It will be a challenging weekend of games for the Milwaukee men's basketball team, set to take on a pair of teams that are currently tied for second place in the early-season Horizon League standings. Both Oakland and Detroit Mercy are off to 3-1 openings to conference action, with the Panthers starting things off Thursday evening at 6 p.m. CST against the Golden Grizzlies. The game is set to be streamed on ESPN+, will have live statistics available and will be carried on WISN AM 1130 with Scott Warras on the call. All links are posted on the MKE website.

LOOKING AT THE GRIZZLIES
Greg Kampe is in his 35th season as the head coach at Oakland, joining the 600-wins club last season as the 15th active NCAA Division I coach to do so. That came as part of a 19-14 overall mark, which included a 10-8 Horizon League ledger. The team did lose all five starters from a year ago (which accounted for 71.7 points per game) but still came in fourth in the league preseason poll. So far this season, the Golden Grizzlies sit at 3-1 in conference action after a tough schedule (on the road all of December for eight games). The team averages 77.5 ppg, led by a potent three-point attack that currently ranks fifth in the NCAA with its 42.2 percent shooting from distance. The squad is also seventh in 3's made per game (10.8) and 12th in assists per game as a team.

Newcomer Xavier Hill-Mais leads the way for the offense at 22.1 ppg and adds 6.2 rebounds. Jaevin Cumberland is the only other player in double-figures, chipping in 17.0 points while shooting 43.5 percent (57-of-131) from three-point range.

SERIES HISTORY
The Panthers lead the all-time history 10-7, dating back to 1969. The series is nearly even (7-5 OU) in Milwaukee's NCAA D1 era, with the Grizzlies having won five of the past six however, including in the season series a year ago.

LAST GAME
Youngstown State found its shooting touch in the second half on its way to a 76-51 victory over the Milwaukee men's basketball team Jan. 5 at UWM Panther Arena. The Panthers (6-10, 1-2 Horizon League) never could get going against the Penguins (5-12, 1-3 Horizon League) trailing by 10 at the break before the visitors pulled away in the second half.
 
Darius Roy led Milwaukee with 11 points, adding four rebounds and three assists. Jamar Madge chipped in a season-high nine points, all coming on three-pointers.
Garrett Covington paced YSU with 15 points.
 
Up 10 at the break, Youngstown State found its shooting touch after Milwaukee held them to just 30 percent from the floor in the first half. They scored the first seven of the period to force a timeout but eventually built their advantage to as many as 21 points at 36-15.

MAKING THE FREE ONES COUNT
It may only be midway through the season, but the Panthers are one of the better teams in the country (currently 19th, as high as eighth recently/Incarnate Word leads at .805) and tops in the Horizon League with their .764 (211-of-276) free throw percentage. There's lots of games left, but the school record checks in at the .772 (554-718) clip set back in 2015-16 (finishing fifth in the NCAA in the process). In addition, the team recently converted at 80 percent or better in FIVE games in a row (.900 WMU/.917 WLC/.846 UMKC/.889 UND/.875 Drake) for the first time in program history. The last time a streak like that had even hit four in a row was December of 2005 (.833 Wisconsin Dec. 15/.860 Green Bay Dec. 17/.833 Oakland Dec. 21/.857 Wyoming Dec. 27). In fact, the closest similar all-time streak was a nine-game stretch by the 1999-2000 team in which they hit 75 percent or better from the line (but were only over 80 percent in three of the nine contests). The team also came close to that mark, besting the 75-percent barrier for seven games in a row, which ended Jan. 5. Among the individual Horizon League leaders, team-leader Vance Johnson (.854) sits fifth, while Darius Roy (.852) is just behind in sixth place.

15 FEET DOWN TO A SCIENCE
In addition, Vance Johnson recently enjoyed a stretch of perfection at the free throw line, going nearly a month without a miss. The streak started with a 1-for-1 showing against Buffalo Nov. 29 and continued for 26 total makes in a row before finally coming to an end against Green Bay Dec. 29 (For comparison, a year ago, the steady senior hit at 69.2 percent [36-52] from the charity stripe). At 26 in a row from the line, he was the first Panther to connect on at least 20 straight from the charity stripe since Matt Tiby hit 20 in a row from late February to early March of 2014. The school record is 32, accomplished by Jordan Aaron from Dec. 12, 2012 to Feb. 1, 2013 over the course of a season in which he hit 86.4 percent (95-of-110) of his free throws. Darius Roy joined in on the fun as well, seeing his streak hit 19 in a row before coming to an end against Cleveland State Jan. 3.

