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SERIES RECORD
Detroit owns a 38-19 advantage in the overall series with Loyola and UDM is 19-5 when playing in Detroit, which includes a 47-45 victory for the Titans at Calihan Hall on March 1, 2008. Earlier this season, Detroit captured a 71-64 victory over the Ramblers in the Horizon League opener for both teams in Chicago on Jan. 3.

ABOUT LOYOLA
Loyola, which has secured the #9 slot in the Horizon League Championship, heads into Saturday's match-up with an 8-19 overall record and a 3-14 mark in conference play. The Ramblers have lost their past two outings, including a 64-44 setback at Wright State on March 5. The last win for LUC came on Feb. 26 by a score of 70-52 to visiting Youngstown State. Elyse VanBogaert is averaging a team-best 12.1 points per game, as well as 5.5 rebounds per contest.

SENIOR DAY
Seniors Sandi Brown, Zemora Davis and Dominica Whittaker will all be honored on March 7 for all of their hard work and dedication to Detroit's women's basketball program.

HL CHAMPIONSHIP OPPONENT
With the 63-55 victory over UIC on March 5, the Titans secured eighth place in the conference and will host No. 9 Loyola in the first round of the Horizon League Championship on March 9 at 7 p.m.

REGULAR SEASON FINALE
Since the conference changed its name to Horizon League (2001-02) Detroit owns a 2-4 overall record in the final regular season game and is 1-3 when those contests take place at Calihan Hall.

AT LEAST TWO DECADES WORTH
For the fifth time this season a Titan scored at least 20 points in a single game as senior Sandi Brown poured in 21 points in Detroit's 63-55 victory over UIC on March 5.

NOTHING BUT Z
Senior Zemora Davis was one of three Titans to score in double figures against UIC (Mar. 5) as she poured in a team second-best 14 points for her fifth double digit scoring game thus far this season.

JUMPIN' JALEESA
Freshman Jaleesa Trussell tied for a game-high and set a new personal standard in rebounds with six against UIC on March 5.

AT LEAST TWO DECADES WORTH
The Titans own a 6-1 overall record thus far this year when they hold their opponent to under 60 points, with the last win coming against UIC on March 5 (63-55).

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 947 career points. Mary Lillie (1978-82) is in the 16th slot as she finished out her career with 1,033 points.

LAST TIME OUT
Three Titans scored in double figures to help propel Detroit to a 63-55 victory over visiting UIC in a Horizon League match-up Thursday evening at Calihan Hall.

Detroit senior Sandi Brown ended with a game-high 21 points, while senior Zemora Davis added 14 for the Titans after shooting 7-of-12 from the field. Freshman Jalesa Jones was perfect from the line (4-of-4) and finished with 10 points in 33 minutes of action.

With the score tied at 10 five minutes into the contest, the Titans followed with a 13-4 scoring run to push ahead of the Flames and UDM never relinquished its lead the remainder of the game. Brown scored nine during this span and Davis capped off the scoring spurt with a midrange jumper off an assist from junior Brigid Mulroy to put the score at 23-14 (5:46).

UIC responded with eight unanswered points to pull within one at the 2:58 mark (23-22), but Brown dished out a pass to freshman Jaleesa Trussell with just over a minute remaining, who then netted a field goal to snap Detroit's scoring drought. Senior Meghan Hutchens hit a jumper to add to the Flames point total, but the Titans took a 25-24 advantage with them into halftime.

Detroit opened up the second stanza on a 10-0 scoring run in a 3:38 span for its largest lead of the contest, with Jones scoring the last basket to put the score at 35-24. The Flames were able to pull within four on three occasions, with the last coming at 4:36 after Hutchens hit a jumper, but that was the closest UIC would get to Detroit the remainder of the contest.

Davis gave the Titans a double digit lead again with just over two minutes left after netting a layup off an assist from freshman Lauren Allen to have the scoreboard read 58-48.

Detroit shot 45 percent on the night (24-of-53), while UIC had a 22-of-63 showing from the field (35 percent). The Flames won the battle of the boards, 41-32, while steals were even at nine a piece.

FIVE ALIVE
Three Titans grabbed five rebounds each against UIC on March 5 in senior Sandi Brown, freshman Jalesa Jones and senior Zemora Davis.

NEARLY PERFECT
The Titans shot 93 percent (13-of-14) from the free throw line at Cleveland State on Feb. 21. Redshirt freshman Talicia Washington, senior Sandi Brown and junior Chanica Hall all made both of their attempts, while freshman Jalesa Jones missed just one of her eight tries.

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 it is the fourth time this season in which a Titan player has scored 20 or more points.

JT MAKES HER MARK
Freshman Jaleesa Trussell came off the bench on Feb. 19 and battled through to end tied for a game second-best 16 points after shooting 6-of-11 from the field. Trussell made all four attempts at the line and also added a personal-best five rebounds. Trussell saw a season-high 24 minutes of action and also contributed one assist and two steals against the Penguins.

SCOREBOARD READS 70 OR MORE
Detroit has scored 70 or more points five times this season and the Titans have won all of those contests. The most recent, outside of UDM's 70-62 win at Youngstown State (Feb. 19), was a 73-50 victory over the Penguins at Calihan Hall on Jan. 24.

“FOUR SCORE...”
Detroit had four players score in double figures against Milwaukee on Feb. 12 in Brigid Mulroy (14), Chanica Hall (13), Talicia Washington (11) and Sandi Brown (10). This marks the third time this season that the Titans have had at least four players in double digit scoring with the first at Eastern Michigan (Dec. 20) and the second against Valparaiso (Jan. 10).

FOUR TIMES OVER
Senior Sandi Brown came off the bench against Milwaukee on Feb. 12 to collect her fourth double-double of the season with 10 points and a game-high 11 rebounds.

START YOUR ENGINES
One Titan has started all 28 games for Detroit this season in junior Brigid Mulroy, who is averaging a team second-best 10.1 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).

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.

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.

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.