Trouble's gonna come to you "Your Time is Gonna Come" - Led Zeppelin
Southland Conference · Sharp Gymnasium · January 17, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread HCU -2.5 Home covered
O/U 139.5 Over
Money HCU -142 / ETAM +120
Model Predictions
Spread Total HCU win
Actual HCU +11 151 Won
Massey HCU -5.2 (+5.8) — —
Massey Totals — 141.6 (+9.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 40% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 43% ✗
Baseline Plus ML HCU -3.0 (+8.0) 134.4 (+16.6) 56% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ HCU -3.0 (+8.0) 136.1 (+14.9) 71% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML HCU -2.6 (+8.4) 134.9 (+16.1) 60% ✓
Baseline ML HCU -2.3 (+8.7) 134.1 (+16.9) 56% ✓

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 24, 2026 HCU 69 – 68 ETAM
Mar 4, 2025 ETAM 63 – 59 HCU
Dec 6, 2024 HCU 83 – 79 ETAM
Mar 2, 2024 ETAM 98 – 85 HCU
Jan 13, 2024 HCU 69 – 65 ETAM

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings HCU ETAM
Overall 12-20 11-21
Conference 8-14 6-16
Home 9-5 6-8
Away 3-14 4-13
Neutral 0-1 1-0
Last 5 0-5 1-4
Streak L1 L4
Avg Pts For 66.3 67.1
Avg Pts Against 72.4 76.0
Massey -7.5 (#277) -9.2 (#302)
Bradley-Terry -2.26 (#336) -1.26 (#275)
W. Bradley-Terry -2.64 (#326) -1.73 (#278)
RPI 0.403 (#335) 0.458 (#249)
Shooting & Four Factors HCU ETAM
FG% 44.5% 40.8%
3PT% 31.5% 30.8%
REB / G 31.1 32.1
OREB / G 9.6 9.1
AST / TO 1.14 0.98
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.4% 47.9%
TOV% 18.6% 21.3%
ORB% 28.6% 25.3%
FT Rate 23.2% 21.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 56.1% 54.0%
Opp TOV% 16.1% 17.9%
DRB% 68.7% 66.8%
Opp FT Rate 21.6% 23.8%

Game Analysis

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