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DETROIT – Freshman Shareta Brown (Pontiac, MI/Grand Blanc) tallied her 10th double-double of the year and senior Jalesa Jones (Detroit, MI/Pershing) broke the school's all-time assist record as Detroit used two big runs to blow past Cleveland State, 65-55, on Thursday night from Calihan Hall.

Brown ended the game with 20 points and a game-high 11 rebounds, while Jones finished with 12 points, seven assists and three rebounds.

Jones broke the record late in the game by feeding Brown inside, who put it in while being fouled. She now has 487 career assists passing Titan Hall-Of-Famer Mary Lillie Cicerone's (1978-82) 486. Her 132 assists on the season also give her another top 10 season record moving into 10th place. She is also fourth on that list with 159 helpers as a sophomore.

She was not the only one to break a record on the night as Brown passed another Titan Hall-Of-Famer Cassandra Pack for the most points in a season by a freshman. Brown now has 460, moving ahead of Pack's 453 she totaled during the 1983-84 campaign.

The win moved UDM to 15-12 on the year and 11-4 in the Horizon League, where the Titans still stand tied for second place but own the tiebreaker over Wright State (18-9, 11-4 HL). Cleveland State fell to 10-17, 5-11 in the HL.

The Titans trailed by one, 8-7, four minutes in when they took control with a 13-2 run over the next 4:27. Shearer had a pair of 3-pointers during that spurt, while Jones and Brown added layups. The last points came off the hands of junior Chanahl Putnam (Almont, MI/Almont) as her trey gave UDM a 20-10 advantage at the 10:47 mark.

The Vikings briefly got within single digits at 20-12, but another 3-pointer by Putnam ignited a 10-2 run as Detroit opened its biggest lead in the first half, 30-14, en route to taking a 34-19 advantage into the locker room.

Cleveland State hit the opening basket in the second half to get within 13, but the Titans just exploded after that with a 17-3 run to take a commanding 51-27 lead. Six Titans scored during that offensive barrage as the Titans were up by 24 with 14:33 left.

Detroit would extend its advantage to as many as 29, 62-33, with 8:13 left, but a late Vikings' 22-3 run in the final eight minutes made the Titan margin only 10.

Senior Lauren Allen (Rochester Hills, MI/Rochester) tallied 10 points and four assists. Putnam had nine points – on three 3-pointers, while junior Yar Shayok (Ottawa, ON/Hillcrest) added six points and eight boards.

Detroit dominated the boards outrebounding the Vikings, 42-29, including a 16-8 advantage on the offensive glass. The Titans netted 34 of their 65 points in the paint and held a 17-4 edge on second-chance points. UDM also shot 41.7% from the field and hit 8-of-11 from the free throw line.

The Titans will look to sweep the last regular-season homestand on Saturday as Detroit hosts Youngstown State. Game time is set for 2:00 p.m., with Senior Day festivities beginning at 1:40.

Game Notes:
In the match-up in Cleveland back on Jan. 28, the score was 17-17 at the half…Detroit is now 33-11 all-time against Cleveland State…UDM swept the Vikings in the regular season for the first time since the 2004-05 season…It was the 10th time this season the Titans have held an opponent under 60 points and the sixth time in the last seven games…The last Titan to score 20+points in four-straight games was Pack, who did it to end the 1986-87 campaign…The last Titan to post 10 double-doubles in a season was Yar Shayok, who has accomplished the task the last two seasons…With her two-3-pointers in the game, Senee Shearer now has 57 moving into seventh place on the all-time Titan single-season list, passing head coach Autumn Rademacher (56 in 1994 & 95)…With the win, the Titans have 15 victories for just the third time since 2004.