The Basics
Final Score: #24 Michigan State 81, Detroit 42
Records: Detroit 4-6, Michigan State 9-2
Location: East Lansing, Mich. (Breslin Center)

EAST LANSING, Mich. (12/21/2015) -- Brianne Cohen and Nicole Urbanick each scored 13 points Monday night, but the University of Detroit Mercy women's basketball team fell at No. 24-ranked Michigan State, 81-42. The game at the Breslin Center was the final, road non-conference contest for Detroit in 2015.
 
Cohen tallied 13 points to lead Detroit (4-6) as she scored in double figures for the fourth-straight game. She also added a team-high eight rebounds and two blocks off the bench for the Titans. Junior guard Rosanna Reynolds tied her career-high with five steals, including four in the first half, to go with seven rebounds and four assists.
 
Michigan State was the third Big Ten team that Detroit has faced in the first 10 games and the second ranked squad. Detroit hosted Michigan in its second game of the season and also visited No. 8 Maryland on the road.
 
Urbanick scored seven points in the first quarter for the Titans, including the final five points of the stanza in the final minute. She hit her second triple of the contest in the second quarter and led Detroit in scoring at the break with 10 points. Detroit trailed at the half, 43-26.
 
Cohen hit her first career triple early in the third quarter and added a lay-up just minutes later. She scored seven of her points in the third stanza.
 
The Titans did force Michigan State into 17 turnovers, while only committing 13 themselves. Detroit entered the game, leading the Horizon League in fewest turnovers per game at 14.0. The Titans had 11 points off turnovers in the contest.
 
Detroit also led Michigan State in offensive rebounds during the contest, 12-11. Cohen had four offensive boards, while Reynolds and Urbanick each pulled down two offensive rebounds.

Titan News & Notes
• Cohen has scored in double figures in six out of the last seven games. All of the double-figure efforts have been off the bench.
• Rosanna Reynolds is nearing the 1,000 point plateau. She is 85 points away from the mark.
• Reynolds tied her career-high with five steals. She also had five steals during the 2013-14 season against Lawrence Tech.
• Cohen has pulled down seven or more rebounds in six of 10 games this season.
• Cohen had been 0-of-5 in her career from downtown before her first career make.

Up Next
The Titans have an eight-day break competitively returning to the court on Wednesday, Dec. 30, for a home game with Eastern Michigan at Calihan Hall. The last non-conference game of the season is set for 7 p.m. on Community Night.