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Game 10 - Detroit (6-3) at Western Kentucky (6-5)
Date	Tuesday, Dec. 22 | 8:00 p.m. EST
Location	Bowling Green, Ky. |  E.A. Diddle Arena
Tickets	Purchase Tickets Here | Adults/Children ($25/15)
Game Notes	Detroit | Western Kentucky
Live Stats	Gametracker
Online Video	None
TV	Fox College Sports
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All-Time Series	Tied at 1-1

DETROIT (12/21/2015) -- The Titans will look to give themselves an early Christmas present as the University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team goes for its fifth straight victory when it hits the road for Western Kentucky on Tuesday, Dec. 22.

Game time is set for 8:00 p.m. (EST) at E.A. Diddle Arena and will be nationally televised on Fox College Sports. Fox College Sports is available on most cable outlets – with the proper subscription – including 550 on Bright House, 722 on Comcast, 608 on DirecTV, 300 on Verizon FIOS, 647 on AT&T Uverse, 340 on WOW, and on Google Fiber. 

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The Titans have won four in a row – all at home – and come into the game ranked 10th in the nation in scoring at 86.3 points per game. UDM is also 11th in three-point field goal percentage and three-point field goals per game.

A win would give the red, white and blue its first five-game winning streak since the 2012-13 season.

DETROIT VS. WKU
This is just the second career meeting between the two schools and the first since 2003 when the red, white and blue defeated WKU, 86-65.

The first meeting had a lot on the table as it was in the NCAA Tournament with the Hilltoppers downing the Titans, 90-81, in Lexington, Kentucky, in what was Detroit's first ever trip to the big dance. 

ABOUT THE HILLTOPPERS
Western Kentucky is 6-5 on the year and has won three of its last five. Just like the Titans, WKU is undefeated at home at 5-0, but has yet to win a true road game. The Hilltoppers dropped their last game at No. 19 Louisville, 78-56.

Justin Johnson leads the team in scoring and rebounding with 16.5 and 8.2, respectively. Nigel Snipes is tallying 12.1 ppg., while Frederick Edmond is averaging 11.0 ppg., and 5.0 rpg. 

WKU is posting 77.2 points per game and is giving up 76.7. 

LOOKING AHEAD
Detroit returns to the state of Michigan for the better part of a month as it plays five of the next six at home with its lone road game at Eastern Michigan next Monday, Dec. 28. 

After that, the Titans will begin HL play with five straight at home.

PERFECT AT HOME
Detroit is undefeated at home this season at 6-0 and has won nine in a row on Dick Vitale Court dating back to last season.

LOOKING FOR THE ROAD WIN
Detroit is 0-3 on the road this season and is 1-9 in its last 10 games away from Calihan Hall.

The lone victory was at Youngstown State last season, and the nine losses include a neutral site setback to Cleveland State in last year's Horizon League tournament. 

WHO WILL SCORE?
Detroit has had five different Titans lead the team in scoring through nine games.

UDM has also had six different players net 20 or more in a game and has had four or more players in double figures six times. 

The depth and team chemistry was evident in the win over Bowling Green as Detroit led by double digits in the second half before the team's leading scorer Chris Jenkins even netted his first point on a free throw to make it 64-52 with 11:22 left. 

AGAINST THE BLUEGRASS STATE
Detroit is 5-4 all-time against teams from Kentucky. 

VS. CONFERENCE USA
Detroit is 15-4 all-time against current members of Conference USA. 

POINTS, POINTS, POINTS
The Titans have had a great start to the year offensively as they are 10th in the nation - and second in the HL - in scoring averaging 86.3 points per game (as of Dec. 20). 

The Titans have also scored 90 or more points four times this year, the most since registering 90 or more four times during the 2011-12 campaign. 

OFFENSIVE ATTACK
Detroit has scored at least 75 points in eight of its nine games, including 88 or more five times. The lone contest it did not reach that amount was at then No. 16/13 Vanderbilt (52). 

UDM has also made at least 30 field goals five times this season and has posted 39 baskets twice on the year. 

Against UM-Dearborn, the Titans were 39-of-68 from the field (57.4%), including 15-of-27 (55.6%) from behind the arc and 29-of-39 (74.4%) at the free throw line. 

It was the highest field goal percentage since finishing at 68.2 percent in a victory at Youngstown State last season.

The 29 free throws were the most since going 37-of-43 at the charity stripe against Stony Brook in a triple overtime game in 2013.

In the win over Toledo, Detroit shot 49.1 percent (27-of-55) from the field and 48.1 percent (13-of-27) from three with four players in double figures, while in the win over Bowling Green, the Titans shot 47.1 percent (32-of-68) with 13 triples. 

In its last win over UCF, the Titans shot 51.7 percent (30-of-58), including 58.3 percent (14-of-24) in the second half.

