The Basics
Final Score: Green Bay 65, Detroit Mercy 48
Records: Detroit Mercy 1-15 (1-4 HL), Green Bay 8-9 (3-2 HL)
Location: Detroit, Mich. (Calihan Hall)

DETROIT (1/11/2020) -- The University of Detroit Mercy women's basketball team knocked down 11 3-pointers against visiting Green Bay on Saturday, with four different players hitting multiple triples, but the Titans dropped a 65-48 game with the Phoenix from Calihan Hall.

Freshmen Annika Corcoran and Markyia McCormick each hit three 3-pointers and both freshman Sylare Starks and sophomore Jiera Shears drilled two triples in the contest. Corcoran had a team-high 10 points, McCormick scored nine points and junior Aly Reiff added eight points for the red, white and blue. Senior Zoey Oatis had a team-high nine rebounds.

The Titans could not get their shot to fall early as Green Bay took a 23-6 lead after the first quarter, however, the two teams played evenly the final three stanzas with each squad scoring 42 in the final 30 minutes. Detroit Mercy shot 41.7 percent after the first quarter, hitting 10 of its 11 treys.

McCormick drilled the first triple of the game late in the first quarter and then early in the second quarter Shears and McCormick made back-to-back 3-pointers. The Titan defense held Green Bay to just 1-of-12 shooting from beyond the arc in the opening half but Detroit Mercy trailed at the halftime break, 33-16.

Corcoran nailed her first of three second-half 3-pointers early in the third quarter and midway through the frame, Reiff knocked down her lone 3-pointer of the contest off a feed from McCormick. Starks added another 3-pointer before the end of the third quarter as Detroit Mercy was down 14, 45-31, with 2:06 left in the stanza.

Starks and Shears connected on triples within 57 seconds of each other and then sophomore forward Alex Burr scored on a lay-up off a feed from classmate Shears as Detroit Mercy trimmed the Green Bay advantage to 55-39 with 6:30 left. McCormick knocked down her third 3-pointer of the game later in the stanza and Corcoran connected on a pair of deep balls in the final 90 seconds of the contest. The Titans made 5-of-8 triples in the final 10 minutes, shooting 50-percent from the floor overall.

The Detroit Mercy defense held Green Bay to 35.8-percent shooting in the contest, including just 2-of-19 from outside of the arc. Green Bay held a 49-35 rebounding advantage. The red, white and blue assisted on 14 of its 16 field goals in the game with Starks dishing out a career-high four dimes.

Oatis had nine rebounds one game after a 12-rebound performance and sank both of her field goal attempts. Reiff was 3-of-5 from the floor, while Corcoran sank 3-of-6 shots (all 3-pointers). The Titans were 11-of-32 from beyond the 3-point arc (34.4 percent), hitting 31.4 percent of their shots overall (16-of-51).

Karly Murphy led Green Bay with 16 points, while Hailey Oskey added 11 points.

Titan News & Notes
• Corcoran scored in double figures for the third time this season, leading the team with 10 points.
• McCormick and Corcoran each made three 3-pointers in the game for the second time in their careers.
• Oatis went across 500 career points with her four-point total on Saturday.
• The 14 assists for the Titans tied a season-high (also had 14 assists at Butler on Nov. 13).
• Detroit Mercy's 11 3-pointers were a season-high and the most since Detroit Mercy made 11 at Northern Kentucky on Feb. 10, 2018.
• It was the 60th meeting in women's basketball between the two programs (Green Bay holds series lead, 52-8).

Up Next
Detroit Mercy returns to the court next weekend at home, hosting Cleveland State on Thursday and Youngstown State on Saturday from Calihan Hall. Thursday's contest is set for 7 p.m., while Saturday's matchup is slated for a 1 p.m. ET tip. It's the third and fourth games of a four-game homestand in Detroit.