The Basics
Final Score: Wright State 89, Detroit 71
Records: Detroit 7-9 (3-2 HL), Wright State 14-3 (4-0 HL)
Location: Detroit, Mich. (Calihan Hall)
DETROIT (1/14/2016) -- Junior guard
Rosanna Reynolds (Canton, Mich. / Divine Child) reached the 1,000-point milestone in her University of Detroit Mercy women's basketball career on Thursday, but the Titans fell to a hot-shooting Wright State squad in an 89-71 loss at Calihan Hall.
The defeat ended a three-game conference win streak for Detroit (7-9, 3-2 Horizon League).
Reynolds, who entered the game just four points shy of the milestone, scored her first points of the game on a fast break lay-up early in the first quarter and reached 1,000 points exactly with 56 seconds left in the stanza on another lay-up from the block.
The reigning Horizon League Player of the Week finished the game with a team-high-tying 19 points for Detroit. She became the 20th player in Detroit women's basketball history to reach 1,000 points and first since Senee Shearer in 2013-14.
Sophomore forward
Chea Taylor (Bellbrook, Ohio) had the best game of her young career, totaling career-highs of 16 points and nine rebounds. Classmate
Brianne Cohen (Toronto, Ont. / York Memorial) posted the first double-double of her career, tallying 19 points and a career-high 11 rebounds off the bench.
Reynolds' bucket to get to 1,000 points pulled the Titans to within seven points, 22-15, but Wright State scored the final basket of the first quarter to take a nine-point advantage afte the first 10 minutes.
The Titans pulled to within six points, 28-22, after sophomore
Nicole Urbanick (Grosse Ile, Mich. / Divine Child) converted on an old-fashioned 3-point play off an assist from Reynolds. Wright State followed with a triple by the Horizon League's leading scorer, Kim Demmings, and soon pushed the lead to double digits. A 3-pointer by Reynolds with 3:44 left in the first half pulled Detroit to eight points, 39-31, but WSU scored seven of the final nine points of the half to lead at the break, 46-33.
Taylor, who at one point in the game was 7-of-7 from the floor, continued her strong play in the second half, scoring four of the first eight Titan points in the third quarter. Cohen added eight points during the stanza, but Wright State continued its strong shooting to open a 19-point lead after three quarters, 74-55.
Reynolds scored eight points in the final quarter, including Detroit's final five points. She finished 8-of-16 from the floor and 3-of-6 from beyond the arc. Taylor was 7-of-9 from the floor during her career night. Junior
Haleigh Ristovski (Sterling Heights, Mich. / University Liggett) had eight points and six boards, while freshman
Brittney Jackson (Brooklyn, N.Y. / Nazareth) added a career-best six rebounds and four assists off the bench for the Titans.
Wright State shot well outside all game and finished 11-for-24 from downtown. Detroit, meanwhile, was just 4-of-21 from beyond the arc for the game. The Titans did pull down 43 rebounds, just one shy of Wright State's 44 for the contest.
Detroit was 13-of-16 from the free throw line. The Titans shot 39.7 percent for the game, sinking 27-of-68 shots.
Kim Demmings led Wright State (14-3, 4-0 Horizon League) with 25 points, 18 of them coming in the first half.
Titan News & Notes• Reynolds is just the 20th player to reach the 1,000-point plateau and just sixth since the 2005-06 season. She is just 18 points shy of tying Mary Lillie (1,033 points) for 19th on the all-time scoring list.
• Reynolds also tied Tia Winters for 11th all-time in career 3-pointers made with 107.
• Taylor's previous career high was eight points, which came earlier this season against Salem International.
• Cohen reached double digit scoring for the 11th time in the past 13 games -- all off the bench.
• Cohen surpassed her career-best in rebounds with 11, topping the 10 she had at Oakland last year.
• Jackson has nine assists in the past two games. She had 16 in her first 14 games.
• The loss marked the first game in league play where Detroit has not shot 40 percent or better.
• The four 3-pointers made tied a season low; Detroit also had four triples at Michigan State.
• Detroit is 25-23 in the all-time series with Wright State.
