DETROIT (2/27/2019) -- The University of Detroit Mercy women's basketball team opens the final homestand of the regular season Thursday, welcoming league-leading Wright State to Calihan Hall for a 5 p.m. ET contest. The contest is the opener of a doubleheader with the Titan men's basketball team.

Admission is free for all faculty and staff by presenting their ID at the ticket window with Thursday's game being Faculty & Staff Appreciation Night in the second-to-last home game of the 2018-19 season. Titan fans who can't make the contest may also watch the game live on ESPN-Plus.
 

Game 28 // Detroit Mercy (4-23, 2-14 HL) vs. Wright State (22-6, 14-2 HL)
Dates / Time	Thursday, Feb. 28 // 5:00 PM ET
Location / Tickets	Detroit, Mich. (Calihan Hall) // Tickets
Live Stats	Sidearm Stats
Live Stream	ESPN-Plus
Social Media	Twitter (In-game Tweets): @Detroit_WBB | Facebook | Instagram
All-Time Series	Titans lead, 28-27 // Last Meeting: WSU 78, Titans 59 (1/27/19)

Quick Hits
• The Titans have 222 steals on the season, which is the most since 236 in 2010-11. The red, white and blue rank third in the Horizon League at 8.2 steals per game, while three players -- Oatis (1.9, 4th), Bellman (1.3, 11th) and DiMilia (1.2, 13th) all ranking in the top-15 in steals per game.

• The Titan defense has been an improvement in 2018-19 with Detroit Mercy allowing just 67.1 points per game, which is tied for the lowest mark in head coach Bernard Scott's four-year tenure, currently tied with the 2016-17 team. Detroit Mercy has a Horizon League-high 17.4 turnovers forced per game.

• Detroit Mercy will honor two seniors on Saturday in four-year players Brittney Jackson and Lola Ristovski. Jackson just recently went over 200 career assists and also ranks 14th all-time in 3-pointers made (110), while Ristovski leads all active Titans with 114 career games played.

Last Time Out
Detroit Mercy fell 82-37 in its road finale on Saturday to host Green Bay from the Kress Events Center in Green Bay. Senior guard Brittney Jackson and freshman guard Jess Bicknell both scored eight points to lead the Titans.

Detroit Mercy led 7-4 early in the game behind a 3-pointer from Paige Bellman and buckets from Bicknell and Alex Burr. Green Bay rallied, however, to take a 15-10 lead after one and 35-18 halftime lead. Freshman guard Jiera Shears added seven points and Burr also had six for the Titans.

Senior guard Lola Ristovski had a team-high three assists, while junior Zoey Oatis added to her career-high steals total with two against the Phoenix on Saturday.

Scouting Wright State
Wright State is currently No. 1 in the Horizon League with a 14-2 league mark entering the final weekend of the regular season. The Raiders can clinch the top seed for the tournament championship with a victory over Detroit Mercy on Thursday. WSU is 22-6 overall on the season and holds a 7-5 record in road games in 2018-19.

Individually, senior guard Mackenzie Taylor and junior Michal Miller lead the way in scoring at 11.9 and 11.8 points per game, respectively. Senior guard Emily Vogelpohl leads the squad in assists (82) and steals (51), while senior forward Symone Simmons leads the Horizon League in rebounding at 9.8 caroms per game. As a team, Wright State is the top scoring offense in the HL at 70.8 points per game and is also the top rebounding squad in the conference at 45.0 boards per game.

All-Time Series
The Titans hold a 28-27 series lead over Wright State in 55 career head-to-head meetings, which also includes a 14-12 mark in games played from Calihan Hall. WSU has won the last three contests, including a 78-59 game in Dayton earlier in 2018-19.

Detroit Mercy is 3-5 against the Raiders under head coach Bernard Scott and 1-2 in home games during his four-year head coaching tenure.

Up Next
Detroit Mercy hosts Northern Kentucky on Saturday in its Senior Day contest from Calihan Hall. The Titans play in another doubleheader with the Detroit Mercy men's basketball team with the women's game starting at 1 p.m. and the men's contest following at 4 p.m. on Dick Vitale Court.