PHILADELPHIA (11/9/2018) -- Freshman Antoine Davis posted a team-high 30 points and freshman Chris Brandon posted 15 points and a team-high nine rebounds, but an early second-half run by Temple was the difference as the University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team fell, 83-67, on Friday night.

The game was part of the Gotprint.Com Legends Classic Presented By Old Trapper, which will also have the Titans fly to California next week and host a subregional in Calihan Hall from Nov. 19-20. 

Davis was 11-of-21 from the field and 6-of-13 from behind the arc, reaching 30 points for the second-straight game, the first Titan to record back-to-back 30-point games since Jon Goode did it in 2008. 

Brandon was 7-of-9 from the floor and had some nice buckets off his four offensive rebounds, and he also had two blocks, while senior Josh McFolley posted 17 points and a team-high six assists and four steals. 

Detroit Mercy (0-2) started the game on a 13-2 run and led 41-37 at the break, but Temple (2-0) went on a 21-4 run over a six-minute span in the second half to take a lead it would never relinquish.

The Titans finished the game shooting 48.1 percent with nine 3-pointers. The defense forced 17 turnovers and came away with eight steals.

The four-game road swing to start the season will continue as the red, white and blue visit an old conference rival in Butler on Monday, Nov. 12. Game time is set for 6:30 p.m. and will be televised live on FOX Sports 1. 

First Half:

• Davis hit back-to-back 3-pointers to start the offense for the Titans and then a steal by senior Gerald Blackshear Jr. led to a Davis layup and a 9-2 lead nearly three minutes in
• After a Temple timeout, the Titan defense came up with a stop and on offense, Brandon was able to corral an offensive rebound and tip it in for an 11-2 advantage and a McFolley steal and layup made it 13-2 with 16:28 left
• The Owls rallied to knot the score at 13-13 and 15-15, but a dunk by Brandon and then a jumper from Davis had the team up 19-15 with 11:47 to play
• Temple took a brief lead, but McFolley buried a three for a 22-20 advantage with eight minutes on the clock
• The teams traded the lead for the next six minutes before Temple went up by four, 35-31 with 2:10 remaining
• That is when Brandon got loose inside for a dunk and then had an offensive rebound and layup to tie it up
• A missed shot by Temple gave the Titans the ball back and Davis hit another three for a 7-0 run and a 38-35 lead with 1:05 left
• Davis was at it again as he hit his fourth triple of the first half as time expired and Detroit Mercy led 41-37 at the break

Second Half:

• The Titans led by four twice in the second half as McFolley drilled a trifecta to make it 44-40 and later on, junior Lamar Hamrick hit a jumper for a 46-42 lead with 17:46 on the clock
• Temple would surge ahead with a 21-2 run over the next six minutes to open up a 63-48 lead with 11:48 remaining
• The Titans would trade baskets for the rest of the game, cutting the deficit to 10, 75-65, at the 4:33 mark

Game Notes:

• Temple now leads the all-time series, 2-1, and has won both of its games on its home court
• The two teams met in the championship game of the 1968 Motor City Classic, where a nationally-ranked Titan team defeated the eventual NIT champions, 87-76, with Spencer Haywood tallying 32 points and 26 rebounds
• Goode had 30 points at Loyola and 35 at UIC during the 2007-08 season
• McFolley's four steals gives him 152 in his career, moving him into a tie for seventh place with Roy Simms (1980-83) and two behind John Long (1975-78) and Terry Tyler (1975-78) for fifth
• McFolley also passed Larry Salci (1965-68) and Ray Albee (1957-60) on the all-time points list and sits in 36th place in school history with 1,069, six shy of Carl Pickett and 13 behind former teammate Jaleel Hogan for 34th
• Brandon's nine rebounds are the most by a true freshman since teammate Gerald Blackshear Jr. had 10 at Cleveland State in 2016