DETROIT (2/15/2018) -- The University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team continues its four-game road trip with a visit to Youngstown State on Friday, Feb. 16.

Game time is set for 7 p.m., at the Beeghly Center and the contest will be broadcast live on ESPN3 as well as over the airwaves on 910 AM Superstation with the Voice of the Titans Cliff Russell. 

Detroit Mercy has dropped two tough games so far on the four-game road swing, but will look to continue a great run it holds as the Titans are riding a 10-game winning streak over Youngstown State. 

Tickets for the 2018 Little Caesars Horizon League Men's and Women's Basketball Championship — to be played at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit — are on sale now at HorizonLeague.com, the Little Caesars Arena Box Office, or the Little Caesars Arena Ticket Sales and Service Office (313-471-7575). Fans can also purchase tickets by calling or visiting their favorite school's box office or by calling Detroit Mercy Director of Ticket Operations & Sales Justin Hairston at 313-993-1700 ext. 7301 or at hairstjj1@udmercy.edu.

ALL-TIME MATCH-UP

• Detroit Mercy has dominated the all-time series to the tune of a 36-9 advantage, which includes winning 10 in a row, 
• The Titans are 13-6 all-time on the road against the Penguins and have won eight of their last nine visits to the Beeghly Center. 

CALIHAN HALL TURNS 65

• The 2017-18 season marks the 65th anniversary of historic Calihan Hall.
• The dedication of the University's Memorial Building, as it was known back then, took place May 25, 1952. The first basketball game was played Dec. 2 of that year when the U-D men beat Kalamazoo, 75-61. 
• In 1977, the name was changed to Calihan Hall in honor of the Titans' first basketball All-American, the late Bob Calihan.
• On Dec. 5, 2011, the floor of Calihan Hall was dedicated to former coach Dick Vitale.  

MOTOR CITY MADNESS TICKETS NOW ON SALE

• Tickets for the 2018 Little Caesars Horizon League Men's and Women's Basketball Championship — to be played at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit — are on sale now at HorizonLeague.com, the Little Caesars Arena Box Office, or the Little Caesars Arena Ticket Sales and Service Office (313-471-7575). Fans can also purchase tickets by calling or visiting their favorite school's box office.
• Ticket prices for Motor City Madness, which will take place March 2-6, begin at $15 per day
• Last season, 29,240 fans were in attendance, which ranked 12th out of 32 DI conferences.

TOUGH NON-CONFERENCE SLATE

• The 11 Division I opponents on the Titan non-conference schedule are 184-102 (63.3%) already on the year and 10 of those 11 foes have winning records.
• The Titan non-conference schedule currently ranks 32nd overall in the nation.

ONE STRONG CHATMAN

• Kameron Chatman - who missed three games with an injury before coming back at IUPUI - has been one of the most productive transfers in the NCAA. 
• Chatman leads the team and is:
• * T3rd in the HL in scoring at 17.6 ppg.
• * 3rd in the HL in rebounding at 8.5 rpg.
• * 3rd in the HL in 3-point shooting at 42.9%
• He started conference play with two-straight 20-point games netting 22 at Green Bay - along with 11 rebounds and a career-high five assists - and 20 at Milwaukee, while adding another double-double with 13 points and 12 rebounds against Wright State. He collected his eighth double-double of the year with 13 points and 10 caroms against UIC. 
• His eight double-doubles are fourth in the conference.

CHATMAN ON TOP IN SCORING, REBOUNDING

• Redshirt junior Kameron Chatman posted his 11th, 20-point game of the season tallying a team-high 23 points with five rebounds at Oakland. 
• The 11, 20-point games are the most by a Titan since Paris Bass posted 13 in 2015-16 as well as second in the Horizon League. 
• Chatman is also leading the team in rebounding at 8.5 per night and is trying to become just the sixth Titan since 1980 to lead the team in scoring and rebounding.

ANOTHER 30 POINT TITAN

• Junior Josh McFolley tallied a career-high 30 points against UIC.
• The 30-point game marked the sixth on the season for the Titans and he also became the fourth player to register 30 following  Corey Allen (39 vs. Houston Baptist, 34 vs. Youngstown State, 32 vs. Western Michigan) Kameron Chatman (31 at Fort Wayne) and Jermaine Jackson Jr. (32 vs. Youngstown State).

