{"id":15225,"date":"2023-10-30T14:53:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T18:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=15225"},"modified":"2023-10-30T17:19:40","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T21:19:40","slug":"titans-host-wayne-state-for-detroit-public-school-benefit-game-nov-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2023\/10\/30\/titans-host-wayne-state-for-detroit-public-school-benefit-game-nov-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Titans host Wayne State for Detroit Public School Benefit Game, Nov. 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The University of Detroit Mercy Department of Athletics is proud to announce that the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/detroittitans.com\/news\/2023\/10\/18\/mens-basketball-michigan-first-credit-union-to-sponsor-annual-city-college-series-dps-benefit-game-as-titans-host-wayne-state-on-nov-2.aspx\">5th Annual City College Series DPS Benefit Game<\/a>\u00a0is set for\u00a0<strong>Thursday, Nov. 2<\/strong>\u00a0as the men&#8217;s basketball team host city-rival Wayne State in an exhibition contest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The game is scheduled to tip at 7 p.m., inside historic Calihan Hall. Tickets to the game will be just $2 (cash only on game day, no advance sales), and all proceeds will go to Detroit Public Schools, K-5, with <a href=\"https:\/\/michiganfirst.com\/\">Michigan First Credit Union<\/a>\u00a0matching the proceeds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This is the fifth time Detroit Mercy will play a game to give back to DPS. In 2022, Titan Athletics solicited donations online and in-person at all men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s home basketball games, which totaled $2,500, and the matching contribution gave the DPS Foundation $5,000.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In the history of the event, Titan Athletics and Michigan First have helped raise nearly $30,000 for DPS K-5 between ticket sales and matching contributions from the Credit Union.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">To learn more about the Detroit Public Schools Foundation, please visit<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><a id=\"OWA5522cb9b-89e4-4bff-80fd-74fcb6dea45c\" href=\"https:\/\/dpsfdn.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"VerificationFailed\" data-linkindex=\"0\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">dpsfdn.org<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15226\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2023\/10\/CCS-11.2.png?resize=993%2C559&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A graphic featuring logos for Wayne State, Detroit Mercy Titans and Michigan First Credit Union for the City College Series. Additional text reads November 2, 7 p.m., Calihan Hall, $2 tix at door, cash only, all funds raised for Detroit Public Schools, K-5.\" width=\"993\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2023\/10\/CCS-11.2.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2023\/10\/CCS-11.2.png?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2023\/10\/CCS-11.2.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2023\/10\/CCS-11.2.png?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2023\/10\/CCS-11.2.png?resize=978%2C550&amp;ssl=1 978w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2023\/10\/CCS-11.2.png?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 993px) 100vw, 993px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Detroit Mercy Department of Athletics is proud to announce that the 5th Annual City College Series DPS Benefit Game is set for Thursday, Nov. 2 as the men&#8217;s basketball team host city-rival Wayne State in an exhibition contest at 7 p.m. inside Calihan Hall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":224,"featured_media":15226,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6],"tags":[359,6175,5765,5080,717,5082,5107,6176],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2023\/10\/CCS-11.2.png?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-3Xz","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15225"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/224"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15225"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15229,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15225\/revisions\/15229"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}