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Sacred Heart Pioneers
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FINAL Conference
Iona Gaels
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference · William H. Pitt Center · December 7, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread SHU -1.5 Away covered
O/U 163.5 Under
Money SHU -118 / IONA -102
Model Predictions
Spread Total SHU win
Actual IONA +12 150 Lost
Massey IONA -2.2 (-9.8)
Massey Totals 174.9 (-24.9)
Bradley-Terry 54%
Weighted B-T 44%
Efficiency Plus ML IONA -1.2 (-10.8) 163.9 (-13.9) 52%
Baseline Tuned ML IONA -0.7 (-11.3) 159.2 (-9.2) 50%
Baseline ML IONA -1.1 (-10.9) 159.9 (-9.9) 51%
Baseline Plus ML IONA -0.9 (-11.1) 160.1 (-10.1) 57%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Mar 5, 2026 SHU 9180 IONA
Mar 8, 2025 IONA 9088 SHU
Dec 7, 2024 SHU 8359 IONA
Nov 11, 2023 IONA 8881 SHU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings SHU IONA
Overall 14-19 18-14
Conference 9-11 10-10
Home 8-5 11-3
Away 5-13 6-8
Neutral 1-1 1-3
Last 5 2-3 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 74.3 73.8
Avg Pts Against 77.6 73.1
Massey -6.9 (#275) -0.0 (#169)
Bradley-Terry -0.68 (#237) 0.16 (#170)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.21 (#248) 0.13 (#169)
RPI 0.476 (#217) 0.480 (#209)
Shooting & Four Factors SHU IONA
FG% 41.5% 46.2%
3PT% 36.4% 37.3%
REB / G 31.9 36.6
OREB / G 11.0 10.0
AST / TO 0.97 1.23
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.1% 54.1%
TOV% 19.3% 16.5%
ORB% 30.3% 27.1%
FT Rate 26.1% 23.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 60.6% 49.6%
Opp TOV% 17.9% 16.4%
DRB% 65.8% 66.0%
Opp FT Rate 24.0% 19.1%

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