DETROIT (1/19/2017) -- Riding a two-game winning streak, the University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team will get on the road looking for a pair of payback victories starting with Wright State on Friday, Jan. 20.
 
Game time is set for 7 p.m., at the Wright State Nutter Center.
 
Fans can catch all the action on ESPN3 as well as on the radio on 910 AM Superstation with Cliff Russell providing the sound. Live stats will also be provided.
 
The Titans began their streak with a road win at Oakland, 93-88, before downing Youngstown State at home, 87-71.
 
Detroit Mercy has used its defense as well as its offense to get back on track forcing over 20 turnovers in the last two games, while averaging 90 points.
 
VS. WRIGHT STATE
The Titans have dropped seven of their last 10 to Wright State as the Raiders now lead the all-time series, 28-26. Wright State won the first meeting this season, 85-72, at Calihan Hall
 
Detroit Mercy is 9-15 all-time against the Raiders on the road and has dropped its last three meetings at the Nutter Center.
 
ABOUT THE RAIDERS
Wright State won six of its first seven games, but is 6-6 since and sits at 12-7 overall, 3-3 in the Horizon League.
 
Mark Alstork leads the team and is third in the HL in scoring at 17.8 points, tied for ninth in assists (3.2) and tied for 14th in rebounding (5.3). Steven Davis is tallying 14.7 points and 4.5 rebounds, while Justin Mitchell is averaging 11.2 points and 7.5 rebounds, third in the conference.
 
Wright State is eighth in the conference in scoring at 74.4 points and second in defense giving up just 70.1.
 
LOOKING AHEAD
Detroit Mercy will wrap up its quick road trip as the Titans look to split the season series with Northern Kentucky when they meet the Norse on Sunday in a 1 p.m. tip.
 
HERE COMES THE PRESSURE
The Titans unleashed a new pressure defense four games ago and the results have been extremely positive for Detroit Mercy with 89 caused turnovers in that span.
 
In their last game out against Youngstown State, the Titans saw YSU commit 21 and turned those into 25 points.
 
At Oakland, the Titans forced the Golden Grizzlies into 25 turnovers on their own court - including 14 in the second half - a season high for Detroit Mercy with 25 points scored off those.
 
The two games before saw Detroit Mercy force UIC into 23 turnovers - with 10 steals - and then record 20 turnovers with 12 steals at Valparaiso. In both games, the Titans notched 27 points off turnovers.
 
The 25 turnovers by Oakland were the most since forcing Milwaukee into 25 in 2012.
 
TAKE IT AWAY
The Titans have registered a season-high 12 steals at Oakland and at Valparaiso.

The 12 steals are the most since accumulating 13 at Northeastern in 2015.
 
Detroit Mercy has now posted 65 steals in the last seven games (9.2) and has the thief of the league in sophomore Josh McFolley, who tops the conference with 1.8 steals per game.
 
As a team, the Titans are fifth in the HL in steals (6.5), but are leading the conference in league games at 9.7 per game.
 
DEFENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS
The Titans have shown some improvements on defense since the season has started.
 
After allowing teams to shoot over 50.0 percent in the first five games, the Titans have held nine of their last 13 opponents to under that mark.
 
GOOD TEAMMATES
The Titans were credited with a season-high 19 assists against Youngstown State their last time out, the most since posting 22 against UM-Dearborn in 2015.
 
RETURN TO SENDER
Detroit Mercy showed some toughness in the paint against Northern Kentucky swatting away a season-high 10 blocks, the most since getting 10 at Green Bay in 2001.
 
Junior Jaleel Hogan was the rim protector for the most part blocking a career-best eight shots, the most by a Titan since Mike Harmon had eight against Green Bay in 2001.
 
The eight blocks are also tied for the most this season by a HL player.
 
GETTING THE FREE ONES
After struggling at the free throw line for much of the season, the Titans have connected on 89-of-125 (71.2%) in the last seven games.
 
In that span,
Chris Jenkins is 17-of-19 (89.4%)
Josh McFolley is 18-of-21 (85.7%)
Corey Allen is 10-of-14 (71.4%)
 
The Titans sank a season-high 22 free throws at Oakland (22-of-27).
 