TALE OF TWO HALVES
It was a complete reversal for the Panthers in the comeback victory over Cleveland State Jan. 3, roaring back from down 14 points in the second half to earn the 83-76 victory, powered by a key 24-4 scoring run. It wasn't just the scoring spree that helped. After shooting 40 percent from the floor (and making just 1-of-10 three-pointers) in the first 20 minutes, Milwaukee hit 60 percent (15-of-25) from the field overall in the second half, sinking six of 11 from long-range (54.5 percent). The team also went to the line 25 times en route to scoring 55 points and forced 12 of the 20 CSU turnovers in the second. Overall, the 31 points scored off of turnovers nearly doubled the previous season high (17 against Albany) and the 20 forced TO's was also a season-best, topping the prior high of 14 reached four different times.

A-MAZ-ING A-BRAM
After sitting out last season due to transfer regulations, DeAndre Abram has done quick work making a name for himself on the team and across the Horizon League. After posting his fourth and fifth double-doubles of the season against UMKC Dec. 13 and Wisconsin Lutheran Dec. 16, Abram was named the Horizon League Player of the Week as well as the College Sports Madness HL Player of the Week. The conference award marks the first for a Panther since December of 2015 (Jordan Johnson). The five double-doubles on the season currently sits third in the Horizon League, behind only Loudon Love of Wright State (6) and Drew McDonald of Northern Kentucky (8) at the top the chart.

MR. CONSISTENT
Since the Drake game Dec. 6, Vance Johnson has upped his play considerably and been one of the most consistent pieces of the MKE roster. In those seven games, Johnson has averaged 12.4 points and 6.0 rebounds, highlighted by coming through with the game-winning rebound and basket in the final seconds at Western Michigan Dec. 22. He is shooting 49.2 percent from the field (30-of-61) in that span and 90.2 percent (37-of-41) from the free throw line.

PUT ME BACK IN COACH
Since returning from injury and being put back into the starting lineup at North Dakota Dec. 9, Bryce Barnes has emerged as a real threat on the offensive end. Coming into that game against the Fighting Hawks, Barnes had recorded just 12 points over the first six games. He went for a season-high 16 in that contest (6-13 FG/3-5 3FG) and averaged 11.0 ppg over the next five games (he is currently missing time due to a different injury).

PROBABLY IMPROBABLE; BUT NOT
Down nine points with 2:45 to play, things looked a bit bleak for the Panthers before pulling off the improbable victory over UMKC Dec. 13. As crazy as it sounds, the team has had a pair of similar finishes in just the past two seasons. A year ago, Milwaukee erased a 19-point first-half lead against Elon, but also closed the game on a 12-2 run (over the final 6:01) to earn the buzzer-beating 72-71 victory. Two seasons ago, the team closed regulation on a 13-4 spree against Youngstown State (over the final 6:32 on 1/22/17) to force overtime, eventually winning 94-85 in the extra period. Not quite as extreme, but the Panthers held Western Michigan without a point the final 2:25 and scored the final six points to win, 67-66, Dec. 22.

NO HOLDING BACK
A look at the non-conference schedule shows just how challenging the road was for the Panthers. Heading into Horizon League play, the win-loss record of the teams MKE had played in 2018-19 came in at a combined 87-57 (on that date), a winning percentage of .614. Included in that ledger was Buffalo (11-1 and as high as #14/#15), Cincinnati (11-2), Drake (10-2) and Boston College (9-2).

VANCE GETTING BUSY
The play of Vance Johnson continues to be more and more productive and started to noticeably rise with his first double-double in a Panther uniform at North Dakota Dec. 9. His 13 points against the Fighting Hawks back in November established his MKE high, but his most recent outing against UND was superb. He finished with 19 points and 10 rebounds, hitting 7-12 from the floor while leading the team in rebounds (10) and assists (3). That followed a 12-point showing against Drake Dec. 6, a game in which he also added eight rebounds. Johnson also scored 17 points (8-for-8 from the line) in just 23 minutes against Wisconsin Lutheran Dec. 16.

