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Five players scored in double figures to help lead Detroit's women's basketball team to an 80-62 victory in a Horizon League match-up at Youngstown State Saturday at the Beeghly Center.

With this win, Detroit (15-13, 13-4 HL) has secured at least a third place standing in the conference and is guaranteed to host a Horizon League Championship Quarter-Final match-up on Wednesday, March 10.

Freshman Demeisha Fambro (Detroit, MI/Crockett Tech) made her second attempt at the free throw line at 13:39 to push Detroit ahead by one, 13-12, and the Titans never looked back as they led the rest of the contest.

Towards the end of the first half, UDM scored 15 unanswered points to increase its lead to 17 (39-22) and during those three minutes, junior Tayler Langham (Plymouth, MI/Salem) netted seven of her 12 points. In the closing seconds, Detroit sophomore Sierra Spaude (Sturgeon Bay, WI/Sturgeon Bay) sank a midrange jumper with help from sophomore Jalesa Jones (Detroit, MI/Pershing), who ended with seven assists, to give the Titans a 41-25 advantage at the break.

Less than three minutes into the second half, sophomore Lauren Allen (Rochester, MI/Rochester) scored two off a pass from Jones to give Detroit a 49-29 advantage, which was its largest lead of the game. YSU pulled within 10, twice, but that was the closest the Penguins would get to the Titans.

Jones led the Titans in scoring with 16, eight of which came at the charity stripe, while sophomore Yar Shayok (Ottawa, ON/Hillcrest) grabbed a team-high nine rebounds and added 14 points in the win. Senior Brigid Mulroy (West Bloomfield, MI/West Bloomfield) ended with 12 and Allen added 14 points, as well as seven helpers, for the Titans.

YSU freshman Brandi Brown ended with 19 points, as well as a game-high 14 rebounds, while senior Kaitlyn March tied the school record of seven 3-pointers in a game to lead all scorers with 21 points.

Detroit shot 52 percent on the evening (30-of-58), while the Penguins had a 23-of-57 showing from the field. The Titans edged YSU (0-27, 0-16 HL)  in rebounding, 35-31, and UDM also had a 9-4 advantage in steals.

The 80 points ties Detroit's largest single-game scoring output of the season, with the first also coming against Youngstown State (Jan. 28).

The Titans will wrap up their regular season at Wright State on Saturday, March 6 at 3 p.m.