DETROIT (2/28/2018) -- The run for championship glory and a berth to the NCAA Tournament starts on Friday in downtown Detroit as the University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team squares off against Green Bay in the opening round of the Little Caesars Horizon League Men's Basketball Championship.

Game time is set for 5:30 p.m. and will be broadcast live on ESPN3 with Will Haskett and Dave Kaplan on the call, while 910 AM Superstation will have all of the action over the airwaves with Denny Kapp on the play-by-play. 

The game is back-to-back with the Titan women's basketball team as Detroit Mercy battles NKU at 2:30 p.m.

Starting at 11 a.m., Titan fans can gather at Kid Rock's Made In Detroit Restaurant - located inside Little Caesars Arena - for a pre-game party that will feature food and drink specials before every Detroit Mercy men's and women's game in the tournament. 

The Titans are the 10th seed in the event, while the Phoenix are the seventh seed. Green Bay won the regular season series in a pair of high-scoring games. 

The Little Caesars Horizon League basketball championship - #MotorCityMadness - is roughly 11.1 miles away from the Detroit Mercy campus. The Titans played in the very first college basketball game in the building when they hosted Michigan in December. 

School fan section tickets are available for purchase until March 1 at 10 a.m. by clicking here. Afterwards, tickets are available for purchase through the general public ticket link by clicking here.
 
Additionally, fans can "Be Part of the Madness" through various ancillary events taking place in Detroit surrounding Motor City Madness. To learn more, click here.

For more information on tickets, contact Detroit Mercy Director of Ticket Operations & Sales Justin Hairston at 313-993-1700 ext. 7301 or at hairstjj1@udmercy.edu.
 
ALL-TIME MATCH-UP

• Detroit Mercy has dropped 10 of the last 11 to Green Bay and trails the all-time series, 30-25. 
• The Titans are 4-1 all-time against Green Bay in the postseason with wins in 1996, 2001, 2005 and 2010 - all on neutral courts - while the one setback was in 1998 when the fourth-seeded Phoenix defeated the top-seeded Titans in the tournament that was held in Green Bay.
• Members of that 1998 team included current head coach Bacari Alexander and assistant coach Jermaine Jackson. That Titan squad would earn an at-large bid - one of three Horizon League teams that season to make the NCAA Tournament - and go on to beat the seventh-seeded St. John's Red Storm in the first round. 

TOUGH NON-CONFERENCE SLATE

• The 11 Division I opponents on the Titan non-conference schedule are 207-120 (63.3%) already on the year and 10 of those 11 foes have winning records.
• The Titan non-conference schedule currently ranks 29th overall in the nation.

3X IN A SEASON

• Green Bay has defeated Detroit Mercy twice already this season.
• They say its hard to beat a team three times in one season and the last time the Titans lost three times to a single foe was in 2011 when Valparaiso swept all three games.

LEGACY OF THE 10 SEED

• Detroit Mercy enters the Little Caesars Horizon League Championship as the 10th seed for just the third time in tournament history.
• The Titans were also the 10th seed in 2008 and 2009 and lost their first game.
• This is the ninth time in HL history that the team will feature 10 seeds, and the No. 10 seed is 3-8 all-time with the three wins coming last season when Milwaukee made a run to the title game. 

HISTORY OF THE BOTTOM SEED

• The last overall seed in the Horizon League Championship has made the title game twice, last season when Milwaukee won three games before falling to NKU and in 1988, when the Titans defeated Saint Louis and Evansville before falling to Xavier. 
• Detroit Mercy is 3-8 all-time as the last seed, and the final seed is 8-38 all-time in the postseason event. 

ONE STRONG CHATMAN

• Kameron Chatman has been one of the most productive transfers in the NCAA. 
• Chatman leads the team and is:
• * T3rd in the HL in scoring at 17.7 ppg.
• * 3rd in the HL in rebounding at 8.4 rpg.
• * 2nd in the HL in free throw percentage at 86.4%
• * T4th in the HL in 3-point shooting at 41.3%
• * T9th in the HL in 3-point FG per game at 2.0
• He is also second on the team and 12th in the HL shooting 46.9 percent on the season as well as second on the team and tied for sixth in the league with 1.3 steals per game. 
• He has a pair of 30-point games with a career-high 31 at Fort Wayne and 30 at UIC. 
• He started conference play with two-straight 20-point games netting 22 at Green Bay - along with 11 rebounds and a career-high five assists - and 20 at Milwaukee, while adding another double-double with 13 points and 12 rebounds against Wright State. He also collected double-doubles with 13 points and 10 caroms against UIC and 26 points and 11 boards at Youngstown State. 
• His nine double-doubles are fourth in the conference.

