Redbirds vs Bruins

Gameday · FRI JAN 8

Illinois StateVSBelmont

Tip time TBD

TipTBD

WatchTBA

LineNot posted

Curb Event Center Arena · Nashville, TN

Win probability

1912 blend

33% ILSTBEL 67%

Adj. efficiency31%

69%

SRS27%

73%

Elo41%

59%

BEL +4.2

Proj. margin

147.2

Proj. total

66.8

Proj. pace

Home court counts 3 points. Blend of Adj. efficiency, SRS and Elo.

Projected starters

PPG

• 11J.KinzigerG · 3.7 APG19.3
• 3M.KlaboG · 3.3 APG7.7
• 5D.BurchG · 1.0 APG8.0
• 0N.Cleveland4.7 RPG6.7
• 9M.Messina-MooreG · 3.0 APG15.0

• 2J.SmileyG · 1.7 APG21.0
• 10J.JenkinsG · 0.3 APG9.7
• 9V.NeugebauerC · 1.0 BPG9.0
• 3I.WestG · 2.3 APG3.3
• 5E.DillonF · 4.5 RPG7.0

Ratings

CBBD · 2025-26

+9.3Adj. net rating+13.0

89thAdj. net rank66th

111.3Adj. offense120.1

102.0Adj. defense107.1

63.4Pace70.3

4.4SRS8.1

1840Elo1900

1–2Record2–1

Season per game

2026-27 · 3 games

81.3Points74.0

73.7Opp points62.3

63.1%eFG%53.1%

19.0%TO%22.0%

29.4%OREB%31.2%

.39FT rate.26

51%3PA rate38%

68%Assisted FG%47%

Last five games

Illinois State

L59-76@ PUR

W100-55vs Central State (OH)

L85-90@ SMC

L66-88@ AUB

W61-55@ DAY

Belmont

L75-88@ LIP

W75-45vs Centre College

W72-54vs USI

L79-100vs DRKE

L74-81@ ILST

Head to head

Last 10 · 2017-18–2026-27

25-26BEL 74 · ILST 81Sun, 3/1

25-26ILST 69 · BEL 80Sat, 1/24

24-25ILST 63 · BEL 76Fri, 3/7

24-25BEL 78 · ILST 81Wed, 1/29

24-25ILST 97 · BEL 99Wed, 12/4

23-24BEL 67 · ILST 77Tue, 1/23

23-24ILST 60 · BEL 67Wed, 1/10

22-23ILST 75 · BEL 90Sat, 2/4

22-23BEL 77 · ILST 87Sun, 12/4

19-20BEL 72 · ILST 79Wed, 11/6

Game information

TipFriday, Jan 8 · time TBD

VenueCurb Event Center Arena · Nashville, TN

Abbreviations

Adj.Adjusted — points scored or allowed per 100 possessions, corrected for the strength of the opponents faced. Net is offense minus defense

SRSSimple Rating System — average scoring margin, adjusted for strength of schedule

EloA rating that moves after every result, by more when the opponent was strong

PacePossessions per 40 minutes

PPGPoints per game

eFG%Effective field goal percentage — made threes count one and a half field goals

TO%Turnovers per 100 possessions

OREB%The share of a team's own missed shots it rebounds

FT rateFree throws attempted per field goal attempted

3PA rateThe share of field goal attempts taken from three

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