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Long Island 52, Rutgers 83

Final. Women's · Monday, November 2, 2026, 7:00 PM ET at Jersey Mike’s Arena. Long Island our rank 345 · 0-4; Rutgers our rank 106 · 4-0.

Who won Long Island vs Rutgers?

Final: Rutgers 83, Long Island University 52. Before tip-off the model gave Rutgers a 97% chance to win, with a projected margin of 25.6 points for Rutgers. Mia Pauldo scored 21 for Rutgers; Janessa Williams had 22 for Long Island.

Prediction made that morning; page updated November 13, 2026.

The call

From this morning's ratings; logged before tip-off.
To winRutgers 97%Long Island 3%
Projected score67–92Long Island, then Rutgers
Margin25.6Rutgers · no line posted
Total158.6no line posted
First half30–45Rutgers ahead 91%
Evenby 10by 20by 30by 40by 50Rutgers by 60Model: Rutgers by 25.6Evenby 20by 40Rutgers by 60Model: Rutgers by 25.6

Half of games like thisFour in five

Calls of 90–100% have been right 96.1% of the time in 10,929 past games, and the typical miss on the margin is 9.5 points. After the final, the result is pinned to this strip.

The game without one player

Pick a regular to sit her

Without Mia Pauldo: Long Island 5%Rutgers 95%

The white mark is the call with her: Rutgers 97%.

PlayerPoints a game she addsRutgers without herChangeProjected score
Rutgers
Mia Pauldo3.095%−268–91
Tara Daye2.196%−168–91
Jaylah Lampley1.996%−167–91
Mya Pauldo1.496%−167–91

Change is in Rutgers's win chance, in points. Scores read Long Island, then Rutgers. A player's value is what the team is better by with her than with a replacement, from the player ratings.

Play-by-play

    Team numbers

    Why the model sees it this way

    The game in numbers

    The matchup

    Form

    Each team's last five before this game

    Long Island

    No games yet this season: this is its first.

    Rutgers

    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

    Adjusted for opponents · rank of 363
    Long IslandRutgers
    Points scored per 100 possessions77.0 342nd97.2 97th
    Points allowed per 100103.0 340th92.4 138th
    Possessions a game72.3 148th72.2 156th
    Shooting (effective field-goal %)46.4% 122nd44.5% 243rd
    Opponents' shooting44.4% 116th47.9% 311th
    Turnovers, share of possessions29.4% 357th21.0% 18th
    Offensive rebounds, share of misses34.4% 104th33.6% 143rd
    Free throws per shot0.18 332nd0.22 142nd

    The widest gap: Rutgers's offense (97th) against Long Island's defense (340th), of 363 teams.

    First half

    Projected before tip-off

    Ahead at halftime

    Rutgers led at the half, as projected. The margin was off by 7.3 points and the total by 7.2.

    At halftime
    Long Island 23, Rutgers 45
    Projected halftime score
    Long Island 30, Rutgers 45
    First-half margin
    Rutgers by 14.7
    First-half points, both teams
    75.2
    Tied at the half
    4%

    Our own projection, not a sportsbook's first-half line. On 10,911 past games it had not seen, the halftime leader was right 73.0% of the time and the first-half total was off by 8.0 points on average. This season: 404 of 492 halftime leaders right. Scorecard

    Box score

    Each team's players, most minutes first

    Long Island

    PlayerMinPtsRebAst3s
    Teriyah McFaddenG372450
    Janessa WilliamsG3522824
    Camille WileyG285131
    Laura MolnarovaF2561100
    Leila NunezF2210103
    Kylie MorrisF176610
    Meagen ScottG141500
    Sydney HuskeyG90110
    Carmela NunezF80110

    Rutgers

    PlayerMinPtsRebAst3s
    Tara DayeG268530
    Mia PauldoG2421752
    Jaylah LampleyG229601
    Zachara PerkinsG2111611
    Mya PauldoG216531
    Chikae DesdunesG208022
    Imani LesterF1910400
    Zennia ThomasF166400
    Natassja KolffF131100

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