I've never done bad things. "Ashes to Ashes" - David Bowie
Bucknell Bison
72 – 65
FINAL Conference
Lehigh Mountain Hawks
Patriot League · Sojka Pavilion · January 3, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread BUCK -4.5 Home covered
O/U 137.5 Under
Money BUCK -205 / LEH +170
Model Predictions
Spread Total BUCK win
Actual BUCK +7 137 Won
Massey BUCK -3.3 (+3.7) — —
Massey Totals — 141.3 (-4.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 82% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 91% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML BUCK -2.2 (+4.8) 135.8 (+1.2) 55% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ BUCK -3.1 (+3.9) 137.9 (-0.9) 60% ✓
Baseline Plus ML BUCK -2.8 (+4.2) 136.7 (+0.3) 52% ✓
Baseline ML BUCK -2.1 (+4.9) 136.1 (+0.9) 48% ✗

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 28, 2026 LEH 89 – 79 BUCK
Feb 18, 2025 BUCK 67 – 50 LEH
Jan 3, 2025 LEH 66 – 64 BUCK
Feb 13, 2024 LEH 71 – 63 BUCK
Jan 11, 2024 BUCK 86 – 80 LEH

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BUCK LEH
Overall 10-23 18-17
Conference 6-12 11-7
Home 6-8 13-4
Away 4-13 4-11
Neutral 0-2 1-2
Last 5 1-4 1-4
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 67.4 71.8
Avg Pts Against 76.3 74.4
Massey -11.0 (#322) -10.4 (#313)
Bradley-Terry -1.93 (#323) -2.79 (#344)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.48 (#315) -4.14 (#349)
RPI 0.429 (#295) 0.380 (#350)
Shooting & Four Factors BUCK LEH
FG% 40.0% 43.0%
3PT% 31.2% 32.9%
REB / G 31.4 29.2
OREB / G 9.6 8.1
AST / TO 0.83 0.94
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 46.9% 49.9%
TOV% 21.1% 18.8%
ORB% 27.3% 23.0%
FT Rate 21.0% 21.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 56.8% 51.9%
Opp TOV% 17.8% 19.0%
DRB% 69.2% 62.3%
Opp FT Rate 25.5% 28.5%

Game Analysis

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