HORIZON LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINALS
#3 Detroit (17-13) vs.
#2 Butler (22-8)
March 12, 2010 (6:30 p.m.)
Kress Center
Green Bay, MI

Game Notes (in pdf)

TIED FOR SECOND, SEEDED THIRD
Detroit finished the 2009-10 regular season tied for second in the Horizon League with Butler as both teams finished with a 14-4 conference record, but, due to tiebreaker rules, the Titans are the No. 3 seed in the HL Championship and the Bulldogs are No. 2. Prior to the start of the 2009-10 campaign, UDM was chosen eighth in the Horizon League Preseason Poll.

HOSTING HL CHAMPIONSHIP
For the second year in a row, Detroit hosted a game in the Horizon League Championship. The Titans were the No. 8 seed last year and hosted No. 9 Loyola in the first round at Calihan on March 9. This season, No. 3 UDM defeated No. 6 Loyola, 75-62, at Calihan Hall in a quarter-final match-up on Mar. 10.

RECORD AS A THREE SEED
This marks the seventh time that Detroit has earned a No. 3 seed in the conference tournament and the Titans are 7-7 all-time as No. 3. This is the first time since the 2003-04 season that the Titans are the No. 3 seed and, that year, Detroit advanced to the championship game, but fell to No. 1 Green Bay, 66-54.

GET ON THE BUS!!
Titan fans have the opportunity to travel with the spirit team bus to Green Bay to cheer on the women's basketball team. Space is limited, so please contact Brandon Longmeier at (313) 993-1700. Go Titans!!

SERIES RECORD
Detroit leads the overall series with Butler, 31-24, which includes a 2-0 advantage when playing on neutral ground. The Titans have lost the past 10 meetings with the Bulldogs, including a 72-62 setback in Detroit earlier this season (Feb. 18). The last time Detroit defeated Butler was on Jan. 12, 2006 on the Bulldogs' home court by a score of 71-69 and the last time these two teams met in the conference championship, No. 4 Butler defeated No. 5 UDM, 58-45 on Mar. 1, 2006. The 1998-99 season marks the last time that Detroit beat the Bulldogs in the conference tournament as the Titans, seeded No. 2, captured a 93-76 victory over No. 3 Butler on March 5.

SCOUTING THE BULLDOGS
Butler heads into Friday's match-up having won its past three meetings, including a 70-57 victory over Wright State at home in a quarter-final match-up on Wednesday. The Bulldogs closed out the regular season with a 14-4 Horizon League record and own a 22-8 overall mark. Butler is led by HL Player of the Year, Melanie Thornton, as she averages a team-best 15.6 points per game and also leads her team in rebounding average (8.3 rpg).

HL POSTSEASON AWARDS
Senior Brigid Mulroy garnered All-Horizon League First Team honors, while sophomore Yar Shayok was named 2009-10 HL Newcomer of the Year, which also earned her a spot on the All-Newcomer Team. In addition, Shayok was named to the all-conference second team. Lastly, Autumn Rademacher became just the third head coach in Detroit's history to earn conference Coach of the Year accolades.
Mulroy becomes the first Detroit player to be named to the all-conference first team since RanDee Henry in 2002, while Caitie Goddard (2003) is the last Detroit player who was recognized on the all-newcomer team, as well as conference Newcomer of the Year and Sandi Brown was named to the 2008-09 All-Horizon League Second Team. The other two Detroit head coaches that received conference coach of the year honors were DeWayne Jones (1986-87) and Fred Procter (1993-94).

U.S. ARMY PLAYER OF THE GAME
Sophomore Jalesa Jones led all scorers with a career-high 20 points on Wednesday, which earned her U.S. Army Player of the Game honors. Eight of Jones' points came at the line, which tied her personal-best, and she also tied for a team-high six assists, while adding two steals in 38 minutes of play.

THROWING A WRENCH INTO THE MIX
Sophomore Lauren Allen added a team second-best 13 points against Loyola as she shot 5-of-12 from the field, which included two from long range. This marks the ninth time this season that Allen has scored in double figures.

WHERE IN THE HORIZON LEAGUE?
As of March 11, senior Brigid Mulroy is first among conference peers in 3-point field goal pct. (.520) and is tied for first in 3-point field goals made (3.0/gm). She is also fifth among conference peers in scoring (14.1 ppg) and first in free throw percentage (.886). Sophomore Yar Shayok is currently second in the Horizon League in rebounds (9.6 rpg), is 14th in scoring (11.6 ppg), first in defensive rebounds (6.9/gm) and is third in offensive rebounds (2.7/gm). In addition, sophomore Jalesa Jones is sixth in assist/turnover ratio (1.5), 20th in scoring (9.8 ppg), tied for seventh in steals (1.7 spg) and is first in assists (5.1 apg), while Lauren Allen is eighth in assists (4.1 apg) and eighth in assist/turnover ratio (1.3).

