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Game notes vs. Green Bay
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DETROIT (1/23/2015) -- After a thrilling come-from-behind win over rival Oakland in the Metro Series, the University of Detroit Mercy women's basketball team will look to make it two in a row when the Titans host Green Bay on Saturday.
 
Game time is set for 2:00 p.m., inside historic Calihan Hall with Denny Kapp calling all the action on ESPN3.com.
 
Fans can follow every Detroit game this season through the women'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 game tickets. The Gameday Central page also carries all the information on each opponent from who is leading the all-time series to who won the last game.
 
The Titans moved to 7-11 on the season and 2-3 in the Horizon League as Detroit flipped the script on Oakland, turning a 10-point second-half deficit into an 11-point victory. Redshirt sophomore Rosanna Reynolds led the way with game highs in points (27), rebounds (11) and assists.
 
Green Bay enters the game at 14-3 overall and 4-0 in conference play as the Phoenix held off Cleveland State, 65-61, on Thursday. The game is part of four straight that the first-place Phoenix will play away from home.
 
It will also be Frozen Daddy & Daughter Day in Detroit as young Titan fans are encouraged to dress up as their favorite Disney princess, and all fans that show up to Calihan Hall in costume will receive $1 off their ticket price.
 
Fans are also invited to an exclusive pre-game "tea" party in the Ed & Brooks room where Frozen's Elsa and Anna will make an appearance. The two characters will be available for photographs and face painting prior to the game.
 
Space is limited so please RSVP to this exclusive event by contacting the Detroit Titans Marketing Department at 313-993-1705.
 
Fans, to purchase tickets or for more information, contact the Titans' Ticket Office at (313) 993-1700. The Titans' Ticket Office is located in Calihan Hall and is open Monday - Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
 
DETROIT VS. GREEN BAY
Detroit is 7-41 all-time against Green Bay, a program that has won 16-straight Horizon League regular season titles and 12 HL tournament championships.
 
The Titans are 5-15 all-time at home in the series, but the Phoenix has won the last four in Calihan Hall.
 
ABOUT THE PHOENIX
The preseason favorite to win the Horizon League Green Bay has won five in a row, including a 4-0 start in conference play. Green Bay is looking to sweep this weekend's two game road trip as the Phoenix defeated Cleveland State, 65-61, on Thursday.
 
Mehryn Kraker leads the team in scoring at 11.8 points per game, 15th in the Horizon League, to go with a team-high 5.5 rebounds. Tesha Buck is tallying 10.1 points and 4.2 rebounds, while Megan Lukan is averaging 8.6 points, 5.1 rebounds, and a team-best 4.7 assists, third in the conference.
 
Green Bay is fifth in the league in scoring at 67.7 points, but is second in the conference allowing just 57.9 ppg., with 9.1 steals.
 
HORIZON LEAGUE HISTORY
The Titans are 217-216 all-time in the Horizon League with the 217 victories the third most in league history trailing only Green Bay's 287 and former member Butler's 227.
 
UDM has won two regular season titles claiming the 1987 crown with a 10-2 record and the 1997 championship as senior Autumn Rademacher '97 led Detroit to a 14-2 mark. The Titans also finished that year winning the conference tournament and advancing to their only NCAA Tournament.
 
Detroit is in its 35th season as a member of the Horizon League this year and now stands as the eldest member in the conference by 14 years over Cleveland State, Green Bay, Milwaukee, UIC, and Wright State, who all joined in 1994 with the Titans entering in 1980.
 
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL STAFF ANNOUNCEMENT
The University of Detroit Mercy Athletic Department announced that head coach Autumn Rademacher '97 has been suspended for violations of NCAA rules pertaining to countable hours for student-athletes.
 
Coach Rademacher will serve a five-day suspension from Jan. 23-27 and will miss Saturday's home game against Green Bay, returning to the sidelines on Jan. 28 when UDM plays at Youngstown State.
 
During this period, assistant coach Rick Albro will serve as the interim head coach.
 
Detroit considers the matter closed and will have no other comment on the matter.
 
MY SWEET ROSE
Redshirt sophomore Rosanna Reynolds totaled a game-high 27 points, 11 rebounds, and five assists in the win over Oakland.
 
The 11 rebounds and five assists matched her season highs as she recorded her fourth career double-double.
 
STRONG DEFENSE
The Titans have played some tough defense this season, holding teams to just 66.7 points per game, down from last year's 80.5 ppg.
 
UDM has held four opponents to 60 or less on the season and twice to under 50.
 
In their win over Oakland on Thursday, the Titans held the Golden Grizzlies to 37.5 percent shooting, including just 6-for-25 (24.0%) with four turnovers in the final 14:31. The defense allowed Detroit to end the game on a 37-16 run, eliminating a 10-point deficit and cruising to an 11-point victory.
 
Detroit had one of its best defensive games in school history in defeating Marygrove, 88-46, in the home opener on Nov. 16.
 
