He took it all too far, but boy could he play guitar. "Ziggy Stardust" - David Bowie
Firestone Fieldhouse · December 21, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread RICE -1.5 Home covered
O/U 140.5 Over
Money PEPP +102 / RICE -122
Model Predictions
Spread Total PEPP win
Actual PEPP +22 146 Won
Massey PEPP -1.7 (+20.3) — —
Massey Totals — 137.6 (+8.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 35% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 39% ✗
Baseline Plus ML PEPP -1.8 (+20.2) 137.6 (+8.4) 54% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ PEPP -0.9 (+21.1) 138.1 (+7.9) 53% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML PEPP -1.7 (+20.3) 135.3 (+10.7) 55% ✓
Baseline ML PEPP -1.6 (+20.4) 135.3 (+10.7) 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

Nov 8, 2022 PEPP 106 – 67 RICE
Nov 10, 2021 RICE 82 – 63 PEPP

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings PEPP RICE
Overall 9-23 13-18
Conference 4-14 7-11
Home 7-10 8-8
Away 2-11 4-9
Neutral 0-2 1-1
Last 5 1-4 3-2
Streak L1 W1
Avg Pts For 70.4 72.0
Avg Pts Against 79.7 76.8
Massey -6.7 (#276) -4.3 (#230)
Bradley-Terry -1.66 (#302) -0.30 (#206)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.83 (#276) -0.58 (#209)
RPI 0.387 (#335) 0.471 (#229)
Shooting & Four Factors PEPP RICE
FG% 40.7% 40.5%
3PT% 28.4% 37.1%
REB / G 33.3 36.8
OREB / G 10.1 12.9
AST / TO 1.00 0.88
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 46.6% 48.0%
TOV% 19.0% 18.4%
ORB% 29.8% 32.8%
FT Rate 28.1% 26.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.2% 50.8%
Opp TOV% 16.8% 17.3%
DRB% 68.4% 65.8%
Opp FT Rate 21.7% 27.9%

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