And I'm telling you son, well, it ain't no fun staring straight down a forty-four. "Gimme Three Steps" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Southeastern Conference · Colonial Life Arena · February 21, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread MSST -1.5 Home covered
O/U 151.5 Over
Money SC -105 / MSST -115
Model Predictions
Spread Total SC win
Actual SC +8 186 Won
Massey SC -1.4 (+6.6) — —
Massey Totals — 151.4 (+34.6) —
Bradley-Terry — — 39% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 37% ✗
Baseline Plus ML SC -1.4 (+6.6) 151.4 (+34.6) 55% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ SC -1.8 (+6.2) 150.5 (+35.5) 50% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML SC -1.8 (+6.2) 147.1 (+38.9) 56% ✓
Baseline ML SC -0.8 (+7.2) 148.4 (+37.6) 56% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 25, 2025 MSST 65 – 60 SC
Jan 4, 2025 MSST 85 – 50 SC
Mar 9, 2024 SC 93 – 89 MSST
Jan 6, 2024 SC 68 – 62 MSST
Mar 1, 2023 MSST 74 – 68 SC

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings SC MSST
Overall 13-19 13-19
Conference 4-14 5-13
Home 11-8 8-8
Away 2-8 4-6
Neutral 0-3 1-5
Last 5 0-5 2-3
Streak L1 L6
Avg Pts For 74.9 77.6
Avg Pts Against 76.5 81.8
Massey 5.3 (#97) 6.8 (#89)
Bradley-Terry 0.33 (#138) 1.27 (#78)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.86 (#100) 1.94 (#66)
RPI 0.482 (#222) 0.532 (#109)
Shooting & Four Factors SC MSST
FG% 43.8% 44.9%
3PT% 30.4% 32.3%
REB / G 32.9 39.5
OREB / G 9.2 11.7
AST / TO 1.36 1.12
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.5% 51.2%
TOV% 14.4% 15.8%
ORB% 26.9% 30.8%
FT Rate 29.0% 21.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.7% 48.8%
Opp TOV% 15.1% 12.8%
DRB% 67.8% 70.2%
Opp FT Rate 24.8% 24.0%

Game Analysis

Loading game analysis…

Failed to load game analysis.