DETROIT (2/8/2017) -- It will be loud inside Calihan Hall this weekend as the University of Detroit Mercy hosts its #MetroSeries counterparts in Oakland on Dick Vitale Court.

The Titan men's game will be on Friday, Feb. 10, at 7 p.m., while the women will face the Golden Grizzlies on Saturday at 1 p.m.
 
Tickets to the men's game start at just $10 and for this week only, if you purchase a ticket to the men's game, you can get a women's ticket for just $4 by bringing in your Oakland ticket stub on Saturday. 
 
The men's game will also feature the jersey retirement of the great Terry Duerod prior to the game and the honoring of the 1976-77 Sweet Sixteen Team at halftime with Dick Vitale coming back to the Motor City.
 
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. OAKLAND
This is the 20th career meeting between the two schools, located roughly 26 miles apart.

Detroit Mercy leads the overall series, 13-6, as the Titans ended a three-game slide to the Golden Grizzlies with a win at the O'rena back on Jan. 13.

The Titans are also 12-2 all-time against Oakland in Calihan Hall. 

LAST TIME VS. OAKLAND
Junior Jaleel Hogan powered his way to a career-high 39 points and 11 rebounds and the Titan defense forced 25 turnovers as Detroit Mercy came from behind to defeat Oakland, 93-88, at the O'rena. 

Hogan was a career-best 17-of-24 from the field and 5-of-6 at the free throw line. Freshman Corey Allen had 17 points and tied his season high with five rebounds. 

Detroit Mercy was down by as many as 12, in the first half and trailed by nine at the break, 51-42, when the red, white and blue kept chipping away at the lead.  

The Golden Grizzlies were ahead by one, 83-82, with 2:38 left when the Titans surged ahead for good. It started with a basket from Jenkins, and then Black was able to knock down a jumper for an 86-83 advantage.

The lead was trimmed to one, 86-85, with just 1:26 on the clock, but the defense did its job holding Oakland to just one free throw in the next minute. McFolley would then ice the game going 4-of-4 at the line the rest of the way.

LAST TIME OUT
Freshman Corey Allen lit up the scoreboard for a game-high 27 points and junior Jaleel Hogan muscled his way to a double-double as Detroit Mercy cruised past Youngstown State, 90-80, at the Beeghly Center.

Hogan tallied 22 points and a career-best 12 rebounds to go with two big blocks and sophomore Josh McFolley ended with 18 points and a game-high and career-tying five steals.

There were six lead changes and three ties early in the game. 

Youngstown State was leading by eight, 28-20, with 9:14 left in the first when the Titans took control with a 14-0 run to jump ahead by six, 34-28, and eventually took a 38-35 lead at the break.

The Titans began to put the finishing touches on the win right out of the gate in the second half opening the frame with 12-straight points and would push its lead to as many as 26 at one point, 75-49, with 8:31 left in the game. 

LOOKING AHEAD
The Titans' homestand will continue next week as Detroit Mercy will play three games in five days starting with UIC on Friday, Feb. 17. 

The homestand will also see Valparaiso come town on Feb. 19 and Cleveland State on Feb. 21.

THE #METROSERIES IS BACK
Detroit Mercy and Oakland branded the annual rivalry called the Metro Series in 2014, which will be awarded to the school with the most head-to-head victories over the course of the academic year. 

The Golden Grizzlies and Titans will compete in men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's golf, men's and women's soccer, softball, women's tennis, men's and women's track and field.

The winner of each competition will be awarded two points, with cross country, golf and track and field being decided by the highest finish at the Hl Championships. The school with the most points at the end of the season will be awarded the Metro Cup. 

Last season, Oakland took the Metro Cup by a score of 27-5, but so far this year, the series is tied at 6-6 with the Titans collecting wins in women's soccer and men's and women's basketball.

SWEET DOO!
The No. 42 jersey of Terry Duerod will finally hang from the rafters at Calihan Hall.

Duerod is the seventh player to have his jersey retired following Bob Calihan, Dave DeBusschere, Spencer Haywood, John Long, Rashad Phillips and Terry Tyler.

Duerod ranks sixth in school history with 1,690 points and was a part of two of the best teams in school history in the 1976-77 Sweet Sixteen squad and the 1977-78 NIT team, both which posted a school record 25 wins.

As a senior, he was tabbed an All-American after tallying 23.3 points, which is still ninth in school history. 

He is known as one of the best pure shooters in Titan history and his 790 career field goals is third in the record books. 

His 47 points against CCNY on Feb. 10, 1979, remains the second-best single game performance by any Titan.

He was selected by the Pistons in the third round of the 1979 NBA draft and played five seasons in the NBA earning a championship ring with the Boston Celtics in 1981. 

After playing overseas for a couple of years, he retired and became a Detroit firefighter for 27 years, retiring from that position in 2016. 

1976-77 40-YEAR CELEBRATION 
The 2016-17 season marks the 40th year of the Titans run to the Sweet Sixteen.

Dick Vitale was in his fourth and final year as the head coach as the Titans posted a 25-4 campaign, the most wins in school history at that time and still tied for first today. 

The Titans set a school record with 21 straight victories, including a legendary triumph on the road at Marquette, the eventual national champions that season winning on Dennis Boyd's jumper from the top of the key just before time expired.

