GAMEDAY CENTRAL

DETROIT (2/14/13) –The University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team will visit Valparaiso on Saturday, Feb. 16 as the top two teams in the Horizon League will meet for the second time this season. The game is scheduled to begin at 6:00 p.m. ET at the ARC and will be televised live on ESPN2 as part of Rivalry Week.

GET ON THE BUS
Titan fans are encouraged to “Get on the Bus” with the Detroit Titans basketball team for the final two trips of the season. The Titans face Valpo on Saturday as part of Rivalry Week, with only a few seats remaining, before facing UIC on Saturday, March 2. 

Space is limited, so 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.

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
Two Titans recorded double-doubles, while another joined the 1,000-point club as the University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team bounced back with an impressive 92-62 win over Cleveland State Tuesday night at Calihan Hall.

The win marked the 12th for the Titans at home this season, which is tied for the most during the regular season since 2001-02. The win also placed Detroit (17-9, 9-4 HL) solely in second place in the Horizon League.

Senior forward Nick Minnerath led Detroit with 34 points and 12 rebounds for his second double-double of the season, while junior guard Ray McCallum scored 16 points with 13 boards, eight assists and four steals. Classmate Jason Calliste scored 19 points with five assists and became the 38th Titan to join the 1,000-point club with 1,001, while Doug Anderson added nine points.

UDM led at the half, 42-24, before being outscoring the Vikings, 50-38, in the second stanza. Cleveland State (12-14, 4-8 HL) trimmed the Titans lead to 46-33 with 16:48 left, before Detroit closed the game on 46-29 run.

The Titans ended the game shooting 44.4 percent (32-72) from the field, including 84.6 percent (22-26) from the charity stripe, while Cleveland State shot 46.0 percent (23-50) overall, including 68.4 percent (13-19) from the foul line. Detroit also won the battle of the boards, 46-25, while forcing 16 turnovers and dishing out 17 assists.

SERIES WITH VALPARAISO
This will be the 21st meeting between Detroit and Valparaiso, with the Crusaders owning a 12-8 lead. Valpo won the first meeting this season 89-88 on Jan. 17 at Calihan Hall. The loss snapped the Titans' 17 game home winning streak as well as Detroit's 22 game winning streak when scoring 80 or more points. Detroit's last win over the Crusaders was a 70-50 topping in the 2012 Horizon League Championship game at the ARC.

ABOUT THE CRUSADERS
Seniors Matt Kenney and Kevin Van Wijk combined for 25 of Valparaiso's 34 second-half points as the Crusaders never trailed in a tight 68-61 road win at Wright State Tuesday evening in Horizon League play.

With the win, the Crusaders remain 1.5 games up on Detroit in the league standings, which also won on Tuesday night, and are now 2.5 games clear of Wright State while also holding the tiebreaker over the Raiders.  The win also was the 20th of the season for Valpo, which now owns a 20-6 overall record and has won at least 20 games in 13 of the last 20 seasons, including each of the last three years.

Valpo out-rebounded the Raiders 31-27 and overcame a 4-of-16 effort from behind the arc, going 19-of-31 (61.3%) from 2-point range and 18-of-20 (90%) from the foul line.

THE TITAN FIVE
Detroit is just one of six Division I teams to use the same starting five for every game this season. The Titans are also the only team of that group to have four starters averaging in double figures. Junior guard Ray McCallum, leads the team in scoring with 18.8 ppg, while senior forward Nick Minnerath and junior Jason Calliste average 14.6 ppg and 14.2 ppg, respectively. Doug Anderson (11.8 ppg), along with sophomore forward Juwan Howard, Jr. (9.3 ppg) fill out the starting five. Detroit's starters are responsible for 86.2 percent of the Titans scoring, while four rank among the top-20 in the Horizon League. 

CALLISTE NETS 1,000
Detroit junior guard Jason Calliste recently became the 38th player Titan history to reach the 1,000-point plateau in his career. Calliste, who is averaging 17.8 ppg over the last four games, scored 19 on Tuesday against Cleveland State to bring his total to 1,001 as he enters Saturday's game. Calliste is currently averaging 14.2 ppg, which ranks seventh in the Horizon League.

BEST PERFORMANCE OF THE DECADE?
Detroit junior guard Ray McCallum scored 16 points with 13 rebounds, eight assists and four steals in Titans win over Cleveland State on Tuesday. According to Ryan Feldman of ESPN Stats & Info McCallum was the first player with at least 16 points, 13 rebounds, eight assists and four steals in a regulation game since Connecticut 's Ben Gordon recorded 17 points, 16 rebounds, 11 assists and five steals vs. Iona in December 2003.

CLIMBING THE CHARTS
Ray McCallum currently leads the Titans in three categories this season scoring (18.8 ppg), assists (4.6 apg), and steals (1.9 spg.) and is also climbing up the career record board in all three. McCallum has 1,490 points (13th), 424 assist (7th) and 161 steals (3rd) in his career. The last Titan to rank among the top-10 in all three of those categories was Rashad Phillips '01. Phillips finished his spectacular career with 2,319 points (1st), 548 assists (4th) and 190 steals (2nd). McCallum needs 112 points to reach that plateau.

ALL ALONE
Ray McCallum is also close to becoming the first Titan ever to record 1,500 points (1,490), 500 rebounds (453), 500 assists (424) and 150 steals (161) in a career.

ONE OF THE BEST IN THE NATION
The Titans are one of the best teams in the nation in turnover margin where they rank fifth (+5.3) overall. Detroit has forced 429 turnovers, while only committing 291 through 26 games this season. VCU (+8.0), Arkansas (+6.6), Louisville (+6.3) and Eastern Kentucky (+5.8) are the only teams with a higher turnover ratio than the Titans.

RACKING UP SOME POINTS
As a team the Titans lead the Horizon League and rank eighth in the nation in scoring with 78.3 points per game. The Titans average 84.0 points per game at home, compared to 72.2 per game on the road, but the defense has stayed steady only giving up 69.5 at home and 70.2 on the road.

RED, WHITE AND BLUE
The Titans have worn three different uniform colors this season and hold a winning record in two. Detroit is 10-3 in white uniforms this season, 5-3 in red and 2-3 in blue.

UP NEXT
Detroit will stay on the road as the Titans visit Wichita State on Saturday, Feb. 23 as part of the Ramada Worldwide BracketBusters. The game is scheduled to begin at 4:00 p.m. ET at Charles Koch Arena and will be televised live on ESPN2.