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Game Notes vs. Wright State
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DETROIT (2/20/2014) -- A three-game homestand for the Titans kicks off this weekend as the University of Detroit Mercy women's basketball team gets ready for a showdown with high-scoring Wright State on Saturday, Feb. 22. Tip-off is set for 2:00 p.m., on Dick Vitale Court inside historic Calihan Hall.

The game is also part of National Girls and Women in Sports Day, which will celebrate 28 years of an annual event that brings attention to the success of Title IX and the thousands of opportunities it has provided young girls in the United States. The event is open to all girls ages 6-13, who will take part in a number of exciting events.

The celebration will feature a variety of sports clinics at Calihan Hall, where student-athletes from nearly all of UDM's varsity teams will provide skill instruction and hands-on demonstrations with all the signees. Following the event all the participants will come together on the court for a special halftime presentation with the UDM cheer and dance team.

Detroit will look to get back on track after two tough road losses last week. The Titans did get an award for their hard work as rookie Megan Galloway was tabbed the Horizon League Freshman of the Week after tallying a double-double with 21 points and 10 rebounds at Oakland and 13 points with seven boards at Cleveland State.

The contest might also see some history being made as senior Senee Shearer is just seven 3-pointers away from breaking the school record of 217, held by Michelle James (1998-02). Shearer is currently second in the HL in scoring at 19.9 points per game.

Following the contest, the Titans will host Valparaiso next Wednesday, Feb. 26, and Youngstown State next Saturday, Mar. 1. For ticket information to those games, click here.

Titan fans can follow every UDM game this season through the women'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.

DETROIT VS. WRIGHT STATE
Detroit will look to even the season series and knock off a Wright State team that is looking to win the Horizon League regular season. WSU stopped UDM's four game winning streak in the series back in January, but the Titans still lead the all-time match-up, 25-19.

UDM is 13-8 against Wright State in the Motor City and has won three in a row and four of the last five at Calihan Hall.

ABOUT THE RAIDERS
Wright State has won two in a row and four of the last five as the Raiders come into the game at 19-7, 8-3 in the Horizon League. They are currently just 1/2 behind Green Bay for first place.

WSU leads the HL in scoring at 82.4 ppg., but it has cranked it up with four-straight games with 92 or more points, tallying 95.2 points in this span.

Kim Demmings - the HL leading scorer at 22.5 ppg. - is coming off a 36-point outburst at Oakland on Tuesday. She is also averaging 6.5 rpg., and 2.4 apg.

Ivory James is tallying 17.7 ppg., along with 6.5 rpg., while Tay'ler Mingo is posting 14.0 ppg.

BALANCED OFFENSE
Since junior Ellisha Crosby went down with an injury late in December and senior Megan Hatter was hurt in early January, the Titans have been looking for that extra scorer to go with senior Senee Shearer and in the last five games, the balance has been there.

Detroit has seen four players score in double figures in three-straight games and four of the last five. Even in the game that UDM did not have four players with 10 or more, the Titans had two players record 20-point games in Shearer and sophomore Tayelor McCalister against Green Bay.

In the Titans latest effort at Cleveland State, freshman Haleigh Ristovski led the way with a game-high 19 points, sophomore Tayelor McCalister had 16, senior Senee Shearer netted 14 and freshman Megan Galloway finished with 13.

Against Oakland, Galloway led the way with 21 points, while McCalister had 19, Shearer 17 and freshman Minisha Frederick-Childress added 10.

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

ANOTHER FRESHMAN HONOR
For the second-straight week and the third time this season, a Titan rookie has earned praise from the Horizon League as Megan Galloway was honored as the HL Freshman Of The Week this past Monday.

It is the second time this season that Galloway has been tabbed with the accolade (Dec. 2) as well as the second week in a row following Minisha Frederick-Childress.

Galloway was a force inside for the Titans last week as she netted double digits on the road at Oakland and at Cleveland State in averaging 17.0 ppg., 8.5 rpg., while shooting 55.1% (16-of-29).

She began the week by tallying a game and career-high 21 points with 10 rebounds against the Golden Grizzlies for her second double-double of the campaign. She then had 13 points and seven boards in just 18 minutes of court time against the Vikings.

