That's where you'll find me, along with the lovers muggers and thieves - but they're cool people. "Dirty Water" - The Standells
UTEP Miners
81 – 72
FINAL Conference
Sam Houston Bearkats
Conference USA · Don Haskins Center · January 5, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread UTEP -5.5 Home covered
O/U 146.5 Over
Money UTEP -225 / SHSU +190
Model Predictions
Spread Total UTEP win
Actual UTEP +9 153 Won
Massey UTEP -7.5 (+1.5) — —
Massey Totals — 156.9 (-3.9) —
Bradley-Terry — — 89% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 85% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UTEP -4.3 (+4.7) 144.6 (+8.4) 74% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UTEP -5.8 (+3.2) 148.4 (+4.6) 77% ✓
Baseline ML UTEP -6.2 (+2.8) 148.8 (+4.2) 76% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UTEP -5.5 (+3.5) 147.2 (+5.8) 76% ✓

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 5, 2026 SHSU 70 – 66 UTEP
Mar 11, 2025 UTEP 79 – 65 SHSU
Mar 7, 2025 SHSU 89 – 87 UTEP
Mar 15, 2024 UTEP 65 – 63 SHSU
Feb 25, 2024 SHSU 65 – 54 UTEP

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UTEP SHSU
Overall 18-15 13-19
Conference 7-11 6-12
Home 11-5 9-4
Away 4-8 3-13
Neutral 3-2 1-2
Last 5 4-1 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 71.1 72.9
Avg Pts Against 72.1 77.1
Massey 2.0 (#124) -1.3 (#185)
Bradley-Terry 0.94 (#96) -0.33 (#201)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.72 (#123) -0.11 (#177)
RPI 0.536 (#110) 0.488 (#187)
Shooting & Four Factors UTEP SHSU
FG% 44.3% 45.1%
3PT% 38.6% 38.5%
REB / G 29.0 32.5
OREB / G 8.5 11.6
AST / TO 0.96 1.12
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.1% 52.2%
TOV% 18.3% 17.5%
ORB% 25.3% 33.2%
FT Rate 28.1% 23.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 50.0% 56.7%
Opp TOV% 26.3% 18.0%
DRB% 64.5% 64.8%
Opp FT Rate 35.3% 24.9%

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