DETROIT (12/2/2016) -- Back on the road go the Titans as the University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team heads to Kentucky to battle the Racers of Murray State on Saturday, Dec. 3.

Game time is set for 8 p.m. (EST) at the CFSB Center in Murray, Kentucky.

Fans can listen to the game over the airwaves on 910 AM Superstation with Cliff Russell calling the action. It can also be seen online on the Ohio Valley Conference Digital Network. Live stats will also be provided.

The contest starts a three-game road swing for the Titans, who have already traveled to four different states to start the year (Tennessee, Illinois, Florida and New Hampshire). 

The Titans are led offensively by junior Jaleel Hogan, who is third in the Horizon League in field-goal percentage (60.0%) as well as 13th in the league in scoring at 12.9 points per game. He is also coming off his fifth-straight double-figure scoring effort notching 11 against Eastern Michigan.

Freshman Corey Allen just tallied a season-high 20 points against the Eagles, while senior Chris Jenkins is third on the team in scoring (11.4 ppg.) and leads the team on the glass (6.0).

The next home game for the Titans will be on Dec. 17 when the red, white and blue welcome Western Kentucky into historic Calihan Hall. 

Tickets to all home games start at just $10, $6 for children and seniors and FREE for all students, with proper ID. To purchase tickets online, visit detroittitans.com/tix. To purchase over the phone or for more information on game and season tickets, contact Director of Ticket Operations & Sales Justin Hairston at 313-993-1700 ext. 7301 or at hairstjj1@udmercy.edu.

ALL-TIME VS. MURRAY STATE
This is just the third career meeting between the two schools after a home and home series in the early 2000's.

The Titans lost their road game at Murray State, 77-68, on Dec. 4, 1999, while defeating the Racers the following season, 91-64, at Calihan Hall on Dec. 2, 2000. 

ABOUT THE RACERS
Murray State is coming off an 89-85 overtime setback at Southern Illinois on Wednesday. The Racers are 3-4 on the season, including 2-0 at home. 

They have also played one other Horizon League team dropping a 93-77 contest to Green Bay on a neutral court at Bowling Green.

Jonathan Stark leads the team in scoring at 22.0 points per game to go with a team-best 6.1 assists. He is also shooting close to 50.0 percent from behind the arc.

Bryce Jones is tallying 13.4 points, 3.7 assists and 3.6 rebounds, while Damarcus Croaker is averaging 12.6 points and 4.6 rebounds. 

The Racers were picked to win the OVC West Division in the preseason poll. 

UNSTOPPABLE
Junior Jaleel Hogan has once again been an offensive force down low for the Titans ranking third in the Horizon League in field-goal percentage at 60.0 percent (33-of-55). 

He is currently second in school history in career field-goal percentage at 59.0 percent trailing only Eli Holman '12 (60.5%). 

JALETHAL
Junior Jaleel Hogan posted his fifth-straight game in double figures netting 11 points against Eastern Michigan, and that was on the heels of his season-best 19 points against Manhattan, where he tied his career-best with eight field goals.

He has now netted double figures in scoring in six of the first seven games scoring 18 points in just 15 minutes at New Hampshire, 16 points at Illinois and 12 against Florida State and Adrian. 

Hogan has also just missed a double-double in the last two games corralling back-to-back nine-rebound performances. 

He is currently leading the team and is 13th in the conference in scoring at 12.9 ppg. 

NOT ON MY WATCH
Junior Jaleel Hogan posted a career-best three blocks against Eastern Michigan his last time out and has five blocks in the last two games.

He is currently sixth in the Horizon League with 1.1 blocks per game. 

ALLEN COMING ALONG
Freshman Corey Allen has notched double figures in scoring three times this season - all at home - including in back-to-back games.

He is coming off a season-high 20 points against Eastern Michigan, where he was 7-of-11 from the field and 4-of-6 from deep. That was after tallying 10 points in the overtime loss to Manhattan.

In the last two games, he is averaging 15.0 points on 10-of-21 shooting (47.6%) and 6-of-10 (60.0%) from three.

In his first five games, Allen averaged 8.2 points on 36.6 percent shooting (15-of-41) from the field and 35.3 percent (6-of-17) from long range.

He is currently fourth on the team in scoring at 10.1 points - 27th in the HL - and ranks fourth in the conference in three-point field goal percentage (44.4%). 

DRE DAY
Junior DeShawndre Black has had at least three assists in six of the first seven games, including a season-best seven assists against Manhattan, and is seventh in the Horizon League with 3.4 assists per game.

Black also has a 4-1 assist-to-turnover ratio on the season (24 assists, 6 turnovers) - leading the HL in that category and ranking 20th in the nation - including 16 assists and just four turnovers in the last four games.

He has also picked up his offense scoring a season-high 14 points at New Hampshire. 

CAREER NIGHT FOR MCFOLLEY
Sophomore Josh McFolley tallied a career-high 25 points at ETSU going 8-of-17 from the field and 7-of-9 from behind the arc. 

It was his second career 20-point game and his fifth career contest where he knocked down at least four triples. 

The seven triples are currently the most by a player in the HL this season, and the most by a Titan since Jon Goode sank eight at UIC on Jan. 19, 2008. 

