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DETROIT (11/14/14) – Junior guard Anton Wilson scored a career-high 20 points on 7-of-8 shooting as the University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team opened its 110th season with a 77-54 victory of Rochester College Friday night at Calihan Hall.
 
The win also marked the 100th for head coach Ray McCallum at Detroit. He is now just the fourth coach in program history to record 100 or more wins joining Bob Calihan (306), Perry Watson (261) and Lloyd Brazil (185).
 
Wilson made his first seven shots, including four from downtown, en route to scoring a team-high 20 points, while senior forward Juwan Howard Jr. pitched in 16 points and freshman Paris Bass added 13. Junior guard Carlton Brundidge pitched in eight points to go with four rebounds, three assists and three steals, while freshman forward Jaleel Hogan added eight points to go along with three boards.
 
Wilson scored the first four points of the game to help give Detroit (1-0) an early 7-2 lead. Rochester (4-4) would answer back with a three-pointer from Nick Tatu – who finished with a game-high 21 – to make the score 7-5, but that was as close as the score would get as the Titans responded with a 7-0 run including  a three-pointer from Bass for his first collegiate points. After a basket from the Warriors, Detroit went on a 19-5 run, capped off by a Brundidge layup, to build a 21-point lead 33-12 with 4:46 left in the half. The Titans would then close the half with a 12-8 run to take a 45-20 lead into the locker room. Howard and Wilson both had 12 points at the half, while Bass had nine.
 
The Titans opened the second stanza with seven quick points – including five from Wilson – to build a 52-20 lead with 17:23 left. The lead would then stay around 30 for most of the second half until Tatu made three trifectas in the final minute to make score 77-54. The Titans had the ball with 15 seconds left and were just three points shy of giving the 2,005 fans in attendance free pizza, but didn't attempt a shot.
 
Detroit shot 53.7 percent (29-of-54) overall, including 35.3 percent (6-of-17) from downtown, while holding Rochester to 39.6 percent (21-of-53) overall. The Titans forced 20 Warrior turnovers, while recording nine steals and five blocked shots.
 
Detroit will travel to the great northwest to face Oregon as part of the ESPN College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon. The game is set for Monday, Nov. 17, at 11 p.m. ET, at Matthew Knight Arena and will be televised live on ESPNU. The game can also be listened to on 1270 AM with Dan Leach the voice of the Titans.