DETROIT (11/19/2018) -- Freshman
Antoine Davis was nothing short of spectacular in his home opener as the rookie set a Titan freshman record with 42 points, tied a school record with 10 triples and helped his dad win his first game as a head coach at Detroit Mercy in a 91-63 victory over Loyola Maryland on Monday night in the Gotprint.Com Legends Classic Subregional, presented by Old Trapper.
Davis was 14-of-21 overall and 10-of-14 from the outside to go with five assists, three rebounds and two steals. The 10 treys tied him with Desmond Ferguson, who had 10 against Milwaukee in 2000, while the 42 points are the most by a Titan since Willie green had 43 at UIC in 2003 and the sixth most in school history.
Graduate senior
Derrien King had 17 points, four rebounds and two assists along with a block and a steal. Senior
Josh McFolley tallied 12 points, four assists and three boards and junior
Tra'Quan Knight registered a season-high 10 points with six caroms and three assists.
Detroit Mercy (1-3) had an early nine-point lead in the first half, but saw Loyola Maryland (1-4) take a 37-36 lead at the break.
The Titans came out on fire in the second half, going on a 20-9 spurt in the first five minutes, with Davis nailing five three's in that run and King also sinking a couple of trifectas for a 59-46 advantage.
Loyola Maryland would get within nine, 60-51, but the red, white and blue did not allow its Jesuit-rivals to get any closer, running its lead into the high 20's.
As a team, the Titans shot 52.4 percent from the field and 60.7 percent from the outside, tying a school record with 17 made 3-pointers. They also won the battle of the boards, 40-33, had 17 assists on 33 baskets and held the Greyhounds to 38.7 percent shooting.
The Titans will now move into the championship game of the Gotprint.Com Legends Classic Subregional, presented by Old Trapper, and face Bowling Green tomorrow at 7:30 p.m., while Loyola Maryland will square off with Hampton at 5 p.m.
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First Half:
- The Titans were down 11-6 early when they went on a 7-0 run to take the lead
- Davis had five points in that span and Knight game Detroit Mercy a lead with a driving layup
- The run actually extended to 21-9 as King hit a three as the Titans opened a 27-18 lead with eight minutes to go
- Loyola started to chip away and got within two, 32-30, with 3:15 remaining
- Davis had 16 points at the half, but the greyhounds took a 37-36 lead at the break
Second Half:
- Davis started the second half with a 3-pointer and he quickly hit another three to give the Titans a 42-41 lead that they would never let slip away
- The second-half 20-9 run continued as Davis fed King for a three and a 47-44 advantage and after that, Davis hit back-to-back three for a nine-point lead, 53-44
- Off a defensive rebound by senior Gerald Blackshear Jr., the Titans opened a double-digit lead as Davis drained another three for a 56-46 score and then after holding the Greyhounds scoreless, King came back for another trifecta and a 59-46 lead with 15:13 remaining
- Loyola Maryland made it a nine-point game, 60-51, but the Titans came back with nine-straight points on a three by McFolley, a layup by junior Lamar Hamrick, a triple from King and a basket from McFolley to push their lead to 19, 70-51, with 9:17 on the clock
- The lead would go into the 20's as Knight had a tip-in to make it 78-58 at the 4:54 mark and up to 28, 91-63, as Hamrick drilled the Titans' 17th 3-pointer of the contest
Game Notes:
- This was just the second career meeting between these two Jesuit schools with the first occurring 70 years ago, a 66-58 victory by the Greyhounds on Dec. 22, 1948, the first season with legendary head coach Bob Calihan at the helm of his alma mater
- The Titans and Greyhounds are also two of the 20 Jesuit programs that are Division I and two of the 28 Jesuit Universities in the United States
- Detroit Mercy is 208-238 all-time against its fellow Jesuit brothers
- The Titans also hit 17 treys against Siena Heights last season
- Detroit Mercy's 33 field goals were the most since netting 36 against Green Bay last year in the regular-season finale
- Knight came into the contest with just five total points on the year, but scored 10 with a season-high six rebounds
- King's 17 points were the most since he had a career-high 22 as a member of Washington State against Montana State in 2016
