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DETROIT (12/15/2013) -- Junior Ellisha Crosby poured in a career-high 33 points as offense was never a problem in the contest, but a high-paced Eastern Michigan attack was too much to overcome as the Titans fell, 104-96, to the Eagles on Dick Vitale Court in Calihan Hall on Sunday on Alumni Day.
 
Crosby also grabbed 10 rebounds for her team-leading fifth double-double of the year. Senior Senee Shearer tallied 28 points - the sixth-straight game she has had 20 or more - and tied her career high with seven rebounds, while freshman Reyna Montgomery scored a season-best 11 points and senior Megan Hatter recorded 11 points and eight rebounds.
 
At the half, members of the past Detroit women's teams came together for a team picture as they were honored on Dick Vitale Court and after the game, the prized alums from year's past gathered in the Titan Club to share some memories.
 
Detroit (3-8) trailed by as many as 14 in the second half, but the Titans were able to cut it to six on four occasions. The first time, it was with the long ball as back-to-back 3-pointers by Shearer made it 66-60 with 16:10 left. The Eagles then ran their lead back to 14, 86-72, but the duo of Shearer and Crosby combined for eight-straight points and UDM was down 86-80, with 8:36 remaining.
 
EMU (7-1) answered with eight in a row to push it back to 14, 94-80, but Crosby again ignited a run with seven points and a free throw in the mix from Montgomery cut the deficit to six, 94-88, with just over four minutes remaining. A minute later, Montgomery went inside for a layup to once again make it a six-point game, 96-90, but that was as close as the Titans would get in their comeback attempt.
 
Sophomore Tayelor McCalister ended the game by filling the stat sheet with eight points and career highs with eight assists and eight rebounds. Freshman Haleigh Ristovski had seven boards and three assists and sophomore DaVonna Bradford finished with five points and three caroms.
 
UDM shot 43.5% from the field hitting 37-of-85, while EMU was at 47.1% connecting on 40-of-85 attempts. Detroit was outrebounded by just one, 49-48, and both teams recorded over 20 assists in the contest.
 
The first half saw seven lead changes and six ties as it was a sprint from the start as both teams combined for 24 shots in the first 4:30 of play. The game began with Shearer tallying a three and after Crosby added a free throw, EMU came back with a 12-2 run to take a 12-6 lead.
 
The Eagles stayed in front for most of the first half and had an 18-13 lead with 13:30 left, when an 8-3 spurt by the red, white and blue tied it at 21-all. Crosby had all eight points in that charge with three baskets and two free throws.
 
The game was then tied at 23-23 and 25-25 when the Titans briefly jumped back in front, 27-25, on a layup from Crosby followed by Shearer who nailed a three and Crosby hit a jumper with 8:22 left in the stanza.
 
The Titans then had one more lead in the half as they erased a four-point EMU advantage with a trifecta from Hatter, and then off a steal from McCalister, she was able to locate Shearer cutting to the basket for the 37-36 score at the 6:40 mark.
 
The lead was short lived as a 13-2 run by Eastern Michigan put the Titans in a 49-39 hole as UDM went into the half down by seven, 56-49.
 
The Titans will return to action on Saturday, Dec. 21, as Detroit hosts IPFW at Noon in Calihan Hall. The game will be televised once again by Comcast Sports 900.
 
Game Notes:
Detroit still leads the all-time series, 14-9… It was Crosby's third 20-point game of the season…  Hatter has now scored in double digits in four-straight games… Shearer has now scored 20 or more in six-straight games, the most by a Titan since all-time leading scorer Cassandra Pack did it in 1983-83… Shearer also tied her career high for the third time with six 3-pointers and now has 174 in her career, fifth in school history… It was the second time this year UDM has allowed 100 or more in a game (103 at WMU), the first time that has happened twice in a season since the 1998-99 campaign… The last Titan to score 30 in a game was Shareta Brown last year with 32 against Penn in the WBI semifinals… The 104 points allowed by UDM were the most since the Titans lost 107-94 to Loyola on Feb. 15, 2001… Freshman Megan Galloway did not play in the game due to an undisclosed injury… Montgomery's previous season high was six against Lawrence Tech... The 85 shots attempted were the most by the Titans since they took 86 at Cleveland State on Feb. 9, 2002…