Coach Rademacher and Brown On HLN 

Preseason Poll & Teams Announcement on HLN

CHICAGO (10/8/2012) -- The Detroit women's basketball team was picked to finish second and sophomore Shareta Brown was tabbed First Team All-League as the Horizon League Preseason polls and honors were released today in conjunction with HL Media Day in Chicago at the InterContinental Hotel.

The poll and teams were voted on by the league's coaches, sports information directors and media members.

The Titans totaled 210 points – including two first-place votes – trailing only Green Bay's 241 points and 25 first-place selections. Wright State was picked to finish third with 191 points, Loyola fourth at 151 and Cleveland State fifth tallying 123. Rounding out the poll was UIC (90), Milwaukee (85), Youngstown State (77) and Valparaiso (46).

Brown – a first team All-HL selection as a freshman, the first by a Titan in school history – was joined on the first team by Kim Demmings of Wright State, Cleveland State's Shalonda Winton, Green Bay's Adrian Ritchie and Brandi Brown of Youngstown State. Loyola's Simone Law and Patrice King, Lydia Bauer of Green Bay, Valparaiso's Tabitha Gerardot and Milwaukee's Sami Tucker comprise the second team.

Brown was nearly the HL Preseason Player of the Year, but that honor went to Demmings by just one point in the voting. It is not the first time those two have been neck-and-neck as they shared the League's Co-Newcomer of the Year award last season.

A dominant low-post player, Brown broke Detroit's single season record for total points with 611 and led the Horizon League – and was fifth in the NCAA - in field goal percentage (55.9). She also finished fourth in the HL in scoring (18.0) and eighth in rebounding (8.8). She tallied 14 20-point games and a pair of 30-point performances and was fifth in the Horizon League with 12 double-doubles.

During UDM's run to the Horizon League title contest, she averaged 23.7 points and 6.7 rebounds in the three tournament games, including 30 points and eight rebounds against Wright State in the semifinals and a 22-point, nine-rebound performance in the championship versus Green Bay.

The Titans were runner-up at last year's Horizon League Championship and were second during the regular season finishing with a 20-14 record, including 14-4 in the conference.  Detroit returns eight letter winners and three starters from that squad, led by Brown as well as 2012 Horizon League's Sixth Player of the Year and 2010 HL Second Team All-League member in senior Yar Shayok, junior starting forward Megan Hatter and three-point specialist in junior Senee Shearer .

Season and individual tickets are currently on sale for men's and women's basketball. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit the online Titan Ticket Office by clicking here or contact the Titans' Ticket office at (313) 993-1700. The Titans Ticket Office is located in Calihan Hall and is open Monday - Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The Titans will host their own media day on Friday, October 12 at noon in Calihan Hall.

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2012-13 HL Preseason Poll
1. Green Bay (25) 241
2. Detroit (2) 210
3. Wright State 191
4. Loyola 152
5. Cleveland State 123
6. UIC 90
7. Milwaukee 85
8. Youngstown State 77
9. Valparaiso 46

Preseason Player of the Year: Kim Demmings, Wright State

All-League First Team
Kim Demmings, G, Wright State
Shareta Brown, F, Detroit
Shalonda Winton, F, Cleveland State
Adrian Ritchie, G, Green Bay
Brandi Brown, F, Youngstown State

All-League Second Team
Simone Law, F, Loyola
Lydia Bauer, F, Green Bay
Tabitha Gerardot, F, Valparaiso
Sami Tucker, G, Milwaukee
Patrice King, G, Loyola