CHATMAN ON TOP IN SCORING, REBOUNDING

• Redshirt junior Kameron Chatman posted his 13th, 20-point game of the season tallying a team-high 30 points at UIC. 
• The 13, 20-point games are the most by a Titan since Paris Bass posted 13 in 2015-16 (Juwan Howard Jr. had 14 in 2013-14) as well as tied for second in the Horizon League. 
• Chatman is also leading the team in rebounding at 8.4 per night and is trying to become just the sixth Titan since 1980 to lead the team in scoring and rebounding. 

CHATMAN, JACKSON JR. HONORED BY HORIZON LEAGUE 

• Redshirt junior Kameron Chatman was tabbed Second Team All-Horizon League and Jermaine Jackson Jr. was selected to the All-Freshman Team as the conference released its postseason awards.
• Chatman's selection makes it nine-straight years that a Titan has earned All-Conference accolades, while Jackson Jr.'s award marks the fifth-straight year that the Titans have had a player named to the HL All-Freshman Team.

ANOTHER 30?

• Junior Josh McFolley and graduate senior Roschon Prince both tallied 30-point games against Green Bay last week as McFolley finished with a career-best 34 points and Prince posted a career-high 32. 
• The 30-point games marked the eighth and ninth on the season for the Titans and Prince became the fifth Titan to register 30 following Corey Allen (39 vs. Houston Baptist, 34 vs. Youngstown State, 32 vs. Western Michigan), Kam Chatman (31 at Fort Wayne, 30 at UIC),  Josh McFolley (30 vs. UIC) and Jermaine Jackson Jr. (32 vs. Youngstown State). 

PAIR OF 30'S

• Maybe a Titan first in the long and storied history of the program as two players went for 30 points in the win over Youngstown State on Jan. 12 as sophomore Corey Allen led the way with 34 points, while freshman Jermaine Jackson Jr. tallied 32. 
• That feat was just reached again as junior Josh McFolley and graduate senior Roschon Prince did it last week against Green Bay. 
• Research is still being conducted to see if two Titans with 30 points had ever happened in school history and so far, none have been discovered since 1980. 

OUR ROYAL PRINCE

• Graduate senior Roschon Prince had a game to remember on Senior Day against Green Bay as he poured in a career-high 32 points on 14-of-19 from the field with 10 rebounds, two assists and two steals 
• It was the 11th time during league competition that he was in double figures and 13th time overall on the season. 
• After averaging 5.1 points and 3.2 rebounds in his first 12 games, Prince is tallying 12.0 points and 6.4 rebounds, while shooting 56.6 percent from the field in conference play. 
• He recorded a double-double with 10 points and a season-high 13 boards at Oakland. His first Titan double-double came at Milwaukee when he had 11 points and 10 boards. 

RO DAMAGE

• Graduate senior Roschon Prince has been a man among boys when it comes to scoring in the paint as he ranks sixth in the HL in field goal percentage at 55.8 percent. 
• Even when he is fouled, he is making teams pay going 36-of-42 (85.7%) at the charity stripe in the last seven games and is shooting 73.5 percent overall at the line this season. 

MCFOLLEY FOR 3

• Junior Josh McFolley had another great game netting a career-high 34 points against Green Bay, where he was a career-best 13-of-21 shooting and made a season-best six triples. 
• It was his second career 30-point game after tallying 30 points against UIC on Feb. 4. 
• He now has 22, 3-pointers in his last eight games and has connected from distance in 24 of his 31 games on the year. He also has eight games with three or more triples. 
• McFolley now has 11 career 20-point games along with 165 career 3-pointers, eighth in school history and four away from seventh place and Greg Grays. 

