Detroit (13-11, 11-2 HL) vs. Butler (16-7, 9-3 HL)
Feb. 18, 2010 (7:00 p.m.)
Detroit, MI
Calihan Hall (8,295)

Game Notes (in pdf)

ONE IS NOT SUCH A LONELY NUMBER
After cruising to a 16-point victory over visiting #23/22 Green Bay on Feb. 4, Detroit has maintained its number one spot in the Horizon League standings with wins over Milwaukee (Feb. 6), Loyola (Feb. 11), as well as UIC (Feb. 13) and the Titans currently owns an 11-2 mark in conference play thus far this season. Prior to the start of the 2009-10 campaign, UDM was chosen eighth in the Horizon League Preseason Poll.

SERIES RECORD
Detroit leads the overall series with Butler, 31-23, which includes an 18-7 advantage when playing at Calihan Hall. The Titans have lost the past nine meetings with the Bulldogs, including a 65-44 setback in Indianapolis earlier this season (Jan. 23). The last time Detroit defeated Butler was on Jan. 12, 2006 on the Bulldogs' home court by a score of 71-69 and Feb. 5, 2004 marks the last time the Titans captured a victory over BU at Calihan Hall (55-49).

SCOUTING THE BULLDOGS
Butler heads into Thursday's match-up on a four-game winning streak, which includes a 72-66 win over visiting Cleveland State on Feb. 13. The Bulldogs are currently tied for second in the Horizon League with Green Bay as both schools own a 9-3 record in conference games and, overall, the Bulldogs own a 16-7 mark and are 6-4 on the year in away games. Melanie Thornton is averaging a team-best 15.4 points per game for Butler, as well as 7.9 rebounds per contest.

'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. This marks the eighth time this season that Allen has scored in double figures.

FRIDAY THE 13TH
Sophomore Yar Shayok pulled down a game-high 12 rebounds at UIC this past Saturday. This is the 13th time this season that Shayok has collected double figure rebounds, including five of the past six contests.

FEARLESS FRESHMAN
Freshman Demeisha Fambro came off the bench at UIC on Feb. 13 to add a team second-best 16 points, which included five made field goals, two of which were treys, and a 4-of-6 showing at the charity stripe. Fambro also pulled down six rebounds in those 25 minutes of play.

SIXTH SENSE
Detroit has won six-straight games heading into Thursday's match-up, which is the first time since the 2003-04 campaign that the Titans have 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
Detroit has won eight-straight games at Calihan Hall, which began against Colgate on Dec. 30 (67-44) and the most recent win was 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).

THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME
Thus far this season, Detroit owns a 7-0 mark in Horizon League games that are played at Calihan Hall. In those six contests, UDM is outscoring its opponents by an average of 13.1 points.

ALMOST PERFECT
Senior Brigid Mulroy is shooting an impressive 95 percent from the charity stripe (40-of-42) in Horizon League games and, prior to Feb. 13, Mulroy had made 30-straight free throws. Overall, she is shooting 91 percent from the line and sits first among conference peers with this number.

BEST IN THE NATION
In the latest NCAA National Rankings (thru Feb. 14), senior Brigid Mulroy ranks third in 3-point field goal pct. (.507) and 19th in 3-point field goals made (2.8/gm). In addition, as a team, the Titans are 53rd in the nation in 3-point field goal pct. (.352).

WHERE IN THE HORIZON LEAGUE?
As of Feb. 14, senior Brigid Mulroy is first among conference peers in 3-point field goal pct. (.507) and is second in 3-point field goals made (2.8/gm). She is also tied for sixth among conference peers in scoring (14.0 ppg) and first in free throw percentage (.910). Sophomore Yar Shayok is currently second in the Horizon League in rebounds (9.8 rpg), is tied for 14th in scoring (11.7 ppg), first in defensive rebounds (7.0/gm) and is sixth in offensive rebounds (2.7/gm). In addition, sophomore Jalesa Jones is seventh in assist/turnover ratio (1.4), sixth in steals (1.9 spg) and is second in assists (4.7 apg), while Lauren Allen is eighth (4.0 apg).

RPI
As of Feb. 15, Detroit is ranked 125th 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.

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.

MOVIN' ON UP
After this past weekend, senior Brigid Mulroy moved up to the sixth all-time in Detroit's record books in 3-point field goals made as she now owns 136.

