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Sam Houston Bearkats
70 66
FINAL Conference
UTEP Miners
Conference USA · Bernard G. Johnson Coliseum · February 5, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread SHSU -10.5 Away covered
O/U 145.5 Under
Money SHSU -650 / UTEP +470
Model Predictions
Spread Total SHSU win
Actual SHSU +4 136 Won
Massey SHSU -14.9 (-10.9)
Massey Totals 147.1 (-11.1)
Bradley-Terry 94%
Weighted B-T 96%
Efficiency Plus ML SHSU -10.8 (-6.8) 140.5 (-4.5) 85%
Baseline Tuned ML SHSU -13.3 (-9.3) 140.5 (-4.5) 88%
Baseline ML SHSU -12.3 (-8.3) 140.4 (-4.4) 87%
Baseline Plus ML SHSU -12.5 (-8.5) 141.4 (-5.4) 87%

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

Last 5 Meetings

Mar 11, 2025 UTEP 7965 SHSU
Mar 7, 2025 SHSU 8987 UTEP
Jan 5, 2025 UTEP 8172 SHSU
Mar 15, 2024 UTEP 6563 SHSU
Feb 25, 2024 SHSU 6554 UTEP

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings SHSU UTEP
Overall 22-12 11-20
Conference 13-7 7-13
Home 13-1 9-7
Away 6-10 2-11
Neutral 3-1 0-2
Last 5 5-0 2-3
Streak L2 L1
Avg Pts For 80.0 66.4
Avg Pts Against 76.9 72.7
Massey 5.2 (#102) -6.7 (#267)
Bradley-Terry 0.79 (#94) -1.43 (#294)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.03 (#99) -1.64 (#274)
RPI 0.556 (#70) 0.450 (#264)
Shooting & Four Factors SHSU UTEP
FG% 46.1% 41.1%
3PT% 36.7% 33.9%
REB / G 38.2 30.7
OREB / G 12.8 9.6
AST / TO 1.22 0.99
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.0% 47.7%
TOV% 17.0% 17.9%
ORB% 35.7% 27.6%
FT Rate 23.2% 21.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.9% 52.2%
Opp TOV% 17.6% 19.1%
DRB% 68.6% 66.3%
Opp FT Rate 26.8% 31.7%

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