Gameday Central
Game Notes at Cleveland State

DETROIT (2/14/2014) -- There is no time to dwell on the past as the Titans will look to move on following their rivalry week game by getting on track at Cleveland State on Saturday, Feb. 15. Game time is set for 1:00 p.m., at the Wolstein Center.

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Detroit took a tough loss at Oakland on Thursday to fall to 4-19 on the season and 1-9 in Horizon League play. UDM can still turn its season around and move up the standings to stay out of the opening round game or even host the 8-9 match-up when the conference championship begins.

The offense was alive against the Golden Grizzlies as four Titans scored in double figures for the second-straight game, led by a season-high 21 points from freshman Megan Galloway. Sophomore Tayelor McCalister was in double digits for the fifth-straight game tallying 19 points, while senior Senee Shearer hit a couple of 3-pointers to inch closer to the school record as she is just 10 away from the 217 total.

After the game, the red, white and blue will have a week off as the Titans get ready to battle Wright State next Saturday, Feb. 22. Game time is set for 2:00 p.m., following National Girls and Women in Sports Day. For more information on how girls ages 6-13 can sign up for that event, click here.

DETROIT VS. CLEVELAND STATE
The Titans have dominated the all-time series by the tune of a 35-15 advantage, which includes winning four of the last six. The series began back in 1981 with UDM winning 14 of the first 15 games.

Detroit has had a little tougher time against the Vikings in Cleveland as the Titans are 13-10 on the road in the series, including 1-5 in their last six trips.

ABOUT THE VIKINGS
Cleveland State was on a three-game losing streak, but the Vikings have righted the ship with four-straight wins and enter the game at 12-11, 7-3 in Horizon League play and good for second place. CSU is coming off an 82-74 win over Valpo on Thursday in a game that saw the Vikings hit 13 3-pointers.

Three Vikings are in double digits in scoring led by junior Imani Gordon's 17.2 ppg., and 9.4 rpg., seventh and second, respectively, in the Horizon League.

Cori Coleman is tallying 15.5 ppg., while Kiersten Green is posting 14.9 ppg., 3.9 rpg., and 3.4 apg., 10th in the HL.

CSU is second in the Horizon League in scoring at 75.4 ppg., while topping the conference in field-goal percentage (43.1%).

FOUR OUT
For the second-straight game and the third time in the last four contests, the Titans had some balanced scoring with four players in double figures at Oakland.

Freshman Megan Galloway led the way with 21 points, while sophomore Tayelor McCalister had 19, senior Senee Shearer 17 and freshman Minisha Frederick-Childress 10 against the Golden Grizzlies.

Against Milwaukee, Shearer netted 21, freshman Haleigh Ristovski had 15, McCalister 12 and Frederick-Childress chipped in with 10.

That same quartet also accomplished the feat at Youngstown State.

A GALLOWAY-IN EFFORT
Freshman Megan Galloway has rebounded nicely from a nagging ankle injury earlier in the year.

Galloway posted her second double-double of the season her last time out at Oakland finishing with a season-high 21 points, while grabbing 10 rebounds. She also had a double-double against Cleveland State with 13 points and 10 rebounds.

She had a season-best 11 boards at Youngstown State and eight points with seven boards against Milwaukee.

She is averaging 7.5 points and 6.3 rebounds in her last 10 games, shooting 34-of-70 (48.6%) from the field.

During the span, she has had:
8-pt, 7-rebs., vs. Milwaukee
6-pts, 11-rebs. at Youngstown State
13-pts, 10-rebs. vs Cleveland State
8-pts, 6-rebs., 4-steals, 2-blocks vs. UIC
5-pts, 7-rebs., 1-block at Valparaiso
5-pts, 6-rebs., 1-block at Milwaukee
21-pts, 10 rebs., 1-block, 1-steal at Oakland

At Toledo on Dec. 6, she scored 14 points and added eight rebounds.

At the FAU Thanksgiving Classic, she tallied 11.5 points and 6.5 rebounds, while shooting 9-of-14 (64.3%) from the field in tallying a season-high 16 points with seven rebounds against Georgia Southern and seven points and six rebounds with two assists vs. Rhode Island, earning the HL Freshman of the Week.

AERIAL ASSULT
A three-point threat might not be sufficient enough to describe Senee Shearer's game.

In her career, Shearer has attempted 986 shots and 629 of them have been from behind the arc. That means 63.7% of her career looks have been from downtown.

Her 231 three-point attempts on the season are third in the country behind Charleston Southern's Erin Bratcher (239) and Oregon's Katelyn Looper's (234).

Shearer also has made 207 career 3-pointers, second in school history and just 10 away from school record-holder Michelle James (1998-02) who has 217.

She recently passed Coach Rademacher in that race as she had 201 in 568 attempts in 117 career games.

