DETROIT (2/23/2017) -- Just two more games remain in the regular season for the University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team as the Titans open their last road trip of conference play at Milwaukee on Friday, Feb. 24.

Game time is set for 8 p.m. (EST) and the contest will be on ESPN3 as well as on 910 AM Superstation with Cliff Russell calling all the action.

The Titans currently sit in seventh place in the Horizon League and can clinch the No. 7 seed in the upcoming Little Caesars Horizon League Men's Basketball Championship, scheduled for March 3-7 at Joe Louis Arena, with a win over the Panthers. 

The seventh seed would put the Titans in the 5:30 p.m., game against the No. 10 seed in the opening day of Motor City Madness next Friday, March 3. The Titan opponent would be either Cleveland State, Milwaukee or Youngstown State. 

Tickets to Motor City Madness are on sale at motorcitymadness.horizonleague.org. Fans, use access code UDM for Single Session tickets and TITANS for All-Session tickets to sit in the Titan section.

VS. MILWAUKEE
The Titans have lost five of the last seven to Milwaukee, but did split the season series last year.  

Detroit Mercy has lost three in a row on the road in the series and is 8-16 all-time on the road against the Panthers. 

LOOKING AHEAD
The 2016-17 regular season comes to an end as the Titans will head to defending Horizon League tournament champion Green Bay on Sunday.

2017 LITTLE CAESARS MOTOR CITY MADNESS IS ALMOST HERE
The 2017 Little Caesars Horizon League Men's and Women's Basketball Championship will run from March 3-7, at Joe Louis Arena. 

Tickets to Motor City Madness are on sale at motorcitymadness.horizonleague.org. 

Fans, use access code UDM for Single Session tickets and TITANS for All-Session tickets to sit in the Titan section. 

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.

TOUGH D
The Titans held their first opponent to under 40.0 percent shooting against UIC last Friday as the Flames shot just 38.1 percent from the field (24-of-63).

Against Cleveland State, the Titans held the Vikings to 42.9 percent, including 35.3 percent in the first half. 

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 19th in the nation in field-goal percentage at 60.6 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 24 points his last time out against Cleveland State, junior Jaleel Hogan has now been in double figures in 22 games this season, which includes six 20+ point contests - all in conference play. 

He also just tied his career high with 12 rebounds against the Vikings and now has seven double-doubles in his career and five this season. 

To start the conference season, he posted 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, and had 23 points in the rematch at home against the Golden Grizzlies.

Hogan has also tallied a game-high 28 points in the win over Green Bay and had 21 points in the win at Youngstown State.

Hogan is leading the team and is eighth in the HL in scoring at 15.6 ppg., while standing second on the squad and tied for eighth in the HL in rebounding at 6.1 per night. 

In his 15 HL games - he did not play at NKU - he is tallying 17.5 points - fourth in the league - and 7.3 rebounds on 61.0 percent shooting.

HIGHEST SCORING FRESHMAN IN THE HL
Corey Allen is the highest scoring freshmen in the Horizon League at 14.1 points per game - 11th in the HL and top 20 in the nation among all freshmen. 

He is also leading the league in three-point field-goal percentage (45.5%) - hitting 71-of-156 on the season - and is third in three-point field goals per game (2.6). 

In Horizon League only games, he is 10th in scoring with 15.3 a night and is top six in three-point field goals (2.7) and three-point field-goal percentage (42.2%). 

COREY TOP 12 IN THE NATION
Freshman Corey Allen is not only leading the Horizon League in three-point field-goal percentage (45.5%), he is currently 12th in the nation in that category. 

His 2.63, 3-point field goals per game is 77th in the country among all players. 

ALMOST A TRIPLE DOUBLE
Senior Jarod Williams almost made Titan history with the first triple-double since 1977 as he tallied eight points, a career-high nine assists and 10 rebounds against Cleveland State.

