The Basics
Final Score: CSUN 76, Detroit Mercy 67
Records: Detroit Mercy 2-3, CSUN 3-2
Location: Northridge, Calif. (The Matadome)
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. (11/25/2016) -- Junior forward
Brianne Cohen scored a game and season-high 23 points for the University of Detroit Mercy women's basketball team, but the Titans dropped their tournament opener, 76-67, to host Cal State Northridge at the CSUN Thanksgiving Classic on Friday evening.
Detroit Mercy plays Delaware in the second and final game of the tournament Saturday evening. Opening tip is set for 9:30 p.m. ET and 6:30 p.m. local time from the Matadome.
Cohen scored in double figures in both halves and went 9-of-10 from the free throw line on her way to her 23 points. Senior guard
Rosanna Reynolds added eight points, nine rebounds and eight assists for the Titans (2-3).
Kelsey Mitchell added eight points and nine boards off the bench.
Cal State Northridge (3-2) scored seven of the first nine points of the game on its home court, but the Titans were undeterred, pulling to within one point, 13-12, after a
Kelsey Mitchell bucket with 4:31 left in the first quarter. CSUN then went up 18-12, but Detroit Mercy scored the final four points of the opening stanza, with Reynolds converting on a lay-up with 43 ticks left and
Cortney Williams adding a jumper in the paint with just four seconds remaining.
The Matadors opened the second quarter on a big run, but the Titans would trim the advantage, hitting three 3-pointers in the second frame, two by
Haleigh Ristovski and the last by
Nicole Urbanick. Cohen then went to work in the final 1:04, scoring seven points, including converting on a tough 3-point play with just seconds left in the half. At the break, Detroit Mercy trailed 44-32.
The Titans would cut the CSUN lead down to 10 points late in the third quarter with the help from Mitchell, who scored the final five Titan points in the stanza. The CSUN lead was trimmed to 10 points twice more early in the fourth, but the Titans would get no closer until the final score as
Anja Marinkovic hit a 3-pointer with 22 seconds left on the scoreboard.
The red, white and blue shot 36.8 percent for the game and went 6-for-23 from beyond the arc in the contest. Cal State Northridge sank eight 3-pointers in the first half -- including six treys in the second quarter -- and was 9-for-27 from deep. For the game, CSUN shot 44 percent and corralled 51 rebounds.
Titan News & Notes
• Urbanick moved into sole possession of eighth place in career 3-pointers (136).
• The 20-point game for Cohen was her ninth career and first this season. She had eight 20-point games last season.
• The Titans grabbed 40 or more rebounds for the fifth-straight game to start the 2016-17 season.
• Detroit Mercy and CSUN were meeting for the first time in women's basketball.
• The Titans are playing in the CSUN Thanksgiving Classic for the second time in five seasons.
• With its meeting against Delaware on Saturday, it'll also be the first time the two programs collide.
On Tap
The Titans return to the hardcourt on Saturday, Nov. 26, playing Delaware in the second and final day of the tournament. Opening tip from the Matadome is set for 9:30 p.m. ET and 6:30 p.m. local time. Tickets for the game are $12 for adults and $8 for children and seniors.