INSTANT OFFENSE
Not only did Jake Wright go off for a career-high 23 points in the win against Albany Nov. 23, but he opened the night scoring the first 12 points on 3's, sinking a total of 5 triples while Milwaukee raced off to a 19-9 start on the scoreboard. That topped his former career-best of 22 points set against IPFW (12/9/17). It also equaled his career mark of seven made 3's in a game, something the sharpshooter has accomplished two other times in his collegiate career - but hasn't been done by a Panther since Jordan Aaron made seven against UMKC back in November of 2013 (33 points/7-of-10 3FG's). It also marked the most 3's in a single night for a Panther since Avery Smith connected on eight (8-of-12) in his 36-point performance against Oakland back on Dec. 2, 2006.

FOWL SHOTS
The Panthers opened up the week of Thanksgiving with a steady trip to the foul line against LIU Brooklyn Nov. 20, finishing the night with a hefty 33 makes in 41 attempts from the charity stripe. That impressive effort marked a tie for the seventh-most made free throws in a game in school history, with the 41 tries tied for ninth. The last time a Panther team made more than 33 was against Loyola (34 on 3/3/09) and the last time more were attempted was against Central Michigan (42 on 12/19/07). Most impressive? The team went a perfect 10-for-10 from the line in the overtime period.

Despite the loss to Drake Dec. 6, the Panthers did manage to make an impressive 21-of-24 free throw attempts (87.5 percent), including 17-of-18 in the second half. That marks the best percentage for the team in a game with more than 20 makes from the free throw line since connecting on 20-of-21 (95.2 percent) in a season-opening 71-58 victory against Denver back on Nov. 13, 2015.

QUICK READJUSTMENT
Darius Roy set a new career-high in points scored four times over the first five games of the year, peaking when he poured in 27 against LIU Brooklyn Nov. 20. Roy played at the NCAA Division I level as a freshman, so the level of competition is nothing new to him. However, his transition back into it has been pretty seamless - leading the team in scoring in each of the first three games of 2018-19 (and now 10 times overall) while resetting his NCAA-highs in points scored each time. He did it again against the Blackbirds, going 7-of-11 from the floor and 11-of-12 from the line. His prior best coming into 2018-19 as a freshman was 9 points against Oglethorpe back on Dec. 7, 2016. In his debut in the opener at Boston College Nov. 6, Roy led the way with 15. In the home opener against North Dakota Nov. 10, Roy poured in 18 and added six assists and four steals. He then topped that with 19 points at FIU Nov. 13.

A CHANCE FOR FIRST IMPRESSIONS
The roster features 15 players overall, with only Bryce Barnes, Vance Johnson, Carson Warren-Newsome and Tyler Behrendt on the active roster a year ago (DeAndre Abram was also on the roster, but was sitting out due to transfer regulations). So, the newcomers will have plenty of opportunity to shine in 2018-19. A look at the numbers shows the team will be among the least-experienced, in terms of NCAA DI action, in the country.

FEWEST RETURNING LETTERWINNERS
1 - Chattanooga
2 - UNC Asheville
2 - Drake
3 - MILWAUKEE
3 - Nicholls
3 - Duquesne
3 - Baylor
3 - Detroit Mercy
3 - Little Rock

FEWEST RETURNING MINUTES
7.0% - Mount Saint Mary's
7.9% - UNC Asheville
10.6% - Idaho
11.2% - Wichita State
15.2% - Middle Tennessee
15.2% - Chattanooga
16.5% - Oakland
17.4% - Drake
23.2% - Detroit Mercy
23.7% - MILWAUKEE
26.3% - Nicholls

LEAGUE LIFTOFF
Milwaukee had started league play in search of its sixth win in its last 11 league openers. MKE had won five-straight before losing at Detroit in the opener in 2012-13. In all, since joining the MCC/Horizon League, Milwaukee is now 13-12 in league openers.

BACK ON THE FOX FAMILY
The Panthers made their FOX Sports Wisconsin debut against Drake Dec. 6, the first of four men's home contests which will be broadcast live on the statewide network (road games at North Dakota - on FOX Sports Wisconsin Plus - and Northern Kentucky will also air). The Milwaukee Athletic Department announced the new agreement back last year. The agreement again calls for a minimum of five games to be aired this year, with the potential for more in future years of the deal.
 
