DETROIT (11/27/2018) -- The University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team will look for its first four-game winning streak in three years as the Titans battle the Kent State Golden Flashes on Wednesday inside historic Calihan Hall.

Game time is set for 7 p.m. and will be broadcast live on ESPN3 and WADL with Jeremy Otto and Earl Cureton on the call and over the airwaves with the Voice of the Titans Dan Hasty on 910 AM Superstation.

The Titans are 3-3 on the year with three-straight victories against Loyola Maryland and Bowling Green to win the Legends Classic Subregional, and a road triumph their last time out at in-state rival Eastern Michigan. 

The Titan defense has stepped up holding opponents to under 42.0 percent shooting in all three games and just 16-of-75 from behind the arc (21.3%). 

On offense, Detroit Mercy is led by freshman Antoine Davis, the reigning Horizon League Freshman and Player of the Week who is second in the nation in scoring at 30.0, while leading the country in made three-pointers (39) and three-pointers per game (6.5) and sharing the nation's lead with 63 total field goals. 

Tickets start as low as $10 and can be purchased at the game or online at DetroitTitans.com/tix.

ALL-TIME SERIES

• These two campuses are separated by just 200 miles and are three hours apart, but this will be just the fifth career meeting between the two squads.
• The teams have split the four previous games, three of which have taken place in the Motor City, where the Titans are 2-1.
• The last time these two teams met, it came down to the wire as Detroit Mercy held the lead the entire second half when Kent State's Haminn Quaintance grabbed an offensive rebound and tipped it in, drawing a foul. His free throw gave the Golden Flashes a 60-58 advantage with 29 seconds left, but after a timeout, the Titans set up the game-winning play and that came from a long three from Jon Goode as the buzzer sounded for a 61-60 victory at Calihan Hall. 

THE OHIO TITANS

• Detroit Mercy will see a lot of Ohio in the next six weeks as the game against Kent State starts a nine-game swing against teams from the Buckeye State.
• Six of those contests will be on the road, including games against former conference rivals Dayton and Xavier. 
• The Titans are 280-219 (.561) all-time against programs that reside in the state of Ohio.

COACH HAS SEEN KENT STATE BEFORE

• Head coach Mike Davis is 2-3 all-time against Kent State, with a couple of those meetings coming in the NCAA Tournament.
• While at Indiana, he lost in the first round to the Golden Flashes in 2001, 77-73, and in the following season, the Hoosiers got some revenge beating Kent State, 81-69, in the Elite 8. 
• He also faced them three times with UAB dropping two of those games on the road (2009, 2011) and the lone win at home in 2010.

FAMILY FUN

• Nothing new for the Titans to have a family connection in the program and this season, Detroit Mercy will feature three Davis' in head coach Mike Davis, assistant coach Mike Davis Jr. and freshman guard Antoine Davis.
• From 2010-13, the Titans had head coach Ray McCallum and star guard Ray McCallum winning the Horizon League Championship in 2012 and earning a trip to the NIT in 2013.

DAVIS EARNS HL AWARD

• Antoine Davis was named both the Horizon League Freshman and Player of the Week on Monday.
• It is the second time this season he has garnered a conference award as he was selected the Freshman of the Week on Nov. 12. He is also the second player (Oakland's Isaiah Brock on Feb. 6, 2017) to be named both player and freshman of the week since the Horizon League began naming a weekly newcomer in the 2012-13 season.
• Davis helped Detroit Mercy to a 3-0 week, a Legends Classic Subregional title and a road win at in-state rival Eastern Michigan – who was picked to win the MAC East. 
• He averaged 32.7 points, 6.0 assists, 5.3 rebounds and 1.0 steals, while shooting 50.8 percent from the field (33-65), 63.2 percent from behind the arc (24-38) and 88.9 percent at the free throw line (8-9). He posted three 20-plus point outings with a freshman record 42 points against Loyola Maryland – sixth most in school history - 32 points with six assists versus Bowling Green and a team-best 24 points with a team-high seven rebounds and seven assists at EMU. 

