DETROIT (1/11/2019) -- Off to its best conference start in almost 10 years, the University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team will look for another Horizon League weekend sweep when the Milwaukee Panthers come to town on Saturday, Jan. 12.

Game time is set for 1 p.m. will be broadcast live on ESPN+ with Jeremy Otto and Earl Cureton on the call as well as over the airwaves on 910 AM Superstation as the Voice of the Titans Dan Hasty has the play-by-play. 

Detroit Mercy is 7-10 on the season and 4-1 in the Horizon League, its best start through five games in league play since going 4-1 in 2010-11 and another victory would be the best start in conference action since the Titans were 8-1 in 1998-99. 

The red, white and blue's four wins have been impressive in conference play as all four have been by double digits with Detroit Mercy averaging 80.0 points in Horizon League games. Detroit Mercy swept the first weekend of league play with victories at Youngstown State and Cleveland State. 

Senior Josh McFolley and freshman Antoine Davis each poured in 29 points in Thursday's 101-83 win over Green Bay. McFolley's was a season high and he also added a season-best five steals as he now has 183 in his career, just 12 away from the school record. 

Davis continues to set freshman records at Detroit Mercy as his 29 points gave him 466 on the year, passing Ray McCallum's freshman year output of 446 in 2009-10. He also owns the Titan freshman record for points in a game (48) and 3-pointers (85) as he is still chasing the NCAA freshman three-point mark of 122 by Stephen Curry in 2004-05.

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ALL-TIME MATCH-UP

• Milwaukee has won three in a row, four of the last five and eight of the last 11 and lead the all-time series, 29-23.
• The Titans have won four of the last seven match-ups at Calihan Hall and have a 13-10 advantage at home in the series. 

TOUGH NON-CONFERENCE SLATE

• Detroit Mercy's basketball non-conference schedule was one of the toughest in the country with nine road games and teams posting a 104-64 (61.9%) record so far. 11 of the 12 teams have winning records on the season. 
• The schedule was featured as the 14th hardest by ESPN's BPI standard in an article released on Dec. 17. 
• In total, the Titans' 12 non-conference opponents posted a 213-182 record (53.9%) last season, and four teams making the postseason with NCAA appearances by Butler and Xavier, a NIT team in Temple and one CIT opponent in Eastern Michigan. 

OFF TO A GOOD START

• The Titans got off to a 3-0 conference start for the first time since 2015-16 and a win would give the Titans a 5-1 mark in Horizon League play through five games, the best start since going 8-1 in 1998-99. 
• Detroit Mercy was originally picked to finish last in the conference's preseason poll. 

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.

NATIONAL ATTENTION

• Antoine Davis as he was tabbed the Wayman Tisdale National Freshman of the Week on Jan. 8 after a week that saw him average 40.5 points against Wright State and NKU.
• The rookie shot 58.3 percent overall (28-of-48), 54.1 percent from three (13-of-24) and 92.3 percent at the free throw line (12-of-13) netting 48 against Wright State and 33 against NKU. 
• Davis was selected by CBSSports.com's Matt Norlander, in partnership with the U.S. Basketball Writers Association and he is the first Titan to ever win the accolade. 

AD GETTING BUCKETS

• Antoine Davis tied for the team lead with 29 points against Green Bay, the first time this season he did not lead the team outright.
• He tallied 33 points against NKU last Saturday and that was right after his 48 points against defending HL champions  Wright State. 
• He now has 12, 20-point games, seven 30+ performances and a pair of 40-point efforts in his first 17 collegiate games, the only freshman in school history with two 40-point outings. 
• He is one of just nine freshmen in Division I to score in double figures in every game. 
• To start the year, he posted eight-straight 20-point games, the first Titan to have eight-straight games with 20 or more since Willie Green's 10 in a row in 2002-03.
• His seven 30-point games on the season are the most since Archie Tullos had 10 in 1987-88.

