Oh workers can you stand it, oh tell me how you can? Will you be a lousy scab or will you be a man? "Which Side Are You On?" - Pete Seeger
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference · Smith-Hammond-Middleton Memorial Center · January 3, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread HOW -8.5 Home covered
O/U 144.5 Under
Money SCST +310 / HOW -395
Model Predictions
Spread Total SCST win
Actual SCST +1 115 Won
Massey HOW -10.6 (+11.6) — —
Massey Totals — 145.4 (-30.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 5% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 2% ✗
Baseline Plus ML HOW -10.0 (+11.0) 136.1 (-21.1) 15% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ HOW -7.8 (+8.8) 135.7 (-20.7) 22% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML HOW -10.7 (+11.7) 136.6 (-21.6) 15% ✗
Baseline ML HOW -11.2 (+12.2) 135.9 (-20.9) 14% ✗

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 13, 2026 HOW 78 – 61 SCST
Feb 7, 2026 HOW 85 – 57 SCST
Mar 4, 2025 SCST 79 – 69 HOW
Feb 4, 2025 SCST 89 – 66 HOW
Feb 20, 2024 SCST 75 – 68 HOW

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings SCST HOW
Overall 10-22 24-11
Conference 7-7 11-3
Home 6-5 11-4
Away 3-16 7-6
Neutral 1-1 6-1
Last 5 0-5 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 67.4 75.5
Avg Pts Against 80.6 69.4
Massey -20.7 (#363) -6.3 (#264)
Bradley-Terry -4.10 (#362) -0.46 (#218)
W. Bradley-Terry -5.63 (#361) -1.12 (#239)
RPI 0.345 (#358) 0.488 (#198)
Shooting & Four Factors SCST HOW
FG% 38.4% 41.5%
3PT% 33.3% 34.5%
REB / G 30.9 33.1
OREB / G 11.9 10.8
AST / TO 0.77 0.94
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 43.7% 47.3%
TOV% 19.9% 19.9%
ORB% 30.5% 30.7%
FT Rate 22.3% 28.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 58.1% 51.5%
Opp TOV% 16.6% 20.2%
DRB% 58.3% 67.0%
Opp FT Rate 35.7% 28.8%

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