THREE IN A ROW

• Detroit Mercy has won three-straight games, matching last year's longest streak when the Titans defeated Houston Baptist (116-109), garnered a road win at Saint Louis (72-70) and a home tally against Siena Heights (131-69).
• The last time the Titans won four in a row was during the 2015-16 campaign with victories against Northeastern (76-73), Toledo (75-72), Bowling Green (95-80) and Central Florida (95-89). 

VS. THE MAC

• Detroit Mercy is 180-113 all-time against current members of the Mid-American Conference and snapped a seven-game slide to the league with a win over Bowling Green in the Legends Classic.
• The game is the fourth on the year against the conference on a schedule that will see the Titans face seven teams from the MAC during the non-conference slate. 

LET IT FLY

• Detroit Mercy has started the season on fire from the outside as it ranks fourth in the nation in three-point field goal percentage (45.9%) and tied for fifth with 12.2 triples per game.
• The Titans have nailed 47, 3-pointers in the last three games, tying a school record with 17 against Loyola Maryland and then connecting on 15 versus Bowling Green and at Eastern Michigan. 
• They started the 2018-19 season hitting 11-of-33 from long range at Western Michigan and have 73 total on the season - against just 84 regular field goals. 

BIG WIN

• Detroit Mercy's 91-63 victory over Loyola Maryland was not only the first Titan win for head coach Mike Davis, but the 28-point margin was the most by the Titans over a Division I school since they downed Florida Atlantic, 77-44, at home in the 2K Sports Classic benefitting the Wounded Warrior Project.

PLAYING SOME D

• The Titan defense was a big reason it has won three in a row, especially in limiting teams from the outside.
• Detroit Mercy held Loyola Maryland to 36.5 percent shooting from the field and 5-of-25 from behind the arc with 14 turnovers before slowing down Bowling Green to 36.5 percent shooting and 5-of-23 from the outside with 11 miscues. 
• At Eastern Michigan, the Eagles shot 41.8 percent but just 6-of-27 (22.2%) from behind the arc. 
• Prior to those games, the first three opponents shot at least 46.8 percent overall. 

OH LORDY HE WENT FOR 40

• Antoine Davis set the Titan freshman with 42 points in the win over Loyola Maryland.
• 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 as well as the sixth most by a player in NCAA DI this year. 
• Davis was 14-of-21 from the field 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.
• The freshman record was 33 points by Corey Allen against Fort Wayne in 2016. 

DAVIS AMONG NATION'S LEADERS

• Freshman Antoine Davis comes into the contest ranked in the top five in a few national categories.
• Davis is second in the nation in scoring at 30.0points per game, trailing only Campbell senior guard Chris Clemons' 33.8.
• His 39 three-pointers and 6.5, 3-pointers per game lead the nation, while his 63 total field goals is tied for the nation lead with Clemons. 
• His 180 total points is second behind Clemons' 203.
• Davis is also second in the Horizon League and 33rd in three-point field goal percentage (52.7%) and leading the conference and 13th in minutes per game (37:29). 

WHAT A DEBUT

• Freshman Antoine Davis had a collegiate debut to remember as he netted a team-high 32 points at Western Michigan. 
• He scored the team's first points and ended the contest 12-of-26 from the field and 6-of-14 from behind the arc.
• The 32-point outing was the most ever by a Titan true freshman in his debut game - and one off the Titan freshman record of 33 points that he would eventually break - and the second most ever by a Titan in their collegiate debut behind only junior college transfer Spencer Haywood's 36 he tallied against Aquinas in 1968, a game that was called with 6 1/2 minutes left after he broke the backboard with a dunk and the Titans up 105-40. 

THE ENCORE

• After going for 32 at Western Michigan, freshman Antoine Davis became the first freshman in school history to post back-to-back 30-point games as he scored a team-high 30 at Temple.     
• Davis was 11-of-21 from the field and 6-of-13 from behind the arc.
• He reached 30 points for the second-straight game, the first Titan to record back-to-back 30's since Jon Goode did it during the 2007-08 season with 30 at Loyola and 35 at UIC. 

