Detroit (11-11) Faces UIC (6-14)

Filed under Game Preview on January 26th, 2012

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Reputations will be at stake at Calihan Hall on Friday as UIC travels to meet Detroit in a Horizon bout. Tip-off will be at 7:00 EST.

UIC is in 9th place in the conference and Detroit is in 6th place. The Titans check in at 11-11 overall and are 5-5 in the Horizon. Meanwhile, the Flames have a record of 6-14 and are 2-8 in the conference. Detroit is 8-4 at home and UIC is 0-10 on the road. According to the RPI rankings, the Titans are ranked #214 and the Flames are #299. Detroit has won four of its last five games.

Detroit has better stats than UIC in one key area, scoring, where the Titans outperform the Flames, 73 pts/game to 61 pts/game.

Detroit has already played UIC this season, back on December 29th, and lost 63-59. Last year, the Titans had a record of 2-0 against the Flames, winning by an average margin of eight. In four years, the Detroit record against UIC is 4-5, including 3-1 at home.

• Chase Simon is ranked 3rd in the Horizon in points
• Jason Calliste is ranked 9th in the Horizon in three pointers and ranked 9th in the Horizon in steals
• Detroit has a better overall winning percentage over the last 20 years (0.546 to 0.501).
• The Detroit basketball team finishes what they start, with a better graduation rate than UIC (90% vs 43%).

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