DETROIT (1/16/2019) -- The winter air is here, but nothing like the #MetroSeries to bring some heat to the Motor City as the University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team hosts Oakland on Saturday, Jan. 19, inside historic Calihan Hall.

Game time is set for 2 p.m. will be broadcast live on ESPN+ and locally on WADL-38 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. 

The game is part of a busy day of activities on campus, which starts with the University Winter Blast at Noon in the Student Fitness Center and the annual Letterman Award Reception at 1 p.m. in the Ed & Brooks Room inside Calihan Hall.

For more information on those events, click here. 

Tickets to the game for fans start at just $10 and can be purchased at Detroittitans.com/tix.

Detroit Mercy is in first place and off to its best start through six games in Horizon League play at 5-1 (8-10 overall) - since the Titans were 8-1 to begin the 1998-99 conference season, while Oakland comes into the game in third place at 4-2 in the conference and 8-11 overall. 

Detroit Mercy and Oakland branded the annual rivalry called the #MetroSeries in 2014 and the Golden Grizzlies have won the first four Metro Rivalry Cups and lead this year's title chase, 8-2. 

The game is also a battle of the top two scorers in the league as six-time HL Freshman of the Week Antoine Davis leads the conference and is second in the nation in scoring at 27.7 points per game, while Xavier Hill-Mais of Oakland is second at 20.9 ppg. 

ALL-TIME MATCH-UP

• This is the 23rd career meeting between the two schools, located roughly 26 miles apart.
• Detroit Mercy leads the overall series, 13-9, but Oakland has won eight of the last 10 since joining the Horizon League in 2013-14. 
• The Titans are also 12-4 all-time against Oakland in Calihan Hall, but have dropped four of the last five. 

OFF TO A GOOD START

• The Titans got off to a 3-0 conference start for the first time since 2015-16 and are now 5-1 in the Horizon League, their 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 topped the team with 32 points against Milwaukee and has now led the team in scoring 17 times, while sharing the team high with 29 alongside Josh McFolley against Green Bay. 
• He now has 13, 20-point games, eight 30+ performances and a pair of 40-point efforts in his first 18 collegiate games, the only freshman in school history with two 40-point outings. 
• He is one of just seven 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 eight 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 (90) and total points (498).
• He passed 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).

HORIZON LEAGUE MARKS

• Freshman Antoine Davis is also attacking some freshman Horizon League records as he already owns the mark for points in a game (48) and 3-pointers in a season (90). 
• He is currently third in most points by a freshman in Horizon League history as his 498 on the season trails a pair of UIC players in Dikembe Dixson's 594 in 2015-16 and Mark Miller's 501 in 1995-96.

DAVIS AMONG NATION'S LEADERS

• Freshman Antoine Davis - the six-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 27.7 points, trailing Campbell's senior guard Chris Clemons' 29.6. 
• His 498 total points, 90 triples, 5.0 triples per game and 173 field goals all top the country. 
• Davis is second in the Horizon League and 52nd in the nation in three-point field goal percentage (42.1%), sixth in the HL and 75th in DI in free throw percentage (84.9%) and second in the conference and 13th in the country in minutes per game (37:09). 

SHOOTING HIS WAY TO RECORDS

• Freshman Antoine Davis already has 90 triples on the season, a Titan freshman record and already fourth in school history. He is also tied for 25th in NCAA history for 3-pointers in a season by a freshman. 
• 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.

DOUBLE-DIGIT WINS

• Detroit Mercy is now 5-1 in the Horizon League and four of the wins have been by double digits. 
• The Titans are averaging 73.2 points on the season and 82.8 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 32.7 percent from behind the arc, including 32.0 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 seven-straight games and 11 times on the year.
• He is coming off a 16-point performance against Milwaukee, his second highest output of the season.
• After averaging just 7.0 points and 3.6 rebounds in his first 11 games, he is now tallying 13.4 points and 4.4 rebounds in his last seven games and has hit at least three 3-pointers in four of those games. 
• He netted 11 points and five rebounds against Green Bay 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 - who was just named the HL Player of the Week this past Monday - 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 and came back with 18 points against Milwaukee. 
• He is now averaging 13.0 points - 18th in the HL - 3.1 assists, 2.5 rebounds and 2.1 steals, tops in the Horizon League, but is tallying 14.8 points and shooting 50.0 percent from behind the arc in Horizon League play. 
• 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. 

BRANDON SHOWING OFF

• Freshman Chris Brandon averaged 7.5 rebounds last week in the Titan sweep with eight boards against Milwaukee and seven versus Green Bay, and now has eight games on the season with at least five rebounds.
• He earned his first collegiate start at Temple and had a stellar game going 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. 
• On the season, he leads the team with 4.8 boards and 0.8 blocks per game. 

1,272 & COUNTING

• After scoring 18 points against Milwaukee, senior Josh McFolley is now 22nd in school history with 1,272 points, 69 shy of 21st place.

PICKING YOUR POCKET

• Senior Josh McFolley has been a thief all of his Titan career and 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 39 steals on the year and leads the Horizon League and is 35th in the nation with 2.17 steals per game.
• The 185 thefts are fourth in school history and just 10 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 85 of his 111 career games, including 42 multi-steal contests and 27 with at least three takeaways.

G CRASHING THE GLASS

• Senior Gerald Blackshear Jr. is coming off a season-high nine points in just 13 minutes of action against Milwaukee, hitting all four of his field goal attempts.
• He is now shooting 61.5 percent on the season and 59.9 percent in his career. 
• In the season opener at Western Michigan, 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 were 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 against Loyola Maryland and eight points with six boards at Xavier. 

TAKE IT AWAY

• Detroit Mercy is second in the Horizon League and 46th in the country with 8.0 steals per game.
• The Titans 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 14.5 turnovers per game, including 19 against Green Bay, 18 at Youngstown State and versus Wright State and 17 against Milwaukee. 

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 15th in Division I committing just 10.7 per game.
• Detroit Mercy had just five turnovers on the road at Cleveland State and now has eight games with less than 10 turnovers.

LET IT FLY

• Detroit Mercy is third in the Horizon League with 10.1 triples per game, 23rd in the country, while ranking second in the HL and 43rd in DI in three-point field goal percentage (38.0). 
• The Titans have nailed 182 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 182, 3-pointers are 16th in the nation.

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. 
• Last week against Green Bay and Milwaukee, he averaged 9.0 points and 9.0 rebounds, hitting 7-of-12 from the field (58.3%). 
• He tallied his first career double-double with 11 points and a season-high 10 boards versus the Phoenix and came back with seven points and tying for the team lead with eight boards against the Panthers. 
• 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. 

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