DETROIT TITANS BASKETBALL 1960 NIT | 1961 NIT | 1962 NCAA | 1965 NIT | 1977 NCAA | 1978 NIT | 1979 NCAA 1998 NCAA | 1999 NCAA | 2001 NIT | 2002 NIT | 2012 NCAA | 2013 NIT GAME INFORMATION Date: Sat., Dec. 14, 2013 Tip Time: 6:00 p.m. ET Location:Raleigh, N.C. Arena: Reynolds Coliseum (14,000) Detroit NC State 2013-14 SCHEDULE/RESULTS TV: ESPN3 (Andrew Sanders, Mark Thomas) TITANS WOLFPACK DATE OPPONENT TIME Live Stats: gopack.com Oct. 26 Lawrence Tech (exh.) W, 93-51 Live Video: WatchESPN.com Record: 5-5 (0-0 HL) Record: 6-2 (0-0 ACC) Live Audio: none Nov. 2 Concordia (exh.) W, 89-50 Last season: 20-13 (12-4 HL) Last season: 24-11 (11-7 ACC) All-time Series: NC State leads, 1-0 Coach: Ray McCallum Coach: Mark Gottfried Last Meeting:NC State 84, Detroit 77 School Record: 91-85 (6th year) School Record: 54-26 (3rd year) Nov. 8 at South Alabama L, 58-74 1978 NIT at Raleigh Career Record: 261-234 (16th) Career Record: 328-178 (17th) Nov. 11 U-M Dearborn W, 106-51 McCallum vs. NCSU: 0-1 Gottfried vs. UDM: 1-0 Nov. 14 at UCONN L, 55-101 BPI: -- RPI: 82 BPI: -- RPI: 142 Nov. 19 at James Madison W, 71-67 Nov. 22 FAU # W, 77-44 PROBABLE STARTING FIVE Nov. 23 Toledo # L, 78-80 No. Name Pos. PPG RPG APG Nov. 24 Stony Brook # L, 102-104 3ot 23 Carlton Brundidge G 9.8 2.9 1.6 Nov. 30 at South Florida W, 65-60 Dec. 4 at Toledo L, 75-91 11 Jarod Williams G 8.3 2.7 2.2 Dec. 8 Rhode Island W, 70-68 2 Juwan Howard Jr. F 16.9 6.3 2.3 Dec. 14 at NC State 6:00 PM 33 Evan Bruinsma F 12.1 8.1 2.2 Dec. 18 at Akron 7:00 PM Dec. 22 at Bowling Green 2:00 PM 15 Ugochukwu Njoku C 4.5 6.6 0.3 Dec. 23 Indiana Tech 12:00 PM Dec. 30 Bethune-Cookman 7:00 PM Bold leads the team Jan. 4 Wright State * 2:00 PM Jan. 8 at Cleveland State * 7:00 PM Jan. 11 Oakland * 7:00 PM Jan. 15 Valparaiso * 7:00 PM DETROIT 2013-14 BASKETBALL ROSTER Jan. 18 at Youngstown State * 7:00 PM Jan. 24 at Milwaukee * 8:00 PM # Name Pos Ht Wt Yr Hometown/High School/Previous 00 Olumide Solanke C 6-11 244 Sr. Lagos, Nigeria/Kobape Community HS (Arkansas Baptist) Jan. 26 at Green Bay * 2:00 PM 1 Anton Wilson G 6-5 191 So. Flint, Mich./Flora MacDonald (N.C.) Jan. 29 UIC * 7:00 PM 2 Juwan Howard Jr. F 6-6 210 Jr. Detroit, Mich./Pershing HS (Western Michigan) Jan. 31 Cleveland State * 7:00 PM 4 Patrick Onwenu F 6-8 210 Jr. Southfield, Mich. / Southfield HS (Highland CC) Feb. 7 at Valparaiso * 9:00 PM 5 Matthew Grant G 6-1 165 Fr. Los Angeles, Calif. / Westchester HS 11 Jarod Williams G 6-2 168 Fr.. Danville, Va. / George Washington HS Feb. 9 Youngstown State * 2:00 PM 15 Ugochukwu Njoku C 6-10 220 Sr. Lagos, Nigeria/King’s College (Oakland (MI) CC) Feb. 14 at Oakland * 7:00 PM 21 Jermaine Lippert F 6-8 230 Sr. Munich, Germany/FC Bayern Muenchen (Sheridan College) Feb. 18 at UIC * 8:00 PM 23 Carlton Brundidge ! G 6-2 202 So. Southfield, Mich./Southfield HS (University of Michigan) Feb. 21 at Wright State * 10:00 PM 32 Patrick Ackerman # C 6-11 225 Jr. Rutland, Mass. / Worcester Academy (Penn State) 33 Evan Bruinsma F 6-8 214 Sr. New Era, Mich./Western Michigan Christian Feb. 27 Milwaukee * 7:00 PM 35 Paris Bass G/F 6-8 185 Fr. Birmingham, Mich. / Seaholm High School Mar. 1 Green Bay * TBA ! - DNP the 2012-13 season under NCAA transfer rules. Horizon League Championship # - Will not play the 2013-14 season under NCAA transfer rules. Mar. 4 HL 1st Round TBA Head Coach: Ray McCallum - Sixth Season (Ball State ’83) Mar. 7 HL 2nd Round TBA Assistant Coach: Jay Smith - Sixth Season (Saginaw Valley State ’84) Mar. 8 HL Semifinals TBA Assistant Coach: Ernie Zeigler - First Season (Cleary College ’94) Mar. 11 HL Championship TBA Assistant Coach: Steve Payne -First Season (Ball State ’95) Graduate Assistant: Joel Machota - Second Season (Central Michigan ’11) Graduate Assistant: Andrew McGlynn - Second Season (Towson ’12) Director of Basketball Operations:Mike Faletti - Third Season (Saginaw Valley St. ’05) * - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Bruinsma: Bruins-MA # - 2K Sports Classic Onwenu: Owe-en-New All times ET Ugochukwu Njoku: u-goh-CHOO-koo nuh-JOH-koo Olumide Solanke: oh-loo-MEE-day suh-LANG-kee #Team107 TODAY’S GAME to lead the Wolfpack scoring attack. Freshman SCHOOL INFORMATION The University of Detroit Mercy men’s guard Anthony ‘Cat’ Barber added 19 points, basketball team will tip-off a three game road while junior guard Desmond Lee scored 15. swing with a visit to NC State on Saturday, Dec. Location: ........................................... Detroit, Mich. 14. The game will be played at Reynolds Coli- Freshman forward Lennard Freeman pulled Founded: .........................................................1877 seum on the campus NC State as part of Jimmy down a game-high 13 rebounds, besting his Enrollment: .....................................................5,600 V Week on the ESPN Family of Networks. The previous career-high set in NC State’s last President: .............................. Dr. Antoine Garibaldi game is schedule