Box Score
Box Score (PDF)
Box Score (HTML)
Postgame Press Conference

DETROIT (1/5/13) – Junior guard Ray McCallum, the Horizon League Preseason Player of the Year, scored a game-high 26 points to help lead the University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team to its 17th-straight win at home with an 84-76  topping of Green Bay on Saturday at Calihan Hall. All five of Detroit's starters scored in double figures and registered every point for the Titans, for the second time in the last three games.

The Titans' 17 game home winning streak is tied for seventh in the nation with Notre Dame. The win was also Detroit's 21st straight when scoring 80 or more points dating back to the 2010-11 season.

McCallum led the Titans with 26 points, six rebounds, four steals, and two assists, while classmate Jason Calliste scored 20 points with three assists and a steal. Juwan Howard, Jr. scored 16 points, while Doug Anderson added 12 and Nick Minnerath pitched in 10. Minnerath also grabbed a team-high eight rebounds.

Green Bay (6-9, 0-2 HL) opened the game with a 12-6 run before the first media timeout. But the Titans answered back with a 9-0 run to take a 15-12 lead with 13:39 left. The Phoenix then trimmed the lead to 15-14, following the timeout, before Detroit went on a 16-9 run to build a 31-23 lead with 7:31 remaining. The run was sparked by back-to-back three pointers from Howard and Calliste. Green Bay battled back to make the score 31-29, before the Titans answered back with an 11-5 run to make the score 42-34 with 40 seconds left. Kam Cerroni then made a three pointer for Green Bay to trim the Titans lead to 42-37 heading into the locker room. Calliste led Detroit with 14 points, including two three-pointers, while Howard pitched in 10. The Phoenix shot 60 percent from the floor in the first half, while the Titans shot 43.8 percent. Detroit did force 10 turnovers, which resulted in 11 points.

The Phoenix opened the second half with a 5-0 run to tie the game, 42-42, with 18 minutes left, before Detroit answered back with an 11-2 run to build its largest lead of the game 53-44 with 14:23 remaining. Green Bay would trim the Titans' lead to 53-52, before tying the score 61-61 with 6:52 left. But that was as close as the score would get as Detroit responded with a 16-7 run, including an amazing alley-oop dunk from Anderson that brought the fans to their feet, to build a 77-68 lead with just over a minute to play. The Phoenix made some shots down the stretch, including a three-pointer from Cole Steffan, to make the score 80-76 with 33 seconds left, but the Titans made their last six free throw opportunities to help seal the win.

Green Bay won the battle on the boards, 35-28, but Detroit forced 17 Phoenix turnovers, which resulted in 19 points for Detroit. Green Bay shot 52.7 percent overall, while holding the Titans to just 37.5 percent. Detroit did make an amazing 38-of-42 opportunities from the charity stripe, including 28 of 29 attempts in the second half, while Green Bay made 14-of-19 free throws.

Green Bay was led by Keifer Sykes who finished with 21 points, while Greg Mays scored 18 points and grabbed a game-high nine rebounds. Alec Brown pitched in 16 points and seven rebounds, while Sultan Muhammad added 11.

Detroit (10-5, 2-0 HL) will continue league play on Thursday, Jan. 10 when the Titans visit Youngstown State. The game is scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m. at the Beeghly Center and will be streamed live on the Horizon League Network.


GAME NOTES: The Titans have won 17-straight games at Calihan Hall … The longest home game winning streak for Detroit is 39-straight from 1998-02 … Ray McCallum now has 1,284 points which ranks 20th all-time at Detroit …The Titans have now won seven-straight Horizon League games dating back to last season and 12 out of their last 13 … The Titans are 2-0 in the Horizon League for the first time since the 2010-11 season … The 38 made free throws are the most for Detroit since making 31 from the charity stripe against Niagara on Nov. 28, 2010 … Detroit leads the all-time series 25-19.