Detroit (1-7) vs. Michigan (8-2)
Dec. 19, 2009 (1:00 p.m.)
Detroit, MI
Calihan Hall (8,295)

Game Notes (in pdf)

DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR?
Detroit leads the overall series with Michigan, 11-8. The last time these two teams met was on Nov. 20, 2006 and the Titans dropped an 86-35 decision in Ann Arbor. UDM last defeated the Wolverines on Jan. 9, 1994 by a score of 79-69 at Calihan Hall. In that game, current Detroit head coach Autumn Rademacher was a freshman for UDM and scored a team-high 18 points after shooting 6-of-18 from the field.

HERE COMES SANTA CLAUS
It's not actually Santa that's visiting Calihan Hall on Saturday, but Michigan. The Wolverines head into Saturday's contest with an 8-2 overall record and a 4-2 mark when playing on the road. They have won four straight, which includes 72-71 victory against No. 8 Xavier on Dec. 14 in Cincinnati. The last loss for Michigan came at New Mexico State on Nov. 28 by a score of 72-67. Junior Veronica Hicks leads the Wolverines with 13.8 points per game, while freshman Jenny Ryan is averaging a team-best 6.3 rpg.

ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS
One thing that could probably be found on Detroit head coach Autumn Rademacher's Christmas list is a win over Michigan. Not only because it is an in-state school and a member of the Big Ten, but because Saturday's contest pits a former mentor against a mentee as Rademacher coached under Michigan head coach Kevin Borseth for three seasons (2004-07) while he was at the helm of Green Bay's women's team.

TEN LORDS A LEAPING
Michigan is the second Big Ten team to visit Calihan Hall this year as Detroit opened up its home slate with a match-up against Michigan State on Nov. 15. The last time UDM hosted both of these teams was during the 2001-02 season.

THREE FRENCH HENS
No, it wasn't french hens that sophomore Jalesa Jones collected at Morehead State on Dec. 13, but a game-high three steals.

NOT SO SILENT NIGHT
Freshman Demeisha Fambro was anything but silent at Morehead State this past Sunday as she came off the bench to tie for a team-best 15 points and also tied for a team-best two steals.

THE FIRST NOEL
Sophomore Sierra Spaude played her first game in a Titan uniform on Dec. 13 at Morehead State. In 22 minutes of play, Spaude drained one from long range, pulled down four rebounds and added two assists for the Titans.

FIVE GOLDEN RINGS
There was no gold found this past Sunday, but Detroit did have five players score in double figures at Morehead State. Sophomore Jalesa Jones and freshman Demeisha Fambro tied for a team-high 15 points, while freshman Kassandra Hooten scored 14. Sophomore Yar Shayok and senior Brigid Mulroy added 12 and 10, respectively.

I SAW THREE SHIPS
Plus one. Freshman Kassandra Hooten had a flawless 4-of-4 showing at the line at Morehead State on Dec. 13.

THE MOST WONDERFUL DAY OF THE YEAR
Sophomore Jalesa Jones netted a career-high 15 points, which tied for a team second-best at Morehead State this past Sunday. Jones also dished out a team-high seven assists and added three steals against the Eagles.

HARK! THE HERALD ANGELS SING
Freshman Kassandra Hooten started her second game of the season on Dec. 13 and ended with a team third-best and personal-high 14 points for her second consecutive game scoring in double figures. Against Bowling Green (Dec. 9), she came off the bench to score a team-high and then personal-best 12 points after shooting 4-of-11 from the field and making her lone attempt from long range.

SILVER BELLS
In the latest NCAA National Rankings (thru Dec. 13), senior Brigid Mulroy ranks third in 3-point field goal pct. (.610) and 16th in 3-point field goals made (3.1/gm). In addition, as a team, the Titans are 12th in the nation in 3-point field goal pct. (.400).

HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS
Sophomore Yar Shayok has grabbed double figure rebounds in every game, except for three. She set a career-high of 14 at Oakland (Nov. 13), grabbed 10 at against both Michigan State (Nov. 15) and Cincinnati (Nov. 21), pulled down a game-high 12 caroms at Indiana State (Dec. 1) and then collected a game-best 13 rebounds against EMU (Dec. 5).

MUST BE SANTA
No, it wasn't Santa, but freshman Demeisha Fambro who poured in a game-high 22 points, which included a perfect 5-of-5 showing at the line, against Eastern Michigan (Dec. 5). Fambro was one rebound shy of collecting a double-double as she grabbed a team third-best nine boards and she also tallied a game-high four steals against the Eagles.

MARY, DID YOU KNOW?
Sophomore walk-on Jaimee Stoner made her collegiate debut on Dec. 5 against Eastern Michigan. Stoner saw 13 minutes of action, collected one steal and netted her first collegiate basket off an assist from former walk-on, senior Brigid Mulroy.

SLEIGH RIDE
Sophomore Yar Shayok hasn't ridden in a sleigh recently, but she did collect a career-high and game-best two blocks against Bowling Green on Dec. 9.

