GAMEDAY CENTRAL      Game Notes

DETROIT (11/12/2012) -- After opening the season on the road, the Titan women's basketball team will return home to the friendly faces of Calihan Hall as Detroit welcomes Jesuit-rival Canisius on Tuesday. Game time is set for 7:00 p.m., at Dick Vitale Court.

The game is part of the Annual National Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week as UDM is partnering with the Student Government Association, Institute for Leadership and Service, the University's Campus Kitchen, Residence Life and University Ministry to help collect canned goods. All fans who bring in canned goods WILL RECEIVE COMPLIMENTARY ADMISSION to the game against the Golden Griffins.

The game will be broadcast live on the Horizon League Network with Dan York calling of the action. There will also be live stats available for the contest. Titan fans can follow every UDM game this season through the women's basketball GAMEDAY CENTRAL page located on the Titans Athletic Website that will keep fans one click away from all the action. This page will feature links for live stats (audio and video when applicable) as well as links for all the latest info while also making it easy to find the Titans on social media and to purchase photos and game tickets.

Detroit dropped its season opener at Michigan last Friday, 70-62, as three Titans scored in double figures. Sophomore Shareta Brown had a game-high 19 points and eight rebounds and senior Yar Shayok added 12 points and seven boards, but it was sophomore Audrey Matteson who kept Detroit in the game early. She netted a career-high 12 points – all on 3-pointers, including three in the first five minutes of action – and also grabbed a career-best nine rebounds and added three assists.

Canisius won its opener at home, 73-57, on Friday against Buffalo. Four Golden Griffins scored in double digits, led by senior Ashley Wilkes' 12 points and 13 rebounds.

After the game against Canisius, the Titans will play three straight on the road starting with Eastern Michigan on Sunday and a business trip to California to compete in the Radisson Hotel Chatsworth Thanksgiving Basketball Tournament next week at Cal State Northridge.

THE DETROIT-CANISIUS SERIES
The Titans and Golden Griffins have met just four times with each team splitting a pair of home and road games. UDM won the first two, while Canisius has come back to win the last two.

Canisius is a Jesuit institution located in Buffalo, New York, which is just about a five hour drive from the Motor City through Canada.

The teams first met on Jan. 7, 1993, as the Titans earned a 77-55 victory at home. The following season, UDM went on the road with a 69-61 triumph. Fast forward 15 years later and the Jesuit rivals renewed series with Canisius taking the 2008 and 2009 affairs.

ABOUT THE GOLDEN GRIFFINS
Canisius is a very experienced team that has seven upperclassmen, three seniors and all five starters back from last year. The Golden Griffins returners accounted for nearly 98% of their offense last season.

Canisius opened the year with a 73-57 win at home against Buffalo on Friday. Ashley Wilkes led the way with 12 points and 13 rebounds.

Junior Jamie Ruttle led the team last season with 11.7 points and 5.3 rebounds per game. Ashley Durham was second on the team in scoring at 9.6 ppg., and topped the team in assists (4.2), while Jen Morabito averaged 9.0 ppg.

JESUIT BASKETBALL SPOTLIGHT
The Titan-Golden Griffin match-up is part of the nationwide Jesuit Basketball Spotlight project, using Jesuit basketball to raise awareness of Jesuit education. Both Detroit and Canisius are Jesuit schools.

The Jesuit Basketball Spotlight project highlights more than 90 games this season between men's and women's teams from the 28 Jesuit colleges and universities across the United States. Each of the 28 are dedicated to strong academics and teaching women and men to serve others and live a faith that does justice.

The spotlight project includes awareness announcements during these designated games and during gamecasts on radio and television; and other awareness opportunities.

Jesuit, Catholic colleges and universities in the United States have more than 200,000 students currently and more than 1.7 million living alumni. The Jesuit educational mission began in Europe approximately 500 years ago.

For more information on Jesuit higher education, go to: www.ajcunet.edu.

TITANS AT CALIHAN HALL
The Titans were 11-3 at home last season and are 27-11 in their last 38 home games.

Detroit was also 9-1 on Dick Vitale Court against Horizon League opponents in 2010, with its lone blemish to nationally-ranked Green Bay.

UDM has a 35-22 ledger in Calihan Hall since head coach Autumn Rademacher returned to her alma mater in 2008.

In 35 years of play in the Motor City, the Titans have enjoyed a 263-143 (.634) home court record.

TITANS VS. THE MAAC
Detroit is currently 5-4 all-time against members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC).

UDM has faced Canisius the most out of the conference with four games. The Titans have also played Buffalo three times and one game apiece versus Rider and Siena.

HOME OPENERS
The Titans are 16-18 all-time in home openers with the last victory coming on Nov. 12, 2010, when UDM downed in-state rival Oakland, 58-53.

Last season, Detroit opened Calihan Hall with a 57-48 setback against Bowling Green.

The Nov. 13 game marks the third earliest home game in Titan history behind Nov. 10, 2006 contest versus Bowling Green and the game against Oakland on Nov. 12, 2010.

HOME SWEET HOME
Detroit is 8-2 against non-conference foes at home dating back to the 2009-10 season. The only losses have been to Michigan and Bowling Green Last season.

NO SURPRISE, THIS HOOSIER CAN SHOOT
Sophomore Audrey Matteson was raining three's all around the Crisler Center as the second-year guard ended the season opener with a career-high 12 points.

The Monticello, Indiana, native drained three 3-pointers in the first five minutes and ended with a career-best four treys in eight attempts.That wasn't all she did in the opener as she pulled down a career-high nine boards and handed out a personal-best three assists.

Matteson saw action in 21 games last year with very limited minutes, hitting just 12 total field goals with five coming from behind the arc.

IN DOUBLE FIGURES AGAIN
With her game-high 19 points in the season opener, sophomore Shareta Brown has now scored in double figures in 32 of the 35 games she has played in, including 21-straight games.

The last time she did not net double figures was on Dec. 31, 2011, when she had eight in the win over Valparaiso. During that stretch, she has posted 20 points or more on 11 occasions.

SHAYOK, FAMBRO ALMOST AT CENTURY MARK
Seniors Demeisha Fambro and Yar Shayok are nearing 100-games played for their careers in the Motor City. Shayok's 100th will come in her next game - most likely against Canisius - while Fambro is at 94 and should move to 100 within the non-conference season.