Game notes vs. Shawnee State

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The Holiday basketball season continues for Detroit as UDM hosts Shawnee State on Monday in a contest that offers a number of special offers for all Titan fans. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. at Calihan Hall.

As part of the season of giving, the UDM Athletic Department will have FREE Parking for all fans for the contest as well as Buy One, Get One FREE for all tickets. Free tickets will also be offered to all fire, police, and rescue personnel (with proper ID). For City of Detroit residents, tickets will be priced at a special $2 fee for general admission (with proper ID). The Titan Ticket office will open at noon on game day.

The Titans will look to extend their winning streak to three games after dispatching Bowling Green and Central Michigan. At 8-4, Detroit is off to one of its best starts in recent years as the squad will head into conference play at the end of the week.

Shawnee State is an NAIA school and a member of the American Midwest Conference. The Bears are 3-10 on the season and have played one Division I team already falling to Liberty, 70-45, on Dec. 15. 

The Bears are averaging 65.8 points per game on 41% shooting, although they are connecting on just 28% from three. Freshman Tyler Morgan is their top scorer at 13.9 ppg., as well as SSU's top rebounder (8.4). Junior Keelyn Franklin is the only other player in double figures in scoring at 12.2 ppg.

Fans can catch all the action live on the Horizon League Network or through a live stats feed with CSTV's gametracker. Both links are available on top of the page. 

JUST A START
Detroit's 76-58 win over Central Michigan its last time out marked the Titans' eighth victory of the season, more than UDM has had in each of the last two seasons. 

NO EASY TASK
The Titans and Bears have met once before with Detroit coming away with a 56-51 victory at the Las Vegas Invitational.

CALIHAN HALL TOUGH PLACE TO PLAY FOR NON-CONFERENCE TEAMS
The Titans have made life tough for non-conference opponents visiting Calihan Hall. Detroit is 50-12 in its last 62 home games against non-league schools.

LAST HOME GAME OF THE DECADE
Monday's home game marks the last home game of the decade at Calihan Hall. From the first game in the 10-year period, a 65-51 win over Eastern Kentucky on Jan. 3, 2000, the Titans have comprised a 94-37 record in the Motor City.

TAKING THE ROCK AWAY
UDM forced Central Michigan into 26 turnovers on Dec. 22, including six straight at one point in the first half during a 17-0 Titan run that erased an 11-point deficit. 

The 26 turnovers are a season high and were the most an opponent has had since Eastern Michigan had 26 against the Titans last season. During this season, Detroit's defense has forced 20+ turnovers in five games, and 15 or more in nine games.

HISTORY VS. NON DIVISION I OPPONENTS
The Titans have won their last 18 games against non-Division I foes. The last time Detroit dropped a game outside of Division I was in 1993 when UDM fell to Wayne State, 82-76. 

Overall, the Titans are 241-44 all-time against current non-Division I opponents.

LEE'S 3'S
Junior Lamar Lee had a reputation as a 3-point shooter and so far he has lived up to that billing. For the season, 15 of Lee's 21 field goals have been from behind the arc, which is tied for first on the squad. 

Lee has also done well adjusting to Detroit especially in the last seven games where he is shooting 56% (14-of-25), including 55% from three (10-of-18). In his first five games, the guard was hitting only 21% (7-of-32) from the field and 20% (5-of-25) from the outside.