DETROIT (1/28/2017) -- The University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team will look to split its two-game homestand when the defending Horizon League champions come to town as the Titans host Green Bay on Sunday, Jan. 29. 
 
Game time is set for 2 p.m., inside historic Calihan Hall.
 
Fans can catch all the action locally on WADL-38 and on ESPN3 with Dan Dickerson on the call alongside former Titan standout Earl Cureton as well as on the radio on 910 AM Superstation with Cliff Russell providing the action. Live stats will also be provided.
 
The day will feature a special event as it is part of Hall of Fame weekend with the 2017 Hall Of Fame class honored at halftime of the contest.
 
Head coach Bacari Alexander '99 and his staff will also wear sneakers with their suits as they take part in the NABC Coaches vs. Cancer Suits & Sneakers Awareness Week along with wearing Princess Lacey's Laces.
 
Tickets to all Titan home games start at just $10, $6 for children and seniors. To purchase tickets online, visit detroittitans.com/tix. To purchase over the phone or for more information on game tickets, contact Director of Ticket Operations & Sales Justin Hairston at 313-993-1700 ext. 7301 or at hairstjj1@udmercy.edu.
 
VS. GREEN BAY
Detroit Mercy has dropped seven in a row to the Phoenix and now trail the all-time series, 27-24. It is the third time in the series history that Green Bay has recorded a winning streak of at least six games.
 
The Titans have won three of the last six in Calihan Hall and owns a 12-11 mark in the Motor City against Green Bay.
 
ABOUT THE PHOENIX
Green Bay comes into the game riding a two-game winning streak and is 13-8 overall and 7-2 in the Horizon League, good for second place.
 
Charles Cooper leads the team and is 13th in the HL in scoring at 13.6 points per game and is tied for the team lead with 5.4 rebounds per night. Kerem Kanter is tallying 10.7 points and 5.4 rebounds, while Khalil Small is averaging 10.3 points and 5.0 rebounds.
 
Green Bay is the highest scoring team in the league at 79.9 points and is eighth in scoring defense allowing 76.6 points.
 
LOOKING AHEAD
The Titans will go back on the road to the Buckeye State as the red, white and blue visit Cleveland State on Thursday and Youngstown State on Saturday. 
 
1976-77 40-YEAR REUNION, TITANS TO RETIRE DUEROD'S JERSEY, VITALE RETURNING
It will be a fun, festive and exciting atmosphere when the Metro Series returns to Detroit Mercy as the Titans will hold a reunion weekend for the 1976-77 men's basketball team, which will feature a luncheon, a jersey retirement ceremony and the return of a basketball icon.
 
The date of the reunion is set for Feb. 10 when the Titans host Oakland.
 
The 40-year reunion of the Sweet 16 squad will feature a luncheon with most the team in attendance in the likes of John Long, Terry Duerod, Dennis Boyd, Ron Bostick, Wilbert McCormick and many more including Hall of Famer in head coach and current ESPN broadcaster Dick Vitale.
 
At the game that night against the Golden Grizzlies, the team will be honored with the John Conti Letterman of Distinction Award at halftime and Duerod will have his jersey retired to hang with the other legendary Titans in a pregame ceremony.
 
HIGH POWERED OFFENSE
The Titans have totaled at least 70 points in 15 games this season, including hitting 80 six times and 90 on two occasions.
 
They currently rank sixth in the Horizon League in offense at 76.5 ppg., but have raised that to 78.2 in nine HL games, third in the conference in league only games.
 
In the last five games, Detroit Mercy is averaging 84.8 points.
 
The Titans are also second in the Horizon League in field-goal percentage (44.7%), third in three-point field-goal percentage (35.7%) and fourth in three-point field goals per game (7.9).
 
HERE COMES THE PRESSURE
The Titans unleashed a new pressure defense seven games ago and the results have been extremely positive with 132 caused turnovers (18.8 per game) in that span.

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, while at NKU, they forced 21 and netted 28 points.
 
