Leatherneck Nation

WGEM Prediction:  Western Illinois 73, Little Rock 71
 

Massey says 60% chance of a win for the Leathernecks, with a predicted score of 75-72: https://masseyratings.com/game.php?gid=939092082
Little Rock is currently 13-11 overall and 7-4 in the OVC. This is the only matchup between WIU and UALR this season.

 
Only the Tensorflow (T) neural net foresees a problem in a very close battle.

{
    Game: 6200388,
    team1: { id: 'Little Rock', prediction: { B: 44.94, S: 46.4, T: 34.43 } },
    team2: {
      id: 'Western Ill.',
      prediction: { B: 50.04, S: 61.21, T: 33.61 }
    }
  },

Below is the stat sheet comparison.  A little more red here than I like to see.




Here is a document of the entire stats package.  Online access to it not quite there yet.  Dealing with a few compatibility issues.
The bar chart displays stat trend since beginning of conference season.  Little Rock showing some improvement lately.   We have been pretty steady.



 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Oh no, don't do this again fellas.

10 point halftime lead squandered by the team coming out flat to start the second half. Looking eerily familiar to the Tennessee St game a few weeks ago. Hope they can snap out of this quickly.

NecksFan1523 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2024 8:44 pm Oh no, don't do this again fellas.

10 point halftime lead squandered by the team coming out flat to start the second half. Looking eerily familiar to the Tennessee St game a few weeks ago. Hope they can snap out of this quickly.




 

Too familiar.  Every team except Morehead St. is pretty even and capable of knocking off any one else.
 
 
 

Little Rock wins 63-60

Quinlan Bennett led the Western scoring with 14 points.  He also had 10 rebounds.

Drew Cisse had 13 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks.

James Dent Jr had 12 points.  Tay Knox had 8.  JJ Kalakon had 7.  Jesiah West had 4.  Ryan Myers had 2.

Western was 5 of 12 on free throws.

Western had 14 turnovers which led to 20 points for Little Rock.

Attendance at Western Hall = 1,076
 

wiu712 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2024 8:11 am WGEM Prediction:  Western Illinois 73, Little Rock 71
 

 

Long time follower  wiu712 Why do you start threads that have nothing more than a title?

You offfer a prediction from a f**ktard at WGEM that is wrong more than right. 


Start a proper thread or stop.

Western_101 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2024 11:08 pm

wiu712 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2024 8:11 am WGEM Prediction:  Western Illinois 73, Little Rock 71
 

Long time follower  wiu712 Why do you start threads that have nothing more than a title?

You offfer a prediction from a f**ktard at WGEM that is wrong more than right. 


Start a proper thread or stop.

 

Dude, chill.

I don't see anyone else around here starting game threads.

Tough loss.  But fact is if we shoot 68-70% on our FTs, BOTH Tenn St and this one are in the W column.
I was not there but watched it on the stream.  We had a chance to go up by 10 with about 10 minutes left but missed a 3 pt shot.  Then they get on a run to get back in it.  During that run is when crowd could have been a factor, not sure how engaged they were at the time.
I call it the "Brookings Factor" and you will know it when you see it if you ever go to a game there.
In a close game when the opponent is trying to get back into a game or even builds up a little lead,  the crowd gets unbelievably louid when the Jacks are on defense.  The opposition wilts under that pressure more often than not.  That's the kind of home court advantage that we need and given the layout of Western Halll, it could be very effective.
BTW, they bring the same strategy to the Premier Center come tournament time.
 

sealhall74 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 8:43 am I was not there but watched it on the stream.  We had a chance to go up by 10 with about 10 minutes left but missed a 3 pt shot.  Then they get on a run to get back in it.  During that run is when crowd could have been a factor, not sure how engaged they were at the time.
I call it the "Brookings Factor" and you will know it when you see it if you ever go to a game there.
In a close game when the opponent is trying to get back into a game or even builds up a little lead,  the crowd gets unbelievably louid when the Jacks are on defense.  The opposition wilts under that pressure more often than not.  That's the kind of home court advantage that we need and given the layout of Western Halll, it could be very effective.
BTW, they bring the same strategy to the Premier Center come tournament time.
 

Unfortunately it feels like our crowd does the opposite. If the other team has started climbing back, our crowd is sitting on their hands. The band was trying to get things going, but it's hard when nearly everyone else in the place is silent.