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Grand Canyon Lopes
75 – 66
FINAL Neutral Conference WAC
California Baptist Lancers
Western Athletic Conference · Orleans Arena (Neutral) · March 15, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread GCU -8.5 Home covered
O/U 141.5 Under
Money GCU -380 / CBU +290
Model Predictions
Spread Total GCU win
Actual GCU +9 141 Won
Massey GCU -5.8 (+3.2) — —
Massey Totals — 144.9 (-3.9) —
Bradley-Terry — — 75% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 76% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ GCU -5.8 (+3.2) 142.2 (-1.2) 73% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML GCU -5.7 (+3.3) 141.2 (-0.2) 73% ✓
Baseline ML GCU -5.4 (+3.6) 142.2 (-1.2) 75% ✓
Baseline Plus ML GCU -4.9 (+4.1) 143.1 (-2.1) 71% ✓

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 23, 2025 GCU 66 – 64 CBU
Feb 9, 2025 CBU 85 – 71 GCU
Mar 10, 2024 GCU 68 – 47 CBU
Feb 18, 2024 GCU 79 – 76 CBU
Jan 15, 2023 CBU 79 – 74 GCU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings GCU CBU
Overall 26-8 17-15
Conference 13-3 9-7
Home 16-1 11-5
Away 5-4 4-8
Neutral 5-3 2-2
Last 5 4-1 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 77.6 71.2
Avg Pts Against 70.0 70.0
Massey 5.3 (#93) -0.5 (#165)
Bradley-Terry 0.96 (#94) -0.13 (#178)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.06 (#99) -0.10 (#173)
RPI 0.544 (#90) 0.510 (#159)
Shooting & Four Factors GCU CBU
FG% 45.7% 42.8%
3PT% 31.6% 31.5%
REB / G 37.2 36.2
OREB / G 11.2 12.0
AST / TO 1.04 0.97
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.0% 48.4%
TOV% 18.7% 17.6%
ORB% 32.6% 33.4%
FT Rate 31.7% 22.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.8% 50.1%
Opp TOV% 20.7% 18.1%
DRB% 71.7% 70.5%
Opp FT Rate 23.2% 22.5%

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