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GAME 28
Detroit (14-13, 8-7 HL) at Butler (17-9, 9-5)
Date:  Feb. 12, 2011 - 8:00 pm EST
Location: Indianapolis, Ind.
Arena: Hinkle Fieldhouse (10,000)
Live stats: butlersports.com
TV: ESPN 2
Online: ESPN3.com
Series:  Butler leads, 42-27
Last year:  Butler, 2-0
*Butler 64, @Detroit 62 (OT) (1/10/10)
*@Butler 63, Detroit 58 (2/4/10)
This year: Butler, 1-0
Jan. 14- Butler 87, @Detroit 64

ON TAP
The Titans will travel to Indianapolis on Saturday to face the Butler Bulldogs.  This game has big implications on the Horizon League standings as Detroit currently sits in sixth place (14-13, 8-7 HL) while Butler is in range at fifth (17-9, 9-5).  The Bulldogs recorded an 87-64 victory in the first matchup of the season.  The Titan faithful came out that night marking the third largest attendance in Calihan Hall in the past 20 years.

ABOUT BUTLER
The Bulldogs enter Saturday night's showdown fresh off a 71-63 victory over Wright State.  Butler was without their leading scorer and rebounder, Matt Howard, but they had one of their best shooting nights of the season on Thursday at the Hinkle Fieldhouse.  Shelvin Mack stepped up to the challenge by scoring a game-high 20 points while Shawn Vanzant and Andrew Smith each added 15.  Butler's success comes from the one-two punch of Howard and Mack.  Howard leads the team with an average of 17.1 ppg, and he also controls the paint by grabbing nearly eight rebounds a game.  Mack is another scoring threat averaging just under 15 per contest.  He also is the team leader in assists.

LAST MEETING
Butler used a total team effort to defeat Detroit on Jan. 14.  The Bulldogs had five players in double digit scoring.  Leading the way was Matt Howard who connected on five of his six three point attempts to pace Butler with 17 points.  Shelvin Mack also filled the stat sheet with 10 points, seven rebounds and five assists.
Chase Simon led Detroit in the game with 19 points off 7-of-11 shooting.  Joining Simon in double figure scoring was Chris Blake who ended the game with 15 points to go along with five steals, and Jason Calliste who scored 11 points while grabbing five boards.

TERRIFIC TITAN TANDEM
Chase Simon and Ray McCallum played very well against Valparaiso in a losing effort.  Simon led all players with a game-high 22 points of 8-of-17 shooting.  McCallum did a little bit of everything for Detroit as he led the team in rebounds (9) and assists (6) while adding 15 points on 6-of-11 shooting.

WHAT'S NEXT?
Detroit will host Youngstown State on Wednesday, Feb. 16 in what will be the last regular season game played in Calihan Hall this season.  Every game down the final stretch of the season is crucial with so many teams in the Horizon League with similar records.

AMONG THE NATIONAL LEADERS
Several Titans have their names appear among the NCAA Division I leaders in the Feb. 3 report.  As the time of the release, junior Eli Holman had 10 double-doubles, which ranked 21st.  He also was 18th in rebounds per game (10.1).  LaMarcus Lowe was 18th in the NCAA with his 2.7 blocks per game clip.  Ray McCallum's 4.8 assists per game is 61st while Nick Minnerath cracked the report with his .833 free-throw percentage (90th).

MAC OF DIMES
Freshman Ray McCallum is among the top freshmen in the country, ranking second in NCAA D-I in total assists at the time of the last national stats report (Feb. 6).  McCallum's 4.9 per game average ranks third among all Horizon League players.  A look at those freshman with at least 100 assists (through Feb. 6).

NCAA D-I Freshman Assist Leaders
1. Juwan Staten, Dayton        147
2. Ray McCallum, Detroit        120
3. Brian Voelkel, Vermont        114
4. Kendall Marshall, UNC        110
     Jason Brickman, Long Island    110
6. Luke Davis, Gardner-Webb    106
7. Tyreek Duren, LaSalle        102
8. Sean McGonagill, Brown        101
    Kendall Williams, New Mexico    101

LEADING THE LEAGUE
Eli Holman leads the Horizon League in both offensive (3.5 rpg) and defensive (6.3 rpg) rebounds per game (9.9 total).  He is also second in field goal percentage, connecting on 59.9 percent of his shots (118-of-197) and is fourth in blocks (1.7 bpg).

THE LOWE DOWN
Junior LaMarcus Lowe blocked another shot against Valparaiso, giving him 69 for the season.  Lowe's block total ranks second in the Horizon League and he now has 16 games with multiple rejections this season.  He has 19 blocks in his last six games combined.

Single-season block records at UDM
1. Terry Tyler, 1978 .....................      172
2. Terry Tyler, 1976 ......................     107
3. Terry Tyler, 1977 ......................       86
4. Eli Holman, 2010 ......................      77
5. LaMarcus Lowe, 2011 ..............      69
    Greg Grant, 1992......................       65
7. Stacy Johnson, 1988 .................      63
     Brian Humes, 1986 ...................      63
9. Keith Jackson, 1979 ..................      61
10. Alan Renner-Thomas, 1994 ......      56
     Brian Alexander, 1998 ...............     56
(*block records not kept before 1976)

TOUGH ROAD
Detroit will have its work cut out for itself over the final three weeks of the regular season.  UDM has four games remaining, three away from home.  Included in the opponents are teams ranked above Detroit in the current Horizon League standings (at Butler, at Wright State).