Game Notes (in pdf)

SERIES RECORD
Detroit is 5-30 all-time against Green Bay and the Phoenix have won the past 13 meetings. The last time the Titans defeated Green Bay was on Jan. 24, 2004 by an overtime score of 56-50 at Calihan Hall. The only time UDM has defeated the Phoenix on its home court was the Horizon League Championship game on March 9, 1997 when the Titans won by a score of 63-55.

ABOUT GREEN BAY
Green Bay closed out the Horizon League regular season with a flawless 18-0 conference record to claim the Horizon League regular season title. The Phoenix own a 26-3 overall mark heading into Wednesday's match-up, with the last loss coming on Dec. 29 at DePaul by a score of 76-68. Lavesa Glover, a 2009 All-Horizon League First Team honoree, averages a team-best 10.9 points per game, while Erin Templin averages a team-best 5.6 rebounds per contest. Last season the Phoenix was seeded first in the tournament, but fell in the semifinal round to #4 Cleveland State in Green Bay by a score of 90-60.

BROWN EARNS CONFERENCE HONOR
Senior Sandi Brown was named to the All-Horizon League Second Team to become the 16th Titan in Detroit history to be recognized in this category, dating back to when the conference was known as the MCC (1986-87). Brown closed out the regular season ranked in the top 10 among conference peers in seven categories: third in scoring (13.0 ppg), fifth in rebounding (6.7 rpg), fifth in free throw percentage (.786), sixth in blocked shots (0.8 bpg), sixth in offensive (2.4) and defensive (4.3) rebounds and seventh in steals (2.2 spg). The last time a Detroit player garnered this honor was Joyce Massey in 2007. In addition, Brown was named Horizon League Player of the Week on March 9 for her efforts against the Chicago schools, which included averaging 17.5 points per game.

CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
Since the 1988-89 season, Detroit owns a 19-18 overall mark in conference championship games, including a 65-54 setback as the #10 seed at #7 Youngstown State on March 10, 2008. Prior to Detroit's 72-67 win over #9 Loyola on March 9, 2009, the last time UDM won a game in the Horizon League Championship was a 59-49 victory as a #7 seed at #2 Milwaukee on March 3, 2005. Three days later, the Titans fell by a score of 76-66 to #3 Wright State.

WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
Detroit has claimed one conference championship title in school history, which occurred during the 1996-97 campaign. The Titans were a #1 seed and defeated #8 Wright State (86-47), #4 Milwaukee (98-63) and clinched the title with a 63-55 win over #3 Green Bay at the Phoenix Sports Center in Green Bay, WI, on March 9. Head coach Autumn Rademacher was a senior on this squad and was named to the All-MCC First Team and, as well as earning all-tournament honors.

THIRD TIME'S A CHARM
Detroit won all three of its meetings against Loyola this season, which is the first time the Titans have defeated the same team three times in a season since the 2003-04 campaign when the Titans won all three meetings against Loyola.

SEEING DOUBLE
Senior Sandi Brown registered her fifth double-double of the season on Monday with a team second-best 15 points and a career-high 14 rebounds.

ASSISTING OTHERS
Freshman Lauren Allen dished out a personal-high and game second-best eight assists against Loyola on March 9.

EIGHT IS GREAT
Since the 1994-95 season, teams seeded eighth in the Horizon League Championship are 4-13 overall in the tournament and those squads are 4-10 in the opening game. This is the first time that Detroit has been the #8 seed in the conference championship.

VS. GREEN BAY POSTSEASON
Detroit is 1-5 all-time against Green Bay in the Horizon League Championship. The lone win for the Titans came in 1997 when Detroit captured the championship title with a 63-55 win over #3 Green Bay. All five losses for the Titans were against a Phoenix squad that was seeded #1.

WITTY WHITTAKER
Senior Dominica Whittaker had two of the best games of the season in the last two contests against Loyola as she netted a career-high eight points after making a personal-best four field goals against the Ramblers at home on March 5 and then went on to grab a personal-best seven rebounds two days later.

IN THE RECORD BOOKS
Senior Sandi Brown cracked the top 20 in Detroit's record books earlier this season and now stands in 17th with 976 career points. Mary Lillie (1978-82) is in the 16th slot as she finished out her career with 1,033 points.

LAST TIME OUT
Senior Sandi Brown (Toledo, OH/Start) hit a clutch turnaround jumper with a minute left to give #8 Detroit a two-point advantage and the Titans were able to hold on as they defeated #9 Loyola in the first round of the 2009 Speedway Horizon League Championship by a score of 72-67 at Calihan Hall Monday evening.

Detroit junior Brigid Mulroy (West Bloomfield, MI/Marian) helped secure the Titans victory as she made both of her attempts at the free throw line with 16 seconds remaining and Brown went to the line 12 seconds later and had a 1-of-2 showing to add to Detroit's point total.

With 2:32 on the clock, Loyola junior Keisha Collins drained one from long range to tie the game at 67, which was the first tie since the 15:26 mark of the first half, and the closest the Ramblers got to Detroit since Loyola led 13-12, six minutes into the contest.

\Four Titans scored in double figures with senior Zemora Davis (Detroit, MI/Community) leading the way with 16, while Brown collected her fifth double-double of the season with 15 points and a career-high and game-best 14 boards. Freshman Lauren Allen (Rochester Hills, MI/Rochester) came off the bench to score 11 points after shooting 5-of-9 from the field and also dished out a game-high and personal-best eight assists. Freshman Jaleesa Trussell (Racine, WI/Case) added 10 points, five of which came at the charity stripe and added three steals in 27 minutes of play.

Loyola junior Maggie McCloskey shot 7-of-11 from beyond the arc and ended with a game-high 25 points, which earned her U.S. Army Player of the Game honors. Junior Elyse VanBogaert netted 12, while Keisha Collins ended with 11 for the Ramblers.

NOTHING IN LIFE IS FREE?
Detroit had a 10-of-19 showing at the charity stripe against the Ramblers on March 7, while Loyola only had one attempt all afternoon (0-of-1).

FOR THREE!!
The Titans are currently on a three-game winning streak for the first time since the 2005-06 season when UDM won five in a row from Jan. 5-21.

QUARTER OF A CENTURY PLUS TWO
Senior Sandi Brown led all scorers and tied her career-high of 27 points at Youngstown State on Feb. 19. This marks the highest single point scoring showing from a Detroit player thus far this year and at the time it was the fourth time this season in which a Titan player has scored 20 or more points, but it has since increased to five.

“FOUR SCORE...”
Detroit had four players score in double figures against Loyola on March 9 in Zemora Davis (16), Sandi Brown (15), Lauren Allen (11) and Jaleesa Trussell (10). This marks the fourth time this season that the Titans have had at least four players in double digit scoring with the first at Eastern Michigan (Dec. 20), the second against Valparaiso (Jan. 10) and the third versus Milwaukee (Feb. 12).

START YOUR ENGINES
One Titan has started all 30 games for Detroit this season in junior Brigid Mulroy, who is averaging a team second-best 9.8 points per game.

SEASON-HIGHS
As a team, Detroit set a couple season-highs against Valparaiso on Feb. 6 in rebounds (49) and made free throws (25). The previous season-bests were both set at Loyola on Jan. 3 with 47 rebounds and 22 free throws.

STEALING AWAY
Detroit's 13 steals against YSU on Jan. 24 matches its season-high from UDM's 76-75 double overtime victory at Eastern Michigan (Dec. 20).

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.

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.

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.

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.