DETROIT (11/19/2016) -- The week-long road trip for the Titans will bring them to the Sunshine State as the University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team meets Florida State on Sunday, Nov. 20, in the second game of the NIT Season Tip-Off.

Game time is scheduled for 5 p.m., at the Donald L. Tucker Center in Tallahassee, Florida.

Fans can watch the game via an online stream on the ACC Network, ESPN3 and the Watch ESPN Applications. Titan fans can also listen to 910 AM Superstation with the "Voice of the Titans" Cliff Russell on the call. Live stats will also be provided.

Detroit Mercy is in the middle of a four-game road trip that will see the Titans fly over 3, 450 miles in a one-week span. The trip started with East Tennessee State on Monday and then traveling to Illinois on Friday.

The Titans have been doing the job offensively with four players in double-figuring scoring. Sophomore Josh McFolley leads the team in scoring at 16.3 points per game, while senior Chris Jenkins is tallying 12.0 points, a team-high 6.3 rebounds and tying for the team best with 2.7 assists per game. 

The game is part of the NIT Season Tip-off. ESPN Events hosts the NIT Season Tip-Off, which will include four championship-round games at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, and 12 non-bracketed games held at campus sites. Detroit Mercy, Manhattan, New Hampshire and Winthrop are all in the sub-regionals, while Florida State, Illinois, Temple and West Virginia round out the eight-team field.

Each team will play four games as part of the event. Florida State, Illinois, Temple and West Virginia will each host two games in addition to the bracketed portion at the Barclays Center. Detroit Mercy Manhattan, New Hampshire, and Winthrop will each host one game in addition to three road contests.

The Titans next home game is set for next Saturday, Nov. 26, when the red, white and blue welcome the Jaspers of Manhattan. Tip-off is set for 2 p.m., at Calihan Hall.

Tickets to all home games start at just $10, $6 for children and seniors. To purchase tickets online, visit detroittitans.com/tix. To purchase over the phone or for more information on game and season tickets, contact Director of Ticket Operations & Sales Justin Hairston at 313-993-1700 ext. 7301 or at hairstjj1@udmercy.edu.

ALL-TIME VS. FLORIDA STATE
The Titans and Seminoles have met one previous time and that contest came down to the wire as Detroit Mercy was edged on the road, 84-83, on Dec. 29, 1994.

ABOUT THE SEMINOLES
Florida State - who is receiving votes in both the AP and coaches poll - enters the game at 3-0 with three double-digit victories, the latest a 100-86 triumph over Winthrop.

Dwayne Bacon leads the team with 16.0 points per game, while grabbing 4.7 rebounds. Jonathan Isaac is tallying 14.7 points and 4.7 rebounds and Terrance Mann is averaging 9.3 points and a team-best 6.3 rebounds.

The Seminoles are averaging 95.7 points through their first three games and are shooting 51.5 percent from the field. 

Florida State was picked to finish eighth in the ACC preseason poll, while Bacon was tabbed preseason Second Team.  

Leonard Hamilton is in his 15th year as the FSU head coach, where he has made 11 postseason appearances. 

111 YEARS OF TITAN BASKETBALL
The 2016-17 season marks the 111th year of collegiate basketball at the University of Detroit Mercy as the Tigers – yes, Tigers - beat Collegiate, 18-7, in the first official Detroit basketball game. 

Until 1919, the then University of Detroit athletic teams were known as the Tigers. In the fall of 1919, the Detroit Free Press' sportswriter Stan Brink, who was covering football for the paper, thought that a good nickname for the team would be the Titans.

In Greek mythology, the Titans were a class of oversized people who happened to have almost perfect physiques. 

In its 111 years (two years records are missing in 1907-08 and 1908-09) Detroit Mercy is 1,394-1168 (.544) all-time with two regular season Horizon League Championships (1998, 1999) and three conference tournament titles (1994, 1999, 2012). 

Detroit Mercy has also made six NCAA tournaments (1962, 1977, 1979, 1998, 1999, 2012) and seven NIT appearances (1960, 1961, 1965, 1978, 2001, 2002, 2013). 

ANOTHER TITAN MAN AT THE HELM 
Head coach Bacari Alexander '99 was named the 21st head coach in Titan history. 

He is the eighth alum to serve as head coach joining Walter Hardy (1913-16), Paul Harbrecht (1922-23), John Barrett (1923-25), Lloyd Brazil (1930-46), John Shada (1946-48), Bob Calihan (1948-69) and John Mulroy (1987-88). 

He is also the second head coach to come to Detroit Mercy from the University of Michigan joining his college head coach Perry Watson. 

JUST 37 LEAD THEIR ALMA MATER
Head coach Bacari Alexander is one of just 37 head coaches - out of 351 at the Division I level - to take the reigns at his alma mater.