OUR ROYAL PRINCE

• Graduate senior Roschon Prince is coming off one of his best games as a Titan ending with a season-high 22 points and grabbing nine rebounds at Cleveland State, where he was 6-of-8 from the field and 6-of-7 at the line.
• Prince has now been in double figures in scoring nine times in the last 14 games.
• After averaging 5.1 points and 3.2 rebounds in his first 12 games, Prince is tallying 11.3 points and 6.4 rebounds, while shooting 58.5 percent from the field in conference play. 
• He had 18 points against UIC going 7-of-11 from the floor. 
• He recorded his second double-double of the year registering 10 points and a season-high 13 boards at Oakland. 
• He had 10 points and nine rebounds against Youngstown State and that was after 19 points and eight rebounds versus Cleveland State.
• He had 10 points against Wright State and almost recorded a double-double with nine points and 10 boards versus NKU. 
• He posted his first Titan double-double - and the seventh of his career - with 11 points and 10 rebounds at Milwaukee.

MCFOLLEY FOR 3

• Junior Josh McFolley was in double figures putting in 13 at Oakland, hitting three more 3-pointers and that was after recording a career-high 30 points against UIC, hitting four triples in the process, and finishing with 14 against IUPUI. 
• He now has 10, 3-pointers in his last four games and has connected from distance in 20 of his 27 games on the year. He also has six games with three or more triples. 
• McFolley now has 10 career 20-point games along with 153 career 3-pointers, ninth in school history and just four away from eighth place and Michael Jackson '95.

PICKING YOUR POCKET

• Junior Josh McFolley has been committing highway robbery at an alarming rate recently posting 17 steals in his last four games.
• He had five at Oakland, his sixth game of the year with at least three steals, and that was after a career-best six steals against UIC. 
• He is currently third in the Horizon League with 1.6 steals per game. 
• In his career, he has recorded a steal in 66 of his 88 career games, including 29 multi-steal contests and 16 with at least three takeaways.
• McFolley led the conference in steals per game (2.00) and total steals (62), ranking 26th and 35th in the NCAA, respectively, last season.
• His 141 career steals is just one shy of 10th place in school history, occupied by current assistant coach Jermaine Jackson with 142.

HE CAN SCORE

• Sophomore Corey Allen has been in double figures in 17 of his 24 games with six 20+ contests and three 30+ games. 
• He tied for the team lead with 24 points on 8-of-13 shooting with five treys against Oakland.
• He poured in a game-high 25 points going 9-of-14 from the field with eight rebounds and had the game-winning layup as time expired over Cleveland State. He followed that up with a game-high 34 points on 8-of-16 shooting with five 3-pointers and a career-best 13-of-16 at the line against Youngstown State. 

JJJ FILLING UP THE STAT SHEET

• Rookie Jermaine Jackson Jr. posted stats all around as a true freshman on the road in his collegiate debut at Virginia Tech tallying 16 points with seven rebounds and three assists.  
• He tallied his third 20-point game of the season with a game-high 22 points at IUPUI. 
• Jackson Jr. had a monster game scoring a season-best 32 points against Youngstown State - one shy of a Titan freshman record - on 12-of-17 shooting with six 3-pointers. 
• He is the only freshman in the Horizon League this season with a 30-point game. 
• The rookie tallied a then season-high 25 points at Green Bay - where he was 8-of-14 from the field with a season-high seven 3-pointers and has now scored in double figures in 15 games on the year after netting 12 at Cleveland State. 
• Jackson Jr. is currently third on the team averaging 11.5 points to go with a team-best 2.8 assists, 3.0 rebounds and 1.1 steals. 
• He also has 70 assists and just 47 turnovers for a 1.5 ratio.
• Jackson Jr. leads all league rookies in made 3-pointers and free throw percentage, is second in assists and third in scoring. 

