DETROIT (12/20/2019) -- The University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team's three-game homestand will come to an end on Saturday as the Titans entertain Southern Illinois-Edwardsville in Calihan Hall on Dick Vitale Court.

It will be the second game of a basketball doubleheader as the women host Eastern Michigan at Noon. Fans that come to either game will have a chance to take home a Dick Sporting Goods gift certificate for $10, $20 and $50 that will be inserted into the game programs. 

The men's game is set for a 3 p.m. tip and will be broadcast live on ESPN3 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. 

Both teams will be looking to break seven-game slides as Detroit Mercy enters the contest at 1-10, while SIUE is 2-9. 

Sophomore Antoine Davis is currently third in the nation in scoring at 24.3 points per game.

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 first career meeting between the two schools as Detroit Mercy and Southern Illinois-Edwardsville are starting a home and home series. 

NON-