Gaga googa ga ga googa ga ga goo ga ga "Night of the Thumpasaurus People" - Parliament
Sun Belt Conference · Atlantic Union Bank Center · January 8, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread JMU -1.5 Away covered
O/U 152.5 Under
Money JMU -130 / MRSH +110
Model Predictions
Spread Total JMU win
Actual MRSH +2 130 Lost
Massey MRSH -1.0 (-1.0) — —
Massey Totals — 156.9 (-26.9) —
Bradley-Terry — — 42% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 35% ✓
Baseline Plus ML MRSH -0.1 (-1.9) 152.5 (-22.5) 48% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ JMU -0.1 (-2.1) 151.0 (-21.0) 52% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML MRSH -0.9 (-1.1) 148.8 (-18.8) 45% ✓
Baseline ML MRSH -0.9 (-1.1) 150.6 (-20.6) 43% ✓

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 17, 2026 MRSH 77 – 72 JMU
Jan 17, 2025 JMU 67 – 64 MRSH
Jan 10, 2025 MRSH 80 – 78 JMU
Mar 10, 2024 JMU 81 – 64 MRSH
Feb 22, 2024 JMU 84 – 58 MRSH

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings JMU MRSH
Overall 18-15 19-13
Conference 9-9 11-7
Home 11-4 13-4
Away 5-10 6-8
Neutral 2-1 0-1
Last 5 2-3 4-1
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 74.7 80.5
Avg Pts Against 74.4 78.9
Massey -4.0 (#230) 0.8 (#156)
Bradley-Terry -0.15 (#186) 0.81 (#110)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.51 (#199) 0.83 (#120)
RPI 0.501 (#176) 0.555 (#83)
Shooting & Four Factors JMU MRSH
FG% 44.7% 46.1%
3PT% 36.6% 36.0%
REB / G 35.4 38.3
OREB / G 10.6 11.1
AST / TO 1.17 1.26
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.2% 54.4%
TOV% 16.8% 18.8%
ORB% 29.9% 32.1%
FT Rate 25.7% 22.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.2% 48.4%
Opp TOV% 13.8% 16.0%
DRB% 67.6% 67.8%
Opp FT Rate 33.5% 28.8%

Game Analysis

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