DETROIT (2/1/2017) -- The Titans will finally cross off all the Horizon League teams as the University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team heads to Cleveland State on Thursday, Feb. 2.
 
Game time is set for 7 p.m., at the Wolstein Center.
 
Fans can catch all the action on ESPN3 as well as on the radio on 910 AM Superstation with Cliff Russell providing the sound. Live stats will also be provided.
 
The Titans are currently in the second half of conference play, but are meeting the Vikings for the first time this season.
 
The game opens up a quick road trip as the red, white and blue will travel to Youngstown State on Saturday before returning home for four-straight games.
 
The next home game is set for Feb. 10 as Detroit Mercy hosts Oakland in a #MetroSeries affair. The game will be part of a huge day of activities as the 1976-77 men's basketball Reunion will be in the afternoon and Terry Duerod's jersey retirement will take place before the game.
 
Tickets to all Titan 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 tickets, contact Director of Ticket Operations & Sales Justin Hairston at 313-993-1700 ext. 7301 or at hairstjj1@udmercy.edu.
 
VS. CLEVELAND STATE
The Titans won the first eight career meetings and lead the all-time series, 40-22.
 
Detroit Mercy is 12-16 all-time on the road in the series, but has dropped five of the last six.
 
ABOUT THE VIKINGS
Cleveland State has dropped seven of its last eight games and is 6-16 overall, 2-8 in the Horizon League. The two HL wins were over Milwaukee at home and Oakland on the road.
 
Rob Edwards leads the team and is sixth in the league in scoring at 16.0 points per game. Bobby Word is tallying 11.5 points, while Demonte Flannigan is recording 11.2 points and a team-high 5.3 rebounds per contest.
 
The Vikings are last in the league in offense scoring 66.8 points and stand sixth defensively giving up 72.2.
 
2017 LITTLE CAESARS MOTOR CITY MADNESS UPDATE
The 2017 Little Caesars Horizon League Men's and Women's Basketball Championship will run concurrently from March 3-7, at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.
 
Tickets to the 2017 Motor City Madness went on sale on Dec. 29 at motorcitymadness.horizonleague.org.
 
The championship games will be held on Tuesday, March 7, with 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.
 
Over 20,900 fans attended the four-day tournament last year, the first neutral-site HL men's basketball championship since 2003.
 
1976-77 40-YEAR REUNION, TITANS TO RETIRE DUEROD'S JERSEY, VITALE RETURNING
It will be a fun, festive and exciting atmosphere when the Metro Series returns to Detroit Mercy as the Titans will hold a reunion weekend for the 1976-77 men's basketball team, which will feature a luncheon, a jersey retirement ceremony and the return of a basketball icon.
 
The date of the reunion is set for Feb. 10 when the Titans host Oakland.
 
The 40-year reunion of the Sweet 16 squad will feature a luncheon with most the team in attendance in the likes of John Long, Terry Duerod, Dennis Boyd, Ron Bostick, Wilbert McCormick and many more including Hall of Famer in head coach and current ESPN broadcaster Dick Vitale.
 
At the game that night against the Golden Grizzlies, the team will be honored with the John Conti Letterman of Distinction Award at halftime and Duerod will have his jersey retired to hang with the other legendary Titans in a pregame ceremony.
 
HIGH POWERED OFFENSE
The Titans have totaled at least 70 points in 16 games this season, including hitting 80 seven times and 90 on three occasions.
 
Detroit Mercy is coming off a high-scoring 93-92 triumph over Green Bay.
 
In the last six games, Detroit Mercy is averaging 86.1 points.
 
The Titans rank fourth in the Horizon League in offense at 77.2 ppg., but have raised that to 79.2 in HL games, second in the conference in league only games.
 
The Titans are also second in the Horizon League in field-goal percentage (45.0%) and three-point field-goal percentage (36.1%) and tied for third in three-point field goals per game (8.0).
 
 THE RIGHT SHOT
The Titans posted a season-high 52.5 field-goal percentage their last time out against Green Bay, the third time this season they have gone over the 50.0 percent clip (WKU-52.4% and vs. Wright State 50.0%).
 
UNSTOPPABLE
Junior Jaleel Hogan has once again been an offensive force down low for the Titans as he is second in the Horizon League and 17th in the nation in field-goal percentage at 61.0 percent.
 
He is currently second in school history in career field-goal percentage at 59.6 percent trailing only Eli Holman '12 (60.5%).
 
JALETHAL
With his game-high 28 points against Green Bay, junior Jaleel Hogan has now been in double figures in 16 games this season, including three 20+ point contests - all in conference play.
 
He has also led the team in scoring seven times.
 