In the NCAA Tournament, the Titans downed Middle Tennessee State, 93-76, in the first round to set up a meeting with Michigan.

In the Sweet Sixteen, the Wolverines jumped out to an early lead in an 86-81 win.

The 1976-77 team featured some of the best players in school history in future NBA players and draft selections John Long, Terry Tyler, Terry Duerod, Ron Bostick and Dennis Boyd. 

UNSTOPPABLE
Junior Jaleel Hogan has once again been an offensive force down low for the Titans as he leads the Horizon League and 16th in the nation in field-goal percentage at 61.6 percent. 

He is currently second in school history in career field-goal percentage at 59.9 percent trailing only Eli Holman '12 (60.5%). 

JALETHAL
With 22 points his last time out at Youngstown State, junior Jaleel Hogan has now been in double figures in 18 games this season, including four 20+ point contests - all in conference play. 

To start the conference season, he posted a then career-high 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 tallied a game-high 28 points in the win over Green Bay. 

Hogan is leading the team and tied for eighth in the HL in scoring at 15.3 ppg., while standing second on the squad and tied for 13th in the HL in rebounding at 5.5 per night. 

In his 11 HL games - he did not play at NKU - he is tallying 17.4 points - fourth in the league - and 6.3 rebounds on 63.0 percent shooting.

HIGHEST SCORING FRESHMAN IN THE HL
Corey Allen is the highest scoring freshmen in the Horizon League at 14.4 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 (46.9%) - hitting 60-of-128 on the season - and is third in three-point field goals per game (2.6). 

In Horizon League only games, he is seventh in scoring with 16.3 a night and is top six in three-point field goals (2.7) and three-point field-goal percentage (43.2%). 

COREY TOP 5 IN THE NATION
Freshman Corey Allen is not only leading the Horizon League in three-point field-goal percentage (46.9%), he is currently fifth in the nation in that category. 

His 2.6, 3-point field goals per game is 80th in the country among all players. 

Allen also set a new Titan freshmen record with 60 triples on the year and is 13 away from moving into the top 10 in school history.

COREY GETTING IN A ZONE
Freshman Corey Allen has notched double figures in scoring 15 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 is coming off his fourth-straight 20-point game as he posted a game-high 27 points at Youngstown State, going 10-of-16 overall and 6-of-10 from downtown. 

Allen had a team-high 24 points at Cleveland State, where he was 8-of-17 from the field 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.

He now has seven 20-point games on the year.

In the last four games, he is averaging 23.2 points on 46.9 percent shooting (31-of-56) overall and 48.7 (19-of-39) from behind the arc.

LETS MAKE IT 5 IN A  ROW
Freshman Corey Allen has posted four-straight 20-point games. 

The last Titan to accomplish that streak was Paris Bass, who netted 20 or more in six-straight games last year. 

CAREER NIGHT FOR JOSH
Sophomore Josh McFolley 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.  

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 60 treys on the season - after hitting just 32 last year - and is 13 away from moving into the top 10 in school history. 

His 2.5 triples per game is fourth in the Horizon League and 80th in the nation, while his 38.7 percent three-point field-goal percentage is 11th in the HL and 75th in the country. 

HIGH SCORING MCFOLLEY
Sophomore Josh McFolley is third on the team and 11th in the Horizon League in scoring at 14.0 points per game. 

He is also fourth in the HL in three-point field goals per game (2.5), 11th in three-point field-goal percentage (38.7%) and 14th in free throw percentage (76.3%).

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. 

WHAT A STREAK
Senior Chris Jenkins is currently fourth in the Horizon League and 95th 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. 

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 (11.9 ppg.) - 19th in the HL - while topping the squad on the boards (7.0 rpg.) - fifth in the HL. He is also fourth on the squad with 1.6 assists per game and third with 16 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. 

Jenkins has scored in double figures in 15 games on the season and his four double-doubles on the year makes him one of seven HL players with at least four double-doubles. 

He has also handed out an assist in 17 games with a season and career-high five at ETSU.

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 just 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 2.7 assist-to-turnover ratio on the season (64 assists, 27 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.  

THE RIGHT SHOT
The Titans posted a season-high 53.2 percent at Youngstown State their last time out. 

It was the fourth game this year and the first on the road that the Titans shot 50.0 percent or higher (52.5% vs. Green Bay, 62.4% vs. WKU and 50.0% vs. Wright State). 

HIGH POWERED OFFENSE
The Titans have totaled at least 70 points in 18 games this season, including hitting 80 eight 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 eight games, Detroit Mercy is averaging 85.1 points. 

The Titans rank third in the Horizon League in offense at 77.6 ppg., but have raised that to 80.0 in HL games, second in the conference in league-only games. 

The Titans are also second in the Horizon League in field-goal percentage (45.4%) and third in three-point field-goal percentage (36.6%) and tied for third in three-point field goals per game (8.0).

HERE COMES THE PRESSURE
The Titans unleashed a new pressure early in conference play and the results have been extremely positive with 175 caused turnovers (17.5 per game) in the last 10 games. 

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

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

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 eighth-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. 

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 third 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. 

YOU LITTLE THIEF
Sophomore Josh McFolley has recorded a steal in 20 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 16 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 36 steals in the last 13 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 32nd in the nation with 2.0 steals per game, and his 49 total steals is just eight away from moving into the top 10 in school history.