Detroit (8-10) Battles Green Bay (6-9)

Filed under Game Preview on January 11th, 2012

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Titans basketball heats up on Thursday as Green Bay plays host to Detroit in a potential Horizon barnburner. We get started at 8:00 EST and it will be shown on Horizon League Network.

Green Bay and Detroit are close together in the conference, holding down the 7th and 8th spots, respectively. The Titans boast a record of 8-10 overall and are 2-4 in the Horizon. The Phoenix have a record of 6-9 including 2-3 in the conference.

We'll give the slightest edge to Green Bay. Green Bay will have home-court advantage, considering they're 6-0 at home and Detroit is 1-6 away. The Phoenix are backed up by the RPI, where they're ranked higher than the Titans, #143 to #250. Last season, the Titans went 1-1 against the Phoenix. In four years, Detroit has a record of 2-7 against Green Bay, including 0-4 at Resch Center.

• LaMarcus Lowe is ranked 9th nationally in blocks
• Diaper Dandies love us. Detroit has recruited more McDonald's All-Americans out of high school than Green Bay (1 vs 0).
• Ray McCallum is ranked 2nd in the Horizon in points, ranked 3rd in the Horizon in assists, and ranked 6th in the Horizon in steals
• Detroit is a better shooting team (45.5% vs 40.0%) than Green Bay this season.

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