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The UDM men's basketball team will look for back-to-to wins for the first time this season when the Titans travel to Champaign, IL, to face the Fighting Illini on Saturday, Dec. 20. The contest is scheduled to start at 8:00 p.m. (EST)

Matt Dery will have the call live on WDFN-AM 1130. The game will also be televised by the Big Ten Network, UDM's first ever appearance on the station.  Jay Wilson will have the play-by-play with Trent Tucker adding the color. Fans can also catch the action with a live stats feed through CSTV's gametracker. 

The Titans (3-6) and Fighting Illini  (9-1) have hooked up eight times with Illinois owning a 7-1 margin in the all-time series. The last contest between the programs occurred in 1974 when Illinois edged U-D, 64-60. The Titans have also dropped all six games in Champaign.

UDM AND THE BIG TEN
UDM has had its moments against members of the Big Ten, most notably beating Michigan State three years in a row from 1995-98, but overall, UDM has struggled against the conference. Detroit is 28-108 all-time against the league's current members, with its last win coming during the 1997-98 campaign when the Titans edged the Spartans, 68-65. UDM open up the 2008-09 season with an 82-50 loss to Purdue.

SECOND TIME THIS SEASON
The Detroit-Illinois match-up on Saturday marks the first time in 10 years that the Titans will have played two teams from the Big Ten conference in a year. During the 1998-99 season, Detroit dropped a 62-55 decision at Michigan and ended the campaign with a 75-44 loss in the second round of the NCAA Tournament to Ohio State. The last time UDM played two teams from the conference in the regular season was in 1997-98 when the Titans defeated Michigan State 68-65 on the road, while losing a heartbreaking 54-53 home game against Michigan.

KENNEDY BREAKS FREE
Junior Thomas Kennedy netted 17 points against Aquinas his last time out. In his prior five games, the junior college transfer scored just 23 points. 

HARRINGTON GRABBING BOARDS
Junior Michael Harrington is coming off a career-high 12 rebound performance against Aquinas. It was his second double digit rebounding effort of the season and third of his career. In the last four games, the stout 6-8 238 lb forward is corralling 7.2 boards per night.

UNDER 50
The Titans held Aquinas to under 50 points in their 58-48 victory over the Saints on Dec. 17. The last time Detroit accomplished this feat was on Feb. 21, 2007, when UDM downed Cleveland State, 60-48, at home. 

MIX & MATCH
Detroit has used six different starting line-ups in its first nine games, with 10 Titans starting at least one contest on the year. Only junior Woody Payne has started all nine games so far for UDM.