DETROIT (12/18/2019) -- The University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team will be back in action with two games in three days as the Titans welcome Northeastern into Calihan Hall on Thursday, Dec. 19. 

Game time is set for 7 p.m., and will be broadcast live on ESPN3 and locally on WADL-38 with Jeremy Otto and Earl Cureton on the call as well as over the air on 910 AM Superstation with Dan Hasty calling the contest. 

This is a match-up of two of the best scorers in the country as sophomore Antoine Davis is third in Division I at 24.1 points per game, while Northeastern senior Jordan Roland is fourth in the nation at 23.8 points per game.

The Titans are off to a slow start at 1-9, but have had a chance to win a couple of those recent games just falling short against Eastern Michigan and against Toledo. Detroit Mercy is 3-1 all-time against Northeastern with a three-game winning streak over the Huskies. 

Northeastern is 5-6 on the season and is coming off a 60-55 loss at EMU on Tuesday.

For more information or to purchase tickets, contact Director of Ticket Operations & Sales Justin Hairston at 313-320-8873 or at hairstjj1@udmercy.edu or visit detroittitans.com/tix. Tickets start at just $10. 

ALL-TIME SERIES

• This is the fifth career meeting between Detroit Mercy and Northeastern with the Titans leading the series, 3-1, on the strength of a three-game winning streak.
• Detroit Mercy is 2-0 in the series at home with wins in 2005-06 and 2015-16 season. The Titans also had an impressive come-from-behind victory on the road in 2014-15, erasing a six-point deficit with under three minutes left and then outscoring the Huskies, 21-9, in overtime for an 81-69 triumph. 

NON-CONFERENCE SCHEDULE RANKED 54TH TOUGHEST

• The non-conference opponents were a combined 258-176 (.594) a year ago, with six teams earning postseason bids.
• So far on the season, the non-conference schedule is ranked 54th in the nation as the first 10 teams have combined for a 66-35 (65.3%).
• In total, the red, white and blue will play 13 games in the non-conference with nine away from the Motor City, including trips to North Carolina State, Clemson, Wyoming, Notre Dame, Gonzaga and a two-game tournament in Las Vegas. 
• The first seven games on the road saw the Titans travel just under 10,000 miles round trip (9,980). 
• The seven-games away from home was the longest stretch since the Titans played 10 in a row away from the Motor City at the end of the 2000-01 season, which included two regular-season games, the HL Tournament and a run to the NIT Final Four.

DAVIS THIRD IN NATION IN SCORING

• After finishing third in the nation in scoring last season, sophomore Antoine Davis has his name right back on top of the nation's leaders as he ranks third in the country and leading the Horizon League in scoring at 24.1 points.
• Last year, he topped the HL at 26.1 ppg.

BASKETBALL BLOODLINES

• Not only do you have the family connections on the staff, but there are a few other family connections between Titans and college coaches, NBA players and former NBA stars:
• * Graduate student Brad Calipari is the son of Kentucky head coach John Calipari
• * Junior Dwayne Rose Jr. is the nephew of current Pistons' guard and 2011 NBA MVP Derrick Rose
• * Sophomore Chris Brandon is the nephew of former NBA player and head coach John Lucas and cousin to former NBA player John Lucas and former Texas standout Jai Lucas
• * Freshman Jamail Pink's uncle is NBA Hall-Of-Famer Clyde Drexler

ANTOINE EARNS JOHN R. WOODEN AWARD NOMINATION 

• The sophomore year of Antoine Davis has already been filled with accolades - and the games have not even started yet - as the University of Detroit Mercy high-scoring guard was named to the Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 list.
• The John R. Wooden Award® presented by Wendy's® is chosen by a preseason poll of national college basketball experts and the list is comprised of 50 student-athletes who are the early front-runners for the most prestigious honors in college basketball, the Wooden Award All American Team™ and Most Outstanding Player Award. 

GETTING THE FREE ONES

• Detroit Mercy has done a good job at the line this year as the Titans are leading the HL and 10th in the country in free-throw percentage at 79.2 percent. 
• The Titans have connected on at least 20 free throws three times this season and are 107 of their last 131 (81.6%). 
• It helps to have two of the best at the line as sophomore Antoine Davis leads the league and is 37th in the nation (89.7%), while senior Justin Miller is second in the HL and 61st in the nation at 87.5 percent.

