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Belmont Bruins
74 – 61
FINAL Conference
Missouri State Bears
Missouri Valley Conference · Curb Event Center Arena · January 7, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread BEL -2.5 Home covered
O/U 135.5 Under
Money BEL -138 / MOST +140
Model Predictions
Spread Total BEL win
Actual BEL +13 135 Won
Massey BEL -0.7 (+12.3) — —
Massey Totals — 138.3 (-3.3) —
Bradley-Terry — — 71% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 63% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML BEL -1.0 (+12.0) 138.1 (-3.1) 56% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ BEL -1.1 (+11.9) 135.6 (-0.6) 56% ✓
Baseline Plus ML MOST -0.1 (+13.1) 137.5 (-2.5) 51% ✓
Baseline ML BEL -0.6 (+12.4) 139.1 (-4.1) 55% ✓

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 27, 2025 BEL 74 – 65 MOST
Feb 8, 2025 BEL 85 – 68 MOST
Feb 24, 2024 BEL 93 – 78 MOST
Feb 3, 2024 MOST 87 – 80 BEL
Feb 9, 2023 MOST 61 – 59 BEL

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BEL MOST
Overall 21-11 17-15
Conference 14-6 12-8
Home 12-2 10-4
Away 7-7 5-8
Neutral 2-2 2-3
Last 5 4-1 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 76.3 65.0
Avg Pts Against 72.5 63.7
Massey 0.7 (#158) 4.4 (#101)
Bradley-Terry 0.42 (#134) 0.28 (#147)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.15 (#165) 0.53 (#126)
RPI 0.534 (#113) 0.524 (#128)
Shooting & Four Factors BEL MOST
FG% 45.7% 43.7%
3PT% 40.1% 33.3%
REB / G 31.2 34.1
OREB / G 7.9 10.4
AST / TO 1.16 0.99
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.3% 51.0%
TOV% 18.6% 18.5%
ORB% 23.9% 30.3%
FT Rate 18.9% 15.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.2% 49.3%
Opp TOV% 20.0% 20.1%
DRB% 67.7% 73.3%
Opp FT Rate 21.2% 20.0%

Game Analysis

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