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DETROIT (12/6/2014) -- Senior Juwan Howard Jr. scored a team-high 16 points and junior Anton Wilson netted 15 as the University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team knocked off American Athletic Conference member South Florida for the second-straight year, 67-57, on Dick Vitale Court in Calihan Hall on Saturday.
 
Wilson's 15 points came on a season-high five three-pointers, just one away from tying his career high, while 13 of Howard Jr.'s 16 points came in the second half.
 
The Titans (6-3) trailed by as many as five in the first half, but used a 13-3 run to end the first period and take a lead it would never relinquish the rest of the way. Detroit then led by as many as 10, 54-44, with 7:29 left in the second half when the Bulls scored nine-straight to cut it to one, 54-53, with six minutes remaining.
 
Howard Jr. ended that spurt with a basket, but South Florida (5-3) scored again to make it 56-55 at the 4:19 mark. The Titans then held off another USF charge for the lead with a bucket from Bass and a three from Howard Jr., for a 61-55 lead with 3:25 left.
 
The defense – which limited USF to its lowest scoring total so far on the season - then sealed the win forcing South Florida to miss its last four shots from the field, as well as turn it over once, giving the Titans their fourth home win of the season.
 
Redshirt freshman Paris Bass added 11 points, four rebounds and a pair of blocks and sophomore Matthew Grant had nine points, a team-high five rebounds and three assists.
 
Detroit finished the game shooting 46.9 percent, including 10-of-20 from three-point territory. UDM connected on 11-of-15 (73.3 percent) at the line and turned 16 South Florida turnovers into a 25-14 advantage in points off turnovers.
 
The Titans came out shooting with eight-straight points after South Florida scored the games first basket. The last six came from behind the arc with Wilson and Howard Jr. connecting from long range.
 
The Bulls countered with five-straight to get within one, 8-7, and took a 12-11 lead, but a layup from Ackerman pushed the Titans back in front at the 10:51 mark.  USF again jumped in front, but Wilson knotted it at 16-all with another long ball with 8:27 left in the half.
 
Detroit then got down by five, 25-20, but came back to take the lead with 10-straight points, six courtesy of Wilson as he sank his third and fourth three-pointer in the first half, the last giving UDM a 28-25 lead. Jarod Williams would follow with a jumper to make it a 30-25 game and then Carlton Brundidge beat the buzzer with a three from way beyond the arc to give the Titans a 33-28 advantage at the break.
 
The Titans will focus on finals the next few days and will return to action next Saturday, Dec. 13, when #DetroitsCollegeTeam battles No. 8 Wichita State on Dick Vitale Court in Calihan Hall. Game time is set for Noon and will televised live by ESPNU.
 
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