The last triple-double was by Terry Tyler, who had 20 points, 23 rebounds and 12 blocks against Eastern Michigan.

CHASING A SCHOOL RECORD
Freshman Corey Allen is not only leading the Horizon League in three-point field-goal percentage (45.5%), he is currently second in school history in that category ahead of some great shooters in Rashad Phillips, Anton Wilson, Jon Goode and Derrick Hayes. 

He is currently behind only the great scoring guard Archie Tullos for the best single-season mark in school history as Tullos shot 48.1 percent (66-of-131) in 1986-87.

WHO WILL CRACK THE TOP 10 FIRST?
Sophomore Josh McFolley and freshman Corey Allen have a great battle going on who will be the first to etch their name in the Titan record books.

Allen currently has 71, 3-pointers and McFolley has hit 68 as they both are chasing the top 10 single records in school history. 

Right now the No. 10 spot for single-season triples is held by Jason Calliste (2013) and Rashad Phillips (1999), who both had 73 in their respective seasons. 

Both could also get to eighth place with a good weekend as it is shared by Dwayne Kelly (1993) and Greg Grays (2001) with 74 apiece. 

IN A ZONE
Freshman Corey Allen has notched double figures in scoring 17 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 saw his streak of four-straight 20-point games end as he tallied 16 against Oakland last week, but was right back at the mark tallying a team-high 21 against UIC on Feb. 17.

He now has eight 20-point games on the year and five in the last eight games. 

Allen posted a game-high 27 points at Youngstown St. on Feb. 4, going 10-of-16 overall and 6-of-10 from three, and a team-high 24 points at Cleveland St. on Feb. 2, where he was 8-of-17 overall and 6-of-9 from three. 

The week before, he averaged 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.

CAREER NIGHT FOR JOSH
Josh McFolley recorded his sixth career 20-point game with 21 vs. Oakland on Feb. 10. 

He has five of those 20-point games this season, including a great stretch where he recorded back-to-back 20-point games with 25 points at Wright State and a career-best 26 points against Youngstown State. 

He was especially effective from the outside nailing a career-high 8-of-11 against the Penguins and 6-of-11 at WSU.  

His 26-point effort against YSU 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.

McFolley now has 16 career games with at least three triples in a game, including eight this season. 

He has 68 treys on the season - after hitting just 32 last year. 

HIGH SCORING MCFOLLEY
Sophomore Josh McFolley is third on the team and 12th in the Horizon League in scoring at 14.0 points per game. 

He is also tied for fourth in the HL in three-point field goals per game (2.4), 12th in three-point field-goal percentage (38.4%) and 12th in free throw percentage (78.0%).

WHAT A STREAK
Senior Chris Jenkins is currently fifth in the Horizon League and 98th in the nation in free-throw percentage (83.3%) and just saw an incredible streak come to an end.

He had made 38-straight free throws until missing the sixth attempt of his 9-of-11 effort against Cleveland State his last time out.

Prior to that, he was perfect in 2017 as his last miss came on Dec. 31 against Wright State. 

In fact, he actually started the season 18-of-27 (66.6%) at the line in his first seven games, but has hit 62-of-69 (89.5%) since. 

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 has been ready when called upon.

He tallied a team and career-high 14 points on 5-of-8 shooting and 4-of-7 from downtown along with grabbing a career-best five boards against Valparaiso on Feb. 19. 

Against Youngstown State on Jan. 16, he scored 10 points going 4-of-7 from the field and 2-of-4 from behind the arc. 

He also had 10 points against Oakland on Feb. 10, where he hit a pair of triples. Against Milwaukee, he handed out a career-high three assists. 

He now has 28 career field goals and 27 have been scored this year, while 20 of those 27 have been from three.

HIGH POWERED OFFENSE
The Titans have totaled at least 70 points in 20 games this season, including hitting 80 10 times and 90 on five occasions. 

In the last 12 games, Detroit Mercy is averaging 82.0 points. 

