He just grinned and shook my hand, "No" was all he said. "The Weight" - The Band
Southland Conference · Prather Coliseum · December 31, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread SFA -8.5 Away covered
O/U 138.5 Under
Money NWST +350 / SFA -455
Model Predictions
Spread Total NWST win
Actual SFA +10 138 Lost
Massey SFA -12.8 (+2.8) — —
Massey Totals — 146.3 (-8.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 4% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 2% ✓
Baseline Plus ML SFA -11.8 (+1.8) 138.5 (-0.5) 17% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ SFA -10.2 (+0.2) 138.9 (-0.9) 22% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML SFA -11.3 (+1.3) 138.7 (-0.7) 15% ✓
Baseline ML SFA -11.4 (+1.4) 140.4 (-2.4) 18% ✓

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

Last 5 Meetings

Jan 27, 2026 SFA 69 – 67 NWST
Feb 15, 2025 SFA 70 – 68 NWST
Jan 25, 2025 NWST 57 – 54 SFA
Nov 14, 2023 SFA 96 – 70 NWST
Dec 2, 2022 NWST 102 – 96 SFA

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NWST SFA
Overall 10-22 28-6
Conference 8-14 20-2
Home 8-6 15-1
Away 2-15 12-4
Neutral 0-1 1-1
Last 5 1-4 4-1
Streak L3 L2
Avg Pts For 66.1 74.9
Avg Pts Against 72.9 66.7
Massey -9.9 (#306) 6.9 (#89)
Bradley-Terry -2.51 (#339) 1.26 (#85)
W. Bradley-Terry -3.11 (#328) 1.78 (#84)
RPI 0.409 (#322) 0.535 (#105)
Shooting & Four Factors NWST SFA
FG% 42.8% 45.0%
3PT% 36.6% 37.6%
REB / G 27.1 37.5
OREB / G 8.1 12.0
AST / TO 0.80 1.43
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.7% 52.6%
TOV% 20.4% 14.5%
ORB% 24.9% 33.0%
FT Rate 31.7% 17.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 58.3% 44.6%
Opp TOV% 17.2% 17.5%
DRB% 62.1% 70.8%
Opp FT Rate 30.8% 28.7%

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