GAMEDAY CENTRAL

DETROIT (12/7/12) –The University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team will continue its homestand on Saturday, Dec. 8 when the Titans host Rochester College at Calihan Hall. The game is scheduled to begin at 2:00 p.m. and will be streamed live on the Horizon League Network.

STAR WARS NIGHT A SUCCESS
The University of Detroit Mercy Athletic Department held a Star Wars night for fans on Wednesday during the Toledo game that has left everyone talking. Fans dressed up as their favorite characters and the Titans welcomed Chewbacca, Tarfful, R2-D2, Stormtroopers, X Wing Pilots, Lando Calrissian, and from the dark side, Darth Vader himself to the game. The first 500 fans in attendance received a mini lightsaber. The Titans also raised money and collected presents for Toys for Tots. So everyone who brought a toy to Wednesday night's game got a ticket at a discounted price.

To read more about the success of Star Wars night on CBSSports.com click here.

GAMEDAY CENTRAL
Titan fans can follow every UDM game this season through men'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. The Game Day Central page also carries all the information on each opponent from who is leading the all-time series to who won the last game.

LAST TIME OUT
Junior Jason Calliste scored a game-high 24 points and Juwan Howard, Jr. added 16 as the University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team grounded the Toledo Rockets, 79-73, Wednesday at Calihan Hall on Star Wars night. The Titans used a 20-5 run, including three monster dunks from Doug Anderson, to break open a 54-54 tie with 10:24 remaining to extend their home winning streak to 11-straight.

Anderson finished with 10 points, five rebounds, and two blocked shots, as junior Ray McCallum scored seven points and dished out a season-high 10 assists, to go along with a game-high eight rebounds, two blocked shots, and two steals. Freshman Anton Wilson also had a good showing as he scored a career-high nine points, with three assists, and two steals.

Toledo outrebounded Detroit, 37-35, but the Titans forced 18 turnovers, while dishing out 19 assists. The Titans bench also outscored the Rockets bench 20-9. Toledo shot 45.6 percent for the game, while Detroit shot 42.6 percent overall, including 42.9 from downtown. Toledo was led by Brown who scored 20 points, with five assists, and five rebounds while Pearson added 19 points and eight boards.

SERIES WITH ROCHESTER
This will be the third meeting between Detroit and Rochester, with the Titans owning a 2-0 lead. Detroit won the last meeting, 67-51, during the 2007-08 season in Calihan Hall.

ABOUT THE WARRIORS
Rochester (11-5) was led by Drew Maynard, who recorded a double-double with 22 points and 11 rebounds, while Dramell Hogan had 19 and Stavros Schizas chipped in with 16 in an, 88-77, loss at Oakland on Thursday.

Rochester, which reached the USCAA National Championship Game last year, has shown some early success versus DI opponents, picking up a win over Eastern Illinois (59-56) and played tough games at Kent State (L, 77-71), Fort Wayne (L, 73-56), Texas-Pan American (L, 74-65) and Eastern Michigan (L, 66-52).

TITANS LOVE CALIHAN
Detroit is 3-0 this year at home and has won 11-straight in Calihan Hall dating back to last season. The Titans have averaged 75.2 points per game over that stretch, while only allowing opponents to score 64 points on Dick Vitale Court. Detroit's last loss at home came on Jan. 6, 2012 against Valparaiso, 73-71.

DETROIT LOVES THE 80's
This season the Titans are a perfect 2-0 when scoring 80 or more points and have extended their winning streak to 16 games when doing so. Last year Detroit finished undefeated (9-0) when reaching the 80-point mark. The Last time the Titans lost a game when scoring 80 points or more came at Milwaukee during the 2010-11 season, when the Panthers won in overtime 84-81.

CLIMBING THE CHARTS
Detroit junior Ray McCallum currently leads the Titans in three categories this season scoring (19.1 ppg), assists (4.6 apg) and steals (1.7 spg) and is also climbing up the career record board in all three. McCallum has 1,135 points (26th), 336 assist (11th) and 123 steals (15th) in his career. The last Titan to rank among the top-10 in all three of those categories was Rashad Phillips '01. Phillips finished his spectacular career with 2,319 points (1st), 548 assists (4th) and 190 steals (2nd). McCallum needs 467 points, five assists and 17 steals to reach that plateau.

TITANS ON REGIONAL/NATIONAL TELEVISION
The Titans 2012-13 men's basketball television schedule recently grew with the addition of three FOX Sports Detroit broadcasts. FSD, the same station that carries the “Detroit Titan Court Report” along with Detroit Pistons, Tigers and Red Wings games, will once again partner with the Titans to strengthen one of the more impressive television packages in the Horizon League.

Those games bring the total number of regional and national televised appearances to 14, including a minimum of 10 on the ESPN family of networks and one Horizon League "Game of the Week". The three-game slate on FSD begins Dec. 15 when the Akron Zips visit Calihan Hall for a noon tip.  More than a month later, the Titans face conference rival UIC with a 6:30 p.m. match-up on Jan. 19, before hosting Loyola at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 26.

McCALLUM NAMED TO THE WOODEN AWARD PRESEASON TOP 50
Detroit junior guard Ray McCallum was named to the John R. Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 list, according to a release. The list recognizes the top-returning players in all of college basketball.

McCallum, the Horizon League preseason Player of the Year and first team selection for the second-straight season, was named the Horizon League Tournament MVP last year after he helped lead the Titans to the League crown and their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1999. McCallum led the team in scoring (15.4 ppg), assists (4.0 apg) and steals (1.6 spg) for the second-straight season.

TITANS PICKED SECOND
The UDM men's basketball team was picked to finish second in the Horizon League preseason poll voted on by the league's coaches, sports information directors and media members. The reigning HL Tournament Champions totaled 332 points – including four first-place votes – trailing only Valparaiso's 382 points and 40 first-place selections. Green Bay was picked to finish third with 283 points, while Youngstown State was fourth with 243 and Cleveland State fifth tallying 230. Rounding out the poll was Milwaukee (178), Loyola (105), UIC (96) and Wright State (86).

McCALLUM NAMED HL PRESEASON POY
Junior guard Ray McCallum was named the Horizon League Preseason Player of the Year for the second-straight season, following a super sophomore year.

McCallum, the Horizon League Tournament MVP last year, helped lead the Titans to the League crown and their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1999. He was named to the Lou Henson All-America team as well as the National Basketball Coaches Association (NBCA) All-District First Team and the National All-Jesuit Team after a superb season that saw him become the 37th Titan to surpass 1,000 career points and the first to do it as a sophomore.

UP NEXT
Detroit will continue its homestand on Monday, Dec. 10 when the Titans host Alabama State at Calihan Hall. The game is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. and will be streamed live on the Horizon League Network (HLN). The women's team opens Monday night with a game against Lourdes at 5:00 p.m., which will also be streamed live on HLN.