ABOUT THAT 48-POINT GAME

• Antoine Davis' season-high 48 points against Wright State was the fourth most in league play in Horizon League history and the most since LaSalle's Kareem Townes had 52 against Loyola (Ill) in 1995. 
• The 48 points is the sixth most by a league player against any competition in the 40 years of the Horizon League.
• He is also the third freshman since 1996-97 to score at least 48 points joining Oklahoma's  Trae Young's 48 points against Oklahoma State last season and St. Peter's Keydren Clark's 48 against Northern Arizona in 2002.
• DAVIS ALREADY WITH 3 TITAN FRESHMAN RECORDS
• Freshman Antoine Davis has already taken down three Titan freshman records this season in points in a game (48), 3-pointers in a season (85) and total points (466).
• He passes former Titan greats Ray McCallum (446 in 2009-10) and John Long (445 in 1974-75) in the total point category and Corey Allen for points in a game (33) and 3-pointers (79).

DAVIS AMONG NATION'S LEADERS

• Freshman Antoine Davis - the five-time HL Freshman of the Week and two-time Player of the Week - comes into the contest leading the nation in three national categories and among the leaders in a few others.
• Davis is second in the nation in scoring at 27.4 points per game and total points (466). 
• His 85 triples and 5.02, 3-pointers per game and 166 total field goals all top the country. 
• Davis is second in the Horizon League and 64th in the nation in three-point field goal percentage (42.1%), sixth in the HL and 60th in DI in free throw percentage (84.5%) and leading the conference and ninth in the country in minutes per game (37:02). 

SHOOTING HIS WAY TO RECORDS

• Freshman Antoine Davis already has 85 triples on the season, a Titan freshman record and already fifth in school history.
• He is chasing the NCAA record for most 3-pointers by a freshman, held by Stephen Curry, who had 122 at Davidson in 2006-07.

GETTING TO 100

• Detroit Mercy reached the 100-point plateau for the first time under head coach Mike Davis in the 101-83 win against Green Bay. 
• It was the first time the Titans went for 100 points in regulation against a DI team since a 101-60 win at  Youngstown State in 2013.
• Detroit Mercy shot a season-high 53.4 percent (39-of-73), the third time it has been above 50.0 percent this season, while the 39 field goals are the most since putting in 51 against Siena Heights last year and the most against a DI team since registering 40 against Houston Baptist.

DOUBLE-DIGIT WINS

• Detroit Mercy is now 4-1 in the Horizon League and all four wins have been by double digits. 
• The Titans are averaging 72.0 points on the season and 80.8 in conference play. 

OH LORDY HE WENT FOR 40, AGAIN

• Antoine Davis set the Titan freshman mark with 42 points in the win over Loyola Maryland and nearly set the school record with 48 against Wright State. 
• Davis shot a season-best 15-of-24 from the field and tied his own school record nailing 10-of-15 from three-point land. 
• The 48 points is the fourth-highest scoring outburst in NCAA Division I this year, and the second most against a Division I opponent.
• Earlier in the season, he registered a Titan freshman record 42 points against Loyola Maryland going 14-of-21 from the field and 10-of-14 from the outside with five assists, three rebounds and two steals.     
• The 10 treys tied him with Desmond Ferguson for the school record, who had 10 against Milwaukee in 2000.
• The Titan freshman record was 33 points by Corey Allen against Fort Wayne in 2016. 

ZONE PRINCIPLES

• The Titans have frustrated teams at times trying to shoot the three ball as they are holding teams to 31.9 percent from behind the arc, including 29.4 percent in conference play.
• Last year, the Titans ended the season ranked 333rd in three-point field goal percentage defense (39.7%). 
• Overall, the defense has held teams to shooting 44.0 percent or less in 10 games on the year and under 40.0 percent on six occasions, including YSU to just 37.5 percent, CSU to 38.6 percent and WSU to 37.7 percent. 

KING ME

• Graduate senior Derrien King has tallied double digits in scoring in six-straight games and 10 times on the year.
• He just netted 11 points and five rebounds against Green Bay and is now averaging 12.8 points and 3.8 rebounds in HL play. 
• He had back-to-back 13-point outings at Xavier and at Youngstown State and scored 15 at Cleveland State, 11 versus Wright State and 14 against NKU. 
• He also grabbed a career-high eight rebounds at Xavier and had six boards at CSU. 
• 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.