Coach Rademacher does have her beat in total points with 1,686 points – compared to 1,126 for Shearer - as she hit on more than 250 more field goals and she also dished out 439 career assists to Shearer's 141.

SHEARER NETS 1,000
The UDM 1,000-point club added another member as Senee Shearer became the 19th player to reach the mark against UIC on Jan. 16.

Shearer now has 1,126 points and is just 17 points away from 16th place.

Shearer is currently second in the Horizon League - and 28th in the nation - in scoring at 20.2 points per game, trailing only Wright State's Kim Demmings' 21.6

She has already scored a career-high 464 points this season in 23 games, more than her previous career best of 367 she totaled in 33 games as a sophomore.

FEELING PINK
If you are coming to historic Calihan Hall this month to see the red, white and blue, then you will see a different color as the University of Detroit Mercy women's basketball team will sport pink uniforms for its home games during the month of February.

The team also took part of the Play 4Kay initiative on Saturday, Feb. 8, in its home game against Milwaukee.

GETTING SHOTS UP
UDM has attempted 1,482 shots on the year - 63.8 per game - with at least 61 shots in 16 of the 23 games on the season - and a season high of 85 against Eastern Michigan.

The 85 shots put up against EMU were the most since UDM took 86 at Cleveland State on Feb. 9, 2002.

Detroit has also netted 30 or more field goals five times this season with a season-high 37 also against the Eagles and the most since going 37-of-63 vs. Madonna on Dec. 22, 2012.

FREDERICK-CHILDRESS TABBED HL FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK
After nearly posting a double-double and helping the Titans win their first conference game, freshman Minisha Frederick-Childress was named the Horizon League Freshman of the Week this past Monday.

Frederick-Childress tallied 10 points, a career-high nine rebounds and four assists as UDM upended Milwaukee, 80-68, for its first HL win of the season last Saturday.

Originally from Flint, but she played her last three years of high school ball in North Mankato, Minn., Frederick-Childress was inserted into the starting line-up five games ago and is averaging 8.8 points, 4.4 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 0.8 steals in that span with a career high 11 points and six assists at Youngstown State, a 10-point outing with nine boards against the Panthers and 10 points with a season-best seven assists against Oakland her last time out.

AMONG THE NATION'S LEADERS
Senior Senee Shearer is currently seventh in the nation with 3.23 three-point field goals per game. Shearer's 73 trifectas on the year are tied for eighth in the nation.

She is also 28th in the country averaging 20.2 ppg., and 38th with 464 total points.

TAY'S OFFENSIVE OUTPUT
Since being held scoreless at Valparaiso on Jan. 23, sophomore Tayelor McCalister has been on a tear with five straight games in double figures, including tying and then setting a new career high.

In her last time out against Oakland, she was 8-of-19 from the field finishing with 19 points, five rebounds and five assists off the bench.

Against Milwaukee last week, she had 12 points, a game-high six assists and four rebounds and that came after a career performance with 24 points, a career-best nine rebounds and four helpers against Green Bay.

She started her scoring barrage by tying her then career best with 17 at Milwaukee - while grabbing eight rebounds - and then came away with 14 points, five rebounds and five assists at Youngstown State.

During this streak, she is averaging 17.2 ppg., on 36-of-74 (48.6%) shooting and 14-of-20 from the free throw line (70.0%), while adding 31 rebounds (6.2) and 22 assists (4.4).

NEED TO WIN THE GLASS
The Titans won the battle of the boards against Milwaukee on Feb. 8, 45-41, only the fifth time this year that UDM has outrebounded an opponent and the first since doing so against Chicago State on Dec. 6, a span of 11 games.

FRESHMEN STEPPING UP
Freshmen usually have their ups and downs, but in a season that has seen the Titans use five of their six freshmen, a few have contributed some big games recently.

Haleigh Ristovski nailed five 3-pointers en route to a season-best 15 points at Youngstown State and just matched her season high against Milwaukee.

Megan Galloway tallied her second double-double of the season with a career-high 21 points and 10 rebounds at Oakland, grabbed a season-high 11 rebounds at Youngstown State and had eight points and seven rebounds against Milwaukee, while Reyna Montgomery tied her season high for the third time with 11 markers at Milwaukee and against Oakland.

Meanwhile, Minisha Frederick-Childress was inserted into the starting line-up five games ago and is coming off three career performances with a season-high 11 points and six assists against the Penguins, 10 points and a season-high nine boards versus the Panthers and 10 points with four caroms and a career-best seven assists at Oakland.

KNOCK EM DOWN ROOK
Freshman Haleigh Ristovski turned in a great performance at Youngstown State as the rookie connected on five 3-pointers en route to a season-high 15 points.

Ristovski came into the game just 5-of-24 from three, but ended the contest 5-of-8, while adding five rebounds and a season-best two blocks playing all 40 minutes.

