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Just one win away from the Horizon League championship game, the seventh-seeded Titans will put their five-game winning streak on the line when Detroit battles the No. 2 seed Wright State on Saturday evening at Hinkle Fieldhouse. Game time is set for 5:15 p.m., with the game televised by ESPNU, but on a tape delay to be shown at 10:00 p.m.

Jim Barbar will handle the play-by-play with Dave Kaplan providing the color. The game WILL NOT be web streamed on the Horizon League Network, but fans can follow all the action with a live stats feed on CSTV's gametracker. 

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The Titans (20-13) advanced to the semi-finals after defeating the No. 7 seed Valparaiso (89-82) and three seed Green Bay (62-53). UDM is averaging 75.5 points and shooting 50.5% from the field in the first two games of the tournament, whole holding a +8 rebounding margin over their opponents (38.5-30.5). A win would move the Titans into the championship game for the first time since 2005. 

Wright State (19-11) has had a week off since ending the regular season with a 68-63 loss at Cleveland State, but the Raiders' 12-6 mark in league play was good enough to finish second in the standings and earn a double bye into the HL semi-finals. Second team All-Horizon League selection Vaughn Duggins leads the team in scoring at 14.1 ppg, while Todd Brown is tallying 13.1 ppg., and 4.4 rpg. 

The winner will face the victor of the Butler-Milwaukee game on Tuesday at 9:00 p.m. on ESPN.

DETROIT VS. WRIGHT STATE
The series is tied at 19 wins apiece, but Wright State has won nine in a row and 10 of the last 11 meetings. The last UDM triumph over WSU was on Feb. 8, 2006, 70-66 in Calihan Hall.

The Titans are 4-2 all-time against the Raiders in the Horizon League tournament, but the programs have met just once outside of the first round/quarter-finals with WSU upending UDM, 76-69, in the semi-finals in 1995.

A WINNING CAMPAIGN
The Titans have already clinched their first winning season in six years (18-13, 2003-04) and have now reached 20 wins for the first time since going 25-12 in 2000-01.

This season has marked a 13-win improvement over last year, making it the biggest turnaround in Titan history. Prior to that, the biggest turnaround between seasons was nine wins, done by the 1959-60 squad (11 wins to 20) and the 1997-98 team (16 wins to 25).

The +13 margin is also the third best turnaround in the nation following Coastal Carolina's +17 (11 last season, 28 this year) and Loyola Marymount's +14 (three wins to 17).

QUICK NOTES FOR HL TOURNAMENT
- The Titans have advanced to their first semi-finals appearance since 2005, with a pair of wins away from home.
- Detroit is averaging 75.5 points through the first two games, while shooting 50.5% from the field.
- UDM has been to the free throw line 67 times, making 51 of them (76.1%).
- Detroit is outrebounding its opponents 38.5 to 30.5.
- Eli Holman is averaging a double-double with 18.5 ppg., and 13.5 rpg.
- Xavier Keeling is 16-of-19 (84.2%) from the free throw line.
- Opponents are shooting 38.9% from the field, and 27.1% from three.

QUICK NOTES IN WIN OVER GREEN BAY
- Detroit hit 83.3% at the free throw line (20-of-24), its highest effort of the season. UDM came into the contest last in the conference in free throw percentage (64.9%).
- Detroit held Rahmon Fletcher to just three points on 1-of-10 shooting. In the two regular season games against the Titans, Fletcher averaged 20 ppg., shooting 15-of-28 (53.5%) and 5-of-8 (62.5%)from beyond the arc.
- Eli Holman posted his second-straight double-double in the tournament with 16 points and 11 rebounds.
- Green Bay shot just 18.8% from three-point range (3-of-16) after coming into the contest leading the league in 3-point shooting (37.9%)

QUICK NOTES IN WIN OVER VALPO
- UDM scored 56 points in the second half, the most in any half this season.
- Held the top shooting team in the league to just 39 percent from the field, after VU came into the contest at 47 percent for the season.
- Connected on 31-of-43 free throws (72%), its' season-high for makes and attempts.
- Outrebounded the Crusaders, 46-31.