Rush Media Company will handle production of all the games, with a distribution agreement in place with FOX Sports Wisconsin for the airing of the contests. FOX Sports Wisconsin is an affiliate of FOX Sports and the television home to the Milwaukee Brewers and Milwaukee Bucks. The regional sports network also televises select college and high school sports and nearly 2,600 hours of locally produced programming every year. The network reaches more than 1.5 million homes statewide and provides live streaming content via the FOX Sports GO app.

NOT UNPRECEDENTED
It had been quite some time since the Panthers had played a home-and-home in the same season against someone outside of the Horizon League, which is what they finished up doing against North Dakota when the road game gets played Dec. 9 (the two squads also squared off Nov. 10). While pretty rare in the schedule, it is not unprecedented - the last occasion was back in 2002-03, when the Panthers and Mississippi Valley State battled on a pair of occasions, with MKE coming out on top both times (77-75 home/83-75 away).

A DASH OF JAMAR
Freshman Jamar Madge made the most of his opportunities in Northern Ireland, seeing valuable time on the court after limited minutes over his first three appearances. In 13 minutes against nationally-ranked Buffalo Nov. 30, Madge scored the first five points of his college career, going 3-for-3 from the line while adding three rebounds. The next day against Stephen F. Austin, he netted four points - including his first 3-pointer of the year - in seven minutes on the court. He also set a new season-high against Youngstown State Jan. 5, hitting three-pointers on three straight possessions for nine points (all coming in just 64 seconds of clock time).

WIL THE THRIL
Wil Sessoms showed off his potential at FIU Nov. 13, putting in a very productive output on the court. Once he subbed into the game, he sparked the Panthers to a halftime lead with nine points and four rebounds in just seven minutes prior to intermission. His line at the end of the night yielded a near double-double, finishing with 17 points/9 rebounds, shooting an efficient 7-of-9 from the floor and doing it all in just 16 minutes of playing time.

He posted a similar line against LIU Brooklyn Nov. 20, finishing with 13 points and 9 boards in 24 minutes of play (5-of-9 from the floor).

DeANDRE DOUBLE-DOUBLE
It didn't take long for DeAndre Abram to record his first double-double as a Panther, scoring 12 points and grabbing a dozen rebounds against North Dakota in the home opener Nov. 10. It also marked the second of his career, with his first coming in a 27 point/10 rebound outing against Wagner back on Dec. 22, 2015.

At two games, Abram's statline is the quickest double-double for an MKE newcomer since James Haarsma went for 15 points and 12 rebounds in his second game in uniform back in the 2011-12 campaign (vs. Northern Illinois, Nov. 14, 2011).

He followed that up with another in his third outing, going for 11 points and 15 rebounds against FIU Nov. 13. He was at it again against Albany Nov. 23, posting a 13 points/12 rebound effort.
 
AND WE'RE OFF
A couple of different looks to the season opener, which saw Milwaukee playing its opening game of the season on the road for the first time in three years. The team is now 17-12 in season openers since returning to the NCAA Division I ranks full-time in 1990-91 following the loss to Boston College (a victory over La Crosse a year ago had marked three in a row in season openers). In all, the team has now posted a 4-11 mark in season openers played away from home. More impressively, the Panthers are 24-4 in that same span in home openers, claiming wins in 17 of the past 18 (13 in a row at one point).

MORE TV TIME
The Milwaukee Athletic Department announced a partnership with My24 Sports to air games during the 2018-19 Milwaukee basketball season.

WVTV My24 Milwaukee provides entertainment programming and local sports broadcasts in Milwaukee and nearby communities. The Panthers are now part of a My24 Sports lineup that includes the Milwaukee Admirals and the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers. The partnership will allow My24 Sports to carry four select Milwaukee Panthers games live starting November 10th with the men's home opener against North Dakota that wrapped up Homecoming Week festivities. The other men's game will be Jan. 5 vs. Youngstown State.

AA ON HIS WAY
In his first game as a Panther, Amir Allen finished a basket short of a double-double (8 points) while collecting a team-high 11 rebounds. While Brock Stull was able to collect 10-plus rebounds in the opener two years ago (against MSOE), Allen's performance was the first outing of 10-or-more boards against an NCAA DI opponent in the season opener since Matt Tiby had 12 against Denver to open the slate in 2015-16. Allen is also the first Panthers to grab double-digit rebounds in his MKE debut since James Haarsma went for 17 in his first game in a Milwaukee uniform against Southwest Minnesota State November 12 of 2011.

