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With Christmas just a few days away, the Detroit Titans men's basketball team will look to keep their cheerful holiday mood as UDM hopes to make it two in a row over the Mid-American Conference when Central Michigan visits the Motor City on Tuesday. Game time is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. at Calihan Hall. 

The Horizon League Network will have the action live for fans not able to make it to the contest. CSTV's gametracker will also have a live stats feed of the game. Both links are located on top of the page. 

The Titans got back on track last Saturday with a 73-69 victory over Bowling Green, their second win over a MAC program this year. Detroit was led by sophomore Chase Simon's 15 points and sophomore Eli Holman's Horizon League leading fourth double-double with 11 points and 12 boards. 

Central Michigan brings a 4-6 record into Calihan Hall, but has dropped two of its last three games. This will be the third game CMU has played against a Horizon League opponent as it defeated UIC at home, 67-48, and lost to Wright State on the road, 69-53. Robbie Harmon is the top scorer on the team at 14.3 ppg. Last season he had 16 points, four rebounds and four assists against UDM. Jordan Bitzer is second on the squad in scoring at 11.2 ppg., while Jalin Thomas is the Chippewas' top rebounder at 6.3 per contest.

DETROIT VS. CENTRAL MICHIGAN
The UDM-CMU contest marks game number 31 between the two programs with Detroit owning a 19-11 advantage. The Titans have won six of the last seven meetings, and have an 8-3 mark against the Chippewas since 1957 at home. Last year, the Titans went up to Mount Pleasant and handed CMU a 67-55 loss.

UDM VS. THE STATE OF MICHIGAN
The Titans own an all-time mark of 257-137 (.650) against schools from the “Great Lakes State.” Even deeper, first-year head coach Ray McCallum has always had success against Michigan schools tallying a 35-21 mark as a head coach. 

UDM also has a winning all-time record against all four of the Michigan Mid-Major programs with a 56-15 margin over EMU, a 19-11 record against CMU, a 25-23 tally versus WMU and an 11-1 ledger against Oakland.

AGAINST THE MAC
With the victory over Bowling Green its last time out, UDM moved to 2-0 against the Mid-American on the year and 169-103 (.620) all-time against current teams from the MAC.

ELI'S DOUBLE PLEASURE
Sophomore Eli Holman posted his league-leading fourth double-double of the season against Bowling Green with 11 points and 12 rebounds.

REMEMBER ME
Chase Simon spent his freshman year (2007-08) playing for Central Michigan, appearing in 24 games averaging 4.1 ppg., and 1.5 rpg.

TEAM EFFORT
In the Titans' 73-69 victory over Bowling Green, all 10 players that saw action scored as well as hit a field goal and nine of the Detroit players were able to pull down a rebound.

HOSKINS NETS FIRST BASKET
Freshman big man John Hoskins connected on his first collegiate field goal with a pair of baskets against Bowling Green. Prior to that, Hoskins' first nine points of his career had all come from the free throw line.