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QUEENS, N.Y. (11/13/12) -- The University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team missed a three-point attempt at the buzzer as the St. John's Red Storm escaped with a 77-74 win on Tuesday at Carnesecca Arena as part of the ESPN College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon. Three Titans scored in double figures led by Ray McCallum who finished with a team-high 21 points.

McCallum made a lay-up with two seconds remaining to trim the Red Storm lead to three, he then deflected the inbounds pass directly to Juwan Howard, Jr. who fired a three pointer at the buzzer, which was online, but it came up short to give the Johnnies the win.

Senior Jason Calliste pitched in 18 points, while Howard finished with 10. Doug Anderson had another solid showing with eight points and nine rebounds, four offensive, while Nick Minnerath and Evan Bruinsma also scored eight points apiece.

Both teams swapped baskets for the first 15 minutes of action as the game was tied 25-25, before the Titans pieced together a 9-0 run to take a 34-25 lead with just over two minutes remaining in the half. The run was highlighted by a monster dunk on a put back from Anderson off a missed jumper from McCallum that finished No. 1 in the SportsCenter Top 10 Plays. The Red Storm responded by scoring four straight points to make the score 34-29 with 1:21 left, but the Titans closed the half with a free throw from McCallum and another lay-up from Anderson to take a 37-29 lead into the locker room. McCallum led the titans with 12 points in the first half, while Calliste collected 10 and Anderson and Bruinsma each had six.

Detroit (1-1) made the first basket of the second half to build a 10 point lead 39-29 with 19:45 remaining in regulation, before the Red Storm put together a 10-2 run over the next four minutes to trim the Detroit lead to 41-39. But the Titans answered back with a 6-0 run including a three-pointer from McCallum to give Detroit a 47-39 lead with 14:25 remaining. Detroit's lead would then hover around eight points for the next five minutes as both teams swapped baskets, until St. John's put together a 7-0 run to tie the game, for the first time since the first half, 60-60 with 6:39 remaining. After a pair of baskets kept the game tied 62-62 with 5:43 left, the Red Storm were able to put together an 11-4 run over the next five minutes to hold a 73-66 lead with 31 second remaining. But the Titans weren't done as Howard was able to score six-straight points to close the gap to 75-72 with eight seconds remaining, but the Red Storm were able to make all six free throw attempts down the stretch to hold on for their first victory of the young season.

St. John's (1-0) was led by D'Angelo Harrison, who scored a game-high 22 points, while Phil Greene added 20 points and Amir Garrett recorded a double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds.

St. John's outrebounded UDM, 44-42, and shot 45.9 percent from the field, while holding the Titans to just 34.6 percent for the game. Detroit did force 15 Red Storm turnovers, which resulted in 17 points for the Titans; 12 points came in the first half. The Titans also recorded 13 assists, 11 steals, and four blocked shots in the game.

Detroit will return home to host Drake on Saturday, Nov. 17 for International Day at Calihan Hall. The game is set to begin at 7:00 p.m. and will be streamed live on the Horizon League Network.