Model Predictions
| Model | Northwestern State Demons | Rice Owls | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elo | 69.5% | 30.5% | - | ✗ |
| Bradley-Terry | 46.8% | 53.2% | - | ✓ |
| Margin | 30.2% | 69.8% | +4.6 | ✓ (2.6 off) |
| Pythagorean | 38.1% | 61.9% | - | ✓ |
| Efficiency | 38.1% | 61.9% | - | ✓ |
| Adjusted Efficiency | 28.2% | 71.8% | - | ✓ |
| Log Adjusted | 28.2% | 71.8% | - | ✓ |
| Points Off/Def | 36.7% | 63.3% | - | ✓ |
Actual: Rice Owls +2 (77-75). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Northwestern State Demons
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Micah Thomas * | 35 | 2-8 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -1.2 |
| Addison Patterson * | 31 | 5-13 | 2-5 | 5-6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 16 | -5.8 |
| Willie Williams * | 27 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -4.8 |
| Jerald Colonel * | 24 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | +5.3 |
| Chris Mubiru * | 12 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.7 |
| Jon Sanders | 35 | 10-19 | 4-8 | 3-4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 12 | -4.2 |
| Love Bettis | 27 | 4-10 | 4-7 | 0-2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 9 | +7.8 |
| JT Warren | 19 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | +9.4 |
| Lado Laku | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +4.3 |
| Landyn Jumawan | 4 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.9 |
| J.C. Riley | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | -4.0 |
Rice Owls
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trae Broadnax * | 39 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 4-10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | -0.3 |
| Kellen Amos * | 35 | 3-8 | 0-3 | 10-14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 22 | +1.1 |
| Alem Huseinovic * | 30 | 4-9 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | +2.0 |
| Caden Powell * | 29 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | +3.0 |
| Emory Lanier * | 28 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 6-6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 | +2.6 |
| Denver Anglin | 20 | 3-7 | 3-7 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | -3.0 |
| Andrew Akuchie | 14 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1.6 |
| Aaron Powell | 9 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | -7.3 |
| Jimmy Oladokun Jr. | 9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | -1.4 |
| Trey Patterson | 9 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -2 | -1.2 |
| Jacob Dar | 3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | +1.9 |
* = starter