Game Notes vs. Wright State 

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DETROIT -- With second place on the line, the Detroit women's basketball team will look to leap over Wright State in the standings as the Titans host the Raiders on Homecoming on Saturday.

Game time is set for 3:00 p.m., on Dick Vitale Court in Calihan Hall and is part of a Titan doubleheader as the men host Wright State at Noon on FOX Sports Detroit.

The Homecoming festivities will include some great promotions with a mascot game at halftime of the men's game and a former student-athlete reception between games. The 98.7 AMP squad will also be on hand for the first half of the doubleheader – and for the rest of the men's game throughout the season – giving two lucky fans at each game an opportunity to win a trip to South Beach.

Detroit comes into the match-up at 8-10, 4-2 in the Horizon League after splitting a pair of games last week at home defeating Milwaukee (71-48) and falling to No. 14/12 Green Bay (68-59). With Wright State at 12-6 overall and 5-1 in the HL – with its lone loss to Green Bay – the winner of the contest will have control of second place in the conference.

Freshman Shareta Brown still leads the team in scoring at 15.8 points per game, sixth in the Horizon League. She leads the conference – and is 18th in the nation – in field-goal percentage (55.9%), while standing eighth in rebounding at 8.7 per game. Senior Jalesa Jones tops the conference with 4.8 assists per game and sophomore Senee Shearer is second on the team in scoring at 9.6 ppg., including four 20-point games on the season. 

Tickets to the game are $6 for an adult and $4 for children and seniors.

Fans that can't make it to the game can follow all the action live on the Horizon League Network as well as with a live stats feed from SIDEARM Sports. Followers of the Titans on Twitter will also get live updates throughout the game.

DETROIT VS. WRIGHT STATE
Wright State won both games last season, but the Titans still lead the overall series, 20-17. Wright State has also won eight of the last 10 meetings.

UDM is 10-8 at home in the series, but once again, WSU has been able to steal a few more in the Motor City lately, winning four of the last five.

ABOUT THE RAIDERS
Wright State is 12-6, 5-1 in the Horizon League, where the Raiders stand in second place. They beat Milwaukee in overtime last week, 75-70, while falling to Green Bay, 68-50. WSU has seven freshmen on its 14-man roster and just two upperclassmen.

The Raiders are led in scoring by freshman Kim Demmings at 16.6 points per game, fourth in the league. She was named the HL Player of the Week after posting 38 points, including 26 in the second half, in the overtime win against Milwaukee. WSU has two players in the top six in rebounding in seniors Shaunda Sandifer (9.6) and Molly Fox (9.6). Fox is also second on the team and eight in the conference in scoring with 13.9 ppg., including six double-doubles.

WSU is third in the HL in scoring at 65.8 points per game, while allowing 62.1 points. The Raiders are 7-2 at home on the year and 5-4 on the road.

YAR LIKES SEEING WRIGHT STATE
Junior Yar Shayok has posted some good numbers against Wright State in her four career games against the Raiders.
She has averaged 11.7 points, 7.7 rebounds and 3.0 steals with a pair of double-doubles - both occurring last season.

She has connected on five field goals in all four games and came away with five steals in the match-up in Dayton last year.

BROWN AMONG TOP 20 IN THE NATION
In the latest NCAA stats, released on Monday, Jan. 16, freshman Shareta Brown is 18th in the country in field goal percentage (55.9%) and 83rd in rebounds with 8.7 per game.

Senior Jalesa Jones is just outside the top 51 ranking 51st with 4.8 assists per game.

As a team, Detroit is 58th in rebounding margin (4.8), 68th in assists (14.4) and 76th in field-goal percentage (41.4%).

NO OPEN 3'S
UDM has held its last three opponents to a combined 13-of-53 (24.5%) from behind the arc as Loyola was 4-of-14, Milwaukee 4-of-21 and Green Bay 5-of-18.

Detroit is third in the HL in three-point field goal percentage defense holding opponents to just 28.9% from the outside.

FAMBRO'S SURGE
Junior Demeisha Fambro came off the bench to score 18 points against Green Bay in the Titans last game.
In her previous six games, she scored just 23 points total.

In the game, Fambro nailed a career-best 4-of-7 from three-point range, while hitting 6-of-12 from the field in 29 minutes of action.

She also pulled down a season-best seven rebounds.

The 18 points was her second-highest output of the season following the 21 she had at Ball State. It was also the most she has ever scored in a Horizon League contest.

JONES PASSES COACH RAD
With back-to-back nine-assist games, senior Jalesa Jones finally reached head coach Autumn Rademacher and passed her on the all-time assists list.

Jones now has 441 career assists, good for third place in school history.

She is just 10 away from Jocelyn Boyd's second-place mark of 451 and 45 shy of Mary Lillie's school record 486.