JUST THE NORM NOW

• Freshman Antoine Davis led the team for the sixth-straight game tallying 24 points at Eastern Michigan, going 8-of-23 from the field and 6-of-12 from three along with a season-high seven rebounds and seven assists.     
• He now has six 20-point games, four 30+ performances and the 42-point barrage in his first six collegiate games. 
• He is the first Titan to have six-straight games with 20 or more since Paris Bass did it in six straight in 2016, while the last Titan to accomplish it in seven straight was Willie Green's 10 in a row in 2002-03. 

JOSH SAVING HIS BEST FOR LAST

• Senior Josh McFolley is off to a great start and is posting career numbers through the first six games.
• He is coming off a season-high 20 points - his 12th career 20-point game - hitting 6-of-12 from three and registering six rebounds and six assists. 
• He is averaging 16.3 points - ninth in the HL - 3.7 assists and 3.3 rebounds, while shooting 45.3 percent overall and 50.0 percent from three, all above his career marks coming into the season. 
• McFolley has scored in double digits in all six games this season - and 11 straight dating back to last year.

PICKING YOUR POCKET

• Senior Josh McFolley has been a thief for all of his Titan career and came away with four steals at Temple and three at Butler
• He now has 12 steals on the year and 158 in his career to move into fifth place in school history, just 17 behind Ray McCallum. 
• He led the team and was tied for second in the Horizon League with 1.5 steals per game last year as his 49 steals was the second most in the league. 
• Had also had six games with at least three steals last season, including a career-best six steals against UIC, where he also scored 30 points. 
• In his career, he has recorded a steal in 74 of his 99 career games, including 35 multi-steal contests and 18 with at least three takeaways.

1,136 & COUNTING

• Senior Josh McFolley became the 42nd Titan in school history to reach 1,000 last year and he did so in dramatic fashion scoring Detroit Mercy's first 12 points and ending with a career-high 34 against Green Bay in the regular season finale. 
• With his 20 points at Eastern Michigan, he moved into a tie for 28th in school history with 1, 136 points, 39 behind Doug Chappell for 27th in school history.

KING ME

• Graduate senior Derrien King has come on strong in the last three games, tallying double digits in three of the last four contests. 
• He was named to the Legends Classic Subregional All-Tournament Team after recording 15.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.0 assists, while nailing eight triples in wins over Loyola Maryland and Bowling Green. 
• He had 14 points and a career-tying seven rebounds in the title game versus BGSU and that was after scoring a season-high 17 points - hitting four 3-pointers - with four rebounds, two assists a steal and a block.
• The 17 points was the second most in his career behind the 22 he registered as a junior while at Washington State against Montana State in 2016. 
• He started coming into his own at Butler netting 10 points on 4-of-8 shooting. 

BLOCK PARTY

• The Titans swatted away eight shots against Bowling Green, the most since they had 10 against NKU in 2016. 
• Six Detroit Mercy players had a rejection, led by freshman Chris Brandon's three in just nine minutes of action. 

G CRASHING THE GLASS

• Senior Gerald Blackshear Jr. had some early foul trouble against Western Michigan, but he showed just how important he is registering eight points and a team-high 10 rebounds in just 23 minutes of court time.
• The 10 rebounds are the most since he pulled down a career-best 11 boards at Cleveland State as a sophomore. 
• After being shut out on the boards at Temple, he came back with six points, a team-high seven rebounds and two steals at Butler, a team-high nine boards in the win against Loyola Maryland and four points with six caroms against BGSU. 
• He currently leads the team with 5.3 rebounds per game. 

BRANDON SHOWING OFF

• Freshman Chris Brandon had five points and four rebounds in the season opener, but he earned his first collegiate start at Temple and had a stellar game
• Brandon finished 7-of-9 from the floor with a team-high nine rebounds and had some nice buckets off his four offensive caroms and came away with two blocks.
• The nine rebounds are the most by a true freshman since teammate Gerald Blackshear Jr. had 10 at Cleveland State in 2016.
• He posted a season-high three blocks against Bowling Green in just nine minutes and had five rebounds, two assists, two steals and a block at Eastern Michigan. 
• On the season, he is 10-of-16 (62.5%) shooting and averaging 4.5 boards a contest along with 1.17 blocks per game, fifth in the Horizon League.

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