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The Detroit Titans men's basketball team has worked great on the court this season, but the squad got together for a different cause on Tuesday as UDM visited God Land Church in Detroit to help distribute Thanksgiving Day dinners to families in need before the Thanksgiving holiday.

“It's great to see smiles on our player's faces and to put smiles on other people's faces,” said head coach Ray McCallum. “It's the holidays. This time of the year, it's all about friends, family and giving and sharing so that's why I think it is important for our guys to be here and participate in Feed the Children.”

The initiative was part of the NBA's Cares Season of Giving as the Titans joined the Detroit Pistons in hosting multiple Thanksgiving food distributions across Detroit. The distribution was made possible by the money raised during the 2009 Pistons Care Telethon benefiting Feed The Children, which will allow 20 semi-trucks to deliver food and personal care items to 8,000 Detroit-area families in critical need before the Thanksgiving holiday.

“Playing basketball is great and it's something that we have the opportunity to do and you just lose track of how lucky you are when it comes to what we have,” said junior forward Xavier Keeling.

For the Titans, they had five semi-trucks to unload and distributed items to over 2,000 families as each family received a 25-pound box of non-perishable food and a 15-pound box of personal cares items.

Detroit is currently off to its best start since 2001-02 with a 4-1 record and will bring a four-game winning streak into the Windy City when the Titans visit DePaul on Saturday.