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CHICAGO -- Freshman Shareta Brown (Grand Blanc, MI/Grand Blanc) dominated the inside with a game and season-high 31 points to lead five Titans in double figures as the Detroit women's basketball team held off Loyola, 76-66, on Saturday from Gentile Arena.

The win moved UDM to 7-9 on the year and 3-1 in the Horizon League, while Loyola dropped to 6-9, 1-3 in the conference.

Brown's 31 is the most by a Horizon League player on the year to this point as she also posted 11 rebounds for her sixth double-double. Junior Yar Shayok (Ottawa, ON/Hillcrest) tallied her 21st career double-double with 10 points and a season-high 15 rebounds, while sophomore Senee Shearer (Detroit, MI/Pershing) added 13.

Seniors Lauren Allen (Rochester Hills, MI/Rochester) and Jalesa Jones (Detroit, MI/Pershing) each netted 10 apiece, with Allen grabbing a season-high seven boards and Jones collecting a game-high seven assists.

Detroit was ahead by 10, 49-39, with 13:40 left when the Titans had to fend off a pesky Loyola team as the Ramblers went on a 7-1 spurt in the next 1:20. Detroit extended it back to eight, but a pair of free throws from LU's Patrice King, who was 12-of-12 from the line and finished with 18 points, would cut the Titan advantage back to four, 56-52, with 9:03 remaining.

The Titans then put the game away with a 10-2 run over the next five minute to push its lead back to double digits, 66-54. UDM later led 68-56 when the home team had one more charge left in them pulling within six, 70-64 with 45 seconds remaining. The Titans though hit all six of their free throws down the stretch to close out the victory over their Jesuit rivals from the Windy City.

UDM shot 45.5% in the game and won the battle of the boards, 39-30. The Titans also forced 14 turnovers and held Loyola to 37.5% shooting, including just 4-of-14 from behind the arc.

Both teams combined for 51 free throws, with the Ramblers hitting 20-of-21 from the charity stripe and UDM connecting on 23-of-30, a season high for makes and the most since tallying 25 against LU at home last season.

The Ramblers scored the games first five points, but Detroit came right back with six straight of its own. Loyola then led 7-6 when the Titans took the lead for good on a 16-4 run. During that spurt, Shearer connected on two 3-pointers, while Allen and Brown each netted four apiece and Shayok controlling the glass with five caroms.

UDM was in front, 26-15, when Loyola trimmed the advantage down to four, 26-22, with 5:14 left in the half. Detroit ran its lead back to nine before taking a 33-27 lead into the locker room.

A 3-pointer by Shearer started the Titan offense in the second half as Detroit increased its lead to 11, 45-34, at the 15-minute mark.

The Titans will now open a three-game homestand with Milwaukee, nationally-ranked Green Bay and Wright State coming to the Motor City. The homestand begins with the Panthers on Thursday on Dick Vitale Court in Calihan Hall. Game time is set for 7:00 p.m.

Game Notes:
Detroit now leads the overall series, 45-20 and has won nine of the last 10 meetings...Brown's 31 points were the most by a Titan since Dominique Dixon had 32 last season at Milwaukee...It was the first time UDM had five players in double figures since Feb. 27, 2010, when the red, white and blue did it in an 80-62 victory over Youngstown State with Jones, Allen and Shayok involved in that too...Sophomore Megan Hatter was the only other Titan to score in the game finishing with two points...Brown's 11 free throws were a season high for her and tied the Titan season high with Jones, who had 11 against Eastern Michigan...Shayok came into the game averaging 11.5 points and 13.8 rebounds per game in five career games against Loyola, including four double-digit rebounding games and her career high of 17 on Feb. 11, 2010...It was the 45th game of her career and the seventh game on the season that Jones has tallied five or more assists in a game...Jones now has 423 career assists, just 16 shy of tying Titan head coach Autumn Rademacher for third place in school history...Loyola's 20 free throws were the most by an opponent this season behind Indiana State's 22 in the season opener...Detroit scored 32 points in the paint and had 16 points off turnovers...UDM reached 70 points for the sixth time this season and the fifth time in the last seven games...