WHERE ARE YOU, CHRISTMAS?
Well, we know that Christmas is right around the corner, but are curious where the Titans rank in the Horizon League. As of Dec. 16, senior Brigid Mulroy is first among conference peers in 3-point field goal pct. (.610) and is tied for first in 3-point field goals made (3.1/gm). She sits second among conference peers in scoring (15.4 ppg), is fifth in field goal percentage (.518) and is seventh in defensive rebounds (4.1/gm). Sophomore Yar Shayok is currently first in the Horizon League in rebounds (9.5 rpg), is 12th in scoring (12.6 ppg), second in defensive rebounds (6.5/gm) and is seventh in offensive rebounds (3.0/gm). In addition, sophomore Jalesa Jones is first in assists (5.1 apg) and second in assist/turnover ratio (1.6), while freshman Demeisha Fambro is 14th in scoring (11.8 ppg) and sophomore Lauren Allen is tied for 10th in steals (1.5/gm).

DECK THE HALLS
Senior Brigid Mulroy pulled down a career-high and game second-best 12 rebounds against Eastern Michigan on Dec. 5.

JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE BELLS
Sophomore Yar Shayok collected her third double-double of the season as she scored a team second-best 19 points and pulled down a game-high 13 caroms versus Eastern Michigan on Dec. 5.

O'CHRISTMAS 'THREE'
Senior Brigid Mulroy currently owns 93 career 3-point field goals, which is two away from tying Terri Ford (1986-90) and current graduate assistant, Katie Solner (2002-05), for ninth place in Detroit's record books.

WE THREE KINGS
Senior Brigid Mulroy made all three attempts from long range at Cincinnati (Nov. 21), while sophomore Yar Shayok and freshmen Demeisha Fambro, as well as Cherridy Thornton all netted one trey each against the Bearcats. Thornton's 3-pointer pulled Detroit within one late in the second half after being down by 17 points to Cincinnati.

PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE
Detroit's lone senior, Brigid Mulroy, came out of the gate raring to go in UDM's opening week as she averaged 20.5 points in the two games. For her efforts, Mulroy was named Horizon League Women's Basketball Player of the Week on Nov. 16 and also earned the Horizon League Network's “The People's Choice” honor (Nov. 19).

WHAT CHILD IS THIS?
Mulroy opened the 2009-10 campaign with a team third-best 14-point effort in Detroit's 74-65 win at Oakland on Nov. 13 and, two days later, in UDM's home opener, she shot 8-of-11 from the field, including 4-of-5 from long range, and made all seven attempts at the line to end with a career-high and game-best 27 points versus #10 Michigan State. The eight made field goals matches her career-high and the seven free throws is a new personal best for Detroit's lone senior.

JOY TO THE WORLD
Detroit led by as much as nine against #10 Michigan State on Nov. 15 and the Titans had a one-point advantage at the break (37-36).

OH COME, ALL YE FAITHFUL
Sophomore Yar Shayok, whose 2008-09 season was cut short due to an injury, made a huge impact for the Titans against Oakland on Nov. 13 as she collected a double-double with game-highs in both points and rebounds with 26 and 14, respectively. Shayok shot 11-of-14 from the field, 4-of-5 from the line and 10 of her caroms came on the defensive end.

TWO FRONT TEETH
The Titans shot 36 percent in the first half against Oakland (Nov. 13) and came back from the break to shoot 61 percent in the second stanza, compared to a 29 percent effort from the Golden Grizzlies.

AWAY IN THE MANGER
Five Titans scored in double figures, with freshman Demeisha Fambro and sophomore Jalesa Jones tying for a team-high 15, but Detroit's women's basketball team fell by a score of 84-71 against Morehead State at the Johnson Arena in Morehead, KY, on Dec. 13.

Freshman Kassandra Hooten notched 14 in her second start of the season, while sophomore Yar Shayok and senior Brigid Mulroy added 12 and 10, respectively.

Detroit trailed by 16 with just under nine minutes remaining in the first half, but the Titans responded with a 10-0 scoring run to cut the deficit to six and put the score at 29-23 after Jones made both of her attempts at the line.

About four minutes later, sophomore Sierra Spaude, in her first game in a Titan uniform, drained one from long range, off an assist from sophomore Lauren Allen, to pull Detroit within five (38-33). But the Eagles made the last basket of the half to take a seven-point advantage with them at the break.

In the opening minutes of the second stanza, Hooten hit a lay-up to pull Detroit within four (43-39), but that was the closest the Titans would get to the Eagles the remainder of the contest.

MSU had an 18-point lead at 1:24, but Detroit scored nine unanswered points to pull within nine in the final minute after Fambro scored two, Mulroy hit a three, while Hooten and Jones, who tied a season-high of seven assists, each made both of their free throw attempts. The Eagles made all six of their tries at the charity stripe in the closing minute to help secure their win.

Detroit shot 25-of-55 from the field (46 percent), while Morehead State had a 48 percent showing (30-of-63). The Eagles sank a school record 16 3-pointers, while Detroit netted eight, three of which came from Mulroy. Detroit tallied eight steals to the Eagles' seven, while MSU outrebounded the Titans, 38-31.

DASHING THRU THE SNOW
Since there is no snow and the Titans do not own a sleigh, Detroit will 'dash' off to Athens, GA, in the air for a rematch against Georgia on Dec. 22. Last season, the Titans captured a historic 70-66 victory over then 23rd-ranked UGA at Calihan Hall on Nov. 22.

TWO TURTLE DOVES (OR SIGNEES)
University of Detroit Mercy head women's basketball coach Autumn Rademacher has announced that two student-athletes have signed National Letters of Intent to play for the Titan squad, beginning with the 2010-11 season. The signees are: Megan Hatter (F, 6-0, Howell, MI/Howell) and Senee Shearer (G, 5-7, Detroit, MI/Pershing). Hatter is the sister of current Titan, Heather Hatter.