Game Notes vs. Loyola

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DETROIT -- The last third of the regular season begins on Thursday as the Titans start off the second go-around in the Horizon League with their Jesuit rival Loyola. Game time is set for 7:00 p.m., at Dick Vitale Court in Calihan Hall.

Detroit is currently 10-11 on the year and tied for third in the Horizon League with a 6-3 record. The Titans are also 6-3 at home on the season and 4-1 in conference play.

UDM split its two-game road trip in Ohio last week falling to Youngstown State (80-67) before taking a 50-43 decision at Cleveland State. Freshman Shareta Brown had a pair of 20-point games against the Penguins and Vikings, while junior Yar Shayok tallied a season-high 14 points in the triumph at CSU.

The Titans posted a 76-66 victory over Loyola in Chicago back on Jan. 7. Five Titans scored in double figures led by Brown's career-high of 31 points. She also added 11 rebounds. Shayok tallied a double-double with 10 points and a season-high 15 boards, while sophomore Senee Shearer added 13 points.

The Ramblers are currently tied for fifth place in the Horizon League with a 4-5 record and are 9-11 overall on the season.

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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.

UDM will end the weekend with UIC on Saturday on National Girls & Women In Sport Day, with FREE tickets to all fans and a free program highlighting female athletics starting at 11:00 a.m. For more information on that, click here.

THE DETROIT-LOYOLA SERIES
The Titans will open their “second time around the HL” with their Jesuit rival as Loyola visits Calihan Hall. This will be the 66th meeting between the two schools - the most of any opponent in UDM history.

With its win in Chicago back in January, Detroit has now won nine of the last 10 games to increase its overall lead in the series to 45-20. 

Detroit has simply dominated the series at home to the tune of a 23-6 advantage, but the Ramblers did end a five-game losing streak in the Motor City with an 88-77 win in overtime last year.

ABOUT THE RAMBLERS
Loyola, 9-11 overall and 4-5 in the Horizon League, has gone 3-2 since Detroit went into the newly renovated Gentile Arena and came away with a 76-66 victory on Jan. 7.

The Ramblers swept Youngstown State and Cleveland State on the road and downed Valparaiso at home, but have since dropped two heartbreaking games at home in a 60-57 contest against Butler and a 57-56 setback to UIC.

The Ramblers are second in the HL in scoring (67.1) and field goal percentage (.423) and lead the conference in three-point field goal percentage (.401). Four players are still in double figures in scoring for Loyola, with three in the top 12 in the Horizon League. Freshman Simone Law leads the team and is seventh in the league at 14.7 ppg. Junior Patrice King is 10th tallying 12.4 ppg., while junior Monica Albano is 12th averaging 12.3.

JESUIT SPOTLIGHT
The Titan-Rambler match-up is part of the nationwide Jesuit Basketball Spotlight project, using Jesuit basketball to raise awareness of Jesuit education.

The Basketball Spotlight project highlights more than 90 games this season between men's and women's teams from the 28 Jesuit colleges and universities across the United States. Each of the 28 is dedicated to strong academics and teaching women and men to serve others and live a faith that does justice.

Jesuit, Catholic colleges and universities in the United States have more than 200,000 students currently and more than 1.7 million living alumni. The Jesuit educational mission began in Europe approximately 500 years ago.

LONGEST RIVALRY IN SCHOOL HISTORY
This will be the 66th meeting between the two Jesuit schools, the longest in Titan history.

The programs first met on Jan. 8, 1983 in Chicago as Loyola won, 67-54.

NO RAMBLING HERE
Junior Yar Shayok has posted some great games against Loyola. In six career games, she has four double-doubles and is averaging 11.1 points and 14.0 rebounds per game.

She has recorded double-digit rebounds in five of those games, including 15 or more four times.

She is also shooting 48.2% from the field.

PUTTING THE “D” IN DETROIT
The Detroit Titans displayed some tough, aggressive defense in their 50-43 win at Cleveland State last Saturday.

UDM held the Vikings to just 25% shooting (13-of-52), including 20.8% in the first half (5-of-24) as well as just a 3-of-18 effort from three-point range.

The 13 field goals were the fewest by a Titan opponent since Marygrove had 11 in a 68-27 win last season.

The 43 points were also the fewest points allowed against a Division I school since a 52-43 triumph over Youngstown State last year.

The Titans held Cleveland State to 17 first-half points, the third time this season they have held an opponent under 20 and tying the lowest it has allowed all year with the 17 Milwaukee scored in the second half.

Detroit is currently fifth in the Horizon League in points allowed (61.8) and field goal percentage defense (38.3%).

LOW SCORING WIN
The Titans' 50-43 victory at Cleveland State last Saturday marked the first time in almost seven years that Detroit scored 50 or less in a win.

The last time that occurred was on Feb. 12, 2005, when UDM defeated Loyola at home, 49-34.

TITANS MATCH LAST YEAR'S HL WIN TOTAL
With its victory at Cleveland last week, the Titans posted their sixth conference win on the season.

The six wins match the six Detroit had a year ago.

Also, UDM's 6-3 start in league play is its best start since going 7-2 in 2010.

BROWN LEADING THE HL, TOP 15 IN THE NATION
In the latest NCAA stats, released on Monday, Jan. 30, freshman Shareta Brown is currently leading the Horizon League and is 11th in the nation in field-goal percentage (55.7%).

She is also fifth in the HL and 94th in the nation in scoring (16.1) and eighth (74th in country) in rebounding (8.8).

BACK TO NORMAL
One game after seeing Youngstown State go 15-of-25 from three - with Kenya Middlebrooks leading the way with a school record eight 3-pointers -  the Titans held Cleveland State to just 3-of-18 (16.7%) its last time out.

It was the eighth time this year that an opponent has made less than five 3-pointers against UDM.

The Titans are currently sixth in the conference in three-point field goal defense (30.9%).

JUST OUTSIDE THE TOP 50
Senior Jalesa Jones tops the Horizon League and is tied for 56th in the country with 4.7 assists per game.

As a team, Detroit is second in the HL and 51st in the nation with a +5.0 rebounding margin and third in the HL and 70th in the nation at 14.3 assists per game.

JONES MARCHING HER WAY TO THE TOP
Senior Jalesa Jones began the season in seventh place on the Titan all-time assists list, but she has climbed all the way to second place and is now just 33 away from the record.

She currently has 453 assists - passing the likes of current head coach Autumn Rademacher (439) and Jocelyn Boyd (451). 

Jones now trails only Mary Lillie who posted 486 during her career (1978-82).

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.

YAR IN FIFTH & LOOKING FOR MORE
Junior forward Yar Shayok moved into fifth place on the school's all-time rebounding list with her six boards at Cleveland State.

She currently has 770 career rebounds and is in prime position to move all the way up to second place as she trails Faith Cyr (798), Cassandra Pack (826) and Lisa Blackburn (846). Cheryl Williams tops the Titan record book with 1,368.

In her career, she is averaging 9.1 rpg., and has 37 games with double-digit rebounds, including 17 as a redshirt freshman and 16 as a sophomore.