You just want to be on the side that's winning. "Positively 4th Street" - Bob Dylan
Ohio Valley Conference · First Community Arena · January 7, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread SIUE -1.5 Home covered
O/U 142.5 Under
Money SIUE -112 / LIN -108
Model Predictions
Spread Total SIUE win
Actual SIUE +4 128 Won
Massey LIN -0.1 (+4.1) — —
Massey Totals — 144.5 (-16.5) —
Bradley-Terry — — 31% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 25% ✗
Baseline Plus ML LIN -0.3 (+4.3) 143.0 (-15.0) 47% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ SIUE -1.1 (+2.9) 142.4 (-14.4) 54% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML LIN -0.7 (+4.7) 139.5 (-11.5) 48% ✗
Baseline ML LIN -0.4 (+4.4) 139.3 (-11.3) 44% ✗

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 4, 2026 SIUE 78 – 72 LIN
Jan 31, 2025 LIN 65 – 63 SIUE
Jan 4, 2025 SIUE 58 – 47 LIN
Feb 16, 2024 SIUE 91 – 63 LIN
Jan 19, 2024 SIUE 78 – 59 LIN

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings SIUE LIN
Overall 19-13 18-15
Conference 12-8 11-9
Home 10-5 9-5
Away 8-7 7-9
Neutral 1-1 2-1
Last 5 2-3 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 67.7 74.4
Avg Pts Against 65.9 75.0
Massey -6.7 (#266) -2.8 (#209)
Bradley-Terry -1.31 (#276) 0.14 (#165)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.81 (#275) -0.00 (#172)
RPI 0.388 (#342) 0.500 (#181)
Shooting & Four Factors SIUE LIN
FG% 41.5% 43.6%
3PT% 34.1% 28.4%
REB / G 36.0 39.8
OREB / G 11.6 13.3
AST / TO 1.01 1.03
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 47.4% 47.8%
TOV% 17.1% 17.7%
ORB% 31.9% 33.3%
FT Rate 21.9% 26.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 48.0% 50.3%
Opp TOV% 18.4% 17.8%
DRB% 68.5% 68.8%
Opp FT Rate 26.8% 24.6%

Game Analysis

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