First Round: Detroit 92, Cleveland State 58

Feb. 28, 2006

Box Score

DETROIT (AP) - Ben Green scored a career-high 15 points and Jon Goode added 14 to help Detroit rout Cleveland State 92-58 on Tuesday in the first round of the Horizon League tournament.

The victory sends the Titans (16-15), the tournament's No. 5 seed, to Friday's second round in Milwaukee.

J'Nathan Bullock scored 17 points and Raheem Moss and Carlos English had 11 each for the eighth-seeded Vikings (10-18), who lost to Detroit for the fifth time in six tournament meetings and fell to 0-19 at Calihan Hall.

The Titans outscored Cleveland State 17-4 in the first 6 minutes of the second half to push their lead past 20 points. Chuck Bailey had 13 points and a career-high 16 rebounds as Detroit outrebounded the Vikings 40-19 and outscored them 40-22 in the paint.

Detroit, which scored more than 90 points for the first time since the 2003-04 season, also got 10 points apiece from Brandon Cotton and Torvoris Baker.

The Titans opened the game with a 13-0 run and led 40-29 at halftime. Bailey's dozen first-half rebounds matched the Vikings' total.