MILWAUKEE (1-18-25) - With 16.2 seconds left and the game tied at 52-52, fifth-year senior
Aaliyah McQueen stole a pass on the low block and was off to the races finding senior
Katie Burton streaking down the court, who connected on the game-winning buzzer-beating layup with .01 seconds on the clock giving Detroit Mercy a thrilling 54-52 win at Milwaukee on Saturday afternoon at the Klotsche Center. This is UDM's first road win at Milwaukee since Jan. 28, 2016, and the Titans are 12-5 overall to start the season for the first time in 28 years since the 1996-97 season.
The layup matched Burton's career-high with nine points while grabbing a career-best nine rebounds. Graduate student
Emaia O'Brien led all scorers with 18 points, on 6-for-11 shooting, 3-for-5 from 3-point range, and 3-for-4 from the free throw line.
McQueen had an off-scoring night with six points but had a solid all-around game, grabbing six rebounds while matching a career-best six assists and a career-best four blocks with three steals defensively.
Sophomore
Makayla Jackson and freshman
Kailey Starks each had seven points, while freshman
Anna Lassan had three points off three free throws.
In the fourth quarter, Detroit Mercy (12-5, 6-3 HL) led 45-41 by the 4:54 media timeout. Milwaukee (4-16, 1-8 HL) battled back to tie the game at 50-50 with a minute left. Starks missed a layup but grabbed the ball from the Panther rebounder and put the ball back up and in to move UDM up 52-50. After Milwaukee tied the game at 52-52 off a layup, O'Brien missed a tough running layup, giving the ball back to the Panthers with 16.2 seconds left, setting the stage for McQueen and Burton's heroics.
In the first half, UDM held a 17-11 lead after the first quarter and a 30-23 lead at the break.
Detroit Mercy returns to Calihan Hall to take on #HLWBB leader Purdue Fort Wayne on Wed., Jan. 22 at 7 p.m. on ESPN+.
