DETROIT (2/20/2017) -- The last home regular season game on the schedule for the University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team will be a festive one as the Titans welcome Cleveland State on Tuesday on Senior Day at Calihan Hall.

Game time is set for 7 p.m., with Senior Day activities taking place around 6:30 as the Titans honor their four-man class of Matthew Grant, Chris Jenkins, Patrick Robinson Jr., and Jarod Williams prior to the start of the contest.
 
Fans can catch all the action locally on WADL-38 and on ESPN3 with Dan Leach 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.
 
Detroit Mercy is still playing for seeding in the upcoming Little Caesars Horizon League Men's Basketball Championship, but the Titans do know that they will play on the opening day of #MotorCityMadness on March 3, either at 5:30 or 8 p.m. 

Tickets to Motor City Madness are on sale at motorcitymadness.horizonleague.org. Fans, use access code UDM for Single Session tickets and TITANS for All-Session tickets to sit in the Titan section.
 
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. CLEVELAND STATE
The Titans won the first eight career meetings and lead the all-time series, 40-23. 

Detroit Mercy has won three of the last four at home and owns a 25-4 record against the Vikings at home. 

LAST TIME VS. CLEVELAND STATE
Freshman Corey Allen hit the 20-point plateau, but a big run by Cleveland State in the second half was too much to overcome in a 90-73, setback at the Wolstein Center. 

Allen finished with a team-high 24 points going 8-of-17 from the field with six triples. 

Junior Jaleel Hogan tallied 14 points, senior Chris Jenkins netted 13 points and sophomore Gerald Blackshear Jr. totaled nine points, a game and career-high 11 boards and also tied his career best with three blocks.

The Titans led 40-33 at the half and had their biggest lead of the game, 43-33, early in the second half but the Vikings came right back with a 19-0 charge over the next five minutes. Hogan ended that with a basket to trim the deficit to seven, 52-45, but that was as close as it would get. 

LOOKING AHEAD
The regular season will end with the Titans making their longest road trip in conference play as they head to Wisconsin to battle Milwaukee on Friday, Feb. 24, and at Green Bay on Feb. 26.

2017 LITTLE CAESARS MOTOR CITY MADNESS IS ALMOST HERE
The 2017 Little Caesars Horizon League Men's and Women's Basketball Championship will run from March 3-7, at Joe Louis Arena. 

Tickets to Motor City Madness are on sale at motorcitymadness.horizonleague.org. Fans, use access code UDM for Single Session tickets and TITANS for All-Session tickets to sit in the Titan section. 

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.

NEXT WIN NO. 1,400
The next win by the Titans will be number 1,400 in the program's history. 

TOUGH D
The Titans held their first opponent to under 40.0 percent shooting against UIC last Friday as the Flames shot just 38.1 percent from the field (24-of-63).

STEPPING UP
Detroit Mercy has been playing a bit shorthanded due to injuries, but the Titans saw some young players step up and produce some quality minutes in the last two games. 

Against UIC, Freshman Cole Long started and scored five points, grabbed five boards and blocked two shots, while freshman Malik Eichler grabbed a season-best four boards and had two steals. 

In their last game against Valparaiso, both players had five points and three boards in limited minutes. 

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 26th in the nation in field-goal percentage at 59.5 percent.  

He is currently second in school history in career field-goal percentage at 59.3 percent trailing only Eli Holman '12 (60.5%). 

JALETHAL
With 12 points his last time out against Valpo, junior Jaleel Hogan has now been in double figures in 21 games this season, which includes five 20+ point contests - all in conference play. 

To start the conference season, he posted 22 points on 10-of-15 from the field against NKU.

He had a terrific game at Oakland tallying 39 points on 17-of-24 from the field, all career highs, and recently had 23 points in the rematch at home against the Golden Grizzlies.

Hogan has also tallied a game-high 28 points in the win over Green Bay and had 21 points in the win at Youngstown State.

