DETROIT (1/19/2017) -- The University of Detroit Mercy women's basketball prepares for two more home games this weekend, starting with a Friday night contest at 7 p.m. against Youngstown State from Calihan Hall. The game is set to be streamed on ESPN3 and the WatchESPN Applications and may be seen locally on WADL with
Denny Kapp calling all of the action.
It's the second of three home games in a span of seven days at Calihan Hall. Detroit Mercy (8-9, 4-2 Horizon League), which opened the week with a 57-49 win over Northern Kentucky on Monday, also hosts Cleveland State in a 1 p.m. game Sunday afternoon.
The first 300 fans into Friday's game against the Penguins receive a free Detroit Mercy Titans water bottle.
Titan News & Notes
• Detroit Mercy is 3-0 in Horizon League home contests this season. Overall, the Titans are 4-2 at Calihan Hall.
• Senior guard
Rosanna Reynolds became the fifth Titan to surpass 1,500 career points and also moved into fourth place in all-time scoring during Monday's game against NKU. Reynolds is 23 assists away from the all-time assists mark and would become just the second player in school history with 500 assists with eight more helpers.
• Reynolds has the top two assist totals this season in the Horizon League, tallying 11 vs. UIC and 12 at Milwaukee. Reynolds leads the conference in assists (5.8 apg) and is also one of only two players with two 30-point games this season.
• Three Titans are nearing the 800-point plateau with
Haleigh Ristovski (793),
Nicole Urbanick (788) and
Brianne Cohen (783) all within range.
• Both
Brianne Cohen (3rd, 54.5) and
Kelsey Mitchell (4th, 54.2) are in the top five in the Horizon League in field goal percentage. Mitchell and Cohen are No. 1-2, respectively, in conference games.
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Haleigh Ristovski is among the Horizon League leaders in steals with 29 in 17 contests. In six league games, she has 15 in six games (2.5 per game).
• Reynolds, who ranks 26th in the nation in assists, is just two assists away from 100 for the season, which would mark her fourth season of 100 of more dimes. Reynolds had a career-best 149 assists in 2015-16.
• The Titans lead the Horizon League in defensive rebounding (29.1) and 3-point FG made (8.4), while ranking second in blocked shots (3.9), 3-point FG defense (27.7%) and field goal defense (37.9%). Detroit Mercy is third in scoring offense (72.6 ppg), 3-point FG% (34.5) and field goal percentage (41.7%).
• Detroit Mercy set a single-game school record with 16 3-pointers at Minnesota. The Titans have reached 15 treys in a game twice this season, also sinking 15 triples against UIC on Dec. 31.
• The Titans are 19th in the NCAA in 3-point FG per game (8.4), 26th in defensive rebounding (29.1 per game), 40th in 3-point FG defense (27.7%), 61st in scoring offense (72.6 ppg) and 66th in assists per game (15.6), among other categories.
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Brianne Cohen had one of the best shooting games in the HL at Green Bay on Jan. 11, sinking 9-of-10 shots for a 90-percent shooting clip. She shot 80 percent in two games in Wisconsin (12-for-15).
• Reynolds is the top active scorer in the Horizon League with her 1,504 points, which is also 34th in the NCAA among active players. She is also the active HL leader in assists with 492, which is 14th in the country among active players in Division I.
• The Titans have three games of 25 assists this season, which are the most in the
Bernard Scott era. Detroit Mercy has a HL-leading 18.2 assists per game in league-only contests.
• The Titans rank second in the conference in blocks (3.9 bpg) and have 25 already in six HL games.
• Junior
Nicole Urbanick is quickly moving up the all-time 3-pointers made list and ranks seventh with 166. She is No. 17 among active NCAA Division I players in 3-pointers made per game at 2.31.
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Nicole Urbanick ranks first in the HL in 3-pointers made per game (2.7), sinking 43 in 16 games. She is fifth in the conference and 49th in the NCAA with a 40.6 shooting clip from beyond the arc. In HL-only games, Urbanick has made 21-of-41 triples (51.2%).
Last Time Out
The Titans allowed a season-low 49 points in a 57-49 victory over visiting Northern Kentucky on Monday. It was the lowest amount of points allowed in second-year head coach
Bernard Scott's tenure with the Titans.
Nicole Urbanick shot 5-of-7 from downtown and scored a game-high 20 points, her seventh career 20-point scoring effort. It was her second five triple performance of the season.
Rosanna Reynolds added 16 points, surpassing the 1,500-point plateau at 8:33 of the fourth quarter on a 3-pointer from the top of the key.
Reynolds' 3-pointer helped key a run that put Detroit Mercy in front by more than 10 points. Urbanick hit back-to-back triples during the stretch as well as the Titans went up nine late in the contest. The Titans held NKU to just 4-of-17 shooting from outside in the game.
All-Time Series
Detroit Mercy is 21-18 all-time against Youngstown State, including 1-1 under head coach
Bernard Scott. Both games last season came down to one possession, with the Titans dropping a 72-70 game at home, before winning 69-68 on the road on
Haleigh Ristovski's last-second shot just before the buzzer.
Detroit Mercy is 14-5 at home against YSU all-time and 5-5 in the past 10 games overall vs. the Penguins.
Brianne Cohen led the Titans in scoring in both meetings against Youngstown State, scoring 19 in the first game and 21 in the road win for a 20.0 average.
Nicole Urbanick added 16 points in the road victory.
Scouting Youngstown State
The Penguins (7-10, 3-3 HL) have won three-straight Horizon League games entering Friday's matchup with Detroit Mercy. After an overtime loss at Northern Kentucky, YSU reeled off wins over UIC, Valparaiso and Cleveland State, all of them at home.
Allison Smolinski has led the team in scoring in each of the past two games and scored 30 points in the Penguins' win over CSU. She ranks second on the team in 3-pointers made with 33, making 37.1 percent of her shots from beyond the arc. Freshman Mary Dunn is the squad's leading scorer at 13.2 points per game. Point guard Indiya Benjamin is second in the HL in assists (96) and ranks second on the team in scoring (12.0 ppg).
YSU has sank 139 3-pointers in 17 games this year.
Up Next
Following the Titans' home game on Sunday against Cleveland State, Detroit Mercy returns to the road, visiting Wright State and Northern Kentucky the following weekend on Friday and Sunday, respectively.
