You just want to be on the side that's winning. "Positively 4th Street" - Bob Dylan
Furman Paladins
74 72
FINAL Conference
Mercer Bears
Southern Conference · Timmons Arena · December 31, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread FUR -2.5 Away covered
O/U 154.5 Under
Money FUR -148 / MER +124
Model Predictions
Spread Total FUR win
Actual FUR +2 146 Won
Massey FUR -3.1 (-1.1)
Massey Totals 151.6 (-5.6)
Bradley-Terry 65%
Weighted B-T 59%
Efficiency Plus ML FUR -3.6 (-1.6) 148.8 (-2.8) 71%
Baseline Tuned ML FUR -2.2 (-0.2) 147.0 (-1.0) 67%
Baseline ML FUR -2.2 (-0.2) 147.5 (-1.5) 68%
Baseline Plus ML FUR -1.7 (+0.3) 148.7 (-2.7) 65%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 12, 2026 MER 6964 FUR
Feb 13, 2025 FUR 9672 MER
Jan 25, 2025 FUR 7974 MER
Mar 2, 2024 MER 8275 FUR
Feb 8, 2024 MER 7869 FUR

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings FUR MER
Overall 22-13 19-13
Conference 10-8 11-7
Home 11-5 14-1
Away 7-5 5-11
Neutral 4-3 0-1
Last 5 4-1 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 74.9 80.1
Avg Pts Against 72.5 77.8
Massey 0.3 (#168) 1.3 (#151)
Bradley-Terry 0.62 (#126) 0.66 (#123)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.37 (#150) 0.72 (#131)
RPI 0.561 (#79) 0.540 (#102)
Shooting & Four Factors FUR MER
FG% 47.5% 44.2%
3PT% 31.8% 32.9%
REB / G 36.8 35.1
OREB / G 10.2 10.8
AST / TO 1.16 1.14
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 55.1% 50.9%
TOV% 19.4% 15.7%
ORB% 30.4% 28.9%
FT Rate 21.4% 24.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.8% 52.7%
Opp TOV% 13.7% 17.6%
DRB% 72.5% 65.1%
Opp FT Rate 18.2% 20.1%

Game Analysis

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