Detroit Mercy forced 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 registered a season-high 12 steals at Oakland and at Valparaiso in the last three weeks.
 
The 12 steals are the most since accumulating 13 at Northeastern in 2015.

Detroit Mercy has now posted 79 steals in the last 10 games (7.9) 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 tied for the conference lead in league games at 8.7 per game.
 
GOOD TEAMMATES
The Titans were credited with a season-high 19 assists against Youngstown State, the most since posting 22 against Michigan-Dearborn in 2015.
 
Detroit Mercy now has six games with 15 or more assists on the year, including in three of the last five games.
 
RETURN TO SENDER
Detroit Mercy showed some toughness in the paint against Northern Kentucky on Dec. 29 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 and he is fifth in the league with 1.32 blocks per game.
 
GETTING THE FREE ONES
Despite a rough day at the line its last time out against Milwaukee (9-of-29), the Titans were actually improving at the charity stripe connecting on 126-of-171 (73.6%) in the previous nine games.
 
In the last 10 games:
Chris Jenkins is 31-of-33 (93.9%)
Josh McFolley is 25-of-31 (80.6%)
 
The Titans sank a season-high 22 free throws at Oakland (22-of-27) on Jan. 13 and were 20-of-21 at NKU for a 95.2 percent clip, the highest ever in school history when shooting at least 20 free throws in a game.
 
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.
 
Detroit Mercy has now reached double digit 3-pointers in seven games on the year and five times in the last 11 games, including 13 at Wright State, 14 against Youngstown State and 12 at Valparaiso.
 
In HL play, the Titans are tied for third in three-point field-goal percentage (35.0%) and second in three-point field goals (8.4).
 
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 17th in the nation in field-goal percentage at 61.3 percent.
 
He is currently second in school history in career field-goal percentage at 59.7 percent trailing only Eli Holman '12 (60.5%).
 
JALETHAL
With his 15 points against Milwaukee, junior Jaleel Hogan has now been in double figures in 15 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.
 
He had a terrific game at Oakland tallying 39 points on 17-of-24 from the field, all career highs.
 
Hogan is leading the team and tied for 10th in the HL in scoring at 14.4 ppg., while standing second on the squad and 16th in the HL in rebounding at 5.3 per night.
 
In his eight HL games - he did not play at NKU - he is tallying 15.9 points - tied for sixth in the league - on 62.8 percent shooting.
 
ROLLING DOUBLES
Junior Jaleel Hogan and senior Jarod Williams each registered a double-double against Milwaukee their last time out.
 
Hogan had 15 points and tied his career high with 11 rebounds, while Williams posted 13 points and a career-best 11 boards.
 
The last time two Titans recorded a double-double in a game was also against Milwaukee last season as Paris Bass (24 pts., 10 rebs.) and Carlton Brundidge (16 pts., 12 rebs.) accomplished the task.
 
CAREER NIGHT FOR MCFOLLEY
Sophomore Josh McFolley had a couple of great offensive games in the last 10 days with 25 points at Wright State and a career-best 26 points against Youngstown State.
 
He was especially effective from the outside nailing a career-high 8-of-11 against the Penguins and 6-of-11 at Wright State.
 
He now has five 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 15 career games with at least three triples in a game, including seven this season.
 
He also has 56 treys on the season after hitting just 32 last year.
 
HIGH SCORING MCFOLLEY
Sophomore Josh McFolley is second on the team and 12th in the Horizon League in scoring at 14.2 points per game.
 
He is also third in the HL in three-point field goals per game (2.7), 10th in three-point field-goal percentage (40.0%) and 12th in free throw percentage (76.8%).
 
McFolley tallied 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.
 
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
Corey Allen is the highest scoring freshmen in the Horizon League at 13.0 points per game - 14th in the HL.
 
He is also second in the league in three-point field-goal percentage (43.1%) - hitting 44-of-102 on the season - and is sixth in three-point field goals per game (2.2).
 
COREY GETTING IN A ZONE
Freshman Corey Allen has notched double figures in scoring 12 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 just led the team with 22 points against Milwaukee - 16 in the second half - for his fourth 20-point contest of the year.
 