BOMBS AWAY
Detroit was 15-of-27 from three against UM-Dearborn on Nov. 23, the most since knocking down 15 against DePaul in 2007.

UDM also tallied:
11 against Central State
11 at nationally-ranked Vanderbilt
13 versus Toledo
13 against Bowling Green
12 versus UCF

Last year, UDM hit 10 or more 3-pointers just three times all season.

The Titans are currently 11th in the nation in three-point field goal percentage (42.4%) and 11th in three-point field goals per game (10.6), Horizon League bests in both categories.

BLOCK PARTY
The Titans have recorded four or more blocks seven times this year, and they are leading the Horizon League and 73rd in the nation with 4.8 blocks per game. 

That is all without a single athlete on the roster taller than 6-8. 

PROTECT THE ROCK
The Titans committed 25 turnovers in the season opener, but still came away with a win.

Since that game, Detroit has turned it over just 91 times in the last eight outings. 

WE LOVE THE 80'S
Did you know that Detroit is a remarkable 51-5 overall when scoring 80 or more points under head coach Ray McCallum. 

The Titans are even better outside of the Horizon League where they have a 27-2 record when reaching 80 points.

Year-by-Year Mark When Reaching 80
2015-16 (4-1) 
2014-15 (6-0) 
2013-14 (3-2) 
2012-13 (14-1) 
2011-12 (9-0) 
2010-11 (8-1) 
2009-10 (7-0) 

BASS IS BACK
Sophomore Paris Bass - who missed the first seven games due to a suspension for violation of team rules - returned in a big way for the Titans against Bowling Green.

The reigning HL Freshman of the Year posted a team-high 25 points - tying his career best going 9-of-15 from the field - while tallying eight rebounds, three assists and two steals. 

In his second game, he tallied 23 points in just 21 minutes of action and has now scored 48 points in just 52 minutes of court time as he has been in foul trouble both games. 

GONE FISHING
Sophomore Paris Bass has recorded back-to-back 20-point games for the first time in his career.

Dating back to last season, he has three 20 point games in his last eight outing as he tallied a career-high 28 points at Oakland last season. 

DOUBLE-UP CHRIS
Junior Chris Jenkins has scored in double figures six times already, which includes two 20-point games, a career high in points and three double-doubles.

He is coming off a spectacular performance where he finished with a career-high 26 points with 10 rebounds, three steals and two assists in the win over UCF. 

So far on the year, he has tallied 17 points and 11 rebounds against Toledo - where he also has a career-best four blocks, and that came after tallying 14 points and six rebounds in the win over Northeastern. 

At No. 16/13 Vanderbilt, he netted 11 points hitting three 3-pointers and registered a career-high four steals. 

At Oral Roberts, Jenkins had 16 points and a career-tying 13 rebounds. He started the streak with a then career-high 25 points against UM-Dearborn. 

He is currently leading the team and is seventh in the HL in scoring (14.3), while standing second on the team and seventh in the league in field-goal percentage (50.0%). 

He is also topping the team and among the top 10 in the Horizon League in: 
Rebounding (6.8) - 9th
3-point field-goal percentage (45.0%) - 5th
Free throw percentage (86.1%) - 5th

GETTING HOT EARLY
Senior Anton Wilson recorded his third career 20-point game as he led Detroit with 20 markers at Pittsburgh on Nov. 20. 

He scored all 20 of his points in the first 20 minutes of play, the first Titan to score 20 in the first half since Nick Minnerath had 21 against Valparaiso on Jan. 17, 2013.

It was also one point off his career high of 21 set against UM-Dearborn in 2013. 

Wilson now has eight double-digit scoring games on the year as he is coming off a 13-point performance against UCF. 

He is currently second on the team in scoring at 13.8 points per game with a team-high 27 treys along with 4.3 rebounds, fourth on the team. 

TRIPLE 3 SPECIALITY
Senior Anton Wilson started the season with back-to-back games hitting four 3-pointers, and he added another game with four treys nailing four at #16/13 Vanderbilt. He recently hit a season-high five 3-pointers against Bowling Green, one away from his career best. 

He now has 14 career game with four or more treys.

He also has 71 career games with at least two 3-pointers and 23 games knocking down at least three triples.

#1 SHOOTING 3'S
Sharpshooting senior Anton Wilson continues to make his name show up in the Titan record books.

He shot 41.8 percent from behind the arc last season, a number that ranks sixth in school history as he was 56-of-134 from long distance.

This season, he is hitting the three at 45.0 percent (27-of-60). 

With his four triples in the season opener, he passed Titan legend and 12-year NBA veteran Willie Green and is now tied for seventh in school history with 146 career 3-pointers.  

He is also fifth in school history with a 40.8 career three-point field goal percentage. 

