DETROIT (6/4/14) – University of Detroit Mercy men's and women's basketball home games saw an attendance rise during the past 2013-14 season as the men's increased by 10 percent and the women's by 65 percent.
 
On the men's side, the Titans had a total 37,082 fans in attendance during the 15 home games played at historic Calihan Hall last year, which topped the 2012-13 total by nearly 3,500 fans. Altogether Detroit averaged 2,472 fans per game during the 2013-14 season, compared to an average of 2,234 per game in 2012-13.
 
Last year's attendance numbers were even higher than the 2011-12 season which saw the Titans finish 22-14 overall with a trip to the NCAA Tournament. That year Detroit averaged 2,272 fans per game, which was about a 10 percent drop from the 2010-11 season, which averaged 2,474 per game.
 
The largest attendance number during head coach Ray McCallum's era came during the 2009-10 season when the team finished 20-14 overall and averaged 2,536 fans per game.
 
For the women, Detroit drew a total of 9,748 fans during this past year, up from 5,919 in 2012-13. The biggest gate for the Titans was the 2,156 screaming fans that came out to see the red, white and blue take on Michigan on Nov. 16, 2013 – the largest since 3,218 was recorded on Jan. 24, 2004, as UDM upended Green Bay, 56-50, in overtime. Detroit also had 1,311 fans in the first-ever Horizon League meeting between the Titans and Oakland on Jan. 11, 2014. 
 
Titan season ticket holders can now go online or call the Detroit Titans Ticket Office to renew their season tickets for the 2014-15 campaign. The deadline to renew is Friday, July 18.

Fans who purchased tickets last year and renew before the deadline will be entered to win a chance to deliver the game ball on "Opening Night" along with a picture taken with coach McCallum.
 
To renew, click on detroittitans.com, visit the Detroit Titans Ticket Office, or call the ticket office at 313-993-1700.