On the year, Galloway has played in 22 games with 16 starts and is averaging 6.8 ppg., and 5.5 rpg. - 17th in the HL - while shooting 52.0% (64-of-123) with a pair of double-doubles, including a season-best 11 caroms at Youngstown State.

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

In her career, Shearer has attempted 993 shots and 635 of them have been from behind the arc. That means 63.9% of her career looks have been from downtown.

Her 237 three-point attempts on the season are second in the country behind only Charleston Southern's Erin Bratcher (259).

Shearer has also made 211 career 3-pointers, second in school history and just six away from school record-holder Michelle James (1998-02), who had 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 1,140 for Shearer - as she hit on more than 250 more field goals and she also dished out 439 career assists to Shearer's 141.

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 15 points at Youngstown State and then matched that against Milwaukee before setting a new career high with 19 at Cleveland State.

Megan Galloway tallied her second double-double of the season with a career-high 21 points and 10 rebounds at Oakland and grabbed a season-high 11 rebounds at YSU, 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 six games ago and has had a few 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.

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.

AMONG THE NATION'S LEADERS
Senior Senee Shearer is currently seventh in the nation with 3.21 three-point field goals per game. Shearer's 77 trifectas on the year are tied for 11th in the nation.

She is also 36th in the country averaging 19.9 ppg., and 41st with 478 total points.

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 1,140 points and is just three away from 16th place. She is currently second in the Horizon League - and 36th in the nation - in scoring at 19.9 points per game, trailing only Wright State's Kim Demmings' 22.5.

She has already scored a career-high 478 points this season in 24 games, more than the 367 she totaled in 33 games as a sophomore.

FREDERICK-CHILDRESS HONORED
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 on Feb. 10.

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 six games ago and is averaging 8.3 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.9 assists 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.

TAY'S OFFENSIVE OUTPUT
She was held scoreless at Valparaiso on Jan. 23 and since that time, Titan sophomore Tayelor McCalister has been an offensive force with six-straight games in double figures with a career-high 24 points – along with a career-best nine rebounds - against Horizon League-leader Green Bay. Some of her other big games have included 19 points, five rebounds and five assists at Oakland, and 17 points with eight boards and five helpers at Milwaukee.

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.

In her last six games, McCalister is averaging 17.0 ppg., - second on the team – with 5.0 rpg., 4.0 apg., and shooting 47.7% (41-of-86).

ALL GAME FOR RISTOVSKI
Freshman Haleigh Ristovski is showing her all-around talent as she gets more comfortable in the collegiate game. She now has scored in double figures in three of her last five games and four of her last eight.

She is coming off a career game with a season and game-high 19 points at Cleveland State, where she was 8-of-10 from the field with eight rebounds, three assists, two blocks and a steal.

At Youngstown State, the rookie connected on five 3-pointers en route to 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 tallied 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 eight games, Ristovski is averaging 10.6 ppg., 5.0 rpg., and 2.0 apg., and is shooting 48.5% (33-of-68) from the field.

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

Galloway was named the HL Freshman Of The Week after posting 13 points and seven rebounds at Cleveland State and recording her second double-double of the season at Oakland finishing with a season-high 21 points, while grabbing 10 rebounds.

She also had a double-double against Cleveland State earlier in the year with 13 points and 10 rebounds and owned the glass with a season-best 11 boards at Youngstown State,

She is averaging 8.8 points and 7.0 rebounds in her last 10 games, shooting 40-of-78 (51.3%) from the field.

At Toledo on Dec. 6, she scored 14 points and added eight rebounds, while 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 netting 16 points with seven rebounds against Georgia Southern and seven points and six rebounds with two assists verse Rhode Island, earning the HL Freshman of the Week.

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.

PROTECTING THE BALL
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 39-12 assist-to-turnover ratio on the year and is also doing a good job hitting the glass at 4.3 rebounds per game, with a season-high 10 caroms at Wright State.

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 11 games with eight 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 EMU 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 11.4 points - third on the team - a team-high 3.4 assists and 1.1 steals as well as 4.2 rebounds per game.

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 12-straight games with a leg injury and is still day-to-day, while freshman Reyna Montgomery has missed the last two games as well as an earlier game against UIC.

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 senior Megan Hatter just returned after missing seven-straight contests.

All told, the injured Titans have missed a total of 54 games on the season.

MIX & MATCH
Due to the injuries Detroit has racked up, the Titans have used 17 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.