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Missouri State Bears
63 – 80
FINAL Conference
UIC Flames
Missouri Valley Conference · Great Southern Bank Arena · January 8, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread MOST -2.5 Away covered
O/U 138.5 Over
Money MOST -150 / UIC +120
Model Predictions
Spread Total MOST win
Actual UIC +17 143 Lost
Massey MOST -0.8 (-17.8) — —
Massey Totals — 150.8 (-7.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 31% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 42% ✓
Baseline Plus ML MOST -0.2 (-17.2) 143.2 (-0.2) 49% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MOST -0.8 (-17.8) 141.3 (+1.7) 54% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML MOST -0.7 (-17.7) 144.1 (-1.1) 52% ✗
Baseline ML UIC -0.1 (-16.9) 144.4 (-1.4) 48% ✓

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 16, 2025 UIC 63 – 58 MOST
Mar 3, 2024 MOST 69 – 59 UIC
Mar 3, 2023 MOST 74 – 57 UIC
Jan 25, 2023 MOST 63 – 59 UIC
Dec 1, 2022 MOST 66 – 51 UIC

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MOST UIC
Overall 9-23 17-14
Conference 2-18 10-10
Home 7-8 9-5
Away 1-12 7-6
Neutral 1-3 1-3
Last 5 1-4 4-1
Streak L6 L1
Avg Pts For 67.5 74.1
Avg Pts Against 71.9 75.3
Massey -2.6 (#211) 0.6 (#151)
Bradley-Terry -0.80 (#246) 0.76 (#111)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.59 (#212) 0.59 (#133)
RPI 0.467 (#229) 0.559 (#78)
Shooting & Four Factors MOST UIC
FG% 42.7% 44.8%
3PT% 35.7% 34.6%
REB / G 35.2 37.2
OREB / G 12.7 11.9
AST / TO 0.93 1.07
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.0% 51.8%
TOV% 18.7% 19.7%
ORB% 34.7% 33.6%
FT Rate 24.8% 25.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 54.8% 52.5%
Opp TOV% 20.1% 15.6%
DRB% 73.1% 71.3%
Opp FT Rate 28.4% 22.6%

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