He is handing the money / He is serving the food / He knows about your party / He is calling you dude. "Comfort Eagle" - Cake
Atlantic Sun Conference · Baptist Health Arena · January 18, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread EKU -5.5 Home covered
O/U 156.5 Over
Money EKU -245 / BELL +200
Model Predictions
Spread Total EKU win
Actual EKU +20 158 Won
Massey EKU -3.9 (+16.1)
Massey Totals 158.6 (-0.6)
Bradley-Terry 75%
Weighted B-T 75%
Efficiency Plus ML EKU -3.6 (+16.4) 146.8 (+11.2) 76%
Baseline Tuned ML EKU -2.5 (+17.5) 149.4 (+8.6) 64%
Baseline ML EKU -2.7 (+17.3) 151.2 (+6.8) 64%
Baseline Plus ML EKU -3.6 (+16.4) 150.2 (+7.8) 71%

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 22, 2026 EKU 9592 BELL
Feb 20, 2025 BELL 8074 EKU
Jan 19, 2025 EKU 7269 BELL
Feb 18, 2024 EKU 7565 BELL
Jan 21, 2024 EKU 8270 BELL

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings EKU BELL
Overall 11-21 13-19
Conference 7-11 7-11
Home 8-7 10-5
Away 3-13 2-13
Neutral 0-1 1-1
Last 5 2-3 1-4
Streak L3 L1
Avg Pts For 77.5 78.9
Avg Pts Against 83.1 83.3
Massey -6.5 (#267) -7.1 (#271)
Bradley-Terry -1.18 (#271) -1.69 (#312)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.69 (#277) -2.17 (#310)
RPI 0.467 (#235) 0.428 (#297)
Shooting & Four Factors EKU BELL
FG% 42.0% 49.7%
3PT% 33.6% 34.4%
REB / G 35.3 27.6
OREB / G 12.0 6.0
AST / TO 1.07 1.19
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.7% 56.9%
TOV% 17.5% 17.0%
ORB% 31.6% 20.5%
FT Rate 18.6% 29.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 55.0% 58.3%
Opp TOV% 14.1% 15.5%
DRB% 67.6% 64.3%
Opp FT Rate 25.5% 24.4%

Game Analysis

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