Hogan is leading the team and is ninth in the HL in scoring at 15.3 ppg., while standing second on the squad and 10th in the HL in rebounding at 5.9 per night. 
In his 14 HL games - he did not play at NKU - he is tallying 17.0 points - fourth in the league - and 6.9 rebounds on 59.1 percent shooting.

HIGHEST SCORING FRESHMAN IN THE HL
Corey Allen is the highest scoring freshmen in the Horizon League at 14.5 points per game - 11th in the HL and top 20 in the nation among all freshmen. 

He is also leading the league in three-point field-goal percentage (45.8%) - hitting 70-of-153 on the season - and is third in three-point field goals per game (2.7). 

In Horizon League only games, he is eighth in scoring with 16.1 a night and is top six in three-point field goals (2.8) and three-point field-goal percentage (42.4%). 

COREY TOP 12 IN THE NATION
Freshman Corey Allen is not only leading the Horizon League in three-point field-goal percentage (45.8%), he is currently 12th in the nation in that category. 

His 2.69, 3-point field goals per game is 61st in the country among all players. 
Allen already has a Titan freshmen record 70 triples on the year.

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 has been ready when called upon.

He is coming off a career game tallying a team-high 14 points on 5-of-8 shooting and 4-of-7 from downtown along with grabbing a career-best five boards. 

Against Youngstown State on Jan. 16, he scored 10 points going 4-of-7 from the field and 2-of-4 from behind the arc. 

He also had 10 points against Oakland on Feb. 10, where he hit a pair of triples.

At NKU, he had eight points hitting 3-of-5 from the field with a pair of treys and in the home game against Milwaukee, he handed out a career-high three assists. 

He now has 26 career field goals and 25 have been scored this year, while 19 of those 25 have been from three.

WHO WILL CRACK THE TOP 10 FIRST?
Sophomore Josh McFolley and freshman Corey Allen have a great battle going on who will be the first to etch their name in the Titan record books.

Allen currently has 70, 3-pointers and McFolley has hit 66 as they both are chasing the top 10 single records in school history. 

Right now the No. 10 spot for single-season triples is held by Jason Calliste (2013) and Rashad Phillips (1999), who both had 73 in their respective seasons. 

IN A ZONE
Freshman Corey Allen has notched double figures in scoring 17 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 saw his streak of four-straight 20-point games end as he tallied 16 against Oakland last week, but was right back at the mark tallying a team-high 21 against UIC.

He now has eight 20-point games on the year and five in the last seven games. 
Allen posted a game-high 27 points at Youngstown St. on Feb. 4, going 10-of-16 overall and 6-of-10 from three, and a team-high 24 points at Cleveland St. on Feb. 2, where he was 8-of-17 overall and 6-of-9 from three. 

The week before, he averaged 21.0 points en route to the HL Freshman of the Week honors after scoring 20 against Green Bay and a team-high 22 points against Milwaukee - 16 in the second half.

CAREER NIGHT FOR JOSH
Josh McFolley recorded his sixth career 20-point game with 21 vs. Oakland on Feb. 10. 

He has five of those 20-point games this season, including a great stretch where he recorded back-to-back 20-point games 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 WSU.  

His 26-point effort against YSU 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.

McFolley now has 16 career games with at least three triples in a game, including eight this season after going 4-of-7 against Oakland.

He has 66 treys on the season - after hitting just 32 last year. 

HIGH SCORING MCFOLLEY
Sophomore Josh McFolley is third on the team and 12th in the Horizon League in scoring at 13.9 points per game. 

He is also fifth in the HL in three-point field goals per game (2.4), 11th in three-point field-goal percentage (37.9%) and 11th in free throw percentage (78.2%).

WHAT A STREAK
Senior Chris Jenkins is currently fourth in the Horizon League and 99th in the nation in free-throw percentage (83.5), but he is working on an incredible streak.

He is currently shooting 100.0 percent at the line in 2017 as he has made 33-straight free throws.

His last miss came on Dec. 31 against Wright State, where he missed his last free throw in a 5-of-6 performance. 

In fact, he actually started the season 18-of-27 (66.6%) at the line in his first seven games, but has hit 53-of-58 (91.3%) since. 

