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Illinois State Redbirds
72 – 65
FINAL Neutral Terry's Chocolate ESPN Events Invitational
Furman Paladins
State Farm Field House (Neutral) · November 28, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread ILST -3.5 Home covered
O/U 145.5 Under
Model Predictions
Spread Total ILST win
Actual ILST +7 137 Won
Massey ILST -9.3 (-2.3) — —
Massey Totals — 133.1 (+3.9) —
Bradley-Terry — — 55% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 75% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ ILST -5.5 (+1.5) 137.2 (-0.2) 75% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML ILST -6.9 (+0.1) 136.1 (+0.9) 75% ✓
Baseline ML ILST -6.1 (+0.9) 137.7 (-0.7) 75% ✓
Baseline Plus ML ILST -7.5 (-0.5) 137.1 (-0.1) 78% ✓

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

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings ILST FUR
Overall 23-13 22-13
Conference 12-8 10-8
Home 14-2 11-5
Away 7-7 7-5
Neutral 2-4 4-3
Last 5 4-1 2-3
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 74.1 74.9
Avg Pts Against 69.1 72.5
Massey 6.6 (#84) -2.7 (#216)
Bradley-Terry 0.23 (#167) 0.02 (#183)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.40 (#164) -0.69 (#219)
RPI 0.533 (#129) 0.545 (#111)
Shooting & Four Factors ILST FUR
FG% 44.4% 45.6%
3PT% 33.1% 29.0%
REB / G 38.7 36.0
OREB / G 9.7 11.2
AST / TO 1.35 0.99
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.1% 52.7%
TOV% 13.0% 21.2%
ORB% 26.9% 33.1%
FT Rate 29.4% 18.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 47.2% 54.2%
Opp TOV% 12.9% 14.3%
DRB% 77.3% 72.9%
Opp FT Rate 23.2% 20.2%

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