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UALR vs SE Louisiana result

Our pick

Pick missed
UALR to win

Prediction updated

Predicted score
80–73
Margin
+7
Result
79–83

Our lines

Point spread
+9.5SE Louisiana to cover · 57%
Total points
146.5Over · 65% · projected 166.1
Fair odds
1.34UALR · SE Louisiana 3.90

Who will win UALR vs SE Louisiana?

UALR are the pick at home against SE Louisiana with a 74% win probability and a projected 80–73 score.

Both teams arrive on the back of a loss, so recent form offers little separation. UALR scored 72.0 and allowed 82.0 points a game over that stretch, while SE Louisiana managed 59.0 and gave up 92.0. The gap on the offensive end is the more telling number: SE Louisiana's scoring output sits well below what UALR has managed, and its defensive allowance is the highest of the two.

The table tells a similar story without settling much. UALR are 7th in the United Athletic at 0–1, and SE Louisiana are 9th in the Southland at 0–1, so both are chasing an early conference deficit. Neither record carries much weight yet, which leaves the ratings and the home setting to do most of the work in this matchup.

The market has taken a clear side. Once the bookmaker margin is removed, UALR are priced at 79% across 8 bookmakers, a stronger reading than the model's 74% win chance. That agreement matters more than the exact gap between the two figures: the money and the numbers both point the same way, with the home team favoured and SE Louisiana the underdog.

The projected score of 80–73 fits that picture. UALR's edge comes from a healthier scoring baseline against a SE Louisiana side that has conceded heavily, and the home setting supports it. SE Louisiana's case rests on tightening a defense that allowed 92.0 in its last outing and on UALR's own 82.0 allowance, which keeps the underdog within reach if the pace runs high.

The projected 80–73 score leaves UALR short of the -9.5 line, which our numbers have covering 44% of the time. The projected 166.1 points sit well above the 146.5 total line, and the over lands 65% against that line. In short, the model sees a high-scoring game that stays closer than the spread requires.

UALR to win (74%). Projected score: 80–73.

Markets

MarketSelectionModelMarketFinalFair odds
Winner (incl. overtime)UALR64%79%74%1.34
Winner (incl. overtime)SE Louisiana36%21%26%3.90
Point spreadUALR -9.533%51%44%2.30
Point spreadSE Louisiana +9.567%49%57%1.77
Total pointsOver 146.588%50%65%1.53
Total pointsUnder 146.512%50%35%2.88

Probabilities come from a rating model fitted on this season's results; when bookmakers price the game they are blended with the market consensus.

Tale of the tape

UALRBefore tip-offSE Louisiana
  • 0–1Season record0–1
  • 0–0Home / road recordThe home team at home, the away team on the road0–1
  • 0–1Last 10 games0–1
  • L1Current streakL1
  • 72.0Points per game59.0
  • 82.0Points allowed per game92.0
  • −10.0Average margin−33.0
  • 4 daysRest before this game2 days
  • 1Games in the last 7 days1

Quarter by quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4
UALR0.00.0–0.0−4.033.0–37.00.00.0–0.0−6.039.0–45.0
SE Louisiana0.00.0–0.0−17.025.0–42.00.00.0–0.0−16.034.0–50.0

Average margin per period over each team's last 10 games in this competition, with scored–allowed underneath.

Recent form

UALR

0–1

1–3, 8th in United Athletic

SE Louisiana

0–1

1–2, 10th in Southland

Head to head

No recent meetings on record.

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