68 – 52 NIU
Feb 5, 2025 BGSU 84 – 77 NIU
Jan 13, 2024 BGSU 83 – 72 NIU
Feb 4, 2023 NIU 86 – 78 BGSU
Feb 5, 2022 BGSU 87 – 65 NIU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NIU BGSU
Overall 6-25 14-18
Conference 2-16 8-10
Home 5-10 8-8
Away 1-15 5-8
Neutral 0-0 1-2
Last 5 0-5 4-1
Streak W1 L2
Avg Pts For 67.4 71.9
Avg Pts Against 79.5 75.4
Massey -14.7 (#353) -7.5 (#287)
Bradley-Terry -3.08 (#358) -1.24 (#283)
W. Bradley-Terry -3.38 (#355) -1.92 (#304)
RPI 0.370 (#359) 0.435 (#307)
Shooting & Four Factors NIU BGSU
FG% 39.4% 43.1%
3PT% 32.7% 33.3%
REB / G 30.8 32.8
OREB / G 6.5 9.0
AST / TO 1.03 0.92
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 47.3% 49.8%
TOV% 16.0% 16.9%
ORB% 17.3% 25.6%
FT Rate 22.2% 26.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 53.4% 52.7%
Opp TOV% 16.5% 18.0%
DRB% 69.0% 71.3%
Opp FT Rate 30.6% 24.2%

Game Analysis

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