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DETROIT (AP) -- Brandon Cotton scored 19 and Torvoris Baker had 12 points and 11 rebounds to lead Detroit Mercy past Youngstown State 62-47 Saturday.
Quin Humphrey added 10 points in the win that clinched the third seed and a first-round bye in the Horizon League tournament for the Titans (12-5, 9-7).
Brian Radakovich had 12 points for the Penguins (5-22, 2-14), who have lost six of their last seven games. Youngstown, the nine-team tournament's bottom seed, visits Loyola on Tuesday for a first-round game.
Detroit Mercy will meet the tournament's sixth or seventh seed in a second-round game Friday in Milwaukee.
The Titans outscored the Penguins 17-2 during an eight-minute stretch of the first half to take control of the game. Cotton scored 15 points in the half, including the Titans' last nine.
Detroit Mercy outrebounded Youngstown 24-10 in the opening half and scored 18 of their 32 points in the paint. Detroit finished the game with a 43-24 advantage on the boards.
The Penguins, who scored just 16 points in the first half, trailed by as many as 30 points in the second.
