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Conference USA · Liberty Arena (VA) · January 19, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread LIB -6.5 Home covered
O/U 134.5 Under
Money LIB -290 / NMSU +240
Model Predictions
Spread Total LIB win
Actual LIB +8 128 Won
Massey LIB -8.1 (-0.1) — —
Massey Totals — 133.7 (-5.7) —
Bradley-Terry — — 79% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 85% ✓
Baseline Plus ML LIB -6.4 (+1.6) 135.0 (-7.0) 71% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ LIB -7.3 (+0.7) 135.8 (-7.8) 76% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML LIB -6.3 (+1.7) 133.9 (-5.9) 73% ✓
Baseline ML LIB -6.4 (+1.6) 134.5 (-6.5) 69% ✓

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 12, 2026 LIB 77 – 75 NMSU
Jan 15, 2026 LIB 73 – 71 NMSU
Feb 14, 2025 LIB 64 – 54 NMSU
Mar 1, 2024 LIB 83 – 58 NMSU
Feb 2, 2024 NMSU 79 – 73 LIB

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings LIB NMSU
Overall 28-7 17-15
Conference 13-5 10-8
Home 12-3 9-6
Away 9-2 8-6
Neutral 7-2 0-3
Last 5 2-3 5-0
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 73.7 67.7
Avg Pts Against 65.2 67.3
Massey 6.7 (#82) 2.2 (#126)
Bradley-Terry 1.14 (#83) 0.46 (#131)
W. Bradley-Terry 1.83 (#73) 0.89 (#110)
RPI 0.541 (#100) 0.526 (#133)
Shooting & Four Factors LIB NMSU
FG% 48.6% 43.0%
3PT% 38.9% 33.9%
REB / G 32.5 37.1
OREB / G 6.7 12.0
AST / TO 1.50 0.97
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 57.6% 49.3%
TOV% 16.0% 17.3%
ORB% 21.3% 34.1%
FT Rate 19.4% 23.4%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 46.4% 46.3%
Opp TOV% 17.4% 14.5%
DRB% 73.1% 69.1%
Opp FT Rate 19.8% 29.7%

Game Analysis

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