I'm the all night drug prowling wolf who looks so sick in sun / I'm the white man in the Palais "White Man in Hammersmith Palais" - The Clash
Youngstown State Penguins
72 – 67
FINAL Conference Barbasol Horizon League
Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons
Horizon League · Beeghly Center · March 7, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread YSU -0.5 Home covered
O/U 154.5 Under
Money YSU -110 / PFW -110
Model Predictions
Spread Total YSU win
Actual YSU +5 139 Won
Massey YSU -0.3 (+4.7) — —
Massey Totals — 155.9 (-16.9) —
Bradley-Terry — — 59% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 58% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML YSU -1.6 (+3.4) 151.4 (-12.4) 57% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ YSU -1.3 (+3.7) 151.5 (-12.5) 61% ✓
Baseline Plus ML YSU -1.4 (+3.6) 154.9 (-15.9) 57% ✓
Baseline ML YSU -1.2 (+3.8) 154.6 (-15.6) 56% ✓

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 5, 2026 YSU 90 – 61 PFW
Jan 8, 2026 PFW 71 – 69 YSU
Feb 12, 2025 YSU 93 – 71 PFW
Jan 5, 2025 PFW 90 – 81 YSU
Feb 4, 2024 PFW 82 – 78 YSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings YSU PFW
Overall 21-13 19-13
Conference 13-7 12-8
Home 10-5 12-2
Away 9-6 6-10
Neutral 2-2 1-1
Last 5 3-2 1-4
Streak L1 L3
Avg Pts For 73.7 79.4
Avg Pts Against 72.6 76.3
Massey -2.4 (#205) 0.6 (#151)
Bradley-Terry -0.16 (#181) 0.06 (#160)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.19 (#177) 0.15 (#161)
RPI 0.481 (#220) 0.515 (#154)
Shooting & Four Factors YSU PFW
FG% 42.9% 46.6%
3PT% 31.5% 37.4%
REB / G 34.6 29.7
OREB / G 10.3 7.4
AST / TO 1.02 1.38
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.2% 55.1%
TOV% 17.7% 13.7%
ORB% 29.0% 22.2%
FT Rate 26.6% 21.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.7% 53.7%
Opp TOV% 18.0% 20.1%
DRB% 68.4% 67.3%
Opp FT Rate 25.3% 21.5%

Game Analysis

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