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Howard at Davidson

Saturday, November 14, 2026, 7:00 PM ET at John M. Belk Arena. Howard our rank 213 · 2-2; Davidson our rank 88 · 3-0.

Who will win Howard vs Davidson?

From this morning's ratings; logged before tip-off.

The model gives Davidson a 90% chance to beat Howard, with a projected score of Davidson 78, Howard 63.

To winDavidson 90%Howard 10%
Projected score63–78Howard, then Davidson
Margin14.6Davidson · no line posted
Total140.8no line posted
First half29–37Davidson ahead 78%
Howard by 20by 10Evenby 10by 20by 30Davidson by 40Model: Davidson by 14.6Howard by 20Evenby 20Davidson by 40Model: Davidson by 14.6

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. As of 2:23 AM ET on November 13, 2026. Updated three times a day until tip-off.

Players to watch

our projection, not a sportsbook's
PlayerPtsRebAstLast gamesChance of
Davidson
JanowskiG · 32 min17.64.62.320+ 37%
ScovensF · 31 min14.46.32.315+ 45%
BrownG · 29 min12.82.73.115+ 36%
PlatteeuwC · 29 min9.99.23.510+ 48%
Howard
Taylor IIIG · 33 min15.45.22.515+ 51%
GillusG · 33 min11.13.93.310+ 56%
HarrisF · 24 min8.43.91.110+ 36%
BrownC · 26 min6.15.31.15+ 57%

Bars: points in the player's latest games this season. Blue line: tonight's projection. Every regular's line

The game without one player

Pick a regular to sit him

Without Josh Scovens: Howard 15%Davidson 85%

The white mark is the call with him: Davidson 90%.

PlayerPoints a game he addsDavidson without himChangeProjected score
Davidson
Josh Scovens2.985%−565–76
Nick Janowski2.786%−464–76
Ian Platteeuw2.187%−364–77
Sam Brown1.388%−264–77
Howard
Cedric Taylor III1.192%+263–78
James Brown0.892%+263–78
Cam Gillus0.591%+163–78

Change is in Davidson's win chance, in points. Scores read Howard, then Davidson. A player's value is what the team is better by with him than with a replacement, from the player ratings.

Play-by-play

    Team numbers

    Form

    Each team's last five before this game

    Howard 2-2LWLW

    1. Nov 12W 75-62vs StetsonCovered −9.5 · Under 148.5
    2. Nov 9L 65-78at PennDidn't cover +5.5 · Under 155.5
    3. Nov 5W 94-83at Alcorn StCovered −9.5 · Over 149.5
    4. Nov 2L 62-72at Yale
    Last 4
    2–2, scoring 74.0 and allowing 73.8
    Against the spread, this season
    2–1
    Totals, this season
    1 over, 2 under

    Davidson 3-0WWW

    1. Nov 10W 62-45vs BradleyCovered −10.5 · Under 138.5
    2. Nov 7W 88-76vs MercerCovered −11.5 · Over 148.5
    3. Nov 2W 76-61at Washington St
    Last 3
    3–0, scoring 75.3 and allowing 60.7
    Against the spread, this season
    2–0
    Totals, this season
    1 over, 1 under

    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

    Adjusted for opponents · rank of 365
    HowardDavidson
    Points scored per 100 possessions100.2 267th108.2 110th
    Points allowed per 100107.1 154th100.1 58th
    Possessions a game71.4 111th68.9 337th
    Shooting (effective field-goal %)51.5% 106th52.1% 77th
    Opponents' shooting49.3% 98th47.8% 28th
    Turnovers, share of possessions18.7% 258th17.2% 85th
    Offensive rebounds, share of misses33.1% 100th30.6% 259th
    Free throws per shot0.24 302nd0.20 364th

    The widest gap: Davidson's defense (58th) against Howard's offense (267th), of 365 teams.

    First half

    Projected from the full-game numbers

    Ahead at halftime

    Projected halftime score
    Howard 29, Davidson 37
    First-half margin
    Davidson by 8.0
    First-half points, both teams
    66.1
    Projected second half
    Howard 34, Davidson 41
    Second-half points, both teams
    74.7
    Tied at the half
    4%
    Howard, first halves so far
    Led 3 of 4 · 36.5 scored, 33.5 allowed
    Davidson, first halves so far
    Led 3 of 3 · 32.7 scored, 25.0 allowed

    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

    Player projections

    Each player's projected line for this game

    Howard

    PlayerMinPtsRebAst3s
    Cam GillusG3311.13.93.31.2
    10+ pts 56% · 4+ reb 51% · 4+ ast 41%
    Cedric Taylor IIIG3315.45.22.51.3
    15+ pts 51% · 5+ reb 56% · 3+ ast 43%
    James BrownC266.15.31.10.1
    5+ pts 57% · 5+ reb 57% · 2+ ast 29%
    Alex CottonG255.82.01.11.6
    5+ pts 54% · 2+ reb 55% · 2+ threes 45%
    Drew HarrisF248.43.91.10.6
    10+ pts 36% · 4+ reb 51% · 1+ threes 42%
    Josiah LawsonF186.02.70.60.8
    5+ pts 55% · 3+ reb 48% · 1+ threes 53%
    Gasper KocevarC173.43.10.70.1
    5+ pts 29% · 3+ reb 56% · 2+ ast 18%

    Davidson

    PlayerMinPtsRebAst3s
    Nick JanowskiG3217.64.62.31.8
    20+ pts 37% · 5+ reb 47% · 2+ threes 48%
    Josh ScovensF3114.46.32.30.2
    15+ pts 45% · 6+ reb 56% · 3+ ast 39%
    Sam BrownG2912.82.73.12.2
    15+ pts 36% · 3+ reb 48% · 3+ ast 56%
    Ian PlatteeuwC299.99.23.50.4
    10+ pts 48% · 9+ reb 54% · 4+ ast 45%
    Jackson KeithF225.53.90.70.7
    5+ pts 51% · 4+ reb 52% · 1+ threes 48%
    John Carter Jr.G145.11.81.11.1
    5+ pts 47% · 2+ reb 49% · 1+ threes 63%
    Nick CovalG133.31.21.10.5
    5+ pts 28% · 2+ reb 31% · 1+ threes 40%
    Tom StoiberF102.52.00.40.2
    5+ pts 20% · 2+ reb 55% · 1+ threes 16%

    Our own projections from each player's minutes and production, this opponent and the game's pace: not a sportsbook's lines. Under each name, the round numbers the player is about as likely as not to reach. How they have done

    Why the model sees it this way

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