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SERIES RECORD
Detroit is 31-20 in the overall series with Butler, including an 18-6 mark when playing on the Titans home court. The Bulldogs have won the past six meetings, including a 67-63 victory in Indianapolis, IN, on Feb. 23, 2008. The last time UDM defeated Butler was on Jan. 12, 2006 by a score of 71-69 in Indiana and Feb. 5, 2004 marks the last time the Titans claimed a victory over the Bulldogs in Detroit and did so by a score of 55-49.

ABOUT BUTLER
Butler owns a 7-6 overall record heading into Thursday's match-up and is 2-0 in Horizon League play. The Bulldogs are currently on a three-game winning streak, which includes an 84-50 victory over visiting Youngstown State on Jan. 5 and Butler opened up conference play with a 55-46 win against Cleveland State (Jan. 3). The last loss for the Bulldogs came at home on Feb. 22 (66-63) against Indiana State.

JJ IS 'DY-NO-MITE'
Freshman Jalesa Jones (a.k.a. JJ) was one away from tying her personal-best in assists at UIC as she dished out a game-high nine helpers on Jan. 5. Jones set her career-high of 10 in Detroit's double overtime win at Eastern Michigan on Dec. 20.

UPS AT YOUR SERVICE
Senior Sandi Brown poured in a team-high 15 points and tied for a game-best three steals at UIC on Jan. 5.

THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME
The Titans are back playing on their home court for the first time since Dec. 17 when Detroit claimed a 60-54 victory over Morehead State. UDM has played four consecutive contests on the road and eight of the past nine away from Calihan Hall.

HOME CONFERENCE OPENER
Since the conference name was changed to the Horizon League (2001-02), Detroit owns a 4-3 overall mark in the first home conference game of the season. The last time the Titans won their first home HL contest was a 67-43 victory over Youngstown State on Dec. 28, 2004.

THREE'S COMPANY
Three Titans have scored in double figures in a single game on six occasions through 13 contests: at Cincinnati (Nov. 14), vs. Georgia (Nov. 22), at Colgate (Nov. 29), at Eastern Michigan (Dec. 20), at Canisius (Dec. 28) and at Loyola (Jan. 3). The double-overtime win at EMU had six Detroit players score in double figures, which stands as a season-high.

START YOUR ENGINES
Two Titans have started every game for Detroit this season in junior Brigid Mulroy and freshman Jalesa Jones. Mulroy is averaging a team-best 12.2 points per game, while Jones has tallied a team-high 52 assists through 13 games.

LAST TIME OUT
Detroit used a second half comeback to erase a 14-point deficit against UIC, but the Titans were unable to hold on and were edged by the Flames, 69-66, in a Horizon League match-up on Jan. 5 at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, IL.

With just under two minutes remaining, UDM senior Sandi Brown, who scored a team-high 15 points, stole the ball from an unsuspecting UIC player and managed to score a 2-pointer off the turnover to tie the game at 65. Brown was fouled and converted the 3-point play to give the Titans their first lead of the game since 13:04 of the first stanza.

UIC redshirt freshman Shameia Green was fouled at 1:18 and was able to put UIC ahead (67-66) after making both attempts, even after Detroit tried to freeze her by taking a time out in between the two shots.
Detroit had opportunities in the closing seconds to take the lead as junior Heather Hatter went to the line, but was unable to make either attempt. Green then made another visit to the charity stripe with 16 seconds left and made both to put the score at 69-66. Junior Brigid Mulroy took a shot from beyond the arc to try and tie the game, but it bounced out of the rim, went out of bounds and the possession went to the Flames.

In the first half, Detroit matched its largest lead of four at 13:22 after Hatter netted a 2-point field goal to put the score at 10-6. UIC responded with a 9-0 scoring run, which was halted after Hatter hit a lay-up off of an assist from freshman Jalesa Jones with just over 10 minutes remaining.

Mulroy, who ended with a team second-best 13 points, pulled the Titans within two (22-20) at 8:17 after nailing one from long range, but Detroit would not score a basket for the next 6:41 as the Flames scored 12 unanswered points, eight of which came from Green. However, the Titans scored the final six points of the half to have the scoreboard read 34-26 at the half.