BALDWIN'S YEAR-ONE RESUME
In his first season on the bench, Pat Baldwin led the Panthers to 16 victories, an improvement of five wins over the prior season while also finishing four spots higher in the final Horizon League regular season standings.

Included in that record was an impressive 17-point (73-56) victory over a Loyola Chicago team that finished the season ranked No. 7 in the final USA Today Coaches Poll, advanced to the Final Four and posted 32 wins including contests over No. 5 Florida, No. 13 Tennessee, No. 22 Miami and No. 24 Nevada. MKE also handed Iowa State its first loss in a home opener in 20 years when it upended the Cyclones, 74-56, in Baldwin's second official game as head coach.

In the classroom, the team was honored as part of the NCAA Academic Progress Rate (APR) Public Recognition Awards for outstanding academic achievement. Milwaukee was one of just 35 men's basketball programs recognized nationwide and the only member of the Horizon League on the list after posting a perfect 1,000 four-year rate.

Five different school records were set over the course of the campaign, with Milwaukee advancing to the semifinals at Motor City Madness - the only league school to advance that far in each of the past two seasons.

THE PRICE IS WRIGHT
Newcomer Jake Wright brings plenty of experience at the NCAA Division I level, having spent two seasons at Miami (Ohio) after playing his freshman campaign at the Citadel. He brings a resume into the year that included 92 career games played (29 starts), 714 points and 192 made 3-pointers.

A deeper look shows Wright essentially serving as the senior DI member of the roster: In fact, in comparison, the three returning players for MKE (Bryce Barnes, Vance Johnson and Carson Warren-Newsome) had combined career totals of 127 games played, 35 starts, 275 rebounds and 667 points coming into the new campaign.

SO YOU'RE SAYING THERE'S A CHANCE
Sitting at 8.3 points-per-game at this point in the season, Jake Wright can get to within striking distance of reaching the 1,000-point barrier in his college career. He heads into Thursday at 847.

WELCOME TO THE FAMILY
Courtney Brown, Jr., of Woodbury, Minnesota and C.J. Wilbourn of Normal, Ill., signed their National Letters of Intent.

Brown is a senior East Ridge High School in Woodbury, Minn. He is coming off a junior campaign in which he scored 21.5 points-per-game (537 total) while leading the team to a 21-5 record. That comes off a sophomore season in which he tallied 19.6 a game. He chipped in 10 ppg as a freshman for the Raptors.
 
Wilbourn, a 6-foot-7 forward from Normal Community High School in Normal, Ill., averaged 11.2 points and 5.6 rebounds per game last season. He hit 50 percent of his field-goal attempts, which included close to 40 percent from three-point range. He heads into a senior campaign that will be his third as a starter and fourth on the varsity. He added 28 blocks and 1.6 assists-per-game a year ago.

DEANDRE SET TO SOAR
After sitting out last season after transferring into the program, DeAndre Abram is set to embark on his Panther career. A veteran of two seasons at the NCAA Division I level with George Mason, Abram has scored 20 or more points in his NCAA career on a pair of occasions, with his collegiate-best coming when he piled up a double-double of 27 points and 10 rebounds against Wagner back in December of 2015. He entered 2018-19 with per-game averages of 5.9 points and 2.7 rebounds, making 14 starts in 41 games and had collected 112 rebounds and scored 242 points over his first two seasons. He filled the stat sheet with 15 points, 7 boards and 4 blocks in the exhibition and followed that with 9 points and 8 boards in the season opener at Boston College.

DOUBLE-DOUBLE MACHINE
Newcomer Bobby Arthur-Williams brings along quite the resume from his time in junior college. A year ago, he averaged 17.7 points and 10.7 rebounds per game at Redlands Community College in El Reno, Okla. He posted 20 double-doubles on the season, including 14 in his final 16 appearances overall.

