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GAME 16
Date: Thur., Jan. 6, 2011 - 8:00 pm EST
Location: Chicago, Ill.
Arena: Gentile Center (5,200)
Live stats: loyolaramblers.com
Live video: http://www.horizonleaguenetwork.tv/live/1921
Series:  Loyola leads, 64-49
Last year:  Detroit, 2-0
UDM 59, @Loyola 42; (Holman-15 pts)
@UDM 83, Loyola 63 (Simon- 30 pts)

ON TAP
The Detroit Titans take to the Windy City for their first road games in Horizon League play, facing Loyola Thursday and UIC Saturday.  The Titans are 2-1 in the league thus far, good for a four-way tie for second along with Butler, Valparaiso and Wright State.  The foursome trail league-leading Cleveland State, who is off to a 4-0 start in conference play.
 
ABOUT LOYOLA
The Ramblers are 10-5 overall this season, but are just 1-3 in Horizon League play.  LU got out to an 8-0 start on the season, but has endured tough games against Butler, Valparaiso, Kansas State, DePaul and Cleveland State for five losses in their last seven.  Their leading scorer is Geoff McCammon, who tallies 13.3 points per contest, part of five Ramblers averaging double figures.

WHO'S NEXT?
Detroit remains in Chicago to battle UIC on Saturday in the “Horizon League Game of the Week”.  The Titans and Flames will be the premiere edition of the weekly televised games produced by the league and distributed throughout local outlets in HL television markets.   

HE'S BEEN AROUND THE BLOCK
Junior Eli Holman recorded career block No. 100 on Saturday in the overtime loss vs. Milwaukee.  Holman swatted three shots in the game to give him 22 for the season and 99 as a Titan (3 with Indiana as a freshman).

NCAA's TOP FRESHMEN
Ray McCallum is among the best rookies in all of NCAA Division I, scoring 15.7 points per game through his first 13 games.  That total is 4th among freshmen in the country through Jan. 3.  McCallum is one of only seven rookies to average at least 15.0 points per game this season.

NCAA D-I Freshman Scoring (through Jan. 3)
Brandon Knight, Kentucky    18.0 ppg
Terrence Jones, Kentucky    17.7
Jared Sullinger, Ohio State    17.6
Ray McCallum, Detroit    15.7
Trey Zeigler, Central Mich.    15.3
DeAndre Kane, Marshall    15.3
Tobias Harris, Tennessee    15.0

DETROIT WITH A “D”
The Titans lead the Horizon League with a 5.1 blocks per game average.  They are also second in rebounding margin (+3.7) and field goal percent defense (40.2). 

“O”, MAN...IMPRESSIVE
Usually known for its defense, Detroit has done nicely on the offensive side of things this year to the tune of 74.2 points per game.  That total is tops in the HL and UDM's 45.2 field goal percentage ranks second among league schools.

MINI- WRATH
Junior Nick Minnerath had a nice week, registering a pair of career-best games.  On Thursday, he swatted away a career-high four shots and finished several dunks in Detroit's win over Green Bay.  Saturday, he tallied a career-high 21 points and went 6-6 from the floor.  For the week, Minnerath connected on 10-of-12 shots and was 13-of-14 from the free throw line.  His FT percentage is second-best in the HL (.852).  He snapped a string of 17-straight free throw makes in his only miss Saturday.

AMONG THE NATIONAL LEADERS
Several Titans have their names appear among the NCAA Division I leaders.  Junior# Eli Holman# has seven double-doubles, which ranks 15th through games of Jan. 3.  He also is 7th in rebounds per game (11.1).  LaMarcus Lowe is now 17th in the NCAA with his 2.6 blocks per game clip.

LEADING THE LEAGUE
Eli Holman leads the Horizon League in both offensive (3.7 rpg) and defensive (7.3 rpg) rebounds per game heading into this week (11.1 total.  He is also tops in field goal percentage, connecting on 59.5 percent of his shots (69-of-116) and is 5th in blocks (1.5 bpg) and 19th in scoring (12.3 ppg).

JESUIT MATCHUP THURSDAY
Thursday's game between Loyola and Detroit is one of more than 90 games that will be played this season as part of the Jesuit Basketball Spotlight (JBS).  The Jesuit Basketball Spotlight was developed by the Association of Jesuit College and Universities (AJCU) in response to member institutions wanting to spread the word of Jesuit higher education through the many games in which Jesuit institutions played one another.