DETROIT (1/31/2017) -- It's a big week for the University of Detroit Mercy women's basketball team at Calihan Hall with the Titans hosting Milwaukee and Green Bay inside Calihan Hall. The Titans open the week by hosting the Panthers on Thursday at 7 p.m. ET. The game is a "Red Out" with the first 250 fans that gain admission into the game receiving "Detroit's College Team" t-shirts.

Detroit Mercy (11-10 overall, 7-3 Horizon League) and Milwaukee (15-6, 7-3 HL) are tied for third place in the conference after 10 games. It's the second meeting this season between the two schools this season with the Panthers winning 81-69 on their home court earlier in January.

Students who attend Thursday's game will also receive a ticket for both the men's and women's basketball games next weekend against Oakland. The men's squad plays Friday night at 7 p.m. with the women's basketball team facing the Golden Grizzlies on Saturday at 1 p.m. from Calihan Hall.
 

Game 22  |  Detroit Mercy (11-10, 7-3 HL) vs. Milwaukee (15-6, 7-3 HL)
Date / Time	Thursday, Feb. 2  |  7:00 PM ET
Location	Detroit, Mich. (Calihan Hall)
Live Stats	DetroitTitans.com
Live Stream / TV	ESPN3 / WatchESPN  |  WADL-38
Tickets	Adults: $6 | Youth/Senior: $4
Social Media	Twitter (In-game tweets): @DetroitTitans  |  @Detroit_WBB  |  Facebook     Instagram  |  Tweet #DetroitsCollegeTeam
All-Time Series	Titans lead,  | Last Meeting: Titans 57, NKU 49 (Jan. 16, 2017)

Titan News & Notes
• Detroit Mercy is 5-0 in Horizon League home contests this season. Overall, the Titans are 6-2 at Calihan Hall.
• The Titans are 18-10 in Horizon League play in the past two seasons under head coach Bernard Scott.
• Rosanna Reynolds just seven assists shy of the all-time career mark of 515. Ranks second in HL with 114 total assists.
• Brianne Cohen ranks first in the HL and 18th in the NCAA with 58.6 FG percentage. In last seven games, Cohen is shooting 71.4 percent from the field (50-of-70). Shot 9-of-10 at Green Bay, 9-of-11 vs. Cleveland State & 12-of-13 at NKU.
• The 7-3 Horizon League start for the Titans is the best since the 2011-12 season, when Detroit Mercy started 10-3 and finished the year 14-4 in conference play.
• Detroit Mercy ranks 15th in the NCAA in defensive rebounding (29.5 per game) and also ranks in the top 50 in assists per game and 3-pointers made per game.
• Senior Haleigh Ristovski became seventh player with 750 rebounds after grabbing 10 at NKU. She is 11 rebounds shy of sixth place on the all-time list with 758 career boards. Ristovski also tied a career-high with eight assists against the Norse on Sunday.
• Junior guard Nicole Urbanick recently moved into sixth place all-time in 3-point field goals made (174).
• Detroit Mercy is assisting on nearly 70-percent (68.3) of its field goals in Horizon League play (179 assists on 262 field goals).
• Reynolds is active career leader in the Horizon League in both points and assists. She became the first player in school history to have 1,500 points, 500 rebounds and 500 assists in her career.
• Reynolds is among the nation's leaders in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.51), as well as total assists (114) and assists per game (5.6).
• The Titans are winners in four of their last five games.

Last Time Out
Detroit Mercy earned a thrilling 55-53 road victory at Northern Kentucky on Sunday afternoon. After leading most of the game, NKU took the lead early in the fourth quarter. The Titans fought back to re-gain the advantage, but an NKU free throw with 43 seconds left tied the game, 53-53. Both teams missed on offensive possessions, but Detroit Mercy had the ball with under 10 seconds left and Reynolds drove to the hoop and pivoted past her defender to score on a lay-up with 1.0 left on the clock. NKU had a look at the last second, but couldn't find the rim on the final shot.

Cohen, who scored 17 of Detroit Mercy's 26 first-half points, made 12-of-13 shots for a season-high 26 points. It was the fifth 20-point game of the season for the junior forward. Her only field goal miss was on a 3-pointer early in the second half. Reynolds added 15 points, while Haleigh Ristovski had 10 rebounds, a career-high-tying eight assists, two blocks and two steals. It was the third win in four for coach Scott against NKU.

Scouting Milwaukee
Like the Titans, the Panthers are 7-3 after 10 games in Horizon League play. Milwaukee has a 4-1 mark in Horizon League road games and is 7-3 overall in games played away from its home confines. The Panthers are winners in four of their past five games, having only lost on the road at Green Bay. Milwaukee earned a two-point win (80-78) at Cleveland State and defeated Youngstown State by four (78-74) last week on the road.

Junior Steph Kostowicz is among the league's leading scorers, averaging 15.9 points per game. She also leads the squad at 8.1 rebounds per contest. Teammate Jenny Lindner is just behind her teammate, averaging 15.1 points per contest. Senior Sierra Ford-Washington is the other member in double figures at 12.0 ppg. Milwaukee likes to shoot from outside and has sank 160 3-pointers this season. Senior Alexis Lindstrom leads the way with 43 triples made, while freshman Lizzie Odegard is hitting 56.3 percent of her 3-pointers.

All-Time Series
Detroit Mercy is 2-1 against the Panthers under coach Scott, winning both meetings last season before falling in a tightly-contested game earlier this season on the road. All-time against Milwaukee, Detroit Mercy is 27-25, including 13-10 in games played at Calihan Hall. The Titans are 4-1 in their past five home games against the Panthers, winning last year by an 80-76 margin in Detroit.

Junior forward Brianne Cohen had one of the top scoring performances against Milwaukee last year at home, sinking 15-of-16 free throws and totaling a career-high 33 points in the win. Junior Nicole Urbanick added 15 points in last season's win at home.

In the first meeting this season with Milwaukee, Rosanna Reynolds totaled a Horizon League season-high 12 assists, while also leading the team with 16 points. Kelsey Mitchell and Anja Marinkovic each added 12 points off the bench. The Titans sank 11 triples in the game and swatted away nine shots while shooting 44.8 percent from the floor.
 

Big week for the Titans! Free shirts Thursday vs. Milwaukee, free megaphones Saturday vs. No. 21 Green Bay. #PackCalihan #DefendTheHall pic.twitter.com/34wQKCwYdX

— Detroit Mercy Titans (@detroittitans) January 31, 2017

On Tap
Detroit Mercy hosts No. 21/24-ranked Green Bay on Saturday at 1 p.m. ET from Calihan Hall. It's the annual National Girls & Women in Sports Day at Calihan Hall on Saturday. All fans will get into the game for for FREE against the nationally-ranked Phoenix.