Now she's with one of my good-time buddies, they're drinking in some crosstown bar. "Whipping Post" - The Allman Brothers
Southland Conference · UTRGV Fieldhouse · January 17, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread MCN -9.5 Home covered
O/U 146.5 Over
Model Predictions
Spread Total RGV win
Actual RGV +3 155 Won
Massey MCN -8.1 (+11.1) — —
Massey Totals — 146.6 (+8.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 7% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 4% ✗
Baseline Plus ML MCN -9.3 (+12.3) 140.6 (+14.4) 19% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ MCN -8.7 (+11.7) 140.4 (+14.6) 16% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML MCN -8.0 (+11.0) 139.7 (+15.3) 25% ✗
Baseline ML MCN -7.7 (+10.7) 140.7 (+14.3) 25% ✗

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 11, 2026 MCN 84 – 80 RGV
Feb 24, 2026 MCN 75 – 68 RGV
Feb 25, 2025 MCN 100 – 65 RGV
Jan 25, 2025 MCN 93 – 63 RGV

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings RGV MCN
Overall 19-14 28-6
Conference 14-8 19-3
Home 10-5 14-0
Away 8-8 9-5
Neutral 1-1 5-1
Last 5 1-4 4-1
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 73.7 76.6
Avg Pts Against 70.6 67.4
Massey -1.7 (#190) 9.9 (#60)
Bradley-Terry -1.26 (#277) 1.94 (#52)
W. Bradley-Terry -1.24 (#252) 2.50 (#56)
RPI 0.430 (#295) 0.596 (#41)
Shooting & Four Factors RGV MCN
FG% 44.3% 46.4%
3PT% 35.6% 33.3%
REB / G 33.7 34.1
OREB / G 9.2 12.3
AST / TO 1.15 1.35
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.6% 52.2%
TOV% 18.6% 14.8%
ORB% 26.9% 35.9%
FT Rate 17.5% 28.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.6% 49.4%
Opp TOV% 16.9% 24.5%
DRB% 68.4% 61.7%
Opp FT Rate 26.7% 29.3%

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