CONGRATS COACH
Head coach Bacari Alexander earned his first win in his coaching debut, the first by a Titan rookie coach since the late Ricky Byrdsong led the Titans to a 64-53 victory against Rice in 1988.

It should be noted that there were only two coaches ahead of him in that span in Ray McCallum (2008-16) and Titan Hall-Of-Famer and coach Alexander's collegiate coach Perry Watson (1993-2008). 

TOUGH SCHEDULE COACH
The eleven (11) non-conference foes on the Titan men's basketball schedule posted a 197-161 (.550) last season with four teams making the postseason in East Tennessee State (Vegas 16), Florida State (NIT), New Hampshire (CIT) and Fort Wayne (NIT).

Florida State is currently receiving votes in both the coaches and media poll. Fort Wayne (16) and ETSU (21) are both ranked in the mid-major poll, while Eastern Michigan and Murray State are receiving votes in that poll. 

FREQUENT FLYER MILES
The Titans are currently in the midst of a four-game road swing where Detroit Mercy will fly approximately 3,484 miles in a one-week span. 

It started with a trip to East Tennessee State on Sunday-Monday (1,244 miles round trip), a game at Illinois (381 miles), flying to Florida State from Champaign, Illinois, (861) and a return flight home after the game at FSU (998). 

Let us not forget Detroit Mercy will fly to New Hampshire for a game on Thursday. 

VS. THE SUNSHINE STATE
Detroit Mercy is 12-6 all-time against teams from Florida and 8-0 when the Sunshine State squads have visited the Motor City.

The match-up is also the fifth-straight year that the Titans will take on a Florida-based program and the fourth time it has visited Florida in that span. 

CAREER NIGHT FOR MCFOLLEY
Sophomore Josh McFolley tallied a career-high 25 points at ETSU going 8-of-17 from the field and 7-of-9 from behind the arc. 

It was his second career 20-point game and his fifth career contest where he knocked down at least four triples. 

The seven 3-pointers were the most by a Titan since Jon Goode sank eight at UIC on Jan. 19, 2008. 

EXPLOSIVE START
Detroit Mercy began the year with an offensive explosion scoring 99 points in its 99-69 victory over Adrian College.

The 99 points were the most by the Titans in their season opener since cruising past Kalamazoo, 119-68, in 1975.

IT HAPPENED AGAIN?
After going 37 years without seeing a Titan freshman lead the team in scoring in their debut, it has now happened in back-to-back seasons as rookie Corey Allen topped the squad with 16 points in the season-opening 99-69 victory over Adrian.

Last year, Josh McFolley had 17 points in a win over Central State.

Prior to McFolley, the last time a Titan freshman led the team in scoring in his collegiate debut was Jerry Davis, who had 18 against Toledo in 1978.

DOUBLE J
Senior Jarod Williams came up with his first career double-double in the season-opening win over Adrian as he ended the contest with 10 points and a career-best 10 boards. 

He came back to record 16 points - just two shy of his career high - at ETSU.

On the year, he is shooting 75.0 percent hitting 12 of his 16 field goals. 

SHOW ME THE WAY ED
Freshman walk-on Ed Carter III had a great collegiate debut as he dished out a game-high five assists in the season opener. What is even better is that he recorded five assists against zero turnovers. 

On the year, he is tied for the team lead with eight assists and has not turned it over at all. 

JUST PERFECT
Sophomore Gerald Blackshear Jr. had a perfect day from the field against Adrian by tying his career high with 12 points in going 5-for-5 from the field.

PRESEASON THOUGHT
Detroit Mercy was picked to finish sixth in the Horizon League preseason poll as the Titans garnered 195 points. 

The defending regular season champion and NIT runner-up Valparaiso was picked to win the league totaling 385 points, while Oakland was selected second tallying 337.

Last year's conference champion Green Bay earned third with 309 points, while UIC (217) and Wright State (202) were fourth and fifth, respectively. 

After Detroit Mercy, Northern Kentucky (153), Cleveland State (150), Youngstown State (125) and Milwaukee (72) rounded out the poll.

SENIOR STATUS
Four seniors are on the Titan roster in Matthew Grant, Chris Jenkins, Pat Robinson Jr., and Jarod Williams. The quartet has played in 157 career games with 134 starts.

JENKINS TABBED PRESEASON ALL-HL
Senior Chris Jenkins was named Second Team All-Horizon League in the HL's preseason accolades. 

Jenkins earned his first career Horizon League accolade in the second team selection. 

Last year, he notched double figures in scoring 16 times with six 20-point games and three double-doubles. He finished second on the team in rebounding (5.7), third in scoring (12.0), fourth in steals (1.0) and fifth in assists (1.4). In the Horizon League, he ranked 12th in rebounding, 15th in steals and 20th in scoring.