DOUBLE TROUBLE
Sophomore Yar Shayok collected her eighth double-double of the season as she grabbed a career-high 17 rebounds and added a team-best 16 points at Loyola on Feb. 11. Shayok is the only Titan thus far this season to have registered a double-double.

IS THERE ANY WINDEX HANDY?
The 17 rebounds Shayok collected against the Ramblers 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.

ALL OVER THE GLASS
For the eighth time this season, Detroit outrebounded its opponent as the Titans had a 41-34 advantage over the Ramblers on Feb. 11. In those contests, UDM owns a 7-1 record.

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.

“FIVE...FIVE DOLLAR...”
Five Titans, all the starters, scored in double figures against Milwaukee on Feb. 6. This marks the second time this season that five Detroit players have netted double digits in a single game with the first at Morehead State on Dec. 13.

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.

TWO DECADES WORTH
Senior Brigid Mulroy led all scorers with 20 points on Feb. 4, which marks the fifth time this season that Mulroy has scored 20 or more points. It's also the 10th time this year that Mulroy has led or tied for the lead among her teammates in scoring.

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.

ADD FOUR
Detroit heads into Thursday's match-up with 11 conference wins, which is four more victories than the Titans' total amount of Horizon League wins from the 2008-09 campaign.

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

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).

80 OR MORE
Detroit's 80-point effort on Jan. 28 marks its largest scoring output in a single game thus far this season and is the largest amount of points the Titans have scored during head coach Autumn Rademacher's tenure. The last time UDM scored 80 or more points was on Jan. 5, 2005 when the Titans defeated Loyola at Calihan (88-73).

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.

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 4.7 assists per game. Jones has led or tied for the lead among her teammates in assists 15 times this year.

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.

EXTRA SESSION
The Titans have played in three overtime games in head coach Autumn Rademacher's tenure and Detroit owns a 2-1 mark in these games, including a 72-70 victory over the Crusaders on Jan. 21. The other victory came in double overtime at Eastern Michigan on Dec. 20 (76-75).

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.

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.

DID YOU KNOW?
Senior Brigid Mulroy has been ranked in the top-5 in the nation for 3-point field goal percentage every week thus far this season, except for one and she has been ranked first in the Horizon League in the same category since Nov. 24.

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.

DOUBLE OR NOTHING
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.

LAST TIME OUT
With just over a minute left, Detroit regained the lead over UIC and was able to hold on and end up with a 64-61 victory over the Flames on Feb. 13 at the UIC Pavilion for the Titans' sixth straight win.

With 56 seconds remaining in the game, freshman Demeisha Fambro, who ended with 16 points, pulled down a critical rebound and sophomore Jalesa Jones ended up with the ball. Jones took advantage of the possession as she made her way through a crowd and saw her lay-up attempt circle the rim and go through the net as she was falling down, which increased Detroit's lead to three (62-59).

Soon after, with Detroit still up by two (63-61), Fambro was fouled and she sank her first free throw try, but missed a second. On UIC's next possession, senior Jessie Miller was fed the ball, but her last-ditch effort to tie the game hit the rim and Detroit was able to walk away with its 11th conference victory.

In the first half, UIC had an 11-9 advantage early, but Detroit was then able to hold the Flames scoreless for 5:51.During that span, the Titans went on a 16-0 scoring run, with sophomore Lauren Allen netting 11 of those points to push Detroit ahead, 25-11. The Titans led the rest of the stanza and took a 33-24 advantage with them at the break.

Allen poured in a team-high 17 points, which included three 3-pointers, while Jones added 11 points for Detroit and dished out a game-high five assists. In addition, Yar Shayok scored nine and grabbed a game-best 12 caroms.

Detroit shot 43 percent from the field, which included a 6-of-15 showing from 3-point range, while UIC shot 23-of-61 on the night and missed all 14 tries from beyond the arc. The Flames edged out the Titans on the boards, 38-36, while assists were even at 12 a piece.

DETROIT INKS TWO
University of Detroit Mercy head women's basketball coach Autumn Rademacher has announced that two student-athletes have signed National Letters of Intent to play for the Titan squad, beginning with the 2010-11 season. The signees are: Megan Hatter (F, 6-0, Howell, MI/Howell) and Senee Shearer (G, 5-7, Detroit, MI/Pershing). Hatter is the sister of current Titan, Heather Hatter.

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