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Utah State Aggies
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FINAL Neutral Salt Lake Slam
Illinois State Redbirds
Delta Center (Neutral) · December 13, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread USU -8.5 Away covered
O/U 148.5 Over
Money USU -410 / ILST +320
Model Predictions
Spread Total USU win
Actual USU +5 161 Won
Massey USU -4.9 (+0.1)
Massey Totals 142.7 (+18.3)
Bradley-Terry 77%
Weighted B-T 85%
Baseline Plus ML USU -4.2 (+0.8) 142.8 (+18.2) 70%
Model 4 ML USU -6.0 (-1.0) 141.1 (+19.9) 74%
Model 3 ML USU -4.9 (+0.1) 140.7 (+20.3) 71%
Baseline ML USU -4.4 (+0.6) 142.8 (+18.2) 67%

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 USU ILST
Overall 29-7 23-13
Conference 15-5 12-8
Home 14-1 14-2
Away 7-5 7-7
Neutral 8-1 2-4
Last 5 4-1 5-0
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 81.4 74.1
Avg Pts Against 71.2 69.1
Massey 13.0 (#37) 8.1 (#77)
Bradley-Terry 2.31 (#36) 1.12 (#97)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.10 (#40) 1.35 (#107)
RPI 0.618 (#33) 0.532 (#123)
Shooting & Four Factors USU ILST
FG% 49.3% 46.5%
3PT% 33.7% 35.3%
REB / G 35.6 39.0
OREB / G 10.8 10.7
AST / TO 1.43 1.47
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.5% 54.1%
TOV% 16.8% 14.2%
ORB% 32.5% 30.5%
FT Rate 27.9% 26.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.7% 47.0%
Opp TOV% 23.2% 15.2%
DRB% 69.1% 75.7%
Opp FT Rate 27.9% 22.3%

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