RPI
As of March 8, Detroit is ranked 135th in the 2010 NCAA Women's Basketball RPI. The Titans ended last season at the 220th spot and, in the year before Autumn Rademacher was the head coach, UDM finished at the 291st slot.

NUMBER ONE
Senior Brigid Mulroy has been ranked in the top-5 in the nation in 3-point field goal percentage all year, but for the fourth time this season, she currently leads the nation in this category thru March 7 (.524). In addition she currently sits 10th in 3-point field goals made (3.1/gm) and, as a team, the Titans are 25th in the nation in 3-point field goal pct. (.365).

MOVIN' ON UP
Senior Brigid Mulroy recently moved up to the sixth all-time in Detroit's record books in 3-point field goals made as she now owns 158.

BAKER'S DOZEN, AGAIN
Senior Brigid Mulroy tied her career-high of six treys as she missed only one attempt from beyond the arc at Wright State on March 6.

HELP IS ON THE WAY
Sophomore Jalesa Jones has collected at least one assist in every game except one and is averaging a team-high 5.1 assists per game. Jones has led or tied for the lead among her teammates in assists 20 times this year, including a season-high showing of nine at Wright State on March 6.

BLOCK PARTY
Sophomore Yar Shayok collected a career-high four blocks at Wright State on March 6. The four total blocks for the Titans against the Raiders, marks a sesaon-high single game showing for UDM in this category.

80 OR MORE
Detroit's 80-point effort against Youngstown State on Feb. 27 ties the largest scoring output in a single game for this season as the Titans scored the same amount of points in their first meeting with the Penguins earlier in the year on Jan. 28 (80-44). The 80 points is the largest amount of points the Titans have scored during head coach Autumn Rademacher's tenure. Prior to this season, the last time UDM scored 80 or more points was on Jan. 5, 2005 when the Titans defeated Loyola at Calihan (88-73).

AT THE STRIPE
Sophomore Jalesa Jones tied her career-high of eight free throws as she had an 8-of-12 showing at the charity stripe at YSU on Feb. 27.

MAKING HER MARK
Junior Tayler Langham came off the bench to have a 5-of-7 showing from the field to end with 12 points and a team second-best six rebounds in just 12 minutes of play.

ALL OVER THE GLASS
For the 10th time this season, Detroit outrebounded its opponent as the Titans had a 35-31 advantage over YSU on Feb. 27. In those contests, UDM owns an 9-1 record.

“FIVE...FIVE DOLLAR...”
Five Titans scored in double figures at Youngstown State on Feb. 27, which marks the third time this season that five Detroit players have netted double digits in a single game. The first two came at Morehead State (Dec. 13) and against Milwaukee (Feb. 6).

DOUBLE OR NOTHING
Detroit ended the 2009-10 season with 14 Horizon League wins, which doubled its conference win column from just a year ago.

ALMOST PERFECT
Senior Brigid Mulroy shot an impressive 92 percent from the charity stripe (46-of-50) in Horizon League games and, prior to Feb. 13, Mulroy had made 30-straight free throws. Overall, she is shooting 89 percent from the line and sits first among conference peers with this number.

ALL-AROUND ALLEN
Sophomore Lauren Allen tied her career-high of four steals and added a game-best four assists at Cleveland State on Feb. 25. Allen also netted nine points and grabbed a team-high eight rebounds versus the Vikings.

INFINITY AND BEYOND
Senior Brigid Mulroy was one shy of tying her career-high of 3-pointers as she netted five at Cleveland State on Feb. 25 and ended with a team-high 16 points.

BUZZER BEATER
Freshman Demeisha Fambro came off the bench at Cleveland State on Feb. 25 to score a team third-best 12 points from five field goals, which included a trey that knotted the game to send it into overtime.

SEE SPAUDE SHOOT
Sophomore Sierra Spaude shot 5-of-7 from the field against Valpo (Feb. 20), which included a career-high four from long range to end with a team second-best 14 points.

MORE REBOUNDS
Shayok pulled down a game-high 13 rebounds against Valpo on Feb. 20 and has now collected double figure rebounds 15 times thus far this season.

DOUBLE TROUBLE
Sophomore Yar Shayok collected her ninth double-double of the season as she grabbed 13 rebounds and scored 11 points against Butler on Feb. 18. Shayok is the only Titan thus far this season to have registered a double-double.

SEVEN'S ALL AROUND
Sophomore Jalesa Jones netted a career-high seven field goals against Butler on Feb. 18 and ended with a team second-best 17 points, which ties her career-high.