PICKING YOUR POCKET

• Junior Josh McFolley has been committing highway robbery at an alarming rate recently posting 20 steals in his last eight games.
• He had five at Oakland, his sixth game of the year with at least three steals, and that was after a career-best six steals against UIC. 
• He is currently third in the Horizon League with 1.5 steals per game, while his 47 total steals is 101st in the NCAA. 
• In his career, he has recorded a steal in 68 of his 92 career games, including 30 multi-steal contests and 16 with at least three takeaways.
• His 144 career steals is tied for ninth in school history with Terry Duerod. 

JJJ FILLING UP THE STAT SHEET

• Rookie Jermaine Jackson Jr. posted stats all around as a true freshman on the road in his collegiate debut at Virginia Tech tallying 16 points with seven rebounds and three assists.  
• He tallied his third 20-point game of the season with a game-high 22 points at IUPUI. 
• Jackson Jr. had a monster game scoring a season-best 32 points against Youngstown State - one shy of a Titan freshman record - on 12-of-17 shooting with six 3-pointers. 
• He is the only freshman in the Horizon League this season with a 30-point game. 
• The rookie tallied 25 points at Green Bay - where he was 8-of-14 from the field with a season-high seven 3-pointers. 
• Jackson Jr. is currently fourth on the team averaging 10.7 points to go with a team-best 2.7 assists, 3.0 rebounds and 1.2 steals. He also has 78 assists and 54 turnovers for a 1.4 ratio.
• He tops league rookies in made 3-pointers (52) and free throw percentage (.846) and is second in assists and third in scoring.
• His 84.6 percent at the charity stripe would be fourth in the conference and top 65 in the country, but he does not have enough made free throws to qualify nationally.

HE CAN SCORE

• Sophomore Corey Allen has been in double figures in 21 of his 28 games with six 20+ contests and three 30+ games. 
• He had a career-high 39 points earlier this season against Houston Baptist. 
• He poured in a game-high 25 points going 9-of-14 from the field with eight rebounds and had the game-winning layup as time expired over Cleveland State. He followed that up with a game-high 34 points on 8-of-16 shooting with five 3-pointers and a career-best 13-of-16 at the line against Youngstown State. 

1,000 & COUNTING

• Junior Josh McFolley needed just seven points to become the 42nd Titan in school history to reach 1,000 and he did so in dramatic fashion scoring Detroit Mercy's first 12 points and ending with a career-high 34 against Green Bay his last time out.
• With his offensive explosion, he passed four Titans on the career scoring list and enters the game with 1,027 points, good for 38th all-time and 32 behind Larry Salci 1,059. 

A LONG DAY

• Sophomore Cole Long has been a man on a mission lately. Long has posted at least five rebounds in five of the last eight games and is averaging 5.1 per game during that span. 
• He posted a career-high 16 points connecting on 6-of-8 from the field with a pair of 3-pointers along with registering eight rebounds at Cleveland State. 
• He netted 12 points with a career-high seven assists along with five rebounds against IUPUI and then pulled down a career-best nine rebounds and tied his career mark with three blocks against UIC. 
• In limited playing time at Oakland, he recorded three assists and six rebounds in just 13 minutes and at UIC, he totaled five assists and three blocks. 
• Long also has 19 blocks in his last 15 games and leads the team overall with 21 on the year.

DRE DAY

• Senior DeShawndre Black stepped into the starting role against IUPUI and he was a big reason for the Titan win as he finished with 13 points, three assists and three rebounds.
• He has now been in double figures in scoring three times in the last eight games with 11 points and four assists at Oakland and 11 points and three helpers at Youngstown St.
• He ran the point guard to precision against UIC tying a career-high with eight assists against just one turnover and had nine points, three rebounds, five assists with no turnovers at UIC this past week. 
• In fact, in his last 15 games, Black has 40 assists with just 18 turnovers, better than a 2.1-to-1 ratio. 

