DETROIT (1/5/2017) -- Five Titans scored in double figures and the red, white and blue cut an 18-point deficit down to just one, but the second half rally fell just short as the University of Detroit Mercy dropped an 80-73 contest to Wright State on Friday night. 

Redshirt junior Kameron Chatman posted his sixth double-double with 13 points and a team-high 12 rebounds and also tied for the team lead with four assists. Junior Tariiq Jones recorded his first career double-double with a career-best 15 points and 10 rebounds and freshman Jermaine Jackson Jr. tallied 10 points, six rebounds and four assists.

Graduate senior Roschon Prince netted 10 points and two blocks and senior Jaleel Hogan added 10 points and five rebounds. 

Detroit Mercy (4-12, 0-3 HL) trailed by as many as 18 in the first half and 15 in the second, but trimmed it to just one point on a couple of occasions late in the game. A steal by Chatman and then a layup made it a 66-65 contest with 5:51 left and later on, a free throw from junior Josh McFolley saw the Titans down by just one again, 70-69, with 3:59 remaining.

The Titans shot 45.8 percent from the field, but 4-of-19 from behind the arc and 15-of-25 at the free throw line, while Wright State (11-5, 3-0 HL) shot 45.3 percent with nine 3-pointers. Detroit Mercy did win the battle of the glass, 43-37, and forced 12 turnovers. 

The red, white and blue will be back in action on Sunday, Jan. 7, as they host the other first-place team in the Horizon League Northern Kentucky at 2 p.m. 

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First Half:

• Hogan got the offense going with the first basket of the game.
• Detroit Mercy was down 10-6 when the Titans scored six-straight to jump out in front.
• Hogan started that with a layup and after Jones got inside for a bucket, Hogan hit a jumper for the 12-10 advantage at the 12:50 mark.
• Jones hit a triple to knot it at 15-all with 11:54 to go and then junior Gerald Blackshear Jr. went inside for a layup and the Titans led 17-15 with 10:27 left.
• Wright State would jump out in front with a 14-0 run and take a 43-27 lead at the break.
• Hogan had nine points for Detroit Mercy and Chatman grabbed six rebounds after the first 20 minutes. 

Second Half:

• The Titans got the Wright State lead under 10 for the first time with a basket from Prince at 14:44 to make it a 51-42 game.
• After WSU extended its advantage back to as many as 13, Jackson Jr. scored five-straight points on a three and a layup to pull the Titans within seven, 58-51, with 11:18 left.
• Two minutes later, Detroit Mercy inched closer as McFolley drove to the rim and was fouled and his free throw cut it to four, 60-56, with 9:11 to go.
• The Raiders pushed it back to a six-point game, but Jones twice got it down to four points with baskets, and then McFolley split a pair at the line to make it a one-possession game, 64-61, at the 7:30 mark.
• Back-to-back buckets from Jones and Chatman had the Titans within one, 66-65, with 5:51 left, but Wright State was able to stave off the home team from taking the lead.
• Another Jones score had the Titans within two, 70-68, and then McFolley was fouled and he made one of two at the line to trim the deficit back to one, 70-69, with just 3:59 on the scoreboard.
• That was as close as the Titans got with the Raiders holding off the red, white and blue the rest of the way. 

Game Notes:

• Wright State leads the all-time series 30-26
• The Titans had five players in double figures for the fifth time this season
• Detroit Mercy has now outrebounded its opponent in two-straight games
• Chatman tallied his sixth double-double of the season and second in Horizon League play
• Jones' career high was 13 points against Green Bay and five rebounds at Milwaukee
• Jackson Jr.'s most rebounds is seven in the season opener at Virginia Tech
• Prince has now reached double figures in back-to-back games and four times this season. 
• Hogan now has 1,072 points, just three away from tying Carl Pickett '97 for 34th in school history