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SERIES RECORD
Detroit is 14-20 all-time against Milwaukee, including a 5-12 mark when playing on the Panthers home court. Milwaukee has won the past six meetings with UDM's last win against the Panthers coming on March 3, 2005 by a score of 59-49 in Wisconsin.
ABOUT MILWAUKEE
Milwaukee owns a 6-9 overall mark heading into Saturday's match-up and is 1-3 in Horizon League play. The Panthers' lone league win came at Youngstown State on Jan. 8 by a score of 72-60. In its last contest, Milwaukee fell by a score of 61-41 to visiting Wright State. Traci Edwards leads the Panthers in scoring with 18.7 points per game, as well as 8.4 rebounds per contest.
SCORING SANDI
Senior
Sandi Brown has led the Titans in scoring on seven occasions this year, including the past four contests. Brown scored a game-high 16 points at Green Bay on Jan. 15 and currently leads the Titans in scoring with an average of 11.7 points per game.
NO HALL PASS NEEDED
Junior
Chanica Hall dished out a game-high six assists at Green Bay and tied for a game second-best two steals on Jan. 15.
COLLECTING CAROMS
The Titans outrebounded their opponent for the sixth time this season as Detroit had a 32-28 advantage on the boards at Green Bay on Jan. 15.
STARTING FIVE
Detroit has had the same starting line-up for the past five games in
Jalesa Jones,
Brigid Mulroy,
Lauren Allen,
Talicia Washington and
Sandi Brown. The lone win in those five contests was a 71-64 win at Loyola on Jan. 3.
ALMOST PERFECT
Detroit was one shy of having a perfect showing at the free throw line at Green Bay on Jan. 15 as the Titans made 8-of-9 attempts.
DID YOU KNOW?
All five coaches on Detroit's women's basketball staff reside in Royal Oak, MI.
START YOUR ENGINES
Two Titans have started every game for Detroit this season in junior
Brigid Mulroy and freshman
Jalesa Jones. Mulroy is averaging a team second-best 11.4 points per game, while Jones has tallied a team-high 57 assists through 16 games.
LAST TIME OUT
Detroit Titans head women's basketball coach Autumn Rademacher was in familiar territory Thursday evening as the Titans faced Green Bay in Wisconsin, but UDM fell by a score of 62-43 in the Horizon League match-up at the Resch Center on Jan. 15. Prior to coming to Detroit, Rademacher spent the previous four seasons with the Phoenix as an assistant coach.
Junior
Brigid Mulroy, scored in double figures once again for the Titans as she poured in a team second-best 10 points. Mulroy scored seven-straight points for Detroit in a two-minute span in the first half to help tie the game at eight at the 12:21 mark. Senior
Sandi Brown, who ended with a game-high 16 points, pushed Detroit ahead with a lay-up about two and a half minutes later (10-8), but that was the only lead the Titans would have the rest of the game.
Mulroy ended a 16-0 Green Bay scoring run in the closing seconds of the first half as she drained one from long range to put the halftime score at 24-13 in favor of the Phoenix (12-3, 4-0).
Green Bay had its largest lead of the contest (29) after freshman Hannah Quilling drained one of her four 3-pointers of the night at 7:28 of the second stanza to have the scoreboard read, 50-21. Junior
Chanica Hall scored the final five points of the game in the last 27 seconds and she went on to end the night with a game-high six assists.
Detroit shot 37 percent on the night, while Green Bay had a 21-of-47 showing from the field (45 percent). The Titans had a 32-28 advantage on the boards, while the Phoenix tallied seven steals to Detroit's five.
WHERE ARE THE TITANS?
As of Jan. 16, senior
Sandi Brown is 12th among conference peers in scoring average (11.7 ppg), while junior
Brigid Mulroy stands at 15th (11.4 ppg). In addition, Brown is eighth in rebounding (5.8 rpg), while Mulroy is seventh in 3-point FG percentage (.385) and third in 3-pointers made (2.2). Freshman
Jalesa Jones is fourth with 3.6 assists per contest.
DOUBLE TIMES FOUR
On Jan. 10, for the second time this season, Detroit had four players score in double figures in a single game. Senior
Sandi Brown led the Titans with 16, while junior
Chanica Hall (15), junior
Brigid Mulroy (13) and freshman
Jalesa Jones (12) were the other Titans to post double digit points. The double-overtime win at EMU (Dec. 20) had six Detroit players score in double figures, which still stands as a season-high.
OVERTIME AT CALIHAN
Detroit's overtime game against Valparaiso on Jan. 10 marked the first time the Titans played an extra session at Calihan Hall since a 74-73 setback against Milwaukee on Jan. 27, 2005.
ANOTHER FIRST
In her first Horizon League game at the helm of the Detroit Titans women's basketball program, head coach Autumn Rademacher notched a 71-64 win at Loyola on Jan. 3.
DOUBLE OR NOTHING
Two Titans registered double-doubles against Loyola on Jan. 3 in redshirt freshman
Talicia Washington and senior
Sandi Brown. Washington scored a team-high 14 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, while Brown pulled down a game-high 11 caroms and poured in 12 points.
GIVING TO CHARITY
The Titans made a season-high 22 free throws against Loyola on Jan. 3 and ended with a 67 percent showing from the line. In the final 34 seconds against the Ramblers, Detroit made seven of eight free throw attempts to help secure its first Horizon League victory of the season.
TWO EXTRA SESSIONS
Prior to Detroit's 76-75 double-overtime win at Eastern on Dec. 20, 2008, the last time the Titans played in a double overtime contest was a 107-102 setback to Kentucky on Dec. 28, 1983 in Detroit.
PLENTY OF POINTS
The 76 point showing at Eastern Michigan on Dec. 20 marks the most points the Titans have scored in a single game since a 78-65 victory against Wright State in Detroit on Feb. 19, 2004.
VS. RANKED TEAMS
The Detroit Titans made history on Nov. 22 as UDM defeated #23 Georgia by a score of 70-66 at Calihan Hall. This marked the first time since the conference changed its name to the Horizon League (2001-02) in which the Titans defeated a ranked opponent. UDM now owns a 1-11 mark in this category.
GOING BACK IN TIME
Detroit's win over Southeastern Conference member school, Georgia, was the first win against an SEC school since Nov. 23, 1979 when the Titans defeated Louisiana State by a score of 84-76 in Detroit. Prior to Saturday's victory, the Titans had lost 13 straight to SEC schools.
COACHING DEBUT AT HOME
Autumn Rademacher coached her first game for the Titans on UDM's home court against #23 Georgia and Detroit came out on the winning end, 70-66. Since the start of UDM women's basketball (1977-78), Rademacher and the eight full-time head coaches prior, now own a collective 4-5 record in their coaching debut on Detroit's home court.
DOUBLE TROUBLE
Freshman
Lauren Allen collected her first career double-double as she netted a team third-best 13 points and tied for a game-high 11 rebounds against Georgia (Nov. 22). Allen also dished out a team second-best five assists.
DETROIT INKS THREE
UDM head coach Autumn Rademacher announced that three student-athletes have signed National Letters of Intent to play for the Titans, beginning with the 2009-10 season. The signees are: Demeisha Fambro (G, 5-9, Detroit, MI/Crockett Tech), Kassandra Hooten (F, 6-0, Moorhead, MN/Moorhead) and Cherridy Thornton (F, 6-1, Detroit, MI/Frank Cody Senior).
FINAL FOUR IN DETROIT
The University of Detroit Mercy will serve as the host institution for the 2009 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Final Four, which will be held on April 4 & 6, 2009 at Ford Field in Detroit, MI.
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