30X3

• Sophomore Corey Allen tallied his third 30-point game of the year - and fourth of his career - with a game-high 34 points against Youngstown State.
• He was 8-of-16 from the field, 5-of-9 from three and a career-best 13-of-16 at the free throw line, netting 22 in the second half. 
• Allen poured in 32 against Western Michigan on Dec. 9 going 12-of-21 overall with five treys and scored 19 points in the second half. 
• Earlier this season against Houston Baptist, he posted a game, career-high and Belmont Curb Event Center record with 39 shooting 12-of-20 from the field and 7-of-13 from long range to go with a career-tying five assists. 
• The 39 points were the most since Jaleel Hogan had 39 in a win at Oakland last year and are tied for the most by any player in the HL this year.
• His three 30-point games are tied for the second most in the conference and are the most by a Titan since Willie Green had five during the 2002-03 campaign.

I SEE YOU CA

• Sophomore Corey Allen set a career high in rebounds with 13 against NKU and has tied his career best with five assists three times this season against Michigan-Dearborn, Houston Baptist and Cleveland State. 
• He posted 34 points against Youngstown State, where he was 8-of-16 from the field, 5-of-9 from three and a career-best 13-of-16 at the line.
• His 13 free throws were the most since Juwan Howard Jr. went 14-of-14 against South Alabama in 2014. 
• He had another game with five triples against Oakland, ending with 24 points. 
• Allen has also now connected on a 3-pointer in 44 of his 58 career games, including 21 with three or more and eight with five or more. 
• On the season, he is second on the team in scoring at 14.3 points per game - ninth in the HL - and ranks second on the team and 11th in three-point shooting (38.3%) as well as third on the team in overall shooting (43.3%). 

HIGH POWERED OFFENSE

• The Titans currently rank second in the Horizon League and 66th in the nation in scoring offense at 78.5 points per game. 
• Detroit Mercy has scored at least 70 points in 24 games, including three 100+point efforts, six with 90 or more and 12 topping 80. 

LET IT FLY

• Detroit Mercy set a school record hoisting up 43 three-point attempts against Houston Baptist on Nov. 19, nailing 12 of them.
• The previous record was 36 against Dayton in 1991. 
• Against Siena Heights, Detroit Mercy was 17-of-28 from behind the arc, just one triple shy of tying the school record of 18 against Milwaukee on Feb. 26, 2000. 
• They have also nailed 10 or more 3-pointers in 14 games this season and are second in the HL with 8.7 triples per game, 88th in the nation, as well as fifth in the HL in three-point field goal percentage (34.5%). 

TAKING ADVANTAGE

• Detroit Mercy has done a great job at the free throw line connecting on 76.0 percent, second in the HL and 37th in the country.
• The Titans had an outstanding effort at the line going 24-of-25 (96.0%) at Youngstown State and are 127-of-154 (82.4%) in the last eight games. 
• Detroit Mercy has hit 80.0 percent or more at the line in 13 games, including 16-of-19 against Green Bay, 16-of-20 versus IUPUI, 18-of-22 at Virginia Tech, 20-of-23 versus Seattle, 14-of-17 at Oakland and 17-of-20 against Western Michigan.  
• Some of the top free throw shooters include, Kameron Chatman (86.4%, 89-of-103), Jermaine Jackson Jr. (84.6%, 55-of-65), Josh McFolley (80.0%, 64-of-80) and Corey Allen (78.7%, 74-of-94), all of whom are among the top 15 in the Horizon League. 

FRESHMAN RECORDS

• Freshman Jermaine Jackson Jr. has already established a pair of Titan freshman records with 13 assists and nine steals, achieved in the win over Siena Heights on Nov. 25. 
• He broke the Titan freshman record of 10 assists by Bill Wood, who did it twice during the 1986-87 season, while the freshman steal record is believed to be five accomplished six times since 1981. 

WELCOME TO THE SHOW ISAIAH

• Senior Isaiah Jones - who just returned to action again after missing several games dealing with a knee injury - finally made his collegiate debut after dealing with injuries the last two years.
• He has played in 15 games this season - making his first start against ETSU - and in three minutes of action at the season opener at Virginia Tech, he grabbed two rebounds and had a block. 
• Jones injured his knee after his sophomore year at junior college and then missed the following season rehabbing. Last year, he reinjured his knee prior to the start of the season and missed the entire year.