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Portland Pilots
73 – 86
FINAL Neutral Conference West Coast Conference
Pepperdine Waves
West Coast Conference · Orleans Arena (Neutral) · March 8, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread PORT -1.5 Away covered
O/U 156.5 Over
Money PORT -110 / PEPP -110
Model Predictions
Spread Total PORT win
Actual PEPP +13 159 Lost
Massey PEPP -2.7 (-10.3) — —
Massey Totals — 156.0 (+3.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 60% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 59% ✗
Baseline Plus ML PEPP -0.9 (-12.1) 153.8 (+5.2) 47% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ PEPP -1.8 (-11.2) 153.9 (+5.1) 44% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML PEPP -0.3 (-12.7) 153.8 (+5.2) 49% ✓
Baseline ML PEPP -0.7 (-12.3) 153.5 (+5.5) 51% ✗

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

Last 5 Meetings

Mar 6, 2026 PORT 77 – 68 PEPP
Feb 19, 2026 PEPP 95 – 87 PORT
Jan 15, 2026 PEPP 67 – 63 PORT
Feb 28, 2025 PORT 87 – 67 PEPP
Feb 2, 2025 PORT 84 – 64 PEPP

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings PORT PEPP
Overall 12-20 13-22
Conference 7-11 4-14
Home 9-7 7-9
Away 3-9 2-11
Neutral 0-4 4-2
Last 5 3-2 0-5
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 71.7 71.8
Avg Pts Against 81.2 77.2
Massey -7.4 (#285) -4.7 (#243)
Bradley-Terry -1.00 (#263) -1.40 (#297)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.12 (#249) -1.48 (#275)
RPI 0.451 (#281) 0.435 (#307)
Shooting & Four Factors PORT PEPP
FG% 42.7% 43.3%
3PT% 33.3% 33.8%
REB / G 33.4 34.9
OREB / G 8.3 10.0
AST / TO 1.18 1.32
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.9% 49.0%
TOV% 18.0% 16.5%
ORB% 24.0% 28.0%
FT Rate 25.7% 22.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 54.6% 52.6%
Opp TOV% 13.2% 15.2%
DRB% 70.5% 70.5%
Opp FT Rate 16.2% 20.4%

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