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Howard Bison
90 – 91
FINAL Neutral Conference MEAC
Morgan State Bears
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference · Norfolk Scope Arena (Neutral) · March 13, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread HOW -3.5 Away covered
O/U 161.5 Over
Money HOW -165 / MORG +140
Model Predictions
Spread Total HOW win
Actual MORG +1 181 Lost
Massey HOW -3.5 (-4.5) — —
Massey Totals — 165.6 (+15.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 61% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 60% ✗
Baseline Plus ML HOW -2.3 (-3.3) 153.8 (+27.2) 58% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ HOW -2.3 (-3.3) 153.4 (+27.6) 58% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML HOW -2.4 (-3.4) 154.3 (+26.7) 60% ✗
Baseline ML HOW -3.0 (-4.0) 153.4 (+27.6) 62% ✗

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 28, 2026 HOW 84 – 59 MORG
Jan 24, 2026 MORG 78 – 77 HOW
Feb 22, 2025 HOW 87 – 81 MORG
Jan 11, 2025 HOW 100 – 95 MORG
Mar 14, 2024 HOW 78 – 65 MORG

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings HOW MORG
Overall 12-20 14-18
Conference 7-7 7-7
Home 8-6 11-4
Away 3-11 2-13
Neutral 1-3 1-1
Last 5 1-4 2-3
Streak L5 L1
Avg Pts For 75.6 76.2
Avg Pts Against 80.7 82.8
Massey -8.8 (#306) -12.3 (#341)
Bradley-Terry -1.54 (#309) -1.99 (#332)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.08 (#314) -2.51 (#331)
RPI 0.452 (#278) 0.406 (#338)
Shooting & Four Factors HOW MORG
FG% 46.6% 45.9%
3PT% 36.6% 31.2%
REB / G 31.8 36.4
OREB / G 9.2 12.5
AST / TO 0.99 0.95
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.7% 49.3%
TOV% 21.3% 18.1%
ORB% 28.7% 34.1%
FT Rate 26.7% 26.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.3% 52.9%
Opp TOV% 16.6% 16.7%
DRB% 66.4% 62.9%
Opp FT Rate 32.1% 26.9%

Game Analysis

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