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Belmont Bruins
85 – 68
FINAL Conference
Missouri State Bears
Missouri Valley Conference · Curb Event Center Arena · February 8, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread BEL -7.5 Home covered
O/U 147.5 Over
Money BEL -360 / MOST +280
Model Predictions
Spread Total BEL win
Actual BEL +17 153 Won
Massey BEL -8.6 (+8.4) — —
Massey Totals — 156.1 (-3.1) —
Bradley-Terry — — 93% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 93% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML BEL -7.4 (+9.6) 149.3 (+3.7) 79% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ BEL -7.9 (+9.1) 147.4 (+5.6) 79% ✓
Baseline Plus ML BEL -7.7 (+9.3) 148.6 (+4.4) 78% ✓
Baseline ML BEL -6.8 (+10.2) 151.2 (+1.8) 76% ✓

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 27, 2025 BEL 74 – 65 MOST
Feb 24, 2024 BEL 93 – 78 MOST
Feb 3, 2024 MOST 87 – 80 BEL
Feb 9, 2023 MOST 61 – 59 BEL
Jan 7, 2023 BEL 74 – 61 MOST

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings BEL MOST
Overall 22-11 9-23
Conference 13-7 2-18
Home 11-5 7-8
Away 9-4 1-12
Neutral 2-2 1-3
Last 5 2-3 1-4
Streak L1 L6
Avg Pts For 78.9 67.5
Avg Pts Against 76.8 71.9
Massey 1.7 (#135) -3.7 (#226)
Bradley-Terry 0.99 (#89) -1.08 (#267)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.91 (#104) -0.97 (#236)
RPI 0.553 (#79) 0.438 (#286)
Shooting & Four Factors BEL MOST
FG% 46.4% 44.2%
3PT% 37.6% 37.1%
REB / G 35.3 32.5
OREB / G 10.4 10.7
AST / TO 1.53 0.88
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 54.9% 51.2%
TOV% 15.7% 20.4%
ORB% 28.7% 32.1%
FT Rate 19.5% 23.7%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 54.7% 54.5%
Opp TOV% 17.2% 19.5%
DRB% 71.0% 70.0%
Opp FT Rate 19.2% 29.4%

Game Analysis

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