MORE THAN TWO DECADES WORTH
Senior Brigid Mulroy led all scorers with 22 points against Butler on Feb. 18, which marks the sixth time this season that Mulroy has scored 20 or more points. It's also the 11th time this year that Mulroy has led or tied for the lead among her teammates in scoring.

FROM LONG RANGE
Eighteen of Mulroy's 22 points against the Bulldogs on Feb. 18 came from beyond the arc as she matched her career-high of six 3-pointers and also tied her personal-best of eight made field goals.

'FOUR'TUNE TELLER
For the fourth time this season, sophomore Lauren Allen led the Titans in scoring as she netted 17 points after shooting 7-of-15 from the field, including a 3-of-7 showing from beyond the arc, at UIC on Feb. 13.

SIXTH SENSE
Detroit had won six-straight games heading into the Feb. 18 match-up with Butler, which was the first time since the 2003-04 campaign that the Titans had accomplished this feat. Detroit defeated Loyola in Chicago on Feb. 14 that year (70-62) and went on to win five more in a row, ending with a 64-58 victory at Milwaukee (Mar. 7).

HOME SWEET HOME
Prior to Feb. 18, Detroit had won eight-straight games at Calihan Hall, which began against Colgate on Dec. 30 (67-44) and ended with a 72-65 victory over Milwaukee (Feb. 6). The last time the Titans won eight consecutive contests at Calihan Hall was during the 1996-97 campaign as Detroit won 10-straight contests at home, beginning with an 85-46 win over Tennessee State (Dec. 22) and ending with a 99-60 victory over Wright State (Mar. 1).

THREE'S COMPANY
Three Titans have started every game for Detroit thus far this season in senior Brigid Mulroy, along with sophomores Jalesa Jones and Yar Shayok.

IS THERE ANY WINDEX HANDY?
The 17 rebounds Shayok collected against the Ramblers on Feb. 11 is the third highest single game showing for a Horizon League player thus far this year. Youngstown State freshman Brandi Brown set the standard on Jan. 9 with 19 and she also had an 18 rebound showing on Dec. 21.

UNO!
Detroit held Loyola to just one field goal in the first 10:06 of the game on Feb. 11.

CRASHING THE BOARDS
At Loyola on Feb. 11, sophomore Jalesa Jones set a new season-high and was one shy of tying her personal-best in rebounds with seven, five of which came on the defensive end.

MAKING AN IMPACT
Sophomore Lauren Allen led all Titans in scoring with 19 points against Milwaukee on Feb. 6, for a new career-high and also set a new personal-best in field goals made with nine. Allen also kept on helping out her teammates so she collected a game-high eight assists, which matches her personal-best.

COULD HARDLY MISS
Sophomore Yar Shayok only missed one attempt from the field (5-of-6) against Milwaukee on Feb. 6 and ended with a team third-best 13 points.

SWEET SIXTEEN
Detroit's impressive 71-55 handling of the nationally-ranked Green Bay Phoenix on Feb. 4 matched the largest scoring margin ever for the Titans against the Phoenix as UDM captured a 75-59 win on Jan. 27, 1996 at Calihan Hall. This was also the most lopsided loss for Green Bay since an 81-58 setback at Wisconsin on Dec. 11, 2007.

RANKED OPPONENTS
After three previous meetings with nationally-ranked opponents this season, Feb. 4 marked the first time this year that Detroit walked away as the winner, but it is the second time during Rademacher's tenure as the Titans captured a 70-66 win over #23 Georgia on Nov. 22, 2008.

LEAST AMOUNT SCORED
Detroit held Green Bay to just 17 points in the second half after the Phoenix was leading at the break, 38-33, on Feb. 4. The 17 points ties the least amount of points the Titans have allowed their opponent to score in a single half this season as Youngstown State only netted 17 in the opening stanza on Jan. 28 in Detroit.

STARTING OFF STRONG
The Titans are off to their best start in conference play since the 1996-97 season when Detroit began 7-2 and finished out the year 14-2 in MCC play. UDM split with Green Bay during the regular season that year, but the Titans captured a 63-55 victory against the Phoenix in the conference championship game (March 9) to send Detroit to the NCAA Championship for the first time in school history.

MIDWAY THROUGH HL SLATE
At the midpoint of the conference season (games prior to Feb. 4), Detroit owned a 7-2 HL record, which betters its conference record from just a year ago by five games (2-7). When looking at all the teams in the league, Detroit had the largest turnaround at the midpoint of the conference slate compared to last season; Loyola was second (+3).

POURING IN THE POINTS
Sophomore Jalesa Jones led all scorers with 17 points against Cleveland State on Jan. 30, which matches her career-high. Jones also dished out a game-high six assists against the Vikings.

