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ATHENS, Ohio (12/2/2012) -- Behind a 23-3 run – including nine-straight points from senior Demeisha Fambro - the Detroit women's basketball team went on the road and captured a double-digit victory at Ohio, 65-53, on Sunday afternoon at the Convocation Center.

The win moved Detroit to 4-3 on the season as UDM won its third-straight over a Mid-American Conference opponent, while Ohio fell to 1-5.

Fambro ended the game with 17 points and seven rebounds, while sophomore Shareta Brown tallied 19 points, tied her season high with 15 rebounds and handed out a season-best six assists. Freshman Rosanna Reynolds had 14 points, while sophomore Audrey Matteson netted five points and pulled down a career-best 13 rebounds

After racing out to a quick 6-0 lead, the Titans saw Ohio crash the glass early and take control of the game, opening up a 24-17 advantage midway through the first half.

That is when the Titans caught fire with Fambro leading the Titan charge on an 18-3 run to end the half. After Brown got inside for a layup, Fambro went on a personal 9-0 run and she did it from all over connecting on a jump shot, hitting a three, nailing two from the free throw line and then driving to the rim for a layup as UDM took a 28-24 lead at the 3:28 mark. The spurt would extend to 13 straight with senior Yar Shayok getting inside for a basket.

After Ohio hit a trey, Detroit went into the half with five-straight points as Reynolds hit a three and off a steal by Fambro, Shayok got loose inside for a basket and a 35-27 lead at the break.

Coming out of the half, the Titan onslaught continued as Fambro added another layup and Brown broke the defense down for a basket to put the red, white and blue out in front, 39-27.

Ohio would trim the Detroit advantage down to six on a few occasions, the latest at 52-46 with 8:27 left, but UDM would put the game away with an 11-0 run in the next three minutes to give the Titans its largest lead of the day, 63-46, with 5:21 remaining. Once that lead went to double-digits, it never got under 10 as Detroit sealed away the rest of the game for the 12-point victory.

Shayok finished with six points, seven rebounds and three assists and junior Megan Hatter totaled four points and four boards.

The Titan defense held Ohio to just 30.4% shooting and outrebounded the Bobcats, 48-37. UDM shot 45.6%, including 51.9% in the first half, and held a 44-14 advantage in points in the paint.

Detroit will continue its MAC swing on Thursday as the Titans travel to Muncie, Ind., to face Ball State. Game time is set for 7:00 p.m. (ET).

Notes:
This was just the sixth meeting between Ohio and Detroit with the series evened at 3-all now… All three Titan wins in the series have been on the road… Detroit had lost 14 straight against Ohio non-conference schools with its last win against the Bobcats in 2003… The Titans are now 9-3 in their last 12 games against current schools from the MAC… Detroit has outrebounded its opponents in every game this season… UDM has now held five of its seven opponents to under 60 points on the season…Brown tied her career high with three blocks, last achieved at Toledo in last year's WNIT, while her career high in assists was eight last year at Wright State…Matteson's previous high for rebounds was nine at Michigan in the season opener… Fambro has now scored in double digits in three out of her last four games, averaging 13.5 ppg., in that span…