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GREEN BAY, Wis. (3/8/2014) -- It was a game of runs early on, but the Phoenix had one to many as the University of Detroit Mercy women's basketball team dropped a 72-52 contest at Green Bay in the Kress Events Center on Saturday.

Detroit ended the regular season at 6-23, 3-13 in the Horizon League, but with Valparaiso falling at Wright State, UDM will get the No. 8 seed and host the Crusaders in the opening round game of the Horizon League Championship on Monday, March. 10. Game time will be 7:00 p.m.

Senior Senee Shearer led Detroit with 19 points and three rebounds, while freshman Haleigh Ristovski had 11. Senior Megan Hatter posted five points and a team-high 10 rebounds and freshman Megan Galloway finished with five points and eight boards.

The Titans cut Green Bay's 21-point second half lead to just 11 with 8:35 left in the game. Galloway started the spurt with a layup and then Shearer drained one from long distance. After a Green Bay basket, Shearer hit another three to make it 51-36 with 9:52 left.

Ristovski then connected from long range and another free throw from Galloway had Detroit within 11, 51-40, with 8:35 remaining. The Phoenix was just too strong though and another 9-0 run ensued to make the deficit, 60-40, at the 5:28 mark.

Green Bay started the game on a 9-0 run, but the Titans came right back with 10 straight, thanks to eight points and a couple of trifectas from Shearer. The Phoenix then went on another 9-0 spurt to take an 18-10 lead with 11:26 left in the first half.

Green Bay extended it to a 15-2 run to jump out in front, 24-12, with 6:42 left in the opening period.  The Titans were in a drought offensively going eight minutes without a field goal until Ristovski had a layup with 37 seconds on the clock as the Phoenix took a 31-17 lead at the break.

Sophomore Tayelor McCalister scored seven points and had three rebounds and two assists and freshman Minisha Frederick-Childress added four points.

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Game Notes:
Green Bay leads the overall series, 41-7… The Titans have hosted a playoff game in each of head coach Autumn Rademacher's six years… McCalister saw her 10-game streak of scoring in double digits come to an end… Shearer extended her school record in 3-pointers to 227 and also moved within two points of 13th place in school history in scoring, held by former teammate Yar Shayok at 1,230… Hatter's season high in rebounds is 11 accomplished twice… Ristovski was back in double figures for the first in three games…