Allen scored 17 points hitting 7-of-12 from the field and 2-of-4 from three with a season-tying five rebounds against rival Oakland. In HL play, he also had 23 against Wright State and 18 at Wright State. 
 
In his last 15 games, he is averaging 14.8 points on 77-of-163 shooting (47.2%) and 38-of-85 (44.7%) 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 (12.0 ppg.) - 18th in the HL - while topping the squad on the boards (7.4 rpg.) - fourth in the HL. He is also tied for third on the squad with 1.7 assists per game and fourth with 14 steals.
 
He picked up his eighth career double-double and fourth of the season with 13 points and a game-high 13 rebounds at Wright State.
 
He also posted a double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds at Valparaiso.
 
Jenkins tallied a season-high 20 points against NKU at home and then matched that against the Norse on the road for his ninth career game hitting the 20-point mark.

Earlier in the season, he posted a double-double with 11 points and a career-best 16 rebounds against Fort Wayne.
 
With his 20 points at NKU his last time out, Jenkins has scored in double figures in 14 games on the season and his four double-doubles on the year makes him one of four HL players with at least four double-doubles in 2016-17 (Alec Peters-14, Drew McDonald-9, Tai Odiase-4).
 
Earlier this year, Jenkins netted a team-high 18 points at Florida State.
 
He has also handed out an assist in 17 games with a season and career high five at ETSU.
 
YOU LITTLE THIEF
Sophomore Josh McFolley has recorded a steal in 17 games this season, including 13 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 13 contests.
 
He tied his career high with four steals at Toledo and has 24 steals in the last 10 games with three against Oakland, UIC, WKU, Valparaiso and Fort Wayne and two at Bowling Green, against NKU and at Wright State.
 
McFolley leads the Horizon League with 1.8 steals per game.
 
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.
 
At Wright State, he scored five points and pulled down a career-best three rebounds, while at NKU, he had eight points hitting 3-of-5 from the field with a pair of treys. His last time out against Milwaukee, he knocked in two more from downtown and handed out a career-high three assists.
 
He now has 16 career field goals and 15 have been scored this year, while 12 of those 16 have been from three.
 
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.
 
WITH THE PASS
Sophomore Josh McFolley is known for scoring the basketball, but he has done a great job creating for his teammates in the last 11 games amassing 48 assists (4.3 apg.).
 
He had a then career-high of eight against WKU and came back with a career-best nine versus Fort Wayne.
 
The nine assists were the most by a Titan since Jason Calliste had 10 at UIC in 2013.
He is currently tied for 10th in the Horizon League with 3.2 assists per game.
 
JUST PERFECT
Sophomore Gerald Blackshear Jr. tied his career high for the fourth time this season with 12 points at NKU going 6-of-10 from the field.
 
Earlier in the season, he missed a double-double with 12 points and pulling down a season-best nine rebounds at Bowling Green.
 
He was 6-of-9 against the Falcons and has connected on 50.0-percent or more from the field 11 times this year.
 
He helped the Titans to a win at Oakland pulling down six key rebounds in the contest.
 
At UIC, he was 4-of-5 from the field and ended with eight points and four boards.

Blackshear Jr. also had 10 points, five boards and a steal at Toledo and eight points, five rebounds and an assist at Murray State.
 
On the year, he is 50-of-82 (61.0%) from the field. Last season, he shot 55.2 percent from the field in limited attempts.
 
CHANGING FIVE
Due to injuries and eligibility, the Titans have used nine different starting line-ups on the season as no Titan has started every game this year.
 
2017 LITTLE CAESARS MOTOR CITY MADNESS UPDATE
The 2017 Little Caesars Horizon League Men's and Women's Basketball Championship will run concurrently from March 3-7, at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.
Tickets to the 2017 Motor City Madness went on sale on Dec. 29 at motorcitymadness.horizonleague.org.
 
The championship games will be held on Tuesday, March 7, with 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.