GAMEDAY CENTRAL

DETROIT (1/24/15) -- The University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team will continue Horizon League play as the Titans host Wright State on Monday, Jan. 26 during Nerd Night at historic Calihan Hall. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. ET and will be televised locally on WADL-38 and nationally on ESPN3 with Matt Dery and Earl Cureton making the call.
 
The game can also be heard on 97.1 The Ticket webstream with the voice of the Titans Dan Leach.

GAMEDAY CENTRAL
Fans can follow every Detroit game this season through the 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 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
Trey Lewis scored a game-high 30 points and Cleveland State made 10-straight free throws down stretch to steal a 70-66 win over the University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team Friday night at the Wolstein Center.
 
The Vikings (12-9, 6-1 HL) closed the game with a 23-14 run over the last six minutes after trailing 52-47 with 6:47 remaining. During the closing stretch CSU only made four field goals, but scored 13 points from the charity stripe. 
 
Freshman Paris Bass matched his career-high with 19 points for the second-straight game and recorded his second career double-double with 10 rebounds. Senior Juwan Howard Jr. scored 14 points and sophomore Chris Jenkins pitched in 12 points with seven rebounds. Sophomore guard Jarod Williams also reached double figures in scoring with 10 points, while freshman Jaleel Hogan added six points.
 
The Titans shot just 37 percent (22-of-59) for the game, while the Vikings made 44 percent (22-of-50) from the field. CSU also made 20-of-33 shots from the free throw line, while the Titans connected on 15-of-23. The Vikings won the battle of the boards 42-36 and forced 14 turnovers.
 
ABOUT WRIGHT STATE
The Wright State men's basketball team found the offense hard to come by Tuesday night as Milwaukee used a 27-5 run to take control and went on to a 67-41 Horizon League decision at UWM Panther Arena.
 
Joe Thomasson gave the Raiders a 6-4 lead with a jumper at the 14:58 mark of the first half, but it was all Panthers from there as they tallied 27 of the game's next 32 points and eventually took a 34-15 advantage into halftime.
 
The Raiders shot 28 percent for the night. The Panthers, meanwhile, hit 11 of 20 shots after halftime to end the game at 48 percent and also made all eight foul shot attempts to go 12-of-13 for the contest. UWM led 47-19 in rebounds and 32-12 in points in the paint.
 
Michael Karena led WSU with 11 points, but no other Raider managed more than six.

SERIES WITH THE RAIDERS
This will be the 50th meeting between Detroit and Wright State, with the Titans leading the all-time series 25-24. The teams split both of their meetings last year by a combined nine points with Detroit taking the first game, 58-53, at Calihan Hall, before the Raiders took the second contest, 65-61, at the Nutter Center.
 
The Raiders won the first meeting this season 70-57 in Dayton in the League opener for both teams.
 
HELLO PARIS
Freshman Paris Bass forced overtime with a big dunk with 28 seconds left in regulation last Monday at Northeastern, and his play was saluted with a No. 2 ranking on SportsCenter's "Top 10 Plays" on ESPN.

Bass ended up scoring 11 straight points — tying his overall career high of 19 — and the Titans won in overtime, 81-69.
 
FORMER CUB GROWING UP
Former U of D Jesuit High School star Chris Jenkins is beginning to make his mark as part of the UDM men's basketball team. The sophomore guard/forward recorded his first collegiate double-double last week with 13 points and 13 rebounds against Northeastern.
 
In two games on the road last week against first place teams Jenkins averaged 12.5 points and 10.0 rebounds per game.
 
Through his first 12 games as a Titan, the former Cub is averaging 7.8 points and 5.3 rebounds per game.

DETROIT AMONG THE TOP-50
Heading into Monday's game, Detroit finds itself ranked among the top-50 in the nation in three categories, three-point field goal percentage, turnover margin and steals per game. The Titans rank 30th in turnover margin (+2.9), 46th in three-point field goal percentage (38.0) and 49th in steals per game (7.8).

HOWARD IS 25 AND RISING
This season, Detroit senior forward Juwan Howard Jr. became the 39th Titan to join the 1,000-point club and currently ranks 25th all-time with 1,211 points. Former Titan Dick Dzik '64 is next on the list as he ranks 24th overall with 1,213 points. Juwan Howard, Sr. scored 1,526 points at the University of Michigan from 1992-94 as part of the Fab Five.

TITANS PICKED THIRD
Detroit was picked to finish third in the Horizon League preseason poll - voted on by the league's coaches, sports information directors and media members – while senior forward Juwan Howard Jr. was named to the preseason first team at the Horizon League Men's Basketball Media Day at the Loews Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont.

Green Bay was selected as the favorite to win the league with 32 first place votes and 357 points overall, while Cleveland State was picked to finish second with 335 points, including nine first place votes. Detroit was slated to place third with 239 points, while Valparaiso was picked fourth with 228 points.
 
Wright State is projected to finish fifth totaling 186 points, ahead of sixth-place and defending Horizon League Tournament Champion Milwaukee's 182 points. Metro Series rival Oakland was picked seventh (178), followed by Youngstown State (95) and UIC (45).

The last time Detroit was picked among the top-three of the Horizon League preseason poll was the 2012-13 season when the Titans finished second in Horizon League play with a 12-4 mark and 20-13 overall, earning a trip to the NIT.

UP NEXT
Detroit will continue Horizon League play at home with a game against Youngstown State on Thursday, Jan. 29 at historic Calihan Hall. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. ET and will be televised locally on Comcast 900 and nationally on ESPN3 with Ryan Ermanni making the call. The game can also be heard on AM 1270 with the voice of the Titans Dan Leach.