Against Milwaukee, she tied her season high with 15 points, while adding seven rebounds and versus Green Bay, Ristovski put together a great game with eight points, seven rebounds and tying her career best with five assists.

In her last seven games, Ristovski has three double-digit scoring efforts (15 vs. Milwaukee, Green Bay and 11 vs. UIC) and is tallying 9.4 ppg., 4.6 rpg., 1.8 apg., and is shooting 43.1% (25-of-58) from the field.

SHEARER NAMED TO 2014 NANCY LIEBERMAN AWARD WATCH LIST
Senior Senee Shearer was named to the 2014 Nancy Lieberman Award Watch List by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

The award recognizes the top point guard in women's NCAA Division I college basketball. Candidates exhibit the floor leadership, play-making and ball-handling skills of Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman.

Shearer was joined by 28 other players on the initial watch list, which includes the likes of Odyssey Sims of Baylor, Bria Hartley of Connecticut, Duke's Chelsea Gray, Amber Orrange of Stanford and Tennessee's Ariel Massengale. She is also the only player from the Horizon League as well as from a school in Michigan on the list.

The list will be narrowed down to a final 20 in February, then final five by March. The Lieberman Award winner will be announced during Final Four weekend activities.

Previous winners of the Nancy Lieberman Award include last year's recipient Skylar Diggins (Notre Dame), Sue Bird (Connecticut), Renee Montgomery (Connecticut) and Diana Taurasi (Connecticut).

HAT'S OFF TO YOU
Senior Megan Hatter was back on the court for the Titans against Milwaukee after missing seven-straight games with a foot injury. She had six points, four rebounds and an assist in 19 minutes in the win over the Panthers.

She recorded a career-high 26 points and seven rebounds against Madonna on Dec. 30, and now has 11 games this season - and 32 in her career - with five or more rebounds and is currently second on the squad in rebounding at 6.3 rpg.

She posted her first career double-double against Ball State on Nov. 23, and then tallied her second vs. Chicago State on Dec. 7 with 21 points and tying her career mark with 11 rebounds. Hatter was also a career-best 8-of-13 from the field.

Back on Nov. 30, she recorded a then career-high 17 points and tied her career mark with five assists in a win over Georgia Southern. In that contest, she was 5-of-8 from the field with three 3-pointers and was also a perfect 4-of-4 at the free throw line with seven boards.

Against Ball State on Nov. 23, she posted her first double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds, and was actually scoreless with just two caroms in the first half of that game before erupting in the second period.

In her last nine games, Hatter is averaging 14.0 ppg., and a team-best 6.4 rpg., shooting 44.4% from the field (40-of-90), 37.0% (17-of-46) from three and 78.4% at the line (29-of-37).

GETTING BACK TO FORM
Tayelor McCalister had a fine start to her sophomore year with career highs in nearly every category in her first four games, before an injury forced her out of five straight.

Her offense has once again picked up in the last 10 games with seven double-digit performances and a career-high 24 points and nine rebounds against Green Bay.
Earlier in the year, she nearly had a triple-double against Eastern Michigan with eight points, eight rebounds and a career-high nine assists.

Against Michigan, McCalister was in double figures with 14 points (7-9 FG) to go with six rebounds and four assists.

On the year, she is averaging 11.2 points - third on the team - a team-high 3.5 assists and 1.2 steals as well as 4.3 rebounds per game.

ALL GAME FOR RISTOVSKI
Titan rookie Haleigh Ristovski is doing a good job of protecting the ball, something that a lot of rookies have trouble with.

She currently has a 36-11 assist-to-turnover ratio on the year and is also doing a good job hitting the glass at 4.1 rebounds per game, with a season-high 10 caroms at Wright State.

ON THE DL
Sophomore Rosanna Reynolds will miss the rest of the season after suffering a knee injury early in the game at Western Michigan.

Reynolds was selected to the Horizon League All-Newcomer Team last year after starting all 34 games and averaging a team-high 35.3 minutes per game, tallying 7.8 points – fifth on the team – along with 3.3 rebounds, and a team-high 4.0 assists per game (135).

Junior Ellisha Crosby has missed 11-straight games with a leg injury and is still day-to-day.

Other Titans that have missed games this season include five game apiece from sophomore Tayelor McCalister and freshman Minisha Frederick-Childress.

Freshman Megan Galloway missed the Eastern Michigan game and fellow freshman Reyna Montgomery sat against UIC and at Oakland with various ailments, while senior Megan Hatter just returned after missing seven-straight contests.

All told, the injured Titans have missed a total of 49 games on the season.

MIX & MATCH
Due to the injuries Detroit has racked up, the Titans have used 16 different starting line-ups.

No Titan will start every game this season due to all the injuries and Detroit has seen 12 of its 13 players on the roster start at least one contest, with the lone exception in senior walk-on Abby McCollum who was just officially added to the roster in mid-December.