Detroit Beats Wright State, 69-53

Filed under Game Recap on January 21st, 2012

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On January 21st at home, the Titans beat the Raiders in Horizon action, 69-53.

Some facts for this matchup: A year ago Detroit went 2-0 against Wright State. Over the last four years, the Titans have a record of 3-8 with a record of 2-3 at Calihan Hall. Since 1980, Detroit is on top, 22-20.

Detroit took this one while dominating Wright State in assists and also coming out on top in three pointers.

Detroit drained threes, hitting a total of 27 points from beyond the arc compared to 18 by Wright State. Detroit spread the ball around and put up 17 assists to eight by Wright State.

Chase Simon led the Titans against the Raiders with 16 points on 42% shooting in 27 minutes, 12 of those points coming from three-point range.

WSU Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO B+ Cole Darling 34 10 9 1 0 1 1 C+ Johann Mpondo 31 9 6 0 1 1 3 C+ Armond Battle 21 7 3 1 1 1 3 C+ AJ Pacher 19 5 3 0 0 2 2 C Matt Vest 17 3 1 3 0 0 2 C John Balwigaire 25 8 1 1 1 0 2 C- R. Arceneaux 25 9 0 1 1 0 4 - Jason Cuffee 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 D- Kendall Griffin 15 0 1 0 0 0 1

DET Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A Chase Simon 27 16 5 4 3 0 3 A Evan Bruinsma 14 10 2 1 0 2 1 A Ray McCallum 30 13 6 3 1 0 1 B+ Jason Calliste 31 12 2 3 2 0 1 B+ Doug Anderson 29 7 6 2 4 0 1 C+ Eli Holman 18 7 2 0 0 2 3 C Donavan Foster 17 2 1 1 1 0 0 C LaMarcus Lowe 21 2 3 1 0 1 1 D+ P.J. Boutte 11 0 1 2 0 0 1

The Titans have a record of 10-11. Their Horizon record improves to 4-5, good enough to bump them up to 6th place.

Up next the Titans face Loyola (Chicago) at home on January 25th.

• Chase Simon has led the team in scoring in 8 out of 21 games this season.
• Chase Simon recorded a team season high in three pointers attempted with 9.
• This game was statistically over in the 2nd half with 4:45 left to go.
• The Titans have won 100% of the time this season (6-0) after recording 17 or more assists.
• Doug Anderson has led the team in rebounding in 4 out of 21 games this season.

• Cole Darling accounted for 32.1% of the team's rebounds.
• This loss extended the Raiders losing streak to 3 games.
• This was the 7th foul out of the season for AJ Pacher.
• Cole Darling recorded a team season high in offensive rebounds with 6.
• Cole Darling set a career high with 9 rebounds and 6 offensive rebounds.

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