DETROIT (11/29/2017) -- The University of Detroit Mercy women's basketball team continues its road swing this week, traveling to Kent State in Ohio for a non-conference game Thursday against the Golden Flashes. Opening tip for the contest is set for 7 p.m. from the M.A.C. Center in Kent, Ohio.
The game is set to be seen live on ESPN3.com and the WatchESPN Applications.
The Titans are playing their third game against the Mid-American Conference in 2017-18 and second on the road. Detroit Mercy opened the season on the road at Miami (Ohio) before hosting Bowling Green in the home opener for Field Trip Day.
Last Time Out
The Titans closed out the 2017 San Juan Shootout by battling with a good North Texas squad, ultimately dropping a 63-57 contest from the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Fla.
Detroit Mercy was led with 37 combined points from senior
Brianne Cohen (21 points, 12-of-13 free throws) and sophomore guard
Anja Marinkovic (16 points, 13 in the second half). Senior guard
Nicole Urbanick pulled down a career-high nine boards in the game, while freshman guard
Kayla Brown added seven points.
Detroit Mercy shot 35.6 percent in the contest, sinking seven 3-pointers. The Titans won the rebounding battle with North Texas, holding a 41-40 advantage for the contest. Cohen's 21 points marked the third time in five games this season that she's scored more than 20 points and it was also her fifth-straight double-digit scoring effort.
Scouting Kent State
The Golden Flashes are 4-3 on the season with a pair of road wins over Horizon League opponents Northern Kentucky (59-54) and Youngstown State (55-44) and other victories coming over Southeast Louisiana and Memphis. Kent State is coming off a 70-55 triumph over the Tigers on Nov. 25. The game is the home opener for KSU as the Golden Flashes opened with their first seven on the road or at a neutral site.
Senior forward Jordan Korinek leads the team in scoring at 21.3 points per game, while hitting 62.8 percent of her shots so far this season. Korinek is also 41-for-51 (80.4%) from the free throw line. Michigan State transfer McKenna Stephens is the top rebounder on the squad at 6.6 boards per contest. Senior guard Naddiyah Cross leads the team in assists with 35.
All-Time Series
The Titans are Kent State are meeting for the eighth time in women's basketball and for the second-straight season. Detroit Mercy earned a 73-52 triumph over the Golden Flashes in its home opener last season at Calihan Hall.
Detroit Mercy is 5-2 all-time against KSU and 1-2 in road games. Six of the eight meetings between the two programs came during the 1980s. It's the third game of six against the Mid-American Conference in 2017-18.
All-Time vs. the MAC
The Titans are 87-83 all-time against the MAC. Detroit Mercy went 2-2 last season against the Mid-American Conference under coach Scott.
Detroit Mercy has played Western Michigan the most out of all of the MAC schools, meeting the in-state foe 31 times with 14 wins. The Titans have double-digit victories against Eastern Michigan (15), Central Michigan (14) and Bowling Green (10) all-time.
Coco's Hot Start
Senior forward
Brianne Cohen (Toronto, Ont.) has scored in double figures in all five games this season, while tallying at least five boards in each contest this season. Cohen has scored at least 20 points in three games in 2017-18, tallying a season-best 22 points at Miami (Ohio) in the season opener.
In the past two games, Cohen has sank 21 free throws and on the season, the Toronto, Ont. native is shooting 82.1 percent from the free throw line (32-for-39). Cohen ranks third in the Horizon League in scoring at 18.0 ppg and ninth in free throw percentage.
Cohen, Urbanick Among Active Career Leaders
Seniors
Brianne Cohen and
Nicole Urbanick are among the NCAA active career leaders in several categories. Cohen is No. 18 among active players with her 56.7 field goal percentage. Cohen is also 81st among active players in career scoring with 1,135 points.
Urbanick ranks 26th in the NCAA among active Division I players with 196 treys in her Titan career.
Zoey Sets New Career-Highs
Sophomore
Zoey Oatis has scored 15 points in the past three games, including scoring a career-best seven points vs. Clemson at the 2017 San Juan Shootout. She made 2-of-3 shots and sank all three free throws, while also grabbing three boards vs. the Tigers. Oatis has already surpassed last season's scoring output (15-14) and is shooting 66.7 percent on the season.
Up Next
The Titans host nationally-ranked Michigan on Monday, Dec. 4 from Calihan Hall. Game time is set for 7 p.m. on Dick Vitale Court. Detroit Mercy is welcoming back its first women's basketball head coach Sue Hardy Kruszewski and the first women's basketball teams as well as all former Titan women's basketball players for a special reunion night from Calihan Hall.