To start the conference season, he posted a then career-high 22 points on 10-of-15 from the field against NKU.
 
He had a terrific game at Oakland tallying 39 points on 17-of-24 from the field, all career highs.
 
Hogan is leading the team and tied for ninth in the HL in scoring at 15.0 ppg., while standing second on the squad and tied for 16th in the HL in rebounding at 5.2 per night.
 
In his nine HL games - he did not play at NKU - he is tallying 17.2 points - fourth in the league - on 62.0 percent shooting.
 
HERE COMES THE PRESSURE
The Titans unleashed a new pressure early in conference play and the results have been extremely positive with 153 caused turnovers (19.1 per game) in the last eight games.
 
In their last game, the Detroit Mercy forced Green Bay into 21 turnovers with nine steals, turning those into 24 points.
 
The 25 turnovers by Oakland were the most by an opponent since forcing Milwaukee into 25 in 2012.
 
TAKE IT AWAY
The Titans registered a season-high 12 steals at Oakland and at Valpo in the last three weeks.
 
The 12 steals are the most since accumulating 13 at Northeastern in 2015.

Detroit Mercy has now posted 87 steals in the last 11 games (7.9) and has the thief of the league in sophomore Josh McFolley, who tops the conference with 1.9 steals per game - 49th in the NCAA.
 
As a team, the Titans are fourth in the HL in steals (6.6), and are second in league-only games (8.6).
 
GOOD TEAMMATES
The Titans were credited with a season-high 19 assists against Youngstown State, the most since posting 22 against Michigan-Dearborn in 2015.
 
Detroit Mercy now has six games with 15 or more assists on the year, including in three of the last five games.
 
RETURN TO SENDER
Detroit Mercy showed some toughness in the paint against Northern Kentucky on Dec. 29 swatting away a season-high 10 blocks, the most since getting 10 at Green Bay in 2001.
 
Junior Jaleel Hogan was the rim protector for the most part blocking a career-best eight shots, the most by a Titan since Mike Harmon had eight against Green Bay in 2001.
 
The eight blocks are also tied for the most this season by a HL player and he is fifth in the league with 1.22 blocks per game.
 
GETTING THE FREE ONES
Despite a rough day at the line against Milwaukee (9-of-29), the Titans have improved at the charity stripe since the start of the season.
 
The Titans have knocked down 70.0% at the line seven times in the last 15 games, while reaching that feat just once in the first seven contests of the year.
In the last 11 games:
 
Chris Jenkins is 31-of-33 (93.9%)
Josh McFolley is 26-of-32 (81.2%)
 
The Titans sank a season-high 22 free throws at Oakland (22-of-27) on Jan. 13 as well as against Green Bay their last time out (22-of-35).
 
Detroit Mercy was also 20-of-21 at NKU for a 95.2 percent clip, the highest ever in school history when shooting at least 20 in a game.
 
HIGHEST SCORING FRESHMAN IN THE HL
Corey Allen is the highest scoring freshmen in the Horizon League at 13.3 points per game - 14th in the HL.
 
He is also leading the league in three-point field-goal percentage (44.0%) - hitting 48-of-109 on the season - and is sixth in three-point field goals per game (2.3).
 
COREY GETTING IN A ZONE
Freshman Corey Allen has notched double figures in scoring 13 times this season, including a Titan true freshman record of 33 points against Fort Wayne - where he scored 27 points in the second half.
 
He is coming off a week that saw him average 21.0 points en route to the HL. Freshman of the Week honors after scoring 20 against Green Bay and a team-high 22 points against Milwaukee - 16 in the second half.
 
He now has five 20-point games on the year.
 
Allen scored 17 points hitting 7-of-12 from the field and 2-of-4 from three with a season-tying five rebounds against rival Oakland.
 
In HL play, he also had 23 against Wright State and 18 at Wright State. 
 
CAREER NIGHT FOR JOSH
Sophomore Josh McFolley had a couple of great offensive games in the last two weeks with 25 points at Wright State, a career-best 26 points against Youngstown State and 17 against Green Bay.
 
He was especially effective from the outside nailing a career-high 8-of-11 against the Penguins and 6-of-11 at Wright State.
 
He now has five career games with 20 or more points and his 26-point effort bested his previous high of 25 points at ETSU earlier in the season, where he was 8-of-17 from the field and 7-of-9 from behind the arc.
 
He also hit 20-point territory with 24 in the win over WKU, where he was 6-of-9 from three-point range.
 
McFolley now has 15 career games with at least three triples in a game, including seven this season.
 
He also has 58 treys on the season - after hitting just 32 last year - good for the 2.4 a game, 80th in the nation.
 
