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Missouri State Bears
61 – 59
FINAL Conference
Belmont Bruins
Missouri Valley Conference · Great Southern Bank Arena · February 9, 2023
Betting Lines
Spread MOST -1.5 Home covered
O/U 136.5 Under
Money MOST -138 / BEL +110
Model Predictions
Spread Total MOST win
Actual MOST +2 120 Won
Massey MOST -2.8 (-0.8) — —
Massey Totals — 138.2 (-18.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 52% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 57% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML MOST -1.5 (+0.5) 138.9 (-18.9) 60% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MOST -2.5 (-0.5) 137.1 (-17.1) 65% ✓
Baseline Plus ML MOST -0.9 (+1.1) 138.3 (-18.3) 56% ✓
Baseline ML MOST -1.3 (+0.7) 140.4 (-20.4) 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 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
Jan 7, 2023 BEL 74 – 61 MOST

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MOST BEL
Overall 17-15 21-11
Conference 12-8 14-6
Home 10-4 12-2
Away 5-8 7-7
Neutral 2-3 2-2
Last 5 2-3 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 65.0 76.3
Avg Pts Against 63.7 72.5
Massey 1.2 (#145) 2.0 (#132)
Bradley-Terry 0.15 (#156) 0.72 (#111)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.09 (#163) 0.57 (#126)
RPI 0.523 (#130) 0.556 (#78)
Shooting & Four Factors MOST BEL
FG% 43.1% 46.5%
3PT% 32.9% 39.4%
REB / G 34.0 32.1
OREB / G 11.0 8.4
AST / TO 0.88 1.24
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 50.2% 54.9%
TOV% 19.7% 17.8%
ORB% 32.4% 25.7%
FT Rate 17.9% 17.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.8% 51.3%
Opp TOV% 19.6% 18.5%
DRB% 72.2% 69.1%
Opp FT Rate 22.1% 19.3%

Game Analysis

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