Detroit Mercy is currently 10th in the league in free throw percentage at 65.1 percent, but have increased that to 70.4 percent in HL play, fourth in the conference.
 
LONG DISTANCE OFFENSE
The Titans nailed 15-of-30 from three-point range against Fort Wayne, the most since setting a school record with 18 against Milwaukee on Feb. 26, 2000. The 15 triples are also the most in the HL this season.
 
In the win over WKU, the Titans were 12-of-20 (54.0%). They were also 12-of-27 on the road at Valparaiso and just drilled 14-of-26 (53.8%) in the win over  Youngstown State.
 
Detroit Mercy has now reached double digit 3-pointers in six games on the year, including four times in the last eight games.
 
The Titans are currently second in the HL in three-point field goal percentage (36.4%) and fourth in three-point field goals per game (7.7).
 
UNSTOPPABLE
Junior Jaleel Hogan has once again been an offensive force down low for the Titans as he is second in the Horizon League and 16th in the nation in field-goal percentage at 61.2 percent.
 
He is currently second in school history in career field-goal percentage at 59.6 percent trailing only Eli Holman '12 (60.5%).
 
CAREER NIGHT FOR MCFOLLEY
Sophomore Josh McFolley is coming off a career game where he posted a career-best 26 points, including hitting 8-of-11 from long range.
 
He now has four career games with 20 or more points and his 26-point effort bested his previous high of 25 points at ETSU earlier in the season, where he was 8-of-17 from the field and 7-of-9 from behind the arc.
 
He also hit 20-point territory with 24 in the win over WKU, where he was 6-of-9 from three-point range.
 
McFolley now has 14 career games with at least three triples in a game, including six this season.
 
He also has 46 treys on the season after hitting just 32 last year.
 
JALETHAL
Junior Jaleel Hogan scorched Oakland for a career-high 39 points and has now been in double figures in 14 games this season.
 
He has also led the team in scoring six times.
 
To start conference play, he posted a then career-high 22 points on 10-of-15 from the field against NKU and came back with 16 points hitting 6-of-9 field goals against Wright State, 17 points at UIC and eight points and eight rebounds at Valparaiso and eight points with a career-high four assists and a season-high three steals against Youngstown State.
 
He also had eight rebounds and a career-high eight blocks against the Norse
 
Hogan is now leading the team and is eighth in the HL in scoring at 15.0 ppg., while standing second on the squad and 19th in the HL in rebounding at 5.1 per night.
 
In six HL games, he is tallying 18.3 points - fifth in the league - on 63.0 percent shooting.
 
HIGH SCORING MCFOLLEY
Sophomore Josh McFolley is currently second on the team and 12th in the Horizon League in scoring at 14.0 points per game.
 
He is also third in the HL in three-point field goals per game (2.6) and ninth in free throw percentage (78.0%).
 
McFolley is coming off a career-high 26 points against Youngstown State, where he hit eight 3-pointers and that was after an 11-point, three-assist, three-steal game at rival Oakland, where he iced the win hitting 4-of-4 free throws down the stretch.

He started the HL season with 15 points against NKU and had 13 points at UIC and 10 at Valparaiso.
 
He also had 18 points against Fort Wayne - where he had four 3-pointers - and 24 points - sinking six triples - in the win over WKU.
 
BEAST MODE
Not to many words can describe what junior Jaleel Hogan did at Oakland on Jan. 13 in Detroit Mercy's 93-88 victory.
 
Hogan posted a career-high 39 points and 11 rebounds - good for his third career double-double.
 
He was also 17-of-24 from the field and 5-of-6 at the free throw line.
 
The 39 points is tied for the second most among HL players on the season, just one shy of the league mark this year.
 
The 39 points are the most by a Titan since Willie Green netted 41 against Wright State in 2003. It was also the most points by a Titan on the road since Green had 43 at UIC in 2003.
 
The 17 field goals were the most since Green connected on 18 in that game against the Flames, and are tied for the second most field goals in Division I this season.
 