DRE DAY

• Senior DeShawndre Black stepped into the starting role against IUPUI and he was a big reason for the Titan win as he finished with 13 points, three assists and three rebounds.
• He netted 11 points at Oakland with four assists, his third double-digit scoring effort of the season behind the 14 versus Siena Heights.
• He ran the point guard to precision against UIC tying a career-high with eight assists against just one turnover. 
• In fact, in his last 11 games, Black has 27 assists with just 11 turnovers, better than a 2.5-to-1 ratio.

A LONG DAY

• Sophomore Cole Long has been a man on a mission lately and his latest conquest saw him post a career-high 16 points connecting on 6-of-8 from the field with a pair of 3-pointers along with registering eight rebounds at Cleveland State. 
• Long has posted at least five rebounds in four-straight games and is averaging 7.0 per game during that span. 
• He netted 12 points with a career-high seven assists along with five rebounds against IUPUI and then pulled down a career-best nine rebounds and tied his career mark with three blocks against UIC. 
• In limited playing time at Oakland, he recorded three assists and six rebounds in just 13 minutes. 
• Long also has 13 blocks in his last 11 games and is tied for the team lead with 15 overall.
• He made his first start of the season against ETSU and he made the most of it scoring 10 points and handing out four assists. He picked up five assists against Youngstown State and blocked three shots at NKU. 

30X3

• Sophomore Corey Allen tallied his third 30-point game of the year - and fourth of his career - with a game-high 34 points against Youngstown State.
• He was 8-of-16 from the field, 5-of-9 from three and a career-best 13-of-16 at the free throw line, netting 22 in the second half. 
• Allen poured in 32 against Western Michigan on Dec. 9 going 12-of-21 overall with five treys and scored 19 points in the second half. 
• Earlier this season against Houston Baptist, he posted a game, career-high and Belmont Curb Event Center record with 39 shooting 12-of-20 from the field and 7-of-13 from long range to go with a career-tying five assists. 
• The 39 points were the most since Jaleel Hogan had 39 in a win at Oakland last year and are the most by any player in the HL this season. 
• His three 30-point games are tied for the second most in the conference and are the most by a Titan since Willie Green had five during the 2002-03 campaign.

HIGH POWERED OFFENSE

• The Titans currently rank third in the Horizon League and 71st in the nation in scoring offense at 78.1 points per game. 
• Detroit Mercy has scored at least 71 points in 19 games, including three 100+point efforts. 

GIVE ME THAT

• The Titans set a school record with 25 steals - while forcing 36 turnovers - against Siena Heights on Nov. 25.
• Detroit Mercy has now forced 76 turnovers in the last five games coming up with 11 steals at IUPUI, 12 against UIC and eight at Oakland.
• The 12 steals versus UIC was the most against a DI opponent since posting 12 at Oakland in last year's road victory.

LET IT FLY

• Detroit Mercy set a school record hoisting up 43 three-point attempts against Houston Baptist on Nov. 19, nailing 12 of them.
• The previous record was 36 against Dayton in 1991. 
• Against Siena Heights, Detroit Mercy was 17-of-28 from behind the arc, just one triple shy of tying the school record of 18 against Milwaukee on Feb. 26, 2000. 
• They have also nailed 10 or more 3-pointers in 13 games this season and lead the HL with 8.9 triples per game, 68th in the nation. 
• Some of the top-shooting games include 13-of-29 versus Cleveland State, 12-of-25 against Youngstown State, 11-of-29 at IUPUI, 12-of-27 at Wright State and 10-of-22 at Oakland. 

TAKING ADVANTAGE

• Detroit Mercy has done a great job at the free throw line connecting on 75.0 percent, third in the HL and 62nd in the country.
• Detroit Mercy has hit 80.0 percent or more at the line in 11 games, including some great performances in 16-of-20 versus IUPUI, 18-of-22 at Virginia Tech, 20-of-23 versus Seattle, 14-of-17 at Oakland and 17-of-20 against Western Michigan.  
• Some of the top free throw shooters include Jermaine Jackson Jr. (84.5%, 49-of-58), Kameron Chatman (86.7%, 72-of-83), Corey Allen (81.2%, 69-of-85) and Josh McFolley (78.4%, 58-of-74), all among the top 15 in the Horizon League.

 

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