GAMEDAY CENTRAL

DETROIT (1/22/14) – The University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team will continue its three-game road trip when the Titans invade Wisconsin to face Milwaukee on Friday (Jan. 24) and Green Bay on Sunday (Jan. 26). Both games will be carried live on 97.1 The Ticket's webstream with Dan Leach the voice of Titan Basketball.

Friday night's game against Milwaukee is scheduled to begin at 8:00 p.m. ET at U.S. Cellular Arena, while Sunday's contest at Green Bay is slated to tip-off at 2:00 p.m. ET at the Resch Center.

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 OUTING
Senior Evan Bruinsma scored 15 second half points and Juwan Howard Jr. pitched in 20, but it wasn't enough as the University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team dropped a 77-63 contest to Youngstown State Saturday night at the Beeghly Center. The win was the Penguins first at home over Detroit since Feb. 7, 2008.

Howard finished 7-of-15 from the field and 5-of-7 from the free throw line, while grabbing six boards. Bruinsma went 6-of-8 from the field in the second half and added three rebounds, two assists and two steals.

Detroit (8-12, 1-4 HL) trailed 51-47 with 9:30 left in regulation and had the opportunity to inch closer, but some untimely misses from the charity stripe followed by back-to-back three-pointers from Ryan Weber extended the Penguins lead to 10, 57-47, with 7:56 left. A put back dunk from Ugochukwu Njoku trimmed the lead to eight, 57-49, but that was as close as the score would get as Youngstown State used a 14-5 run to build its largest lead of the game 71-45 with 3:35 left.

Detroit shot 42.6 percent (23-of-54) overall, just 11.1 percent (2-18) from downtown, while Youngstown State finished shooting 54.5 percent (24-of-44) overall, including 45 percent (9-20) from beyond the arc. The Titans won the battle on the boards 29-26 and recorded six steals, but committed 10 turnovers, which resulted in 10 points for the Penguins, who dished out 20 assists on the night.

ABOUT THE PANTHERS
Jerran Young scored 19 points and Wright State rode a big first half performance to a 73-57 win over the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Tuesday night at the Nutter Center.

Milwaukee (13-8, 3-4 HL) could not get its offense on track in the first half, as the Panthers shot just 25 percent from the field. UWM improved in the second 20 minutes, making 14-of-24 from the floor, but the Panthers could never get over the hump.

Kyle Kelm had 16 point and Jordan Aaron 15 for Milwaukee, which also got a strong, nine-point performance from Thierno Niang off the bench. The Panthers were slowed by foul trouble, as Matt Tiby, Malcolm Moore and J.J. Panoske sat much of the first half with two fouls. Moore eventually fouled out with nine minutes remaining, having only played eight minutes.

SERIES WITH MILWAUKEE
This will be the 41st meeting between Detroit and Milwaukee, with the Panthers leading the all-time series 21-19. Detroit has won the last three meetings, including an 82-74 win at the Klotsche Center on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The last time Milwaukee defeated the Titans at U.S. Cellular Arena was a 72-67 win on Jan. 28, 2011.

ABOUT THE PHOENIX
Green Bay (15-3, 5-0 HL) was able to fly past Wright State on Friday night for a 79-69 victory and rally past UIC on Sunday for a 69-64 to extend its winning streak to 10 games. Senior Alec Brown averaged 23.5 points and shot 77.3 percent in the wins and on Monday was named the Horizon League Player of the Week for the third time in 2013-14. Junior Keifer Sykes added 19.5 points per game, scoring 33 of his 39 points after halftime.

The 10-game winning streak for the Phoenix is the program's longest since winning 23 consecutive games in 1995-96. The team's 15-3 start is also the programs best since the 1995-96 campaign.

SERIES WITH GREEN BAY
This will be the 46th meeting between Detroit and Green Bay, with the Titans leading the all-time series 25-20. Both teams split at home last season with the Phoenix winning the last match-up 68-59 at the Resch Center. The last time Detroit won at the Resch Center was on Jan. 12, 2012 when the Titans topped Green Bay 80-73.

ROUNDBALL LUNCHEON AT CROWNE PLAZA
The University of Detroit Mercy Athletics Department will continue its annual tradition of hosting a Roundball Luncheon with the third luncheon of the year on Tuesday, January 28 to take place from 12-1:30 p.m. at Crowne Plaza (formerly the Hotel Pontchartrain) in Detroit.

For just $15, family, friends and all fans of Detroit basketball are welcome to enjoy food at Crowne Plaza. UDM men's basketball head coach Ray McCallum will talk about this year's team and answer basketball questions.

Reserve your spot today and RSVP to Clay Shaw at Clay.Shaw@udmercy.edu or call 313-993-1705.

BRUINSMA THE SCHOLAR
Senior forward Evan Bruinsma has been named the Horizon League's Male Scholar-Athlete of the Month for December. This is the second-straight month that the co-captain has earned this honor.

Bruinsma carries a 3.8 GPA as a business administration major and was a member of the Horizon League Honor Roll in the Fall and Spring of 2012-13. He was also named to the 2013 UDM Athletic Director's Honor Roll and nominated for the 2014 NABC Good Works Team.

Bruinsma averaged 12.7 points and 8.8 rebounds per game in December and recorded two double-doubles, including 25 points and 14 rebounds at Toledo. Over the seven games in the month Bruinsma scored in double figure five times, while grabbing 10 or more rebounds four times.

UP NEXT
Detroit will return home to host UIC on Wednesday (Jan. 29) at Calihan Hall. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. and will be televised live on WADL. The game will be carried live on CBS Sports Radio 1270 AM with Dan Leach the voice of Titan Basketball.