Detroit Falls In Shootout To Wright State
Local Megan Galloway achieves third double-double

DETROIT (2/22/2014) -- Six players scored in double figures and the Titans had the offense going in the first half, but Wright State's surge in the second half was the difference as the Titans fell to the Raiders, 102-82, on Saturday in Calihan Hall.

It was the first time all season that Detroit had six players in double figures as senior Senee Shearer (Detroit, Mich. / Pershing) led the way with 17 points. Freshman Megan Galloway (Greenville, Ohio / Greenville) powered her way to her third double-double of the season with 16 points and a career-high 17 rebounds and five assists, while senior Megan Hatter (Howell, Mich. / Howell) tallied 11 points and 10 rebounds for her third career double-double.

Sophomore Tayelor McCalister (Akron, Ohio / Firestone) netted 13 points with four rebounds and four assists and freshmen Minisha Frederick-Childress (North Mankato, Minn. / Mankato East) and Haleigh Ristovski (Sterling Heights Mich. / University Liggett) chipped in with 14 and 11, respectively.

Detroit (4-21, 1-11 HL) trailed at the beginning as Wright State (20-7, 9-3 HL) took an early 13-4 lead four minutes into the game. WSU led by nine, 15-6, at the 15:32 mark when the red, white and blue slowly started to get back in the game off a jumper by Shearer and a layup by Frederick-Childress.

A Raiders' basket made it a seven-point game, but a free throw by Shearer and a three by Frederick-Childress had the Titans down by just three, 17-14, with 13:50 left in the first.

UDM kept up its scoring pace and eventually tied it at 20-20 with 11:17 remaining and the two teams would trade the lead with six ties in the next two minutes before WSU went ahead by five, 35-30, with 7:10 on the clock.

That is when the Titans really put their foot on the pedal as Frederick-Childress had a layup and McCalister hit a pair of free throws to make it a one-point game, 35-34. Detroit would then tie it at 38-38 on a McCalister jumper as the Titans went on a 14-4 run. Shearer tied it at 40-40 and a three-point play by McCalister had Detroit in front, 43-40. McCalister added another basket and a trey by Shearer capped off the spurt as the Titans opened their largest lead of the game, 48-42, with 2:15 left in the stanza.

Wright State would cut it to one, 48-47, but a three by Hatter sent UDM into the break up, 51-47.

Both teams shot over 45% in the first half and the Titans outrebounded the raiders, 26-21.

The second half saw Detroit extend its lead to four, 55-51, two minutes in, but that is when the highest scoring team in the Horizon League turned it on going on a 21-2 run over the next eight minute to take a 72-57 lead with 9:51 left. WSU would then run its lead to as many as 24.

Detroit ended up shooting 39.0% (30-of-77), but did outrebound Wright State, 46-44. UDM also dished out 18 assists.

The game was part of National Girls & Women in Sports Day as over 80 girls came out to take part in a number of exciting events. The celebration featured a variety of sports clinics at Calihan Hall, where student-athletes from nearly all of UDM's varsity teams provided skill instruction and hands-on demonstrations with all the signees. The 2014 National Girls and Women in Sports Day celebrated 28 years of an annual event that brings attention to the success of Title IX and the thousands of opportunities it has provided young girls in the United States.

The Titans will continue their three-game homestand on Wednesday, Feb. 26, as Detroit welcomes Valparaiso into the Motor City for a 7:00 p.m. tip.

Game Notes:

Detroit still leads the all-time series, 25-20… It was Galloway's third double-double of the season and the second in the last three games… McCalister was in double digits for the seventh-straight game… Shearer moved into 16th place in school history with 1,157 points, 24 away from 15th place… It was the most points by Hatter since she returned from a led injury four games ago… The 17 rebounds were the most by a Titan since Yar Shayok had 17 against the College of Charleston in the second round of the WBI last season… UDM had two players with a double-double for the second time this season and the first since Hatter and Ellisha Crosby did it against Ball State.