And the sound that I'm hearing is only the sound of the low spark of high heeled boys. "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys" - Traffic
Eastern Kentucky Colonels
83 95
FINAL ASUN/SoCon Challenge
Mercer Bears
Baptist Health Arena · November 22, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread EKU -4.5 Away covered
O/U 163.5 Over
Money EKU -200 / MER +170
Model Predictions
Spread Total EKU win
Actual MER +12 178 Lost
Massey EKU -2.9 (-14.9)
Massey Totals 153.2 (+24.8)
Bradley-Terry 64%
Weighted B-T 71%
Efficiency Plus ML EKU -3.0 (-15.0) 147.2 (+30.8) 59%
Baseline Tuned ML EKU -2.6 (-14.6) 146.4 (+31.6) 61%
Baseline ML EKU -3.0 (-15.0) 147.6 (+30.4) 59%
Baseline Plus ML EKU -2.1 (-14.1) 147.9 (+30.1) 61%

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

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings EKU MER
Overall 11-21 19-13
Conference 7-11 11-7
Home 8-7 14-1
Away 3-13 5-11
Neutral 0-1 0-1
Last 5 0-3 1-2
Streak L3 L1
Avg Pts For 77.5 80.1
Avg Pts Against 83.1 77.8
Massey -6.5 (#278) -3.3 (#231)
Bradley-Terry -1.49 (#291) -0.76 (#240)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.10 (#282) -1.33 (#251)
RPI 0.531 (#151) 0.400 (#298)
Shooting & Four Factors EKU MER
FG% 40.3% 43.1%
3PT% 27.8% 27.4%
REB / G 36.3 33.0
OREB / G 10.7 10.3
AST / TO 0.68 1.09
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 47.6% 48.4%
TOV% 20.4% 14.7%
ORB% 26.4% 26.3%
FT Rate 22.6% 21.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 55.1% 55.9%
Opp TOV% 12.7% 18.5%
DRB% 67.5% 62.4%
Opp FT Rate 27.3% 21.1%

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