Oh workers can you stand it, oh tell me how you can? Will you be a lousy scab or will you be a man? "Which Side Are You On?" - Pete Seeger
Ball State Cardinals
73 80
FINAL Neutral Lafayette Classic
Monmouth Hawks
Kirby Sports Center (Neutral) · November 28, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread MONM -2.5 Away covered
O/U 136.5 Over
Money BALL +130 / MONM -155
Model Predictions
Spread Total BALL win
Actual MONM +7 153 Lost
Massey MONM -9.9 (+2.9)
Massey Totals 128.3 (+24.7)
Bradley-Terry 13%
Weighted B-T 8%
Efficiency Plus ML MONM -5.7 (-1.3) 131.1 (+21.9) 31%
Baseline Tuned ML MONM -5.1 (-1.9) 130.2 (+22.8) 30%
Baseline ML MONM -5.0 (-2.0) 130.2 (+22.8) 30%
Baseline Plus ML MONM -4.5 (-2.5) 129.7 (+23.3) 32%

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 BALL MONM
Overall 12-19 19-15
Conference 7-11 11-7
Home 7-7 10-4
Away 4-11 6-9
Neutral 1-1 3-2
Last 5 1-3 1-3
Streak W4 L1
Avg Pts For 66.1 72.0
Avg Pts Against 71.4 70.9
Massey -11.1 (#327) -1.2 (#187)
Bradley-Terry -2.23 (#324) -0.33 (#210)
W. Bradley-Terry -3.57 (#327) -1.18 (#250)
RPI 0.345 (#347) 0.461 (#233)
Shooting & Four Factors BALL MONM
FG% 40.3% 39.1%
3PT% 32.9% 30.8%
REB / G 28.0 36.0
OREB / G 8.8 10.8
AST / TO 0.83 0.69
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 46.4% 44.9%
TOV% 20.1% 21.8%
ORB% 25.4% 31.4%
FT Rate 22.7% 36.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 56.2% 46.0%
Opp TOV% 23.7% 16.0%
DRB% 62.1% 61.6%
Opp FT Rate 11.6% 25.4%

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