Valparaiso Gets By Detroit, 73-71

Filed under Game Recap on January 7th, 2012

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In Detroit on January 6th the Titans barely lost to the Crusaders, 73-71, in Horizon play.

This was an upset, a game the Titans were expected to win. Valparaiso had a much better RPI ranking than Detroit, #144 to #261. Last season, Detroit was 0-3 against Valparaiso. The Titans have now fallen to 3-8 against the Crusaders over the last four years, including a record of 2-3 at Calihan Hall.

Valparaiso paced themselves with a statistical advantage in three pointers and defensive rebounding.

Valparaiso pulled down 24 big defensive rebounds compared to 19 by Detroit, and that created a possession gap. Valparaiso got too many quick points off threes, with 24 points of its total coming from three-point range and 12 points for Detroit.

Ray McCallum played hard for the Titans with 22 points in 38 minutes. McCallum also topped both teams with 11 free throws.

Valpo Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A+ Will Bogan 33 23 3 0 2 0 0 A Ryan Broekhoff 35 14 7 4 1 1 2 A Kevin Van Wijk 23 17 6 2 1 0 3 A Richie Edwards 13 6 6 1 0 0 1 C+ Erik Buggs 30 5 1 4 1 0 1 C Matt Kenney 26 2 6 1 0 1 2 D Ben Boggs 17 4 0 0 0 0 2 D Jay Harris 20 2 1 1 0 0 4 - Hrvoje Vucic 3 0 0 1 0 0 2

DET Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A+ Ray McCallum 38 22 6 2 2 0 0 A Eli Holman 25 17 7 1 0 2 0 B+ Jason Calliste 39 14 3 1 2 0 0 C+ Chase Simon 34 9 3 3 2 0 5 C+ P.J. Boutte 14 0 4 3 0 0 1 C LaMarcus Lowe 15 4 2 0 1 1 2 C Doug Anderson 9 0 4 1 0 0 1 C Donavan Foster 20 2 0 2 2 0 1 - Evan Bruinsma 6 3 0 0 1 0 1

The Titans are now 7-10 and may be losing steam. They fall to 1-4 and remain in 8th place in the Horizon.

The next game coming up is with Butler at home on January 8th.

• The top two rebounders (Eli Holman and Ray McCallum) accounted for 41.9% of the rebounds.
• This marks the 8th 20-point game of Ray McCallum's career.
• Eli Holman has 3 straight double-digit point games.
• The Titans have lost 87% of the time this season (1-7) after having a field goal percentage of 42.1% or worse.
• Ray McCallum accounted for 30.9% of the team's points.

• Ryan Broekhoff has 3 straight double-digit point games.
• Ryan Broekhoff has led the team in rebounding 12 times in 16 games this season.
• This marks the 1st 20-point game of Will Bogan's career.
• Will Bogan set a career high with 7 three pointers, 23 points, and 8 field goals made.
• The Crusaders won this one, but have lost 2 times this season in games decided by 5 or fewer points. Since 2006, Valparaiso has lost 23 close games.

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