IT'S RAINING THREES
As a team, the Titans drained 11 total 3-pointers against the Penguins on Jan. 28, which marks a season-high for Detroit in this category.

“CRASH...INTO ME”
The Titans were relentless on the boards on Jan. 28 as they grabbed a season-high 53 rebounds against Youngstown State.

OVER 10 YEARS AGO
The Titans defeated Youngstown State by 36 points on Jan. 28 (80-44), which is the largest margin of victory for UDM since Jan. 29, 1998 when Detroit defeated Wright State at home by 37 points (93-56).

TWO DECADES WORTH
Sophomore Sierra Spaude not only started her first collegiate game on Jan. 28, but she netted a game-high and personal-best 20 points after shooting 7-of-13 from the field and 3-of-8 from long range. She also added a team second-best eight rebounds against the Penguins.

BATTER-UP!
Senior Brigid Mulroy will don another Titan uniform after basketball season is over as the West Bloomfield native is going to play infield for Detroit's softball squad.

MAKING IT COUNT
Sophomore Sierra Spaude was subbed back into the game with 28 seconds left in regulation against Valpo on Jan. 21 and, five seconds later, she made a crucial basket from beyond the arc to pull Detroit within two, which eventually helped force overtime with the Crusaders.

STEALING FOR THE BETTER
Sophomore Jalesa Jones has a good heart, but when it comes to stealing on the court, no one could hold her back against Valpo on Jan. 21 as she collected a career-high and game-best six steals. One of them was critical in setting up the game-tying basket by sophomore Yar Shayok in the closing seconds of regulation.

EXTRA SESSION
The Titans have played in four overtime games in head coach Autumn Rademacher's tenure and Detroit owns a 2-2 mark in these games, including a 72-70 victory over Valparaiso on Jan. 21. The other victory came in double overtime at Eastern Michigan on Dec. 20 (76-75).

OUT OF BREATH?
Forget the 40-minute club, two Titans are now part of the 45-minute club for the season as sophomores Jalesa Jones and Lauren Allen played every minute against the Crusaders on Jan. 21. This ties a personal-best for Allen and sets a career-high for Jones in this category.

TEN PLUS FIVE
Freshman Demeisha Fambro came off the bench to score a team second-best 15 points against Valpo on Jan. 21, 10 of which were scored in regulation.

TWICE AS NICE
Senior Brigid Mulroy was named Horizon League Women's Basketball Player of the Week on Jan. 18, to mark the second time this season in which Mulroy has received this honor (Nov. 16). She averaged a team-best 18.0 points per game on the week and shot 10-of-14 from 3-point range, which included a flawless 5-for-5 showing against the Flames on Thursday. Mulroy shot a combined 10-of-15 from the field and made all six free throws on the week. In addition, Mulroy was voted as the Horizon League Network's “The People's Choice” winner (Jan. 21) for the second time this year.

I'LL TAKE THREE OF THOSE
Two points wasn't enough for sophomore Lauren Allen, so she sank one from long range with 30 seconds left in the game against Milwaukee (Jan. 7) to help lift the Titans to their third-straight win.

RUNNING FROM THE LAW
When we were young, we were taught that it's not okay to steal, but there's an exception and sophomore Yar Shayok proved that on Jan. 7 as she collected a career-high and game-best six steals.

ASSISTING TOGETHER
The Titans dished out a season-best 17 assists against Wright State on Jan. 3.

STEALING AWAY
The Titans collected 12 steals against Colgate (Dec. 30) and Wright State (Jan. 3), which ties for a season-high in this category.

BOARD WORK, NOT BRIDGE WORK
Senior Brigid Mulroy pulled down a career-high and game second-best 12 rebounds against Eastern Michigan on Dec. 5.

LONE SENIOR HONORED
Detroit's lone senior, Brigid Mulroy, came out of the gate raring to go in UDM's opening week as she averaged 20.5 points in the two games. For her efforts, Mulroy was named Horizon League Women's Basketball Player of the Week on Nov. 16 and also earned the Horizon League Network's “The People's Choice” honor (Nov. 19).

MORE MULROY
Mulroy opened the 2009-10 campaign with a team third-best 14-point effort in Detroit's 74-65 win at Oakland on Nov. 13 and, two days later, in UDM's home opener, she shot 8-of-11 from the field, including 4-of-5 from long range, and made all seven attempts at the line to end with a career-high and game-best 27 points versus #10 Michigan State. The eight made field goals matches her career-high and the seven free throws is a personal best for Detroit's lone senior.

FIRST SEASON DOUBLE-DOUBLE
Sophomore Yar Shayok made a huge impact for the Titans against Oakland on Nov. 13 as she collected a double-double with game-highs in both points and rebounds with 26 and 14, respectively.

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