The 46 points allowed were the fewest since Detroit downed Youngstown State at home, 62-48, during the 2012-13 campaign.
 
The 25.0% (16-of-64) shooting by Marygrove was the lowest UDM has held a team since Milwaukee's 22.8% on Mar. 2, 2013.
 
Detroit held IPFW to just 29.7% shooting, including 28.5% (12-of-42) in the second half and overtime and 16.7% (2-of-12) in the extra session alone, while limiting Madonna to 29.4% (15-of-51). The 15 made field goals by Madonna were the fewest by an opponent since Youngstown State had just 15 in that 62-48 win.
 
Against Toledo, the Titans held an offensive Rockets team to 32.5% (26-of-80) overall and 27.5% (11-of-40) from three, while Delaware State shot just 37.7% (21-of-56) and 1-of-15 from distance. 
 
GOOD DECISIONS
Redshirt sophomore Rosanna Reynolds and sophomore Haleigh Ristovski are both among the most trustworthy ball handlers in the HL.
 
After handing out nine assists with just one turnover in the last two games, Reynolds is now second in the Horizon League - and 35th in the nation - with a 2.20 assist-to-turnover ratio totaling 55 assists and just 25 turnovers.
 
Meanwhile, Ristovski is third in the Horizon League - and 36th in the nation - with a 2.19 assist-to-turnover ratio (57 A, 25 TO). As a freshman, Ristovski recorded a 2.7 mark (47 A, 17 TO) last season.
 
MAKING UP FOR LOST TIME
Senior Ellisha Crosby missed four straight games with an injury, but she has returned to the court and has not missed a beat.
 
Since her return four games ago, Crosby is averaging 18.3 points, 6.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists, and 1.3 steals per game, while shooting 54.9 percent (28-of-51) from the field.
 
She returned in a big way with a team-high 24 points at Wright State on Jan. 10, matching her season high and the fifth time in her career - just 26 games at the Division I level - that she has reached the 20-point plateau.
 
She followed that performance with 19 points and six rebounds in the victory against UIC, 16 points, six boards and five assists at Cleveland State and 14 points and six caroms in the win over Oakland.
 
MAKE IT 12 FOR ROSIE
Redshirt sophomore Rosanna Reynolds posted her 15th double-digit scoring effort - and sixth straight - on the year with a game-high 27 points against Oakland.
 
It was her fifth career game with 20 or more - and fourth this season - capitalized by her career-high 33 points at IPFW on Dec. 2, where she was a career-best 11-of-18 from the field with seven 3-pointers. She became just the 18th Titan in school history to score 30 or more in a game, with the 33 points the most since teammate Ellisha Crosby had 33 against EMU last season.
 
Reynolds had a game-high 26 points at Toledo on Dec. 14 going 8-of-15 from the field with seven more treys and also netted a game-high with 22 points on 7-of-11 shooting versus Delaware State on Dec. 18.
 
On the year, she is currently leading the team and fifth in the HL with 16.1 ppg.
 
A TRIPLE THREAT
Redshirt sophomore Rosanna Reynolds has become one of the deadliest long-range shooters in the Horizon League.
 
She is currently first in the HL - and 53rd in the country - in three-point field goals per game (2.56) and first in three-point field goal percentage (41.1%), which is 35th in the nation.
 
Reynolds has twice nailed seven 3-pointers in a game - one away from the school record of eight that Daphne Smith (8-of-11) had versus Butler on Jan. 10, 1987. She had seven treys (7-of-10) in a 33-point outburst at IPFW on Dec. 2 and also had seven (7-of-12) in a 26-point effort at Toledo.
 
Reynolds has at least one 3-pointer in 16 of the Titans' 18 games on the year - only at Cincinnati and at Cleveland State did she not have one - and has an HL-best 46 triples, a new career high passing the 25 she had as a freshman in 34 games in 2012-13.
 
In fact, 46 of her 102 total field goals (44.7%) on the year are from three.
 
MORE THAN JUST SCORE
Redshirt sophomore Rosanna Reynolds has done more than just score on the season.
 
She has recorded five assists or more in five games and is second on the team and 11th in the Horizon League at 3.1 per game.
 
She also has three double-doubles with 33 points and 11 rebounds at IPFW, 19 points and 10 boards at Eastern Michigan and her most recent one of 27 points and 11 boards against Oakland.
 
ALL-AROUND GAME
Sophomore Haleigh Ristovski continues to show her full basketball skills this season on both ends of the floor.
 
She might not be the typical frontcourt player, but she has grabbed at least eight rebounds in 10 of UDM's 18 games, including five of the last 13 with 10 or more.
 
She also has a team-high four double-doubles on the season and recently tied her career high with 20 points and 12-rebounds at Eastern Michigan on Dec. 30.
Ristovski had 13 points and 10 rebounds at Toledo, 13 points and 11 rebounds at IPFW and 20 points and 12 caroms versus Madonna.
 