HIGHEST SCORING FRESHMAN IN THE HL
Freshman Corey Allen is the highest scoring freshmen in the Horizon League at 12.2 points per game - 16th in the HL.
 
He also leads the league in three-point field-goal percentage (47.4%) - hitting 37-of-78 on the season - and is tied for sixth in three-point field goals per game (2.2).
 
COREY GETTING IN A ZONE
Freshman Corey Allen has notched double figures in scoring nine times this season, including a Titan true freshman record of 33 points against Fort Wayne - where he scored 27 points in the second half.
 
He now has three 20-point games on the season.
 
Allen scored 17 points hitting 7-of-12 from the field and 2-of-4 from three with a season-tying five rebounds against in-state rival Oakland.
 
In HL play, he also had 23 against Wright State and 12 at UIC.
 
Some of his other big games have included 16 points against WKU, 16 points at Murray State and 20 points versus EMU.
 
In his last 12 games, he is averaging 14.3 points on 58-of-118 shooting (49.1%) and 31-of-61 (50.8%) from three.
 
In his first five games, Allen averaged 8.2 points on 36.6 percent shooting (15-of-41) and 35.3 percent (6-of-17) from long range.
 
CJ DOES IT ALL
Senior Chris Jenkins is well known for his all-around play and is among the Titan leaders in scoring, rebounding, assists and steals.
 
He is fourth on the team in scoring (11.4 ppg.) - 22nd in the HL - while topping the squad on the boards (7.0 rpg.) - fifth in the HL. He is also third on the squad with 1.7 assists per game and tied for third with 12 steals.
 
He garnered his seventh career double-double - and third of the season - with 18 points and 10 rebounds at Valparaiso.
 
He tallied a season-high 20 points against NKU - his eighth 20-point effort of his career - and that was after posting a double-double with 11 points and a career-best 16 rebounds against Fort Wayne.
 
With his 10 points at Oakland, Jenkins has now scored in double figures in 12 games on the season and his three double-doubles on the year makes him one of seven HL players with at least three double-doubles in 2016-17.
 
Jenkins tallied his first double-double with 15 points and a then career-best 14 rebounds at Toledo.
 
Earlier this year, he netted a team-high 18 points at Florida State.
 
He has also just missed recording a couple of other double-doubles with 13 points and nine boards at Illinois and nine points with eight rebounds against Eastern Michigan.
 
Jenkins has handed out an assist in 15 games with a season-high five at ETSU.
 
YOU LITTLE THIEF
Sophomore Josh McFolley has recorded a steal in 14 games this season, including 12 multi-steal contests and six with at least three takeaways.
 
In fact, he has recorded all six of the three-plus steal games in the last 10 contests.
 
He tied his career high with four steals at Toledo and has 23 steals in the last nine games with three against Oakland, UIC, WKU, Valparaiso and Fort Wayne and two at Bowling Green and vs. NKU.
 
McFolley leads the Horizon League with 1.8 steals per game, but is registering 2.2 per game in HL-only contests.
 
DID YOY SAY 33?
Freshman Corey Allen was on fire against Fort Wayne on Dec. 22 after posting 33 points on an 11-of-17 effort from the field and 9-of-13 from three, while also handing out a career-high five assists.
 
The nine triples are the most by a player in the HL this season and the most by a conference player since Oakland's Max Hooper had nine at Green Bay last year.
 
The 33 points are tied for the sixth-most in the HL this season and is the most ever by a "true" freshmen in school history - breaking the 31 Titan Hall-Of-Famer John Long had against Bradley in 1975.
 
Meanwhile, his nine 3-pointers were the most since Desmond Ferguson had 10 against Milwaukee in 2000.
 
HARD WORK PAYS OFF
Senior walk-on Patrick Robinson Jr. has been with the team for two years and has seen limited playing time, but he was ready when called upon.
 
Against Youngstown State on Jan. 16, he scored a career-high 10 points going 4-of-7 from the field and 2-of-4 from behind the arc in 10 minutes of action.
 
Robinson Jr.'s career high in points was five until that game and he had never scored more than one field goal in 18 career games.
 
He has nine career field goals and eight have been scored this year, while seven of those nine have been from three.

 

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