Don't talk to me about your big, big heroes "Kelly's Heroes" - Black Grape
Conference USA · Pan American Center · December 21, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread NMSU -5.5 Home covered
O/U 153.5 Over
Money NMSU -218 / SHSU +180
Model Predictions
Spread Total NMSU win
Actual NMSU +9 165 Won
Massey SHSU -1.3 (+10.3)
Massey Totals 154.6 (+10.4)
Bradley-Terry 47%
Weighted B-T 55%
Efficiency Plus ML SHSU -0.7 (+9.7) 145.8 (+19.2) 55%
Baseline Tuned ML NMSU -0.2 (+8.8) 146.2 (+18.8) 50%
Baseline ML SHSU -0.5 (+9.5) 147.9 (+17.1) 47%
Baseline Plus ML SHSU -0.4 (+9.4) 149.6 (+15.4) 49%

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 12, 2026 SHSU 6961 NMSU
Mar 8, 2025 SHSU 7669 NMSU
Jan 3, 2025 NMSU 7571 SHSU
Feb 23, 2024 SHSU 7958 NMSU
Jan 26, 2024 SHSU 7967 NMSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NMSU SHSU
Overall 16-16 22-12
Conference 8-12 13-7
Home 10-5 13-1
Away 3-8 6-10
Neutral 3-3 3-1
Last 5 2-3 4-1
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 73.9 80.0
Avg Pts Against 73.8 76.9
Massey 1.9 (#142) 7.3 (#84)
Bradley-Terry 0.80 (#117) 1.63 (#64)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.43 (#101) 2.01 (#76)
RPI 0.550 (#93) 0.612 (#32)
Shooting & Four Factors NMSU SHSU
FG% 41.5% 44.8%
3PT% 30.6% 36.3%
REB / G 36.9 38.2
OREB / G 13.0 13.8
AST / TO 1.15 1.14
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 47.5% 52.0%
TOV% 17.0% 17.1%
ORB% 35.8% 37.8%
FT Rate 28.5% 25.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.7% 51.4%
Opp TOV% 17.6% 18.4%
DRB% 73.6% 66.0%
Opp FT Rate 37.7% 32.6%

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