He took it all too far, but boy could he play guitar. "Ziggy Stardust" - David Bowie
South Alabama Jaguars
71 – 74
FINAL Neutral Conference Sun Belt
Arkansas State Red Wolves
Sun Belt Conference · Pensacola Bay Center (Neutral) · March 9, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread ARST -3.5 Home covered
O/U 137.5 Over
Money USA +160 / ARST -190
Model Predictions
Spread Total USA win
Actual ARST +3 145 Lost
Massey ARST -4.0 (+1.0) — —
Massey Totals — 138.3 (+6.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 37% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 32% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML ARST -3.1 (+0.1) 139.8 (+5.2) 37% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ ARST -3.2 (+0.2) 141.8 (+3.2) 32% ✓
Baseline Plus ML ARST -2.0 (-1.0) 140.7 (+4.3) 36% ✓
Baseline ML ARST -2.2 (-0.8) 141.9 (+3.1) 33% ✓

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 14, 2026 USA 92 – 88 ARST
Jan 16, 2026 USA 91 – 87 ARST
Feb 20, 2025 USA 60 – 56 ARST
Jan 10, 2025 USA 76 – 62 ARST
Feb 24, 2024 ARST 95 – 78 USA

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings USA ARST
Overall 21-11 25-11
Conference 13-5 13-5
Home 13-4 14-2
Away 8-6 8-6
Neutral 0-1 3-3
Last 5 4-1 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 71.1 78.7
Avg Pts Against 65.5 70.5
Massey 2.3 (#128) 6.3 (#88)
Bradley-Terry 0.24 (#149) 0.76 (#108)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.40 (#141) 1.13 (#95)
RPI 0.522 (#138) 0.564 (#63)
Shooting & Four Factors USA ARST
FG% 43.6% 42.3%
3PT% 31.9% 31.4%
REB / G 34.8 40.9
OREB / G 9.6 13.3
AST / TO 1.48 1.28
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.1% 49.2%
TOV% 14.5% 14.8%
ORB% 27.8% 34.0%
FT Rate 23.5% 24.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.4% 45.6%
Opp TOV% 20.7% 17.4%
DRB% 67.8% 69.8%
Opp FT Rate 16.6% 25.3%

Game Analysis

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