Jones has 86 assists on the year and leads the Horizon League and is 51st in the country with 4.8 per game.
As a freshman, Jones had 84 assists, while collecting 159 as a sophomore and 112 last year.

For her career, she is tallying 4.0 apg.

GETTING OFFENSIVE
The Detroit offense has really taken off in the last nine games, averaging 70.9 points per game and scoring 70 or more in six of the nine affairs.  

In Detroit's first nine games, it was averaging just 57.1 points per game, and all of last year, Detroit only topped 70 points six times.

During this stretch, the Titans tallied a season-best 90 points against IPFW on Dec. 18, shooting a school record 65.5% in the process. UDM connected on 38-of-58 shots, including 22-of-29 (75%) in the second half.

The 90 points (53 in the second half) were the most by Detroit since posting 90 in a winning effort at Milwaukee last season and the most UDM has scored at home since a 94-67 victory against Cleveland State on Jan. 12, 2002.

It is also the second most by a Horizon League team this season.

On the season, UDM is fifth in the Horizon League in scoring at 64.0 points per game.

STELLAR DEFENSE
In Detroit's 71-48 victory over Milwaukee on Jan. 12, the Titans held Milwaukee to 17 first-half points, the lowest for the Panthers on the year and the lowest Detroit has allowed in a half on the season since. The previous low was 19 by Bowling Green in the first half earlier in the year.

The 48 points total points yielded by the Titans were the fewest by a Division I team since last season when the Titans won at Michigan, 67-48. Detroit did hold NAIA Marygrove to 27 points last season.

It was also the lowest they have allowed to an HL school since an 80-44 win against Youngstown State in 2010.

TITANS DOMINATING THE BOARDS
Detroit has outrebounded its opponent in 14 of its 18 games on the year and owns a +4.8 rebounding margin on the season, the best mark in the Horizon League.

UDM is coming off a weekend where it posted a +23 rebounding margin with a +12 effort (42-30) over Milwaukee and a +11 mark against Green Bay (43-32).

Detroit has now recorded a double-digit rebounding margin in five games on the season.

Against Bowling Green on Nov. 22, UDM posted a 56-31 advantage on the boards, including a 24-8 mark on the offensive glass.

Shareta Brown had 18 rebounds, while Yar Shayok compiled 13 and those two alone had the same amount of boards as BGSU.

The 56 rebounds are also the second most by a Horizon League team this season, following Wright State's 57 at Loyola.

The +25 rebounding margin was also the most by the Titans since posting a +24 mark (55-31) against Youngstown State last season.

The Titans also dominated Indiana State to the tune of a 40-24 effort in the season opener and IPFW, 40-23.
On the year, the Titans are averaging 38.6 rebounds per game, including 12.9 offensive rebounds per contest, third in the HL.

YAR KEEPS CLEANING THE GLASS
Junior forward Yar Shayok now has 756 career rebounds and currently stands in sixth place in the school record books. She is just 13 shy of fifth place, held by Molly Peterman at 769.

In her career, she is averaging 9.2 rpg., and has 37 games with double-digit rebounds, including 17 as a redshirt freshman and 16 as a sophomore.

JONES TOPS HL IN ASSISTS
After handing out a season-high nine assists for the second-straight game, senior Jalesa Jones is now the HL leader in assists with 4.8 per game.

She is also second in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.5, 86 assists-59 turnovers).

SUPER FROSH
Freshman Shareta Brown continues to impress during her rookie year as she had a season-high 31 points at Loyola on Jan. 7.

Against Milwaukee on Thursday, Brown registered 12 points, marking the 14th time this season she was in double figures in scoring. She has also crossed the 20-point plateau four times.

Brown is just the 16th player in school history to score 31 or more in a game.

She is currently tied for second in the Horizon League with seven double-doubles and is second in field-goal percentage (55.9%), sixth in scoring (15.8) and eighth in rebounding (8.7).

CAREER DOUBLE-DOUBLE #22
After not recording a double-double in the first 15 games, junior Yar Shayok posted back-to-back doubles with 10 points and a season-high 15 rebounds at Loyola on Jan. 7, and 10 points with 12 boards against Milwaukee on Jan. 12.

The double-doubles marked the 22nd in her career and the 16th in Horizon League play.

GAME # 1000 APPROACHING
It is year 34 of Titan basketball and the history is quickly reaching 1,000 as the Titans will play in their 993 career game on Saturday.

As long as there are no cancellations or reschedules, Detroit is set to play its 1,000 career game at Wright State on Feb. 16.

UDM is 509-483 in its history, which started on Dec. 1, 1977 with an 82-29 victory over Olivet at home.

The Titans have had 19 winning seasons, including six 20-win campaigns.

They have won two Horizon League titles, including the 1997 MCC Championship, which sent the red, white and blue to its only NCAA Tournament.