HIGH SCORING MCFOLLEY
Sophomore Josh McFolley is second on the team and 11th in the Horizon League in scoring at 14.4 points per game.
 
He is also third in the HL in three-point field goals per game (2.6), 11th in three-point field-goal percentage (39.5%) and 10th in free throw percentage (77.8%).
 
McFolley tallied a career-high 26 points against Youngstown State, where he hit eight 3-pointers and that was after an 11-point, three-assist, three-steal game at rival Oakland, where he iced the win hitting 4-of-4 free throws down the stretch.
 
DRE DAY
Junior DeShawndre Black has had at least three assists in 11 games on the year, including four games with at least five assists.
 
Black just had a career game against Green Bay finishing with a career-best 15 points and five rebounds and handed out seven assists.
 
He also had the game-winning basket netting the old-fashioned three-point play with less than 11 seconds left to help the red, white and blue upend Green Bay, 93-92.
 
Black had a great game at Oakland, where he registered a season-high eight assists along with scoring seven points and grabbing three rebounds. He ran the offense dishing out seven assists against Manhattan and had five assists at Murray State in the non-conference campaign.
 
Black has a team-high 2.3 assist-to-turnover ratio on the season (60 assists, 26 turnovers).
 
Some of his other big games saw him end with 14 points at Valparaiso, going 5-of-12 from the field with a season-high four 3-pointers. He also had four assists and a season-best four steals against the Crusaders.

Earlier this season, he scored 14 points at New Hampshire. 
 
BEAST MODE
Not to many words can describe what junior Jaleel Hogan did at Oakland on Jan. 13 in Detroit Mercy's 93-88 victory.
 
Hogan posted a career-high 39 points and 11 rebounds - good for his third career double-double.
 
He was also 17-of-24 from the field and 5-of-6 at the free throw line.
 
The 39 points is tied for the second most among HL players on the season, just one shy of the league mark this year.
 
The 39 points are the most by a Titan since Willie Green netted 41 against Wright State in 2003. It was also the most points by a Titan on the road since Green had 43 at UIC in 2003.
 
The 17 field goals were the most since Green connected on 18 in that game against the Flames, and are tied for the second most field goals in Division I this season.
 
CJ DOES IT ALL
Senior Chris Jenkins is well known for his all-around play and is among the Titan leaders in scoring, rebounding, assists and steals.
 
He is fourth on the team in scoring (12.0 ppg.) - 18th in the HL - while topping the squad on the boards (7.4 rpg.) - fifth in the HL. He is also tied for third on the squad with 1.7 assists per game and fourth with 14 steals.
 
He picked up his eighth career double-double and fourth of the season with 13 points and a game-high 13 rebounds at Wright State.
 
He also posted a double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds at Valparaiso.

Jenkins tallied a season-high 20 points against NKU at home and then matched that against the Norse on the road for his ninth career game hitting the 20-point mark.

Earlier in the season, he posted a double-double with 11 points and a career-best 16 rebounds against Fort Wayne.
 
With his 20 points at NKU his last time out, Jenkins has scored in double figures in 14 games on the season and his four double-doubles on the year makes him one of four HL players with at least four double-doubles in 2016-17 (Alec Peters-14, Drew McDonald-9, Tai Odiase-4).
 
Earlier this year, Jenkins netted a team-high 18 points at Florida State.
 
He has also handed out an assist in 17 games with a season and career high five at ETSU.
 
YOU LITTLE THIEF
Sophomore Josh McFolley has recorded a steal in 18 games this season, including 14 multi-steal contests and seven with at least three takeaways.
 
In fact, he has recorded all seven of the three-plus steal games in the last 14 contests.
 
McFolley is coming off a game where he registered a career-best five steals versus Green Bay.
 
He has 29 steals in the last 11 games with three against Oakland, UIC, WKU, Valparaiso and Fort Wayne and two at Bowling Green, against NKU and at Wright State.
 
McFolley leads the Horizon League with 1.9 steals per game.
 
HARD WORK PAYS OFF
Senior walk-on Patrick Robinson Jr. has been with the team for two years and has seen limited playing time, but he was ready when called upon.
 
Against Youngstown State on Jan. 16, he scored a career-high 10 points going 4-of-7 from the field and 2-of-4 from behind the arc in 10 minutes of action.
 
Robinson Jr.'s career high in points was five until that game and he had never scored more than one field goal in 18 career games.
 
At Wright State, he scored five points and pulled down a career-best three rebounds, while at NKU, he had eight points hitting 3-of-5 from the field with a pair of treys. In the home game against Milwaukee, he knocked in two more from downtown and handed out a career-high three assists.
 
He now has 17 career field goals and 16 have been scored this year, while 13 of those 17 have been from three.