CHICAGO (2/19/2016) -- The Titans overcame an early 12-point deficit as senior Carlton Brundidge and sophomore Paris Bass each tallied over 20 points and the University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team won its fourth-straight road game, 83-72, on Friday night at UIC. 

The win moved the Titans to 15-12 overall and 9-7 in the Horizon League. UDM won for the sixth time in its last seven games as it moved to fourth place in the conference standings.

Bass posted a team-high 22 points and 11 rebounds for his fourth-straight double-double to go with four assists, three blocks and three steals. Brundidge had 21 points and a game-high seven assists, and senior Anton Wilson recorded 18 points, four rebounds and three assists.

Detroit was down 23-11 with eight minutes to go and 27-15 with 6:09 left to play in the first stanza when the Titans started their comeback. The charge included a three from Bass and a layup from freshman Gerald Blackshear to trim the UIC lead to six, 29-23, at the 4:17 mark. Detroit kept battling and layups by Brundidge had the Titans within four, and the first half ended with Wilson sinking a triple to send the Titans into the break down by just one, 34-33.

Neither team shot the ball well as Detroit was at 33.3 percent (12-of-36), while UIC (5-21, 3-12) HLwas at 29.4 percent (10-of-34). Both teams also combined to go 2-of-18 from three with the Flames missing on all nine of their attempts and each team recording seven turnovers apiece. 

A three by Bass gave the Titans the lead right out of the gates in the second half and Detroit would score seven in a row to take a seven-point lead, 49-42, with 14:25 left. Bass started that spurt with a jumper and then freshman Josh McFolley hit a three and Hogan got an offensive rebound and put it in for two more.

The Titans would continue to stay in front until a run by UIC had the home team up by three, 60-57, with 8:22 remaining. That is when the Titans put the Flames away with a 13-0 charge over the next five minutes with the defense stepping up to hold UIC to 0-of-5 shooting with a pair of turnovers.

Brundidge started the comeback run with back-to-back baskets and then Bass had a bucket. Two free throws from Blackshear followed and after a turnover, Brundidge cut to the rim for another layup and a 67-60 lead. Junior Chris Jenkins then converted two free throws and freshman Aaron Foster-Smith split a pair and the Titans led by 10, 70-60, with under four minutes on the clock.

UIC had a basket to stop that, but a 10-2 spurt by the Titans ensued as Detroit upped its advantage to as many as 18, 80-62, with under a minute left.

Detroit ended up shooting 50.0 percent in the second half (15-of-30), including 5-of-9 from three and 15-of-22 at the free throw line. The Titans outrebounded their opponent for the seventh-straight game, 43-41, including 20-13 in the second half, and they also totaled 19 assists on their 27 field goals. 

The Titans will now travel to league-leading Valparaiso as the Titans face the Crusaders on Sunday, Feb. 21, at 2:30 p.m. (EST).  

Game Notes:
Detroit swept the season series and has won eight of the last nine to extend the overall series lead to 31-15… The 12-point comeback was the largest since overcoming a 13-point deficit at UIC last season… Detroit started the year 0-8 on the road, but has now won four-straight away from Detroit… The four-game road winning streak is the longest away from Calihan Hall since winning four straight in 2011-12 (two of those were neutral court wins in the HL Championship) while the last time the Titans won four straight true road games was in 2006-07…  The 19 assists were the second most on the season behind the 22 against UM-Dearborn… It was the third career 20-point game for Brundidge with his career high of 23 earlier in the year at Oral Roberts… Brundidge is averaging 15.0 points and 8.5 rebounds in last four games, all while shooting 57.8% from the field… It was the fourth game of the season in which Brundidge handed out five or more assists, with his career high of nine against UM-Dearborn… Wilson moved up to seventh in school history for single season 3-pointers with 77, just two shy of fifth place and former Flint product Jon Goode '08… Bass now has five straight 20-point games, the longest streak by a Titan since Brandon Cotton had five straight in 2005-06… Bass also posted his fourth double-double, the longest streak by a Titan since Ryvon Covile had seven straight in 2006-07… Hogan's streak of double-digit scoring efforts came to an end at seven straight…