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DETROIT (11/27/13) – The University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team will hit the road over Thanksgiving break to visit South Florida on Saturday, Nov. 30. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. ET at the Sun Dome and will be carried live on ESPN3. Fans can also listen to the game live on 1270 AM with Dan Leach the new voice of the Titans.

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 OUTING
Jameel Warney finished with 32 points, including a layup with five seconds left in triple overtime to help lift Stony Brook past the Titans, 104-102, on Sunday at Calihan Hall as part of the 2K Sports Classic benefitting the Wounded Warrior Project. For the second-straight day the Titans had the final shot, but just like Saturday Juwan Howard Jr.'s three-pointer fell short at the buzzer.

The Titans trailed by three 100-97, before battling back to take a 101-100 lead with 2:25 left in the third overtime. Stony Brook then took the lead again 102-101, before Howard made a free throw to tie it 102. Warney then grabbed an offensive rebound and made the put back with five seconds left to win the game.

Detroit (3-4) was led by senior co-captain Evan Bruinsma who had a career day with 32 points – including 20-of-22 from the free throw line – with 14 rebounds, three assists and two steals. Howard also had another outstanding performance with 25 points – a new career-high – with seven assists, three rebounds and two blocked shots. Sophomore guard Carlton Brundidge also pitched in 19 points with five rebounds and two assists, while freshman guard Matthew Grant added 11 points.

The Titans led by as much as five in the second overtime 93-88 with 1:27 left, before Anthony Jackson was fouled while draining a three-pointer to convert a four-point play and bring the Seawolves back to within one 93-92 with 1:14 left. Grant then split a pair of free throws to make the lead 94-92, before Warney made a layup with nine seconds left to force the third overtime.

The first overtime saw Stony Brook (5-2) jump out to an early four-point lead 79-75, and then 81-77 with 1:41 left, before four straight free throws from Howard and Bruinsma tied the score in the closing seconds.

Detroit shot 41.2 percent (28-of-68) overall, including 26.5 percent (9-of-34) from downtown, while Stony Brook shot 45 percent (36-of-80) overall, including 34.6 percent (9-of-26) from beyond the arc. The Seawolves won the battle on boards 49-42, including 18 on the offensive glass, but the Titans made up for that by making 37-of-43 free throws compared to Stony Brook's 23-of-29 for the charity stripe. Detroit also forced 13 turnovers and blocked five shots in the game.

ABOUT THE BULLS
The Bulls (4-1) opened their season with four–straight wins over Tennessee Tech (72-62), Bethune-Cookman (91-65), Bowling Green (75-61) and Stetson (72-63) before dropping their last outing 93-67 to No. 5/8 Oklahoma State on Monday (Nov. 25) at the Sun Dome.

Victor Rudd and Corey Allen, Jr. lead the Bulls in scoring with 14.8 and 14.6 points per game, respectively, while John Egbunu is averaging 8.8 points and 8.2 rebounds per game.

SERIES WITH SOUTH FLORIDA
This will be first ever meeting between Detroit and South Florida.

HOWARD HONORED BY COLLEGE SPORTS MADNESS
College Sports Madness recently named junior forward Juwan Howard Jr., the Horizon League Player of the Week. Howard led Detroit with 23 points against Toledo and added a career-high 25 points over Stony Brook. He has scored in double figures every game this year.

Howard began his week with 15 points; seven rebounds and four assists in the Titans 71-67 road win at James Madison on Tuesday (Nov. 19). Howard then pitched in 14 points with three rebounds, two assists and one blocked shot as Detroit opened the 2K Sports Classic benefitting the Wounded Warrior Project with a dominating 77-44 win of Florida Atlantic on Friday (Nov. 22) at Calihan Hall.

Howard continued with his good play on Saturday (Nov. 23) when he finished with 23 points and six rebounds in a last second loss to Toledo, 80-78, before completing the weekend by scoring a career-high 25 points to go along with seven assists, three rebounds and two blocked shots as the Titans came up short in a triple overtime loss to Stony Brook, 104-12.

Howard was also named to the 2K Sports Classic All-Tournament team after averaging 19.2 points, 4.8 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game.

FAB TWO?
With Juwan Howard, Jr., son of U-M great and Fab Five member Juwan Howard, being a co-captain of the Titans this year, it is just fitting that Detroit has a pair for freshman making a statement early. Jarod Williams began his collegiate career with back-to-back double digit scoring affairs with 11 points at South Alabama, followed by 12 against U-M Dearborn. By doing so Williams became the true Titan freshman to score in double figures in his first two collegiate games during the Coach McCallum Era.

Not to be out done was Williams' backcourt classmate Matthew Grant who has scored in double figures over the last two games with 10 points against U-M Dearborn and a team-high 15 points at No. 19 UConn.

Altogether the "Fab Two" have combine to average 17.8 points, 3.4 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.1 steals per game. Grant is averaging 9.7 points, 1.1 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game, while Williams is averaging 8.1 points, 2.3 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game. The 17.8 points per game by the talented backcourt is responsible for 24 percent of the Titans scoring this season.

BLOCK PARTY
The Titans have recorded 41 blocked shots through their first seven games and are averaging 5.9 blocked shots per game which ranks 44th in the nation. Detroit recorded a season-high 13 blocks against U-M Dearborn, which were the most for the Titans since swatting 17 against Western Michigan in 1978.

Senior center Ugochukwu Njoku leads Detroit with 15 blocked shots and has recorded at least two blocks four games this year, including a career-high five against U-M Dearborn.

GET ON THE BUS
Hey, Titan fans make your plans now to "Get on the Bus" with the Detroit Titans this basketball season. The Titans are back for more and led by head coach Ray McCallum, UDM is looking for its third-straight trip to the postseason.

This year's bus schedule will include a game against local rival Toledo and three Horizon League opponents in Cleveland State, Valparaiso and Wright State. The trip to Toledo on Dec. 4 is just $25 so space is limited; call NOW to reserve your spot on each fan bus trip. For more information and bus departure times, contact Detroit Titan Athletics at 313-993-1700.

UP NEXT
Detroit will visit Toledo on Wednesday, Dec. 4 for the second match-up between the Titans and Rockets this season. The game is scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m. ET at Savage Arena with live video and stats available on the Titans Gameday Central page.