GAMEDAY CENTRAL

DETROIT (1/11/13) –The University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team will continue league play on Saturday, Jan. 12 when the Titans visit Cleveland State. The men's game is scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m., following the conclusion of the women's game at the Wolstein Center. Both games will be streamed live on the Horizon League Network.

GAMEDAY CENTRAL
Titan fans can follow every UDM game this season through men's basketball GAMEDAY CENTRAL page located on the Titans Athletic Website that will keep fans one click away from all the action. This page will feature links for live stats (audio and video when applicable) as well as links for all the latest info while also making it easy to find the Titans on social media and to purchase photos and game tickets. The Game Day Central page also carries all the information on each opponent from who is leading the all-time series to who won the last game.

LAST TIME OUT
Every Titan on the active roster scored as the University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team ran past Youngstown State, 101-60, Thursday night at the Beeghly Center. Junior guard Jason Calliste led the charge with a career-high 27 points as the Titans extended their winning streak to five-straight games.

The 101 points were the most scored for Detroit (11-5, 3-0 HL) in a conference game since scoring 103 points against Cleveland State (103-74) during the 1995-96 season. The Titans total was also the most allowed by Youngstown State at home since giving up 104 to Delaware State on Dec. 22, 1990. The win was also Detroit's 22nd straight when scoring 80 or more points dating back to the 2010-11 season.

Calliste led the Titans with 27 points on 10-of-14 shooting, including 6-of-8 from downtown, while classmates Ray McCallum and Evan Bruinsma scored 19 and 17 points, respectively. Calliste also registered a career-high seven assists to go along with six rebounds, while senior Nick Minnerath scored seven points and grabbed a game-high eight boards. Juwan Howard, Jr. pitched in nine points and Doug Anderson added eight, all by the way of dunks, for the Titan starters. Off the bench sophomore P.J. Boutte scored four points to go along with a career-high seven assists, while Gabriel Dos Santos, Jermaine Lippert, Ugochukwu Njoku, Olumide Solanke and Anton Wilson each added a bucket. The basket for Solanke was his first as a Titan.

Detroit won the battle on the boards, 46-31, and forced 20 Penguin turnovers, which resulted in 24 points for the Titans. Detroit shot 53.9 percent (41-76) overall, including 55 percent (11-20) from downtown, while holding YSU to just 37.0 percent (20-54) overall.

SERIES WITH CLEVELAND STATE
This will be the 54th meeting between Detroit and Cleveland State, with the Titans owning a 36-17 lead. The Vikings swept the regular season series last year, before the Titans topped CSU, 63-58, in the Horizon League Semifinals at Valparaiso.

ABOUT THE VIKINGS
Wright State's Jerran Young scored 23 points and the Raiders hit nine three-pointers to claim a 69-53 win over Cleveland State in Horizon League action on Wednesday at the Nutter Center.

CSU fell to 9-8 overall and 1-2 in the Horizon League, while the Raiders improved to 12-4 overall and remained perfect in the Horizon League at 3-0. The win also snapped CSU's six-game win streak in the series.

Bryn Forbes led the Vikings with 15 points and five rebounds, reaching double figures for the 10th time in the last 11 games. Tim Kamczyc scored eight points with four rebounds, while Junior Lomomba finished with eight points. Marlin Mason chipped in five points and five rebounds off the bench.

THREE ON THE ROAD
The Titans will look for their third road win of the season when they visit Cleveland State on Saturday. Detroit, which opened the season by losing its first five road contests, can win its third-straight away from the Motor City. The Titans first road win came at Alcorn State, 74-58, on Dec. 19, before routing Youngstown State, 101-60, on Thursday. Detroit has outscored it opponents by 57 points over the last two games on the road and is averaging 87.5 points per game, while holding its opponents to 59.

THE TITAN FIVE
Detroit boasts one of the most balanced attacks in the nation with all five starters averaging double figures. Junior guard Ray McCallum, leads the team in scoring with 18.9 ppg, while classmate Jason Calliste is averaging 14.4 ppg. Seniors Nick Minnerath (11.6 ppg) and Doug Anderson (11.4 ppg), along with sophomore Juwan Howard, Jr. (10.8 ppg) fill out the starting five. Detroit's starters are responsible for 86.8 percent of the Titans scoring, while all five rank among the top-20 in the Horizon League.   

CLOSING IN ON 1,000
Detroit junior guard Jason Calliste is closing in on becoming the 38th player Titan history to reach the 1,000 point plateau in his career. Calliste enters Saturday's game with 862 career points and is averaging 14.4 ppg, which ranks seventh in the Horizon League.

McCALLUM NAMED COUSY AWARD FINALIST
Detroit junior guard Ray McCallum was named a finalist for the 2013 Bob Cousy Collegiate Point Guard of the Year Award. This marks the second straight year that McCallum has been named to the final 20 of the Bob Cousy Award.

The annual honor, named for Hall of Famer and former Boston Celtic Bob Cousy, recognizes the top point guards in men's college basketball. Over 80 candidates have been nominated for the 2013 Bob Cousy Award. McCallum currently leads the Horizon League three categories this season scoring (18.9 ppg), assists (4.9 apg), and steals (1.9 spg.) and is also climbing up the career record board at UDM in all three. McCallum has 1,303 points (20th), 379 assist (9th) and 139 steals (11th) in his career. McCallum needs 299 points and one steal to reach the top-10 in each category.

TITANS RANKED IN MID-MAJOR POLL
Detroit, which has posted a 9-1 record over its last 10 games, is now ranked in the CollegeInsider.com Men's Mid-Major Top 25 Poll released this week. The Titans are ranked 25th overall with 66 points in this weeks edition of the poll, which is the second most in Horizon League. Valparaiso leads the league ranked 14th (330), while UIC (35), Loyola (30) and Wright State (28) each received votes.

DETROIT LOVES THE 80's
This season the Titans are a perfect 8-0 when scoring 80 or more points and have extended their winning streak to 22 games when doing so. Last year Detroit finished undefeated (9-0) when reaching the 80-point mark. The Last time the Titans lost a game when scoring 80 points or more came at Milwaukee during the 2010-11 season, when the Panthers won in overtime 84-81.

LEADING THE LEAGUE
Detroit currently leads the Horizon League in six team categories including scoring offense by averaging 78.8 points per game. The Titans also lead the League scoring margin (+9.2), three point field goals made (133), steals (147), turnover margin (+6.0) and assist to turnover ratio (1.3). Detroit also ranks second in assists (239) and third in blocked shots (62).

UP NEXT
Detroit will return home on Thursday, Jan. 17 to host Valparaiso in a rematch of the 2012 Horizon League Championship game. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. at Calihan Hall and will be televised live on ESPNU.