Titan Career 3-Point Field Goal Leaders
1. Rashad Phillips, 1998-01 - 348 
2. Desmond Ferguson, 1998-00 - 235 
3. Dwayne Kelley, 1990-93 - 224 
4. Jon Goode, 2005-08 - 202 
5. Greg Grays, 2001-02 - 169 
6. Michael Jackson, 1992-95 - 157 
7. Juwan Howard Jr., 2012-15 - 146 
8. Anton Wilson, 2012-pre. - 146

Titan Career 3-Point Field Goal Percentage Leaders
1. Archie Tullos, 1985-88 - .433 
2. Bill Wood, 1987-90 - .415 
3. Tony Tolbert, 1993-94 - .409
Jon Goode, 2005-08 - .409
5. Anton Wilson, 2012-pre. - .408 

BASS NAMED TO LOU HENSON AWARD WATCH LIST
Paris Bass was named to the Lou Henson Award Preseason Watch List, announced by the organization in early November. 

The sophomore was one of nearly 40 outstanding mid-major college players to earn the Preseason All-America recognition, which is presented annually to the top Mid-Major player in Division I college basketball.

He is also the LONE underclassman to garner the honor. 

The award is named in honor of Henson, who retired after a spectacular coaching career that lasted 41 years. When he left the game in 2005, he was sixth all-time in career Division I wins with 779. He is the winningest coach at both Illinois and New Mexico State and is one of only 12 coaches in the history of the game to take two schools to the Final Four.

HIGH-SCORING ROOKIE
Freshman Josh McFolley has scored in double figures in six of his eight games, including a season-high 20-points in the victory over Northeastern and 16 in the win versus Toledo.

He was 8-of-15 against the Huskies and 6-of-11 against the Rockets. He also had three steals versus UT, including a key steal with 21 seconds left that led to a layup to help seal the triumph. 

He is currently third on the team with 12.5 ppg. - tops among HL rookies - while leading all freshmen in field-goal percentage (44.2%), three-point field goal percentage (39.6%) and three-point field goals per game (2.4). 

JA-LETHAL
Sophomore Jaleel Hogan has been in double figures six times so far on the year and had his first career double-double with 14 points and a career-high 10 rebounds in the win over Bowling Green. He also had two assists and two blocks. 

He recorded a career-high 16 points at Pittsburgh as he was a career-best 7-of-12 from the field with five rebounds.

He then had a 15-points - in just 15 minutes of action due to foul trouble - at Oral Roberts, where he was 7-of-11 from the field. 

He is currently third on the team with 4.7 rebounds per game and fourth with 9.8 points per game, all while shooting 54.5 percent, fourth in the HL. 

PAINT MAN
With his strength, sophomore Jaleel Hogan is uncanny in the paint showcased by his career 59.0 percent (98-of-166) field-goal percentage. 

Last season, he ended the year with a blistering 62.0 field goal percentage (62-of-100), which would rank third in school history for a single season, but was 25 shot attempts shy from qualifying for that mark. 

TOTAL CONTROL
Senior Carlton Brundidge has run the offense with excellence so far shown by his 2.2-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio on the year, fifth in the HL. 

He has 28 assists against just 13 turnovers. 

GREAT START FOR CB
Carlton Brundidge has jumped out to a quick start in his final year of eligibility.

Through nine games, he leads the team with 3.1 assists - ninth in the Horizon League - and is fifth on the team in scoring (9.7) and rebounding (4.0). 

Brundidge posted a career-best 23 points at Oral Roberts - 17 in the second half - where he was a career-high 10-of-19 from the field with five boards and two assists. 

He had 14 points in the season opener and followed that up with 12 points at Pittsburgh. Against UM-Dearborn, he scored 10 points and handed out a career-high nine helpers and is coming off a 12-point effort against Bowling Green, where he hit two 3-pointers to cool a BGSU comeback attempt. 

The four-straight games in double figures to start the year was also a career-best streak. 

GERALD'S CASE
Freshman Gerald Blackshear had an excellent start to his career and had a career night posting 12 points and five rebounds with a block in the win over Northeastern. 

In his collegiate debut, he posted a game-high 10 rebounds to go with six points, three assists, three steals and a block against Central State. 

He then had seven boards with three blocks against UM-Dearborn, seven caroms with seven points at Oral Roberts, six rebounds at #16/13 Vanderbilt and six points and seven boards in just 15 minutes in the win over UCF.

Blackshear is second on the team and 15th in the Horizon League in rebounding at 5.4 per game.

EASY POINTS
Senior Anton Wilson is a career 82.4 percent shooter at the free throw line connecting on 84-of-102 career attempts.

He does not have enough free throw attempts to qualify for the school record book, or his career percentage would rank fourth.