MD Eastern 62, Wake Forest 83
Final. Monday, November 2, 2026, 8:00 PM ET at LJVM Coliseum. MD Eastern our rank 346 · 1-4; Wake Forest our rank 89 · 2-1.
Who won MD Eastern vs Wake Forest?
Final: Wake Forest 83, Maryland Eastern Shore 62. Before tip-off the model gave Wake Forest a 98% chance to win, with a projected margin of 24.8 points for Wake Forest. Gavin Placide scored 20 for Wake Forest; Bobby Gardner had 30 for MD Eastern.
Prediction made that morning; page updated November 13, 2026.
The call
Half of games like thisFour in five
Calls of 90–100% have been right 95.4% of the time in 11,767 past games, and the typical miss on the margin is 8.8 points. After the final, the result is pinned to this strip.
The game without one player
Without Kevair Kennedy: MD Eastern 4%Wake Forest 96%
The white mark is the call with him: Wake Forest 98%.
| Player | Points a game he adds | Wake Forest without him | Change | Projected score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wake Forest | ||||
| Kevair Kennedy | 2.9 | 96% | −2 | 54–76 |
| Jamari McDowell | 1.9 | 97% | −1 | 54–77 |
| Xander Pintelon | 1.5 | 97% | −1 | 54–77 |
| Justin Ray | 1.3 | 97% | −1 | 54–77 |
Change is in Wake Forest's win chance, in points. Scores read MD Eastern, then Wake Forest. A player's value is what the team is better by with him than with a replacement, from the player ratings.
Play-by-play
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Why the model sees it this way
The game in numbers
The matchup
Form
MD Eastern
No games yet this season: this is its first.
Wake Forest
No games yet this season: this is its first.
The spread and the total are the lines logged with each prediction. Form is what happened; the ratings above already count recent games more.
Offense against defense
| MD Eastern | Wake Forest | |
|---|---|---|
| Points scored per 100 possessions | 92.7 359th | 107.5 116th |
| Points allowed per 100 | 111.6 281st | 99.5 51st |
| Possessions a game | 68.3 357th | 70.8 184th |
| Shooting (effective field-goal %) | 47.7% 341st | 50.1% 212th |
| Opponents' shooting | 49.3% 98th | 50.0% 144th |
| Turnovers, share of possessions | 18.5% 229th | 17.4% 105th |
| Offensive rebounds, share of misses | 30.3% 268th | 31.0% 233rd |
| Free throws per shot | 0.26 185th | 0.24 285th |
The widest gap: Wake Forest's defense (51st) against MD Eastern's offense (359th), of 365 teams.
First half
Wake Forest led at the half, as projected. The margin was off by 6.6 points and the total by 11.6.
- At halftime
- MD Eastern 33, Wake Forest 40
- Projected halftime score
- MD Eastern 24, Wake Forest 37
- First-half margin
- Wake Forest by 13.6
- First-half points, both teams
- 61.4
- Tied at the half
- 4%
Our own projection, not a sportsbook's first-half line. On 11,516 past games it had not seen, the halftime leader was right 67.2% of the time and the first-half total was off by 8.1 points on average. This season: 366 of 476 halftime leaders right. Scorecard
Box score
MD Eastern
| Player | Min | Pts | Reb | Ast | 3s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby GardnerG | 32 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Lucius Gibson-SavadelF | 31 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaiah GriffinG | 26 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Saadiq MooreG | 25 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Levi BeckwithSF | 20 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Alvin ColeF | 18 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Gerlouis TokodyF | 18 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Victor EzehG | 15 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Souleymane SyllaF | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Wake Forest
| Player | Min | Pts | Reb | Ast | 3s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevair KennedyG | 32 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 0 |
| Gavin PlacideF | 31 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| Justin RayG | 28 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Gallagher PlacideF | 22 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Jamari McDowellG | 19 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Isaac CarrG | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Xander PintelonF | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ring NyeriF | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Antonio DornC | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |