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TOLEDO, Ohio (12/7/2013) – Seniors Megan Hatter and Senee Shearer and junior Ellisha Crosby each eclipsed 20 points and the Titans never trailed as UDM ran away from Chicago State, 85-64, in day two of the Toledo Invite on Saturday at Savage Arena.

Hatter tallied a career high 21 points and tied her career mark with 11 rebounds for her second collegiate double-double. Crosby tied her season high with 24 points and tacked on four rebounds, three assists and three steals and Shearer recorded 20 points, four rebounds and a career-best nine assists. Shearer also made the All-Tournament Team after tallying 22.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 6.0 assists in the two games.

Detroit (3-7) led from the very start scoring the first 10 points of the game, with sophomore DaVonna Bradford the early spark netting five of those. Chicago State (1-8) cut that deficit down to six, 15-9, but an 18-8 spurt by the Titans gave the red, white and blue a 33-17 advantage with 7:47 left in the first. Hatter had seven in that run, while Crosby nailed two of her career-best six treys.

Despite the early offense, CSU was able to hold off the early UDM blow out and would trim the Titan lead down to just five in the second half, the latest at 48-43, with 16:46 remaining. Detroit then went on an 11-2 charge to regain the momentum as four different players scored in that spurt, with Shearer adding five, including a three ball to make it a 59-45 contest with just over 13 minutes left.

A minute later, UDM led by 14 again, 61-47, as Hatter was perfect from the charity stripe, but the pesky Cougars hung around and trailed by just nine, 67-58, at the 7:25 mark. That is when the Titans put the game away ending it on an 18-6 run for the 21-point victory.

Bradford ended the game with a career-high nine points and corralled five rebounds. Sophomore Tayelor McCalister – who missed the last five games with an injury – returned to the line-up and scored seven points, handed out a career-high five assists and tied her career-best with four steals, while freshman Haleigh Ristovski had two points and six boards.

Detroit shot just under 50% for the game hitting 33-of-67 (49.3%) shots – a season high in field goals – and outrebounded Chicago State, 43-32. UDM also connected on a season-best 11 three pointers and posted 21 assists, while forcing 18 turnovers and coming away with 10 steals.

Detroit will now get ready for finals week and some home cooking with six of its next seven games at historic Calihan Hall, starting with a visit from Eastern Michigan on Sunday, Dec. 16. Game time is slated for Noon and the contest will be televised live on Comcast as well as broadcast live on HLN.

For ticket information on UDM women's basketball team and all varsity sports, click here to reach the Titan Ticket Department or call 313-993-1700. Single game tickets are $6 for adults and $4 for children and seniors, with all Detroit students getting in free with their ID.

Game notes:
UDM now leads the all-time series, 3-1… Shearer now has five-straight games of 20 or more points, the longest streak by a Titan since Hall of Famer and all-time leading scorer Cassandra Pack did it in seven-straight games during the 1983-84 campaign… It was the fourth game on the season that Detroit has scored 80 or more points… Crosby also had 24 at Western Michigan earlier in the year… Hatter has now scored in double digits in four of the last five games and is averaging 14.2 ppg., in that stretch… Shearer's nine assists were the most since Audrey Matteson had 10 against Lourdes last year… The last time three Titans scored 20 or more in a game was on Dec. 21, 1998, as Erica Lewis (23), Tia Winters (22) and Stephanie Carey (21) did it against East Tennessee State…

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