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Missouri State Bears
62 – 69 OT
FINAL Conference
Drake Bulldogs
Missouri Valley Conference · Great Southern Bank Arena · January 25, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread DRKE -8.5 Home covered
O/U 118.5 Over
Money MOST +380 / DRKE -550
Model Predictions
Spread Total MOST win
Actual DRKE +7 131 Lost
Massey DRKE -9.2 (+2.2) — —
Massey Totals — 123.5 (+7.5) —
Bradley-Terry — — 4% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 3% ✓
Baseline Plus ML DRKE -9.3 (+2.3) 125.4 (+5.6) 16% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ DRKE -9.8 (+2.8) 126.2 (+4.8) 16% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML DRKE -9.2 (+2.2) 130.0 (+1.0) 17% ✓
Baseline ML DRKE -10.1 (+3.1) 125.9 (+5.1) 15% ✓

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 2, 2025 DRKE 68 – 60 MOST
Jan 25, 2024 MOST 83 – 80 DRKE
Dec 2, 2023 DRKE 74 – 57 MOST
Jan 19, 2023 MOST 65 – 62 DRKE
Jan 1, 2023 MOST 52 – 49 DRKE

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings MOST DRKE
Overall 9-23 31-4
Conference 2-18 17-3
Home 7-8 14-2
Away 1-12 9-1
Neutral 1-3 8-1
Last 5 0-5 5-0
Streak L6 L1
Avg Pts For 67.5 68.5
Avg Pts Against 71.9 60.2
Massey -5.3 (#250) 7.3 (#80)
Bradley-Terry -1.35 (#288) 2.50 (#31)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.36 (#266) 2.88 (#38)
RPI 0.428 (#300) 0.599 (#37)
Shooting & Four Factors MOST DRKE
FG% 42.9% 47.8%
3PT% 36.7% 34.5%
REB / G 33.0 30.6
OREB / G 11.2 10.5
AST / TO 0.92 1.08
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.8% 54.3%
TOV% 19.2% 19.8%
ORB% 32.3% 37.2%
FT Rate 25.0% 29.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 56.0% 51.0%
Opp TOV% 19.3% 22.4%
DRB% 71.0% 74.3%
Opp FT Rate 27.9% 28.5%

Game Analysis

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