Her game against Madonna also saw her post nearly a triple-double as she handed out a career-high six assists.
 
She has also recorded at least five assists five times this year and is leading the team and ninth in the Horizon League at 3.2 per game.
 
Ristovski has also scored in double figures six times this season and is fourth on the team - and 24th in the HL - in scoring at 9.8 ppg., as well as leading the team and ranking sixth in the conference in rebounding at 7.6 per contest.
 
QUITE A COMEBACK
The Titans erased a 10-point second-half deficit against Oakland to post a 73-62 victory over the Golden Grizzlies on Jan. 22.
 
The 10-point comeback was the largest on the season and the most since coming from a 17-point first-half score of 32-15 last year in an 81-79 home triumph over Valparaiso.
 
It was also the first double-digit deficit in the second half overcome since Feb. 9, 2013, when the red, white and blue trailed Valpo by 12 early in the second period before rallying to win, 70-61.
 
SMART ATHLETES
Eighty student-athletes from the University of Detroit Mercy received 2014 Fall Horizon League Academic Honor Roll distinction after the academic accolade was announced by the league office on Jan. 17.
 
In all, four Detroit squads were either first or tied for first with the number of honorees in their respective sports, including women's basketball, whose seven members was the most of any Horizon League team.
 
For candidates to meet the honor roll criteria, student-athletes must have participated in one of the league's 19 sports during the most recent season, have completed three semesters (or four quarters, where applicable) as a full-time student and have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.20.
 
GETTING TO 70
The Titans are 56-20 when they score 70 or more points as well as 21-5 when they score 80 or more under head coach Autumn Rademacher '97. UDM has also eclipsed 90 seven times under Coach Rad, with a season-high 96 against Eastern Michigan last year.
 
ELLICIOUS
Senior Ellisha Crosby is coming off her eighth-straight game in double figures as she tallied 16 points against Oakland.
 
Before the injury against Delaware State, she was beginning to find her offensive rhythm with four-straight games in double figures. 
 
She tallied 12 points in just 16 minutes versus Delaware State, handing out a career-high six assists in that contest.
 
Against Toledo, she posted 24 points and was tabbed the Glass City Classic Tournament MVP after tallying 18.5 points, 9.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and shooting 46.7 percent from the field in the two games against Southeast Missouri and the host Rockets.
Crosby started the weekend event with her first double-double of the year and the sixth of her career with 13 points and a season-high 10 rebounds against the Redhawks.
 
She now has 22 double-digit scoring games in her 26 career Division I contests, and in her Titan career, Crosby is tallying 15.3 ppg., including 13.4 ppg., this year, 10th in the HL.
 
LITTLE D BRINGS BIG O
Freshman Darianne Seward might have been making her first collegiate start in her first career game at Michigan, but you would never know by the way the rookie played.
 
The 5-4 guard from Ohio ended the day with a game-high 19 points - 17 in the first half - along with three rebounds and three assists.
 
The 19 points in a collegiate debut was the most by a Titan true freshman since the 2011-12 season and the most by a Titan true freshman guard since Titan Hall-Of-Famer and the school's all-time leading scorer Cassandra Pack netted 23 at home against Bowling Green to open the 1983-84 campaign.
 
Seward has continued to be a force on offense recording her 13th game in double figures with 13 points against Oakland.
 
She also tied her season high with 19 against Western Michigan on Dec. 20.
 
The two-time Horizon League Freshman of the Week is currently third on the team in scoring and 16th in the Horizon League at 11.7 ppg., the second highest freshman average in the HL behind Valparaiso's Dani Franklin's 12.3.
 
STEAL THE BACON
Detroit is coming off a fine defensive effort with a season-high 11 steals against Oakland.
 
It was the third-straight game that Detroit has posted 10 or more steals in a game after registering 10 at Cleveland State and versus UIC.
 
The last few games have seen senior Ellisha Crosby and freshman Darianne Seward tie their season high with four at CSU as well as Seward and sophomore Minisha Frederick-Childress coming away with four in the win over the Flames.
 
Detroit also had 10 steals against Marygrove and Madonna earlier in the season.
 
OFFENSE BEATING DEFENSE
Detroit earned a 70-65 victory over UIC on Jan. 17, and it used offense against the league's top-rated defense.
 
The Flames actually came into the game leading the Horizon League in scoring defense at 52.9 points, but UDM shot 50 percent in the first half and had 38 points alone at the break.
 
Overall, UDM ended the game hitting 25-of-55 attempts (45.5%), including 7-of-17 (41.2%) from three and 13-of-17 (76.5%) at the free throw line.
 
The Titans also moved the ball well with 14 assists on its' 25 baskets, including 10 in their 15 first-half buckets.
 
WINNING NUMBERS
The Titans will be on the look out for these lucky numbers.

Detroit is 5-0 in games where redshirt sophomore Rosanna Reynolds scores 20 or more points.
 
UDM is also 6-0 when leading with five minutes left and 6-1 when having the lead with 10 minutes to go.