BACK IN THE 20'S

• Sophomore Antoine Davis now has 30 career 20-point game in just 39 career collegiate contests.
• He has now scored in double figures in all 39 games - reaching 17 points in 36 of them - and he also nailed a 3-pointer at Notre Dame to extend his three-point shooting streak to 39-straight games, the fifth-longest streak in the country.
• 1. Mack Smith (Eastern Illinois) – 60    
• 2. Justin Jaworski (Lafayette) – 56
• 3. Jaylen Minnett (IUPUI) – 48
• 4. Cameron Healy (Albany) - 44
• 5. Antoine Davis (Detroit Mercy) - 39

DAVIS PASSES DEBUSSCHERE FOR QUICKEST TO 1,000 POINTS 

• Sophomore Antoine Davis scored a team-high 27 points at Notre Dame, but it was his free throw for 26 that made history giving him 1,000 career points in just 39 games, passing the great Dave DeBusschere - a NBA Hall-Of-Famer who was named one of the top 50 players in NBA history - as the fastest Titan to reach. 1,000.
• DeBusschere accomplished the feat in his 43rd collegiate on his way to 1,985. 
• Davis is the 43rd player in school history to eclipse 1,000 career points and just the third second-year player joining DeBusschere (who did it as a junior as freshmen could not play) and sophomore Ray McCallum in 2010-11.

BRADLEY BUCKETS GOES FOR 20

• Graduate student Brad Calipari was back in double figures for the fourth time this season as he posted a team and career-high 20 points, hitting a career-best five 3-pointers against Toledo.
• That was after draining four triples and ending with 12 points at Notre Dame. 
• After starting the season 0-for-7 from the field and 0-of-5 from three, Calipari is 26-of-49 overall (53%) and 24-of-44 (54.5%) from three in his last eight games from behind the arc and is averaging 10.2 points in that span. 
• He has also hit at least two 3-pointers in seven of the first 10 games and connected on four or more in four contests. 
• He had 13 points hitting 4-of-6 from long range at Wyoming and came back with a then career-high 16 points with four more triples in the win over UC Irvine. 
• Calipari transferred to Detroit Mercy and will have the rare two years of eligibility as a graduate student as he graduated from Kentucky in just three years with a degree in Business and is enrolled in the Liberal Studies masters program. 
• He spent three seasons at Kentucky and played in 27 games with the Wildcats, under the direction of his dad head coach John Calipari, and was part of 88 wins as the Wildcats advanced to the Elite 8 in 2017 and 2019 and the Sweet 16 in 2018. 
• According to stories in the Detroit Free Press, Kentucky has said they would be open to playing the Titans next season and that meeting could occur in Calihan Hall.

MILLER TIME

• The Titans got some good news as senior transfer Justin Miller was declared immediately eligible by the NCAA.
• Miller is also approaching 1,000 career points as he has 963 and is averaging 8.4 points and a team-high 5.8 rebounds. 
• He had 11 points for his fourth double-digit scoring effort of the year to go with six boards at Notre Dame recorded six points and nine boards at Kent State and 12 points with five caroms at Ohio.
• At NC State, he scored nine points with three rebounds in just 15 minutes and really made his presence felt at Clemson, posting 13 points and a game-high 13 rebounds before tallying a season-high 14 knocking down a pair of triples in the win over UC Irvine. 
• He played the last three seasons for Louisiana Lafayette, seeing action in 97 games with 59 starts and averaging 9.1 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.4 assists, shooting 44.9 percent.  
• In his career, he has scored in double figures in 44 games - including 20 or more four times - with a career-high 22 points on the road at Kansas. 

GOING AFTER YOU DAD

• Head coach Mike Davis is quick to point out that Antoine Davis is not the defender that he was in college, but in terms of offense, the son is winning that battle.
• Coach Davis starred at Alabama from 1979 to 1983 and totaled 1,211 points in 121 career games, going 478-of- 1003 (47.7%) from the field with 238 assists.
• Antoine now has 1,001 career points, 150 assists and 48 steals.  
• For Brad Calipari, he has already surpassed his dad's, John Calipari, point totals at Division I as he has 93 at DI.  
• Coach Cal played three seasons of college ball, one at UNC Wilmington and two at Clarion. At UNC Wilmington in 1978-79, he posted 29 points hitting 4-of-17 from the field and 21-of-25 at the line. 
• At Clarion, Calipari scored 202 points, but ran the offense with 193 assists. 