HIGH-SCORING MCFOLLEY
Sophomore Josh McFolley is currently second on the team and 15th in the Horizon League in scoring at 12.7 points per game. 

He is also tied for third in three-point field goals made (2.6), tied for eighth in the HL in three-point field goal percentage (42.9%) and tied for 14th in steals per game (1.1). 

He has been in double figures in scoring in four games on the year with the before mentioned Titan best of the season 25 at ETSU, 16 at Illinois, 13 at New Hampshire and 18 versus Manhattan. 

CJ DOES IT ALL
Senior Chris Jenkins is off to a slow start from behind the arc, but he currently ranks second in school history in three-point field goal percentage at 41.5 percent (80-of-193). 

Jenkins has scored in double figures in four games on the season with a season-high 18 at Florida State. He also had 15 points against Manhattan and 13 at Illinois.

He has also just missed recording a double-double a couple of times with 13 points and nine boards at Illinois and nine points with eight rebounds against Eastern Michigan. 

Jenkins has handed out an assist in five of the seven games with a season-high five at ETSU.

He is now third on the team in scoring (11.4 ppg.) - 21st in the HL - while topping the squad on the boards (6.0 rpg.) - 10th in the HL - and tied for second in assists (2.0).

JUST PERFECT
Sophomore Gerald Blackshear Jr. had a perfect day shooting against Adrian by tying his career high with 12 points in going 5-for-5 from the field. 

He just recorded his second double-digit scoring effort of the year with 10 points (4-6 FG) and six boards against Manhattan, and that was after a nine-point and season-high seven-rebound performance at New Hampshire, where he was 4-of-5 from the field. 

On the year, he is 16-of-22 (72.7%) from the field, but he does not have enough field goals to qualify for the league lead. 

SHOW ME THE WAY ED
Freshman walk-on Ed Carter III had a great collegiate debut as he dished out a game-high five assists in the season opener. What was even better is that he recorded five assists against zero turnovers. 

He went on to pick up four more assists before he recorded his first collegiate turnover.

On the year, he has 11 assists against just four turnovers.   

SENIOR STATUS
Four seniors are on the Titan roster in Matthew Grant, Chris Jenkins, Pat Robinson Jr., and Jarod Williams. The quartet has played in 269 career games with 140 starts.

DOUBLE J
Senior Jarod Williams came up with his first career double-double in the season-opening win over Adrian as he ended the contest with 10 points and a career-best 10 boards. 

He came back to record 16 points - just two shy of his career high - at ETSU, and just grabbed six rebounds off the bench against Eastern Michigan. 

On the year, he is shooting 55.2 percent in averaging 5.9 points and 3.9 rebounds. 

HE CAN SHOOT THE 3?
Freshman seven-footer Malik Eichler is 4-for-4 behind the arc this season.
In a stat anomaly, the seven-footer almost has as many 3-pointers (4) as total rebounds (6) on the year. 

Eichler is also coming off a season-high seven points against Eastern Michigan, where he was 2-of-3 from the field and a perfect 3-of-3 at the free throw line. 

NEW FACES
Detroit Mercy has eight newcomers, the most since the 2008-09 season when then first-year head coach Ray McCallum had 10. 

The eight newcomers are among the most in the nation behind only Southeast Missouri (11), Eastern Kentucky (10), Tulsa (10), East Carolina (9),  Jacksonville State (9), Memphis (9), SIUE (9), UT Martin (9) and tied with Indiana, Tulane and UCF. 

The eight newcomers include one Division I transfer in Kameron Chatman (Michigan), two junior college transfers in DeShawndre Black (Schoolcraft College) and Isaiah Jones (Mt. San Jacinto College) and five true freshmen in Corey Allen (Ypsilanti, Mich./Ypsilanti), Malik Eichler (Berlin, Germany/MacDuffie Prep (MA), Cole Long (Orangeville, Ont./Athletic Institute Basketball Academy), Jacob Joubert (Farmington Hills, Mich./North Farmington) and Ed Carter III (Detroit, Mich./Edison).

2017 LITTLE CAESARS MOTOR CITY MADNESS UPDATE
The Horizon League approved a revised bracket for the 2017 Little Caesars Horizon League Men's and Women's Basketball Championships. In the new format, the women's basketball championship will run concurrently with the men's from March 3-7, at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.

The five days of games will feature men's and women's tournament contests on each day, beginning with the 8-9 and 7-10 games on Friday, March 3. The winners of those contests will play the No. 1 and 2 seeds in the second round, with the victors advancing to Monday's semifinals. Sunday's third round contests will see the 4-5 and 3-6 seeds play for a berth in the semifinals. Semifinal winners will meet on Tuesday, March 7, for the Horizon League title and an automatic bid into the NCAA Men's and Women's Tournaments.

2017 marks the final year the Little Caesars Horizon League Men's and Women's Basketball Championships will be contested at Joe Louis Arena before moving to the state-of-the-art Little Caesars Arena, currently under construction in downtown Detroit. 

Over 20,900 fans attended the four-day tournament last year, the first neutral-site HL men's basketball championship since 2003.