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SAN ANTONIO -- Freshman Shareta Brown (Grand Blanc, MI/Grand Blanc) was named to the All-Tournament Team as the rookie led Detroit with 18 points, but it was not enough as the Titans fell to the University of Texas at San Antonio, 59-55, in the final game of the UTSA Thanksgiving Classic.

Brown finished the two-day event with 32 points to lead all scorers. She also added four rebounds and a team-high three assists on the day, ending the weekend averaging 5.0 rebounds per game.

Junior Chanahl Putnam (Almont, MI/Almont) tied her season high with 13 points, while collecting a season-best six rebounds. Putnam was 5-of-7 from the field and ran her streak of consecutive games with a 3-pointer to six. Senior Lauren Allen (Rochester Hills, MI/Rochester) had her usual all-around game with six points, five rebounds, an assist, a block and a steal, while sophomore Senee Shearer (Detroit, MI/Pershing) came off the bench to add a season-high seven points and a career-high six rebounds.

The defense did its part holding UTSA (2-4) to just 29% from the field and 25% from three, while forcing 17 turnovers.

It was another spirited second-half comeback for Detroit (0-6) as it saw UTSA extend its' lead to as many as 11 in the second stanza before racing back and almost tying the game up.

The Roadrunners led 46-35 with 10:13 left when the Titans began to chip away, getting within six at the 8:23 mark. UTSA rebounded to push its advantage back up to nine, 51-42, with 7:27 remaining, but the Titans answered with a 10-3 spurt over the next five minutes to get within two points.

Allen started the charge with an open jumper and a minute later, Brown was double teamed but found junior Yar Shayok (Ottawa, ON/Hillcrest) cutting to the basket, finishing the play with a layup. After two Roadrunner free throws, Putnam nailed a jumper and that was followed by Allen's layup, set up by a great defensive rebound by Shearer who started a fast break and found the streaking upperclassman.

After another free throw from UTSA, Brown powered her way inside for a basket and the Titans were down by just two, 54-52, with 2:15 to go. The Roadrunners pushed its lead back to four on their next possession, but Detroit was able to make it a one-possession game with 49 seconds left as Brown made 1-of-2 from the free throw line.

The Titan defense forced a UTSA miss on the other end and got the ball back with 30 seconds on the clock, but Detroit could not score the game-tying basket. The home team would connect on two more from the charity stripe to take a five-point lead, 58-53, with just 12 second on the clock and the Roadrunners eventually pulled out the win.

The game was a back and forth affair to start with as the contest was tied five times in the first 13 minutes. Detroit had a five-point lead on two occasions, the latest at 14-9, but UTSA jumped out in front, 16-14, with a 7-0. After Allen knotted the game at 16-all with 7:03 left in the half, the Roadrunners scored six straight to take the lead for good.

Sophomore Megan Hatter (Howell, MI/Howell) hit a 3-pointer for the second game in a row and finished with 3 points, four boards and two assists, while sophomore Julianna Glanz (St. John's, MI/Waverly) netted a basket and had a rebound.

Detroit will be back in action on Thursday, Dec. 1, as the Titans will hit the road once again to face Ball State. Game time is set for 7:00 p.m.

Game Notes: The game started nearly 25 minutes after its scheduled start time of 6 p.m., due to the Utah-South Alabama affair running later than expected…This was the fifth game in nine days for the Titans with four of those contests away from Calihan Hall…This was the first-ever meeting between the Titans and UTSA and just the third time Detroit has played a current member of the Southland Conference…UDM was 2-0 against the conference prior to today's game…Putnam ran her streak of games in double figures scoring to six straight to start the year…The Titans owned a 26-14 advantage in points in the paint and a 168-128 advantage against the opposition on the year.