The BasicsFinal Score: Detroit 82, Cleveland State 68
Records: Detroit 5-8 (1-1 HL), Cleveland State 3-9 (0-2 HL)
Location: Detroit, Mich. (Calihan Hall)
DETROIT (1/4/2016) -- It was a homecoming of sorts for first-year head coach
Bernard Scott when the University of Detroit Mercy women's basketball team hosted Cleveland State on Monday. The Titans hit a season-high 13 triples and four players scored in double figures as Detroit cruised to an 82-68 win over the Vikings to even its Horizon League record at 1-1.
Coach Scott spent five years as an assistant and associate head coach with Cleveland State under head coach Kate Peterson Abiad. The win over the Vikings was Scott's first Horizon League victory in his head coaching career.
Four players scored in double figures led by sophomore guard
Nicole Urbanick (Grosse Ile, Mich. / Divine Child), who made six 3-pointers and scored 24 points. Junior guard
Rosanna Reynolds (Canton, Mich. / Divine Child) added 18 points, nine rebounds and six assists, while sophomore
Brianne Cohen (Toronto, Ont. / York Memorial) and freshmen
Brittney Jackson (Brooklyn, N.Y. / Nazareth) each recorded 12 points for the Titans.
Detroit sank 50 percent of its 3-point attempts (13-of-26) for the game, including seven in the opening half. Urbanick, Jackson and freshman
Lola Ristovski (Sterling Heights, Mich. / University Liggett) each hit two 3-pointers in the opening half. Detroit led 17-15 after one quarter.
Jackson hit back-to-back 3-pointers midway in the second quarter, but Cleveland State scored five straight points to knot the game, 29-29. Urbanick and
Lola Ristovski each converted on triples in the final 75 seconds of the half and Urbanick closed the half with two free throws as Detroit led at the break, 39-36.
The Titans opened the second half on an 18-5 run to take a 57-41 lead over CSU with 1:28 left in the third quarter. Detroit out-scored Cleveland State, 23-9, in the third stanza with Reynolds scoring nine points in the frame.
Detroit led by as many as 22 points in the fourth quarter to clinch the win.
Lola Ristovski -- who converted on a rare four-point play in the first half -- nearly tallied her first collegiate double-double, posting nine points and nine rebounds. Junior
Haleigh Ristovski (Sterling Heights, Mich. / University Liggett) posted a career-best seven assists and pulled down a team-high 11 rebounds.
Detroit shot 43.6 percent from the floor, while assisting on 20 baskets. The two teams each finished with 42 rebounds in the contest.
Khayla Livingston made six triples and led Cleveland State (3-9, 0-2 HL) with 20 points.
Titan News & Notes• The Titans scored 80 points or better for the third time this season. Detroit is 3-0 in those games.
• Urbanick reached the 20-point plateau for the third time this year and in her career.
• Jackson scored in double figures for the fourth game this year. The 12 points were a career high.
• Reynolds is just 45 points away from 1,000 for her career following her 18-point effort on Monday.
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Lola Ristovski posted a career-high nine rebounds, while tying her career-best with nine points.
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Haleigh Ristovski surpassed her career-best with seven assists in the contest.
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Haleigh Ristovski tallied her fifth game of 11 or more rebounds in the win.
• Cohen scored in double figures for the eighth game in her last 10 off the bench.
• Detroit's five wins have all come at home this year.
• With its 10 turnovers, Detroit has had 10 turnovers or fewer in five contests this season.
Up NextDetroit hits the road for its first conference road trip of the season. The Titans visit Valparaiso at 8 p.m. ET on Thursday, before travling to the Windy City for a 4 p.m. ET game Saturday against UIC.
