What ever happened to Leon Trotsky? "No More Heroes" - The Stranglers
Sam Houston Bearkats
68 – 76
FINAL Conference
Liberty Flames
Conference USA · Bernard G. Johnson Coliseum · January 10, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread LIB -3.5 Away covered
O/U 142.5 Over
Money SHSU +140 / LIB -165
Model Predictions
Spread Total SHSU win
Actual LIB +8 144 Lost
Massey LIB -5.2 (-2.8) — —
Massey Totals — 149.0 (-5.0) —
Bradley-Terry — — 23% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 13% ✓
Baseline Plus ML LIB -6.0 (-2.0) 143.7 (+0.3) 28% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ LIB -4.9 (-3.1) 142.3 (+1.7) 33% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML LIB -6.5 (-1.5) 145.2 (-1.2) 26% ✓
Baseline ML LIB -5.3 (-2.7) 147.1 (-3.1) 26% ✓

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 7, 2026 LIB 79 – 72 SHSU
Jan 10, 2026 LIB 82 – 74 SHSU
Feb 8, 2025 LIB 64 – 61 SHSU
Feb 18, 2024 SHSU 83 – 73 LIB
Jan 21, 2024 LIB 82 – 66 SHSU

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings SHSU LIB
Overall 13-19 28-7
Conference 6-12 13-5
Home 9-4 12-3
Away 3-13 9-2
Neutral 1-2 7-2
Last 5 1-4 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 72.9 73.7
Avg Pts Against 77.1 65.2
Massey -1.2 (#181) 8.1 (#72)
Bradley-Terry -0.22 (#189) 1.76 (#57)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.01 (#166) 2.79 (#46)
RPI 0.504 (#165) 0.566 (#66)
Shooting & Four Factors SHSU LIB
FG% 45.1% 49.5%
3PT% 37.8% 39.6%
REB / G 32.3 33.1
OREB / G 11.6 7.2
AST / TO 1.08 1.46
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 52.1% 58.6%
TOV% 17.9% 17.0%
ORB% 33.3% 23.2%
FT Rate 24.2% 18.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 57.2% 45.5%
Opp TOV% 17.9% 17.7%
DRB% 65.5% 72.3%
Opp FT Rate 25.5% 18.1%

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