And I'm telling you son, well, it ain't no fun staring straight down a forty-four. "Gimme Three Steps" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Towson Tigers
72 – 81
FINAL Conference
James Madison Dukes
Coastal Athletic Association · SECU Arena · January 16, 2021
Betting Lines
Spread TOW -1.5 Away covered
O/U 148.5 Over
Money TOW -120 / JMU +130
Model Predictions
Spread Total TOW win
Actual JMU +9 153 Lost
Massey JMU -2.5 (-6.5) — —
Massey Totals — 149.9 (+3.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 51% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 53% ✗
Baseline Plus ML JMU -2.2 (-6.8) 147.1 (+5.9) 43% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ JMU -0.5 (-8.5) 147.1 (+5.9) 42% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML JMU -1.4 (-7.6) 146.3 (+6.7) 44% ✓
Baseline ML JMU -2.9 (-6.1) 148.1 (+4.9) 43% ✓

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Nov 19, 2025 JMU 81 – 75 TOW
Nov 17, 2024 TOW 67 – 63 JMU
Feb 26, 2022 TOW 95 – 59 JMU
Feb 24, 2022 TOW 84 – 65 JMU
Jan 27, 2021 JMU 78 – 63 TOW

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings TOW JMU
Overall 4-14 13-7
Conference 3-9 8-2
Home 4-4 10-4
Away 0-6 3-3
Neutral 0-4 0-0
Last 5 1-4 2-3
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 67.4 75.0
Avg Pts Against 74.9 71.9
Massey -6.8 (#274) -1.5 (#190)
Bradley-Terry -1.36 (#272) -0.89 (#240)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.78 (#268) -1.34 (#251)
RPI 0.430 (#260) 0.456 (#224)
Shooting & Four Factors TOW JMU
FG% 40.2% 43.4%
3PT% 29.6% 29.2%
REB / G 40.2 35.2
OREB / G 12.4 9.8
AST / TO 0.63 0.88
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 44.3% 49.7%
TOV% 19.3% 19.4%
ORB% 32.6% 26.8%
FT Rate 23.0% 32.2%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 53.0% 48.9%
Opp TOV% 14.3% 20.1%
DRB% 70.2% 68.8%
Opp FT Rate 14.7% 29.3%

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