VALPARAISO, Ind. (2/17/2017) -- The University of Detroit Mercy women's basketball team will look to bounce back on the road Saturday afternoon, visiting Valparaiso University for a 2:30 p.m. ET game from the ARC. The game is set to be streamed live on ESPN3.com and the WatchESPN Applications.

Detroit Mercy (10-4 in the Horizon League) sits in third place in the Horizon League standings entering Saturday's game against the Crusaders (2-13 HL). The Titans finish the regular season with three of four on the road. The red, white and blue host first-place Wright State on Monday for Senior Night at Calihan Hall.
 

Game 26  |  Detroit Mercy (14-11, 10-4 HL) vs. Valparaiso (7-19, 2-13 HL)
Date / Time	Saturday, Feb. 18  |  2:30 PM ET / 1:30 PM CT
Location	Valparaiso, Ind. (ARC)
Live Stats	DetroitTitans.com
Live Stream / TV	ESPN3 / WatchESPN
Tickets	General Admission Tickets: $10
Social Media	Twitter (In-game tweets): @DetroitTitans  |  @Detroit_WBB  |  Facebook     Instagram  |  Tweet #DetroitsCollegeTeam
All-Time Series	Titans lead, 16-10  | Last Meeting: Titans 85, Valpo 60 (Dec. 29, 2016)

Titan News & Notes
• For the third time this season and second-straight, guard Anja Marinkovic was named the HL Freshman of the Week after recording her third-straight double-digit scoring effort (11 points) in a win over Oakland.
• Detroit Mercy is 8-0 in Horizon League home contests this season. Overall, the Titans are 9-2 at Calihan Hall. The 8-0 home mark is the best home league start since the 1996-97 squad had an 8-0 home mark on the year.
• With one more start, senior Rosanna Reynolds would become the all-time leader in career starts for the Titans at 123. She is currently tied with Jalesa Jones.
• Senior Haleigh Ristovski is just one rebound back of fifth place all-time in rebounding. She has 790 rebounds and would be the fifth player all-time with 800 career rebounds with just 10 more caroms.
• With three more rebounds, Haleigh Ristovski would be the first player in school history with 800 points, 800 rebounds and 300 assists.
• Brianne Cohen went over 900 career points against Oakland. She is just 68 points away from becoming the 21st player in school history with 1,000 career points.
• Rosanna Reynolds became the Titans career leader in assists vs. Milwaukee on Feb. 2, totaling eight dimes to surpass Jalesa Jones for No. 1 on the all-time list.
• Detroit Mercy is nearing the mark for the most 3-pointers made in one season (234), which was set last season in head coach Bernard Scott's first season as head coach. The Titans have 205 treys after 25 games.
• The Titans have shot 40-percent or better in 10 of 14 Horizon League games and rank second in Horizon League contests with a 44.7 FG percentage.
• Brianne Cohen ranks first in the HL and 18th in the NCAA with 58.4 FG percentage. In the last 11 games, Cohen is shooting 66.1 percent from the field (74-of-112). Cohen shot 9-of-10 at Green Bay, 9-of-11 vs. Cleveland State & 12-of-13 at NKU.
• Reynolds has the top-two assist totals this season in the Horizon League, tallying 11 vs. UIC and 12 at Milwaukee. Reynolds ranks second in the conference in total assists (129) and assists per game (5.3).
• In league play, the Titans lead the league in assists (17.4 apg), def. rebounding (28.7) and blocked shots (4.1 bpg, tied-for-first with Valparaiso). 
• The Titans are among the NCAA leaders in defensive rebounding (11th, 29.5 per game), 3-point field goals per game (23rd, 8.2), assists per game (41st, 16.0), assist-to-turnover ratio (52nd, 1.10) and scoring offense (63rd, 71.6 ppg).
• Brianne Cohen (1st, 58.2) and Kelsey Mitchell (2nd, 57.9) are the top duo in the Horizon League in field goal percentage. The pair are 1-2 in HL-only games with both shooting over 63 percent.
• Reynolds, who ranks 34th in the nation in assists per game (5.3), reached 100 assists in the season for the fourth time in her career this season. Her career-best is 149 and she has 133 this season.
• Detroit Mercy has assisted on nearly 70-percent (66.7) of its field goals in Horizon League play (243 assists on 364 field goals).
• Junior Nicole Urbanick is quickly moving up the all-time 3-pointers made list and ranks sixth with 183. She is second in the HL in 3-pointers made per game (2.5), sinking 60 in 24 games and has 12 games of three or more made triples.
• Haleigh Ristovski (T-1st, 2.6) and Rosanna Reynolds (3rd, 2.3) are each in the top-three in assist-to-turnover ratio.

