GAMEDAY CENTRAL

DETROIT (11/14/12) –The University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team will host Drake on Saturday, Nov. 17 for International Day at Calihan Hall. The game is set to begin at 7:00 p.m. and will be streamed live on the Horizon League Network. The first 500 fans in attendance will receive a free Titan World Globe stress ball.

ABOUT INTERNATIONAL DAY
The Titans game against Drake on Saturday will be the concluding event to International Week, which is held in mid-November every year, to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange. At UDM, a variety of events encourage a global perspective in the University community and promote awareness of cultural diversity on campus. This year Dean Haddad the Director of the UDM Pep Band, who was born in Canada, will perform the national anthem on the saxophone, while the Polish National Alliance Centennial Dancers will take to the court at halftime.

AROUND THE WORLD WE GO
Five student-athletes on the Titans 2012-13 roster are from, or lived in, four different countries. The Big Men juniors Olumide Solanke and Ugochukwu Njoku are both from Nigeria, while fellow classmates Jason Calliste and Jermaine Lippert are from Canada and Germany, respectively. Freshman Gabriel Dos Santos, was born in New York and graduated high school in Florida, but lived in Brazil during his early childhood.

GAMEDAY CENTRAL
Titan fans can follow every UDM game this season through men's basketball GAMEDAY CENTRAL page located on the Titans Athletic Website that will keep fans one click away from all the action. This page will feature links for live stats (audio and video when applicable) as well as links for all the latest info while also making it easy to find the Titans on social media and to purchase photos and game tickets. The Game Day Central page also carries all the information on each opponent from who is leading the all-time series to who won the last game.

LAST TIME OUT
Detroit (1-1) missed a three-point attempt at the buzzer as the St. John's Red Storm escaped with a 77-74 win on Tuesday at Carnesecca Arena as part of the ESPN College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon. Three Titans scored in double figures led by Ray McCallum who finished with a team-high 21 points.

McCallum made a lay-up with two seconds remaining to trim the Red Storm lead to three, he then deflected the inbounds pass directly to Juwan Howard, Jr. who fired a three pointer at the buzzer, which was online, but fell short to give the Johnnies the win.

Senior Jason Calliste pitched in 18 points, while Howard finished with 10. Doug Anderson had another solid showing with eight points and nine rebounds, including a dunk that finished No. 1 in the SportsCenter Top 10 Plays, while Nick Minnerath and Evan Bruinsma also scored eight points apiece.

St. John's (1-0) outrebounded UDM, 44-42, and shot 45.9 percent from the field, while holding the Titans to just 34.6 percent for the game. Detroit did force 15 Red Storm turnovers, which resulted in 17 points for the Titans; 12 points came in the first half. The Titans also recorded 13 assists, 11 steals, and four blocked shots in the game.

SERIES WITH DRAKE
Detroit and Drake have met 20 times with the Bulldogs leading the all-time series 11-9. Drake won last meeting 84-76 in the 2011 Sears Bracketbusters Series at the Knapp Center in Des Moines, Iowa. The Titans last win in the series came during the 1956-57 season when Detroit won at home 75-69.

ABOUT THE BULLDOGS
Drake (1-0) officially opened its 2012-13 season with a 96-66 win against William Jewell Saturday afternoon at the Knapp Center. Ben Simons (Cadillac, Mich.) led all scorers with 25 points, 18 of which came in the second half, while Richard Carter (Detroit, Mich.) had 19 points, including going a perfect 4-of-4 from three-point range.

The Bulldogs were hot from the field the entire game shooting 55.9-percent as a team on 33-of-59 shooting as well as 15-of-24 from three-point range for a 62.5 percent clip, the ninth highest single-game percentage in school history. At one point in the second half Drake had made 12 of its 15 three-point attempts. Additionally, Drake's 15 three-pointers tied for the sixth most in program history behind nine total three-pointers from Simon and Carter.

TITANS RECEIVING VOTES IN MID-MAJOR POLL
Detroit opened its regular season with an 88-53 win over Northern Michigan and capped that off by receiving votes in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 Poll released this week. The Titans totaled 115 points in the poll, which is the second most in receiving votes. Detroit is also one of just three Horizon League teams represented as Valparaiso was ranked 21st and Cleveland State received 19 votes.

The Mid-Major Poll is made up of teams from the following conferences: America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Colonial, Great West, Horizon, Independents, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, Mid-Eastern, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, Southwestern, Summit, Sun Belt, West Coast.

McCALLUM NAMED TO THE WOODEN AWARD PRESEASON TOP 50
Detroit junior guard Ray McCallum was recently named to the John R. Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 list, according to a release. The list recognizes the top-returning players in all of college basketball (transfers, freshmen and medical redshirts are not eligible for the preseason list).

The Los Angeles Athletic Club compiles the list, which is chosen by a preseason poll of national college basketball media members.  Each year these 50 student-athletes who, based on last year's individual performance and team records, are the early frontrunners for college basketball's most prestigious honor (although do not have to be listed to qualify for the postseason award).

McCallum, the Horizon League preseason Player of the Year and first team selection for the second-straight season, was named the Horizon League Tournament MVP last year after he helped lead the Titans to the League crown and their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1999. McCallum led the team in scoring (15.4 ppg), assists (4.0 apg) and steals (1.6 spg) for the second-straight season.

UP NEXT
Detroit will begin a three game road trip with its first stop at Miami (Fla.) on Saturday, Nov. 24. The game is set to begin at 2:00 p.m. at the BankUnited Center in Coral Gables, Fla., and will be streamed live on ESPN3.