JOSH SAVING HIS BEST FOR LAST

• Senior Josh McFolley just scored a season-high 29 points - his 13th career 20-point game - hitting 10-of-16 from the field and 6-of-9 from three with five steals against Green Bay. 
• He is now averaging 12.7 points - 18th in the HL - 3.1 assists, 2.5 rebounds and 2.2 steals. 
• He had 19 points with a season-high seven rebounds off the bench at Akron and tallied nine points and tied his season high for the third time this year with six assists at Xavier. 
• In the HL opener at Youngstown State, McFolley ended with 14 points, while tallying 15 points, five rebounds, three assists and three steals at Cleveland State. 

TAKE IT AWAY

• Detroit Mercy is second in the Horizon League and 61st in the country with 8.1 steals per game.
• The Titans just tied a season high with 12 steals against Green Bay, tying the 12 they had against Ohio in December. 
• Detroit Mercy is second in the HL forcing 14.4 turnovers per game, including 19 against Green Bay and at Youngstown State and 18 versus Wright State.

TAKING CARE OF THE BALL

• Detroit Mercy has seen its offense struggle at times, but not because it is turning it over. 
• The Titans lead the conference and are 16th in Division I committing just 10.9 per game.
• Detroit Mercy had just five turnovers on the road at Cleveland State and now has seven games on the season with less than 10 turnovers.

LET IT FLY

• Detroit Mercy is third in the Horizon League with 10.0 triples per game, 36th in the country, while ranking second in the HL and 61st in DI in three-point field goal percentage (37.7). 
• The Titans have nailed 170 treys on the year, tying a school record with 17 against Loyola Maryland and then connecting on 15 versus Bowling Green and at Eastern Michigan and 14 in the dominating win against Green Bay. 
• The 170, 3-pointers are 18th in the nation.

1,254 & COUNTING

• After an explosive 29-point performance, senior Josh McFolley is now 23rd in school history with 1,254 points, four away from 22nd place and Mike Lovelace. 

PICKING YOUR POCKET

• Senior Josh McFolley has been a thief all of his Titan career and just posted a season-high five steals against Green Bay.
• He also has registered four steals at Xavier, at Temple and against Kent State. 
• He now has 37 steals on the year and leads the Horizon League and is 49th in the nation with 2.2 steals per game.
• The 183 thefts are fourth in school history and just 12 away from the school record. 
• He led the team and was tied for second in the HL with 1.5 steals per game last year as his 49 steals was the second most in the league. 
• In his career, he has recorded a steal in 84 of his 110 career games, including 41 multi-steal contests and 27 with at least three takeaways.

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. 
• He recorded a game-high eight rebounds against Wright State, doing a good job of helping the Titans contain the Raiders' big guys in a win. 
• He compiled six points, a team-high seven rebounds and two steals at Butler, a team-high nine boards in the triumph against Loyola Maryland and eight points with six boards at Xavier and five more rebounds at YSU and at CSU. 
• He is currently second on the team with 4.4 rebounds per game. 

BRANDON SHOWING OFF

• Freshman Chris Brandon is coming off a seven-rebound effort against Green Bay, his seventh game of the season with at least five rebounds.
• He 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 tied his season high with nine boards and scored six points against Ohio. 
• He also put together a 12-point, six-rebound game against Kent State, where he was 6-for-6 from the field. At one point in the first half, he scored eight-straight points for the Titans, using his athleticism to corral two offensive boards for tip-ins during the spurt. 
• On the season, he leads the team with 4.6 boards and 0.8 blocks per game. 

WE GOT OUR CURRY

• It was a long road for junior Harrison Curry to get back on the court, but he has added a scoring punch for the Titans. 
• He just tallied his first career double-double with 11 points and a season-high 10 boards against Green Bay.
• In his Titan debut, he scored 16 points with three rebounds and two blocks at Toledo. 
• He then had 12 points with four rebounds, a block and a steal against Ohio, 12 points, six rebounds, three steals and two blocks at Youngstown State and 10 points at CSU. 
• After playing just one game at Louisiana Tech last year before an injury in the season opener forced him to miss the year, he transferred to Detroit Mercy and applied for a waiver to play immediately.
• He missed the first nine games this year before it was approved by the NCAA.