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DETROIT (1/31/2013) -- Behind a season-high 22 points from senior Yar Shayok, the Detroit women's basketball team ran its home winning streak to 13-straight with a 96-77 victory over Cleveland State on Thursday night at Dick Vitale Court in Calihan Hall. The 13-straight wins at home are the most since Detroit set a school record with 17 during the 1985-86 and 1986-87 seasons.

The win was also the fourth in a row for the Titans, who improved to 11-7, 4-2 in the Horizon League, while CSU lost its fourth straight, dropping t0 10-9, 2-4 in league play.

Shayok also had nine rebounds and a season-high four steals, while shooting 10-of-14 from the field in recording her second career 20-point game. Sophomore Shareta Brown posted 20 points and eight rebounds, while senior Demeisha Fambro chipped in with 13 and junior Megan Hatter netted a season-high 11.

Detroit started the game slow as Cleveland State built a 14-8 lead nearly seven minutes into the game. That is when the Titans took the lead for good on the strength of a 14-2 run. Shayok had six during that charge and a layup by freshman Rosanna Reynolds gave UDM a 22-16 lead at the 8:43 mark.

The visiting Vikings cut that to three twice, the latest at 24-21, but the red, white and blue pushed it to four, 30-26 with 4:28 remaining. The Titans then ended the half on a 15-4 spurt as Shayok had seven down the stretch and UDM went into the locker room up by 15, 45-30.

The Titans shot 45% in the first half hitting 18-of-40, while forcing eight CSU turnovers.

The Titans held the lead for the rest of the game, but the Vikings cut that to nine, 45-36, with six-straight points to start the second half. Detroit put an end to that as Fambro hit a three and a drive to the rim by freshman Destiny Lavita-Stephens pushed it back to double digits, 50-36.

CSU then got within nine again with five-straight points, but an 11-0 run by the Titans saw Detroit open its largest lead of the game, 61-41, with 12:31 left. Lavita-Stephens had five in that offensive series, while Brown added four and Shayok recorded another basket.

From there, Cleveland State tried to get back in it reducing the Titan lead to 10, 64-54, but with the home crowd cheering them on, the Titans would turn away their foe from Ohio as junior Senee Shearer drilled a 3-pointer and UDM slowly began to build its lead back into the high teens and as many as 21 late in the game.

Reynolds ended the contest with a season-high nine assists, while Shearer had nine points. Sophomore Audrey Matteson came off the bench for eight points and four boards and Lavita-Stephens finished with seven.

Detroit ended the game shooting 53.8%, including 68.0% in the second half hitting 17 of its 25 shots. UDM was also 22-of-28 from the charity stripe, the most free throws the Titans have had in a game this season.

Game Notes:
The Titans honored Jason Walters, a specialist in the US Army prior to today's game as part of Hometown Hereos Night…Detroit improved to 35-12 all-time against Cleveland State, including 20-3 in the Motor City… Detroit had 45 points at the half, the seventh time this year it has scored 40 or more in the first half, while the 51 points in the second half was the third most in any stanza this year behind the 56 against Western Michigan and 53 versus Lourdes… Shayok had 15 points the last time these two teams met, which was her season high… Brown now has 1,032 points, just one behind Mary Lillie (1978-82) for 17th place in school history and just six away from Katie Solner (2002-06) for 16th place…Reynolds' previous career high for assists was six against Madonna and #6/7 Penn State… It was the most points scored by UDM in HL play since tallying 101 in a 116-101 setback at Butler on Jan. 30, 1999, and the most scored in a home conference game since defeating Wright State, 99-60, on Mar. 1, 1997, Coach Rademacher's senior season… It was the fourth time this season that the Titans have posted 20 or more assists.