to start at 6:00 p.m. ET and game versus Northwestern. Athletic Director: .................... Robert C. Vowels, Jr. will be live on ESPN3. Conference: ....................................Horizon League SERIES WITH NC STATE Affiliation: ....................................... NCAA Division I ABOUT THE V FOUNDATION This will be the second meeting between De- Nickname: ..................................................... Titans The V Foundation for Cancer Research, a troit and NC State, with the Wolfpack leading Colors: ..........................................Red, White, Blue leading nonprofit funder of cancer research, the all-time series 1-0. NC State won the first is celebrating its 20-year anniversary in 2013. meeting 84-77 in the Quarterfinals of the 1978 Home Facility: .......................... Calihan Hall (8,295) ESPN and the late Jim Valvano, legendary National Invitational Tournament at Reynolds NC State men’s basketball coach and ESPN Coliseum. The Wolfpack made it all the way to COACHING STAFF commentator, first announced the creation of the championship game that year before los- Head Coach: ....................................Ray McCallum The V Foundation during Valvano’s accep- ing to Georgetown 101-93. Record at Detroit: .....................91-85 (6th season) tance speech of the Arthur Ashe Courage and Overall Record: ...................261-234 (16th season) Humanitarian Award at the 1993 ESPY Awards DID YOU KNOW? Horizon League Record: ..................................43-45 show. Since its formation, The V Foundation That NC State head coach Mark Gottfried Assistant Coach: .......................................Jay Smith has awarded more than $100 million nation- and the Titans run to the 2001 NIT Final Four Assistant Coach ...................................Ernie Zeigler wide for research into all types of cancers. have something in common. After Detroit inked three road wins to advance to the Final Assistant Coach ................................... Steve Payne LAST OUTING Four at Madison Square Garden the Titans had Dir. of Basketball Operations: ............... Mike Faletti Detroit used an early second half run, to face Alabama, who at the time was coached capped off by some clutch free throws down by Mark Gottfried. The Tide ended Detroit’s TEAM INFORMATION the stretch, to grab its third home win of the run with a 74-63 win to advance to the cham- 2012-13 Overall Record: .................................20-13 season, 70-68, over Rhode Island Sunday after- pionship game, before losing to Tulsa 79-66. 2012-13 League Record/Finish: ................12-4/2nd noon at Historic Calihan Hall. Letterwinners Returning/Lost: ......................... 5/5 GRANT NAMED HL FRESH OF THE WEEK Starters Returning/Lost: .................................... 1/4 The Rams led 32-27 at the half, before the Detroit freshman guard Matthew Grant was Newcomers: ..........................................................6 Titans used a 12-3 run to take a lead they named the Horizon League Freshman of the would not relinquish. This marks Detroit’s Week following strong performances against second second-half comeback over the last Toledo and Rhode Island. TEAM HISTORY three games. First Year of Program: ............................... 1905-06 Grant recorded back-to-back double figure All-Time Record: ....................... 1,351-1,123 (.546) Detroit (5-5) was led by junior forward scoring efforts for the second time in his Horizon League Regular Season Championships: Juwan Howard Jr. who finished with 17 points career, posting 10 points at Toledo before an .....................................2 (1998-Tie with UIC, 1999) and eight rebounds, while senior co-captain 11-point outing against Rhode Island. In 10 All-Time Horizon League Record: .............. 226-242 Evan Bruinsma added 15 points, five rebounds games, Grant has reached the 10-point mark Horizon League Tournament Championships: and three assists. Freshman guard Matthew six times, making him the first Detroit fresh- .................................................3 (1994, 1999, 2012) Grant scored 11 points, while classmate Jarod man since Ray McCallum to achieve the feat. Williams and senior center Ugochukwu Njoku All-Time HL Tournament Record: .....................33-31 pitched in eight points, respectively. Williams BRUINSMA NABC GOOD WORKS TEAM NCAA Appearances: ...............................................6 also dished out four assists in the game, while Detroit senior forward Evan Bruinsma has .....................(1962, 1977, 1979, 1998, 1999, 2012) junior forward Patrick Onwenu covered every been nominated for the 2014 Allstate National All-Time NCAA Record: ......................................3-6 part of the stat line with seven points, seven Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) NIT Appearances: .................................................7 rebounds, three steals, two assists and two Good Works Team.