PUSHING THE PACE
Head coach Pat Baldwin spoke at preseason media day about his desire to see his team push the ball offensively, with thoughts of possibly hitting the 100-point mark on a more regular basis a possibility. That may have been music to newcomer Darius Roy's ears, as he directed an offense last season at Connors State College in Warner, Oklahoma, that put up 90.3 points-per-game. He led the nationally-ranked Cowboys to a 31-4 record and an appearance in the Elite Eight of the NJCAA National Basketball Tournament after earning the No. 12 national seed in the event. Roy started all 35 games, averaging 12.8 points, 5.5 assists, 4.8 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game, while shooting 48 percent from the floor, 41 percent from three-point range and 76 percent from the free throw line. He led the Panthers with 22 points off the bench in the exhibition win over CUW.

A DENT IN THE RECORD BOOK
Five different school records were set a year ago. Individual marks included career field-goal shooting percentage (Brett Prahl at .638 [261-409]) as well as a trio of rebounding marks set by Bryce Nze (season total, season average and offensive total). In addition to the solo efforts, the Panthers set a new program mark with 125 blocked shots - eclipsing the former mark of 118 set back in 2003-04. The squad also came within striking distance of a few others, finishing sixth in field goals made at 834 (record is 879) and fifth in field goals attempts at 1872 (1950).

GETTING TO 70
When the offense hit the 70-point barrier a season ago, the results were very positive at 11-5. Hitting shots always helps too, with the Panthers finishing 14-4 in games in which they shot 45 percent or better from the floor. A lead at the half proved just as valuable, with the Panthers posting a very solid 13-3 ledger when leading at intermission last season.

PANTHERS NOW ON DEMAND
The Panthers now have their own channel on the iHeartRadio platform. This gives fans the opportunity to listen to podcasts of Panther games that have been played, as well as podcasts of the "Panther Sports Report" after they are aired. It allows fans of Milwaukee basketball the opportunity to listen to these events on demand. The channel can be accessed at the following address:
www.iheart.com/podcast/uw-milwaukee-mens-basketball-28721732/

RAMBLING ON
The Panthers put on quite an impressive performance in the victory over Loyola Dec. 16 last season, claiming a 17-point win over a team that came into the game with a 10-1 record, ranked No. 3 in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 Poll that week and had just beaten No. 5 Florida earlier that month.

The defense limited the Ramblers to 38.5 percent (20-of-52) from the floor overall, and just 21.1 percent (4-of-19) from distance to a team that came in as one of the best three-point shooting teams in the country at 44.6 percent.

BALDWIN MADE IT LOOK EASY
A season ago, Milwaukee was 4-1 through five games, giving Pat Baldwin the best five-game start to an MKE head coaching career in the NCAA Division I history of the program. Going back through time (LaVall Jordan 2-3; Rob Jeter 3-2; Bruce Pearl 2-3; Bo Ryan 3-2; Ric Cobb 2-3; Steve Antrim 1-4), only Jeter and Ryan even reached three victories through their first five games.

It also marked the best five-game start since the Panthers went 5-0 to open the 2004-05 campaign. At 4-1, the start equaled the five-game marks of 2015-16, 2013-14 and 2011-12.

HE'S THE CHIEF
Former Milwaukee forward Demetrius Harris (2011-13) is once again on the active roster for the National Football League's Kansas City Chiefs, catching 12 passes in 15 games (3 starts) for 164 yards and three touchdowns this season. In fact, this is his fifth campaign with the Chiefs, having made 30 starts in 56 games over his first four seasons. Coming into 2018, Harris had caught 45 passes for 441 yards, including three touchdowns. The first Panther to play in the NFL since 1983, Harris played two seasons at Milwaukee and helped the team to a College Basketball Invitational appearance in 2012 before putting up 9.1 ppg and 5.3 rpg in 2012-13. The 6-foot-7 Harris made his NFL debut when he appeared in eight games as a tight end for the Chiefs in 2014 and hauled in three passes for 20 yards before suffering a season-ending foot injury during warm-ups against Buffalo in early November.

IT'S OUR HOUSE
Although the building is not new and has been the site to many historic basketball moments in Milwaukee history, this is Milwaukee's fifth season in an arena that bears its name - UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena. In July of 2014, the University and Wisconsin Center District entered into a 10-year partnership that included naming rights to the facility formerly known as The MECCA and most recently, U.S. Cellular Arena.

UP NEXT
The weekend trip to Michigan closes out with a stop at Detroit Mercy Saturday. Game time against the Titans is set for 12 p.m. CST.