11/14/2011 – Detroit at Notre Dame Detroit faced its first difficult test of the season against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish of the Big East Conference in the College Basketball Experience Classic . Notre Dame connected on its first three jumpers to take an early 6 &ndash; 0 lead , but Ray McCallum hit three straight treys to lead the Titans to their first lead of the night at 9 &ndash; 8 . Nick Minnerath was held to four minutes in the half , picking up three quick fouls . Detroit went on a 14 &ndash; 2 run to go up by 6 in the first half and would go into half-time with a 31 &ndash; 28 lead . The Titans started strong in the second half , stretching their lead to as much as 8 after a layup from McCallum to put the Titans up 41 &ndash; 33 with 14:04 remaining in the game . However , poor shooting plagued Detroit , as Notre Dame held the Titans without a field goal for almost 8 minutes , going on a 14 &ndash; 0 run to take a six &ndash; point lead . Detroit held Notre Dame at bay with its defense , but in the end could not overcome its shooting woes , losing to the Fighting Irish 59 &ndash; 53 . McCallum lead all Titans with 20 points , contributing 4 assists and 7 rebounds . LaMarcus Lowe had a strong outing , posting 8 points , 10 rebounds , and 5 blocks
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