WATCH YOUR BACK

• Sophomore Antoine Davis tallied 28 steals as a freshman, but he already has 21 so far and is leading the conference and 29th in the nation at 2.3 per game.
• He has a steal in every game and a career-high four at Clemson. 

BRANDON SHOWING OFF

• Sophomore Chris Brandon was in high-energy mode against Toledo as he tied his career-high with nine rebounds and posted a career-best four blocks, two of which were coming down the court and breaking up a Rockets' fast-break attempt. 
• One of the most athletic players in the Horizon League, in the season at NC State, he had a couple of dunks finishing with eight points, three rebounds, two assists, a steal and a block.
• He came back with another athletic performance, finishing with 12 points and eight rebounds at Clemson. 
• He has now recorded a block in six games on the season and is tied for third in the HL with 0.9 blocks per game, while averaging 4.1 points and 3.5 rebounds and shooting 68.0 percent (17-of-25). 
• Last year, he shot 60.8 percent from the field, mostly on getting to the rim and putting back offensive rebounds. 

MOORE, MOORE FOR MARQUIS

• Sophomore Marquis Moore tallied his second career double-double by tying his career-best with 12 points and pulling down a team-high 10 rebounds against Eastern Michigan. 
• He posted eight points and nine rebounds at Wyoming and has grabbed at least four rebounds in five of the first 10 games
• Last season, he had at least five rebounds in eight games, including two in double figures with a season-best 11 rebounds at Milwaukee and 10 against IUPUI
• Moore started his freshman year 2-of-16 from three, but then hit 6-of-11 in his last three games
• He had his first collegiate double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds against IUPUI, a team-high on the boards, and posted 12 points and eight rebounds in the Horizon League Championship quarterfinals at NKU. 

A GID-JEWELL PERFORMANCE

• Sophomore Boe Nguidjol was one player that head coach Mike Davis has seen marked improvement and the season opener at NC State showed just that.
• Nguidjol finished with a career-best and game-high nine rebounds along with two blocks and six points, hitting his first 3-pointer in the process at NC State. He was a big reason the Titans outrebounded the Wolfpack, 40-33.
• He tied his career-high with six points and pulled down seven rebounds in the win over UC Irvine and had a career-high seven points with five rebounds, two blocks and a steal at Ohio.
• He played in 20 games last year and pulled down at least five rebounds in three games with season-highs of six at Akron, at Wright State and against NKU. 
• He gets his athleticism and footwork from his dad, who played professional soccer in England and China. 

BIG WILLY STYLE

• Sophomore Willy Isiani had his best game of the season scoring 13 points and grabbing a career-high seven rebounds in the win over UC Irvine and nailed five treys en route to 15 points at Ohio. 
• He just had 11 points, four rebounds, three blocks, two assists and two steals against Toledo. At Notre Dame, he scored 11 points with a couple of 3-pointers.
• He continues to show his prowess from three as 20 of his 22 field goals this season and 40 of 47 in his career have been from behind the arc. 
• Isiani made his long-awaited debut midway through his freshman season and against NKU, he scored nine points, hitting three 3-pointers in just 11 minutes of action, until he suffered a head injury that kept him out for a few games. 
• He came back with four more 3-pointers at Oakland, finishing with 12 points. 
• He tallied a season-high 20 points nailing six more from downtown at IUPUI and finished the year with 14 in the Horizon League Championship quarterfinals at NKU.
• A native of Tbilisi, Georgia, he is believed to be the first Titan from the country of Georgia.

ROSE BACK AT DI

• Junior Dwayne Rose Jr. is coming off a career-high 10 points against Toledo, getting to the rim by beating his defender with some quick moves around the basket. 
• He is back playing at the Division I level after suiting up for Southwestern Illinois College last season, where he averaged 7.6 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game.
• He had eight points against Louisiana Lafayette and that was after scoring six in the win over UC Irvine. 

I WAS BORN IN NEW YORK CITY

• Sophomore Alonde LeGrand was all-over the court against Toledo, ending with six points, tying his season-high with six rebounds and a season-best seven assists. 
• He grabbed six rebounds, while adding four points, three steals and a block at Kent State and also pulled down a team-high six boards at Ohio.
• LeGrand transferred to the Titans from State Fair Community College in Vermont and will have three years of eligibility. 
• Originally from Harlem, New York, he enrolled at Fairfield as a freshman, but did not appear in any games, therefore, allowing him three years of college basketball.