UIC freshman Jasmine Bailey poured in a game-high 22 points, while Green matched Mulroy's effort of 13 points.

Detroit shot 44 percent on the night (24-of-55), while UIC had a 49 percent showing (26-of-53). The Titans had a 37-29 advantage on the boards and UDM tallied eight steals to the Flames' six.

WHERE ARE THE TITANS?
As of Jan. 6, junior Brigid Mulroy is 12th among conference peers in scoring average (12.2 ppg), while senior Sandi Brown stood at 16th (11.3 ppg). In addition, Mulroy is eighth in 3-point FG percentage (.388) and third in 3-pointers made (2.4). In addition, freshman Jalesa Jones is third with 4.0 assists per contest.

ANOTHER FIRST
In her first Horizon League game at the helm of the Detroit Titans women's basketball program, head coach Autumn Rademacher notched a 71-64 win at Loyola on Jan. 3.

REBOUNDS A PLENTY
As a team, the Titans had 10 more rebounds than Loyola on Jan. 3, which marks the largest advantage for Detroit in this category thus far this season.

DOUBLE OR NOTHING
Two Titans registered double-doubles against Loyola on Jan. 3 in redshirt freshman Talicia Washington and senior Sandi Brown. Washington scored a team-high 14 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, while Brown pulled down a game-high 11 caroms and poured in 12 points.

GIVING TO CHARITY
The Titans made a season-high 22 free throws against Loyola on Jan. 3 and ended with a 67 percent showing from the line. In the final 34 seconds against the Ramblers, Detroit made seven of eight free throw attempts to help secure its first Horizon League victory of the season.

TWO EXTRA SESSIONS
Prior to Detroit's 76-75 double-overtime win at Eastern on Dec. 20, 2008, the last time the Titans played in a double overtime contest was a 107-102 setback to Kentucky on Dec. 28, 1983 in Detroit.

PLENTY OF POINTS
The 76 point showing at Eastern Michigan on Dec. 20 marks the most points the Titans have scored in a single game since a 78-65 victory against Wright State in Detroit on Feb. 19, 2004.

FROM THE FIELD
The Titans shot a season second-best 45 percent from the field at Eastern Michigan on Dec. 20. Detroit's best field goal percentage showing thus far this season was a 48 percent effort against #23 Georgia in Detroit on Nov. 22.

VS. RANKED TEAMS
The Detroit Titans made history on Nov. 22 as UDM defeated #23 Georgia by a score of 70-66 at Calihan Hall. This marked the first time since the conference changed its name to the Horizon League (2001-02) in which the Titans defeated a ranked opponent. UDM now owns a 1-11 mark in this category.

GOING BACK IN TIME
Detroit's win over Southeastern Conference member school, Georgia, was the first win against an SEC school since Nov. 23, 1979 when the Titans defeated Louisiana State by a score of 84-76 in Detroit. Prior to Saturday's victory, the Titans had lost 13 straight to SEC schools.

COACHING DEBUT AT HOME
Autumn Rademacher coached her first game for the Titans on UDM's home court against #23 Georgia and Detroit came out on the winning end, 70-66. Since the start of UDM women's basketball (1977-78), Rademacher and the eight full-time head coaches prior, now own a collective 4-5 record in their coaching debut on Detroit's home court.

DOUBLE TROUBLE
Freshman Lauren Allen collected her first career double-double as she netted a team third-best 13 points and tied for a game-high 11 rebounds against Georgia (Nov. 22). Allen also dished out a team second-best five assists.

DETROIT INKS THREE
UDM head coach Autumn Rademacher announced that three student-athletes have signed National Letters of Intent to play for the Titans, beginning with the 2009-10 season. The signees are: Demeisha Fambro (G, 5-9, Detroit, MI/Crockett Tech), Kassandra Hooten (F, 6-0, Moorhead, MN/Moorhead) and Cherridy Thornton (F, 6-1, Detroit, MI/Frank Cody Senior).

FINAL FOUR IN DETROIT
The University of Detroit Mercy will serve as the host institution for the 2009 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Final Four, which will be held on April 4 & 6, 2009 at Ford Field in Detroit, MI.