They smelled of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs and too many right wing meetings. "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" - The Jam
Cleveland State Vikings
54 – 56
FINAL Neutral Conference Barbasol Horizon League
Youngstown State Penguins
Horizon League · Corteva Coliseum (Neutral) · March 11, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread CLE -2.5 Away covered
O/U 138.5 Under
Money CLE -150 / YSU +130
Model Predictions
Spread Total CLE win
Actual YSU +2 110 Lost
Massey CLE -1.4 (-3.4) — —
Massey Totals — 136.3 (-26.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 58% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 60% ✗
Baseline Plus ML CLE -1.9 (-3.9) 140.0 (-30.0) 59% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ CLE -1.7 (-3.7) 140.0 (-30.0) 61% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML CLE -1.4 (-3.4) 137.5 (-27.5) 56% ✗
Baseline ML CLE -1.6 (-3.6) 138.8 (-28.8) 58% ✗

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 18, 2026 YSU 106 – 82 CLE
Jan 17, 2026 CLE 80 – 78 YSU
Feb 16, 2025 YSU 68 – 60 CLE
Jan 11, 2025 CLE 80 – 72 YSU
Mar 8, 2024 CLE 82 – 70 YSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings CLE YSU
Overall 23-13 21-13
Conference 14-6 13-7
Home 14-4 10-5
Away 7-7 9-6
Neutral 2-2 2-2
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 70.3 73.7
Avg Pts Against 68.0 72.6
Massey -0.7 (#171) -2.1 (#201)
Bradley-Terry 0.24 (#149) -0.07 (#172)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.33 (#143) -0.09 (#171)
RPI 0.514 (#154) 0.484 (#217)
Shooting & Four Factors CLE YSU
FG% 44.1% 42.7%
3PT% 31.8% 31.1%
REB / G 33.1 35.0
OREB / G 11.9 10.4
AST / TO 1.10 1.00
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.3% 49.9%
TOV% 18.0% 17.9%
ORB% 34.7% 29.2%
FT Rate 22.5% 27.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.8% 48.5%
Opp TOV% 22.4% 18.0%
DRB% 66.0% 68.9%
Opp FT Rate 26.9% 25.2%

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