The Titans are tied for fourth in the Horizon League in offense at 77.3 ppg., but have raised that to 78.9 in HL games, second in the conference in league-only games. 

The Titans are also tied for third in field-goal percentage (44.8%), third in three-point field-goal percentage (37.1%) and three-point field goals per game (8.1).

GETTING THE FREE ONES
Despite struggling at the line for much of the season, the Titans made a season-high 25 free throws their last time out in a 25-of-33 effort against Cleveland State (75.8%). 

The 25 free throws were the most since going 25-of-35 at the line at NKU last season, and the fourth time this year that the Titans have made at least 20 free throws in a game. 

Detroit Mercy sank 22 free throws at Oakland (22-of-27) on Jan. 13 as well as against Green Bay on Jan. 29 (22-of-35).

Detroit Mercy was also 20-of-21 at NKU on Jan. 22 for a 95.2 percent clip, the highest ever in school history when shooting at least 20 in a game.

YOU LITTLE THIEF
Sophomore Josh McFolley has recorded a steal in 23 games this season, including 17 multi-steal contests and nine with at least three takeaways.

In fact, he has recorded all nine of the three-plus steal games in the last 20 contests. 

McFolley registered a career-best five steals versus Green Bay on Jan. 29 and tied that mark with five steals at Youngstown State. 

He leads the Horizon League and is 43rd in the nation with 1.9 steals per game.

His 54 total steals is just three away from moving into the top 10 in school history, currently occupied by John Long (1976) and Ray McCallum (2012), while Jerry Davis (1981) and Archie Tullos (1988) share eighth with 58 total steals. 

DIFFERENT FIVE
Detroit Mercy has used 11 different starting line-ups this season and no Titan has started every game due to injuries. 

In fact, only junior DeShawndre Black and sophomore Josh McFolley have played in all 28 games on the 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.) -19th in the HL - while topping the squad on the boards (6.8 rpg.) - sixth in the HL. He is also fourth on the squad with 1.5 assists per game. 

Jenkins is coming off a season-high 25 points - one off his career high - as he was 6-of-12 from the field, 4-of-5 from three and 9-of-11 at the free line along with adding seven rebounds against Cleveland State.

He has now scored in double figures in 16 games on the season with three 20-point games and four double-doubles - one of just eight HL players with at least four double-doubles on the year.

He picked up his eighth career double-double and fourth this year with 13 points and 13 rebounds at Wright State on Jan. 20. 

He also posted a double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds at Valparaiso on Jan. 8.

Earlier in the season, he posted a double-double with 11 points and a career-best 16 rebounds against Fort Wayne on Dec. 22. 

He has also handed out an assist in 18 games with a season and career-high five at ETSU.

THE RIGHT SHOT
The Titans posted a season-high 59.2 percent (29-of-49) shooting against Cleveland State their last time out. 

It was the best shooting performance by the Titans since recording 68.2-percent (30-of-44) at Youngstown State in 2015

It was also the fifth time this year the Titans have reached 50.0 percent from the field (53.2 % at Youngstown State, 52.5% vs. Green Bay, 52.4% vs. WKU and 50.0% vs. Wright State). 

JUST PERFECT
Sophomore Gerald Blackshear Jr. was 4-of-8 from the field against UIC last Friday as he tallied 10 points and five rebounds and is coming off an eight-point, six-rebound effort against Cleveland State. 

He just missed a double-double ending with nine points and a career-best 11 rebounds at Cleveland State on Feb. 2. 

Prior to that, he tied his career high for the fourth time this season with 12 points at NKU going 6-of-10 from the field. 

Earlier in the season, he missed a double-double with 12 points and pulling down a season-best nine rebounds at Bowling Green. 

On the year, he is 69-of-113 (61.1%) from the field and has hit at least 50.0 percent from the field in 18 games on the season. 

As a freshman, he shot 55.2 percent in limited attempts. 

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