Last Time Out
The Titans trailed by as many as 11 points in the fourth quarter of Thursday's game at UIC, but used a furious rally to take the lead with under 30 seconds left. Detroit Mercy couldn't complete the comeback, however, with the Titans falling to the Flames, 63-62.

The Titans cut the UIC lead down to two points, 61-59, after junior Brianne Cohen converted on a lay-up with 54 seconds left. On the ensuing play, senior Rosanna Reynolds took a charge at the other end, giving the ball back to the Titans. Reynolds was then fouled at the other end and went 1-of-2 from the free throw line to make the score 61-60 UIC with 33 ticks left. After a UIC timeout, junior Nicole Urbanick swiped the inbounds pass and went all the way, giving the Titans the lead, 62-61, on her fast-break lay-up with 20 seconds remaining. The Flames had a couple of looks at the rim in the final 10 seconds and Flames guard Terri Bender was fouled with 3.2 seconds left on a shot attempt. She made both free throws at the line to give the Flames a 63-62 edge.

The Titans had a good look on its final play with Cohen receiving the ball on the far side of the court on a pass from senior Haleigh Ristovski. She had a lane to the rim, but her lay-up was just a little too strong and fell off the iron. Reynolds led the way with 22 points, while Cohen finished the game with 17 for the Titans.

All-Time Series
Detroit Mercy has a 16-10 series lead over Valparaiso in the all-time series, that began in 1989. The Titans are 3-1 against the Crusaders under head coach Bernard Scott, earning an 85-60 victory earlier this season on Dec. 29 in the HL opener for both teams.

The Titans earned a 72-66 win at Valparaiso last season, and are 7-4 all-time in games played in Valparaiso. Detroit Mercy has won the last two on the road against the Crusaders.

In the earlier contest this season, four Titans scored in double figures with Cohen leading the way with 22 points. Anja Marinkovic added 16 points, while Nicole Urbanick (13 points) and Kelsey Mitchell (12 points) were also in doubles for the Titans. Detroit Mercy shot 43.5 percent in the game and pulled down 47 rebounds, while totaling 25 assists.

Scouting Valparaiso
The Crusaders are winners in two of their past five games, most recently falling to Oakland at home, 98-60. Prior to that, Valparaiso put together a strong defensive effort in a 41-32 victory at Northern Kentucky. On the season, Valparaiso is 2-13 in the Horizon League.

The Crusaders have won five of their seven games at home in 2016-17. Valpo has a 5-8 mark in games played inside the ARC this season.

Valparaiso is led in scoring by Dani Franklin, who is among the Horizon League leaders at 18.0 points per game. She has made 50 3-pointers and shoots 42.4 percent from downtown. Franklin also leads the team at 8.0 boards per game. Amber Lindfors leads the HL in blocks with 62 and Hannah Schaub is fifth in the league at 4.4 assists per contest.

On Tap
Detroit Mercy hosts Wright State for Senior Night on Monday at Calihan Hall. Opening tip is set for 7 p.m. ET with Denny Kapp on the call locally on WADL and also on ESPN3.com and the WatchESPN Applications. Admission into the game will be FREE.