A versatile player, he led the team in three-point field-goal percentage (.432), sixth in the conference, while his 1.6 three-pointers per game was second on the team and 12th in the league. He was also third on the team and 15th in the conference in total field-goal percentage (.476) and ended second on Detroit Mercy and eighth in the HL in free throw percentage (.772).

At the end of the year, he took home the William Ebben Academic and Athletic Excellence Award as well as shared the Larry Doyle Most Dedicated Titan Award at the annual team banquet. 

HOGAN GARNERS PRESEASON HONOR
Junior Jaleel Hogan received some early praise in  All-Conference honors by College Sports Madness.

Hogan was listed on the HL Fourth Team.

He had a breakout year as a sophomore and was the only Titan to start all 31 games. He was fifth on the team in scoring with 10.5 points per game, while ranking fourth on the team in rebounding at 4.2 per night.

He also led the team and was second in the Horizon League in field goal percentage hitting 132-of-230 shots for 57.4 percent, good for ninth in school history.

Hogan posted double figures in scoring 19 times on the year with two double-doubles and a 20-point contest. He had 20 points and eight rebounds at home against Oakland. He tallied his double-doubles with 14 points and 10 boards versus Bowling Green and 10 points with 10 rebounds against Milwaukee. 

THE MAN FROM NEWFOUNDLAND
Freshman Cole Long is believed to be the first Titan in school history to hail from Newfoundland. 

He later moved to Orangeville, Ontario, to attend high school at the prestigious Athlete Institute Preparatory School of Basketball.

He was ranked the No. 17 recruit in Canada by Hoops Hype Canada as well as No. 22 by North Pole Hoops. Long finished his two-year prep career with the Athlete Institute basketball team, where he played alongside Jamal Murray, who suited up for one season at Kentucky and was the No. 7 pick in the 2016 NBA draft as well as Thon Maker, the No. 10 overall pick in the draft. 

THE GERMAN ONE
Freshman Malik Eichler came to the states and prepped at The MacDuffie School in Granby, Massachusetts. 

He originally hails from Berlin, Germany, and is believed to be just the second Titan ever from Germany joining Jermaine Lippert, who was from Munich, Germany, and lettered for Detroit Mercy from 2012-14.

A GIANT IN CALIHAN HALL
Freshman Malik Eichler stands at 7-feet tall and he is believed to be just the fifth seven-footer in school history and the first since 7-3, 275-pound center Jason Bennett in 2008-09.

BLACKSHEAR JR. 0UT FOR MORE
Sophomore Gerald Blackshear Jr. saw action in all 31 games as a rookie with two starts and averaged 4.1 points, 4.0 rebounds and 0.6 blocks per game. He also shot a 55.2 field goal percentage connecting on 48-of-87 from the field in his freshman campaign. 

ALL-AMERICAN IN THE MIX
Junior college transfer DeShawndre Black will look for immediate playing time in the backcourt.

He played his first two collegiate seasons at Schoolcraft College and was an NJCAA Division II Men's Basketball First Team All-American in 2016, leading Schoolcraft to a 23-12 overall record and 14-2 mark in the Michigan Community College Athletic Association (MCCAA) Eastern Conference.

He started all 35 games and averaged 10.6 points, 4.4 rebounds, 5.7 assists and 1.7 steals. Black shot 43.4 percent from the field, 34.5 percent from behind the arc and 82.1 percent at the free throw line and posting a 2-to-1 assist-to-turnover (201-A, 100-T) ratio. 

2017 LITTLE CAESARS MOTOR CITY MADNESS UPDATE
The Horizon League Executive Council has approved a revised bracket for the 2017 Little Caesars Horizon League Men's and Women's Basketball Championships. In the new format, the women's basketball championship will run concurrently with the men's as "Motor City Madness" runs March 3-7, at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.

The five days of games will feature men's and women's tournament contests on each day, beginning with the 8-9 and 7-10 games on Friday, March 3. The winners of those contests will play the Nos. 1 and 2 seeds in the second round, with the victors advancing to Monday's semifinals. Sunday's third round contests will see the 4-5 and 3-6 seeds play for a berth in the semifinals. Semifinal winners will meet on Tuesday, March 7, for the Horizon League title and an automatic bid into the NCAA Men's and Women's Tournaments.

2017 marks the final year the Little Caesars Horizon League Men's and Women's Basketball Championships will be contested at Joe Louis Arena before moving to the state-of-the-art Little Caesars Arena, currently under construction in downtown Detroit. After serving as the title sponsor for the 2016 men's basketball championship, Little Caesars will return for the 2017 edition of the men's and women's tournaments.

The 2016 Little Caesars Horizon League Men's Basketball Championship was carried across ESPN networks, culminating in Green Bay's first conference championship in 21 years. Over 20,900 fans attended the four-day tournament, the first neutral-site Horizon League men's basketball championship since 2003.

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