In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
Southland Conference · William R. Johnson Coliseum · January 27, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread SFA -14.5 Away covered
O/U 141.5 Under
Money SFA -1650 / NWST +950
Model Predictions
Spread Total SFA win
Actual SFA +2 136 Won
Massey SFA -17.8 (-15.8) — —
Massey Totals — 145.9 (-9.9) —
Bradley-Terry — — 97% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 99% ✓
Baseline Plus ML SFA -16.7 (-14.7) 140.2 (-4.2) 87% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ SFA -14.3 (-12.3) 142.7 (-6.7) 86% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML SFA -15.5 (-13.5) 142.1 (-6.1) 88% ✓
Baseline ML SFA -16.6 (-14.6) 141.1 (-5.1) 85% ✓

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Dec 31, 2025 SFA 74 – 64 NWST
Feb 15, 2025 SFA 70 – 68 NWST
Jan 25, 2025 NWST 57 – 54 SFA
Nov 14, 2023 SFA 96 – 70 NWST
Dec 2, 2022 NWST 102 – 96 SFA

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings SFA NWST
Overall 28-6 10-22
Conference 20-2 8-14
Home 15-1 8-6
Away 12-4 2-15
Neutral 1-1 0-1
Last 5 5-0 2-3
Streak L2 L3
Avg Pts For 74.9 66.1
Avg Pts Against 66.7 72.9
Massey 7.0 (#88) -7.5 (#281)
Bradley-Terry 1.37 (#75) -1.59 (#303)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.83 (#76) -2.01 (#302)
RPI 0.543 (#92) 0.414 (#325)
Shooting & Four Factors SFA NWST
FG% 44.8% 44.8%
3PT% 35.3% 34.8%
REB / G 38.1 28.0
OREB / G 12.7 8.1
AST / TO 1.40 0.90
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.0% 51.1%
TOV% 14.6% 19.1%
ORB% 35.2% 25.8%
FT Rate 19.7% 33.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 45.8% 57.1%
Opp TOV% 16.9% 17.0%
DRB% 70.6% 65.1%
Opp FT Rate 24.4% 29.5%

Game Analysis

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