GAMEDAY CENTRAL

DETROIT (11/20/12) –The University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team will begin a three-game road trip when the Titans visit the University of Miami 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.

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
Junior captain Ray McCallum capped a 20-point night with a game-sealing 18-footer with 13 seconds left, helping Detroit hold on to beat Drake, 85-79, on Saturday night at Calihan Hall. McCallum's shot followed a Ben Simons three-pointer that had pulled Drake within 81-79 with 46 seconds left to play.

Senior Doug Anderson led the Titans with a career-high 26 points on 10-of-12 shooting, and made all three of his three-point attempts. He also pulled down 10 rebounds. Classmate Nick Minnerath also reached double figures in scoring for the first time this season with 16 points along with nine rebounds, while Jason Calliste pitched in nine points and Juwan Howard, Jr., added eight.

Detroit (2-1) won the battle on the boards, 37-34, and shot 45.9 percent from the field and 74.2 percent from the charity stripe. The Titans also forced 18 Bulldog turnovers, which resulted in 26 points for Detroit, while dishing out 15 assists and recording 10 steals in the game.

SERIES WITH MIAMI
Detroit and Miami will be meeting for just the second time ever as the Hurricanes hold a 1-0 advantage. Miami took first meeting between the two squads, 68-64, at the San Juan Shootout in 1999.

ABOUT THE HURRICANES
Miami (2-1) enters Saturday's game following a 73-57 win over Jacksonville on Friday (Nov. 16). The Hurricanes were led by Shane Larkin, who scored a career-high 27 points - 21 in the second half - to bounce back from a 63-51 loss to Florida Gulf Coast on Tuesday (Nov. 13).

Larkin leads Miami in scoring with 18.0 points per game, while Reggie Johnson is averaging 14.0 points and 10.5 rebounds per game. Also scoring in double figures per game is Trey McKinney Jones (11.0) and Kenny Kadji (10.7).

Miami, which finished 20-13 last season and reached the second round of the NIT, returns nine scholarship players from the 2011-12 roster. Those nine players accounted for 80 percent of the Canes scoring, 86 percent of rebounds, 82 percent of assists, 91 percent of blocks, 83 percent of steals, 81 percent of field goals made and 72 percent of their 3-pointers.  The Canes were also picked to finish fourth in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Preseason Poll and received votes in both the Preseason AP and USA TODAY Polls.

HOMECOMING IN MIAMI
Freshman guard Gabriel Dos Santos was born in New York and lived in Brazil during his early childhood, but graduated from Coral Springs High School in Florida. Dos Santos was named to the All-County team as a senior with the Colts after averaging 16.4 points, 6.6 assists, 5.2 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game. He was also listed on the "Top 125" in the Hoop Scoop Online list of Florida prospects as a senior.

AFRICAN CONNECTION
Saturday's game at Miami will have five student-athletes that have African connections, as four hail from Nigeria. Titan teammates Olumide Solanke and Ugochukwu Njoku, along with Miami forward Raphael Akpejiori are all from Lagos, Nigeria, while the Hurricanes center Tonye Jekiri is also from Nigeria. Miami senior forward Kenny Kadji also has African roots as he is from Douala, Cameroon. Solanke has played in one regular season game so far this season for Detroit, while Njoku has played in every game and leads the Titans with five blocked shots.

Kadji has started all three games for the Hurricanes this season and is averaging 10.7 points and 8.0 rebounds per game, while Jekiri has played in two games as a freshman and Akpejiori has yet to take the court.

TITANS RECEIVING VOTES IN MID-MAJOR POLL
Detroit finished with a perfect 2-0 record in the preseason and has opened its regular season with a 2-1 record and receiving votes in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 Poll. The Titans have a total of 75 points in this week's edition of the poll, which is the third most in receiving votes. Detroit is also one of five Horizon League teams represented as Valparaiso is ranked 22nd, while Youngstown State, Cleveland State and Wright State are all receiving 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 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 you 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.

O CAPTAINS! DETROIT CAPTAINS!
Detroit Titans head men's basketball coach Ray McCallum announced that senior forward Nick Minnerath along with junior guards Jason Calliste and Ray McCallum have been selected as team captains for the 2012-13 season.

Minnerath is one of only two seniors on the team and is returning to lineup after missing a majority of the season last year due to injury. Minnerath the 2010-11 Titans co-MVP averaged 11.2 points and 4.8 rebounds per game as a junior, including six 20-point games over the final two months of action. Calliste, the team's sharp-shooter, led the squad in three-pointers made (56) and three-point percentage (34.4) and finished the season starting 34 games and averaging 10.2 points per game. McCallum had a tremendous sophomore season earning a host of accolades and honors. He was named the Robert Calihan Team MVP and an All-Horizon League First Team selection - the first by a Titan since 2003 - as well as the Horizon League Championship MVP.

TITANS PICKED SECOND
The UDM men's basketball team was picked to finish second in the Horizon League preseason poll voted on by the league's coaches, sports information directors and media members. The reigning HL Tournament Champions totaled 332 points – including four first-place votes – trailing only Valparaiso's 382 points and 40 first-place selections. Green Bay was picked to finish third with 283 points, while Youngstown State was fourth with 243 and Cleveland State fifth tallying 230. Rounding out the poll was Milwaukee (178), Loyola (105), UIC (96) and Wright State (86).

McCALLUM NAMED HL PRESEASON POY
Junior guard Ray McCallum was named the Horizon League Preseason Player of the Year for the second-straight season, following a super sophomore year.

McCallum, the Horizon League Tournament MVP last year, helped lead the Titans to the League crown and their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1999. He was named to the Lou Henson All-America team as well as the National Basketball Coaches Association (NBCA) All-District First Team and the National All-Jesuit Team after a superb season that saw him become the 37th Titan to surpass 1,000 career points and the first to do it as a sophomore.

UP NEXT
Detroit will stay on the road, as the Titans will face Bowling Green on Tuesday, Nov. 27. The game is scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m. at the Stroh Center and Titan fans are encouraged to “Get on the Bus” for the trip to Bowling Green, Ohio to support the defending Horizon League Champions. Space is limited, to reserve your spot on each fan bus trip. For more information and bus departure times, contact Detroit Titan Athletics at (313) 993-1700.