DIFFERENT FIVE
Detroit Mercy has used 10 different starting line-ups this season and no Titan has started every game due to injuries. 

Seniors Chris Jenkins and Matthew Grant, juniors Jaleel Hogan and Isaiah Jones, sophomore Gerald Blackshear Jr., and freshmen Corey Allen and Ed Carter III have all missed time this year due to various ailments.

DRE DAY
Junior DeShawndre Black has had at least three assists in 11 games on the year, including four games with at least five assists. 

Black had a career game against Green Bay on Jan. 29, finishing with a career-best 15 points and five rebounds and handed out seven assists.

He also had the game-winning basket netting the old-fashioned three-point play with less than 11 seconds left to help the red, white and blue upend Green Bay, 93-92. 

Black had a great game at Oakland, where he registered a season-high eight assists along with seven points and three rebounds. 

He ran the offense dishing out seven assists against Manhattan and had five assists at Murray State in the non-conference campaign. 

Black has a team-high 2.5 assist-to-turnover ratio on the season (66 assists, 32 turnovers). 

Some of his other big games saw him end with 14 points at Valparaiso, going 5-of-12 from the field with a season-high four 3-pointers. He also had four assists and a season-best four steals against the Crusaders.

Earlier this season, he scored 14 points at New Hampshire.  

HIGH POWERED OFFENSE
The Titans have totaled at least 70 points in 19 games this season, including hitting 80 nine times and 90 on four occasions. 

Detroit Mercy came away with a win in a high-scoring 93-92 affair over Green Bay and just tallied 90 points in a win at YSU. 

In the last 11 games, Detroit Mercy is averaging 81.1 points. 

The Titans are tied for fifth in the Horizon League in offense at 76.8 ppg., but have raised that to 78.1 in HL games, third in the conference in league-only games. 

The Titans are also third in three-point field-goal percentage (36.8%) and third in three-point field goals per game (8.1).

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 eight games on the year, including 13 at Wright State, 14 against Youngstown State, 12 at Valparaiso and 10 against Oakland. 

HERE COMES THE PRESSURE
The Titans unleashed a new pressure early in conference play and the results have been extremely positive with 211 caused turnovers (16.2 per game) in the last 13 games. 

Against Green Bay, Detroit Mercy forced 21 turnovers with nine steals and turned those into 24 points. 

The 25 turnovers by Oakland were the most by an opponent since forcing Milwaukee into 25 in 2012. 

TAKE IT AWAY
The Titans registered a season-high 12 steals at Oakland on Jan. 13 and at Valpo on Jan. 8. 

The 12 steals are the most since accumulating 13 at Northeastern in 2015. 

Detroit Mercy has now posted 114 steals in the last 16 games (7.1) and has the thief of the league in sophomore Josh McFolley, who tops the conference with 1.9 steals per game - 48th in the NCAA. 

As a team, the Titans are fourth in the HL in steals (6.4), and are third in league-only games (7.5). 

GETTING THE FREE ONES
The Titans totaled a 14-of-18 performance (77.8%) effort at the free throw line against Oakland on Feb. 10. 

Detroit Mercy sank a season-high 22 free throws at Oakland (22-of-27) on Jan. 13 as well as against Green Bay on Jan. 29 (22-of-35).

Detroit Mercy was also 20-of-21 at NKU on Jan. 22 for a 95.2 percent clip, the highest ever in school history when shooting at least 20 in a game.

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 tied for fifth in the league with 1.0 blocks per game. 

YOU LITTLE THIEF
Sophomore Josh McFolley has recorded a steal in 22 games this season, including 16 multi-steal contests and eight with at least three takeaways.

In fact, he has recorded all seven of the three-plus steal games in the last 19 contests. 

McFolley registered a career-best five steals versus Green Bay on Jan. 29 and just tied that mark with five steals at Youngstown State. 

He has 38 steals in the last 15 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 and is 48th in the nation with 1.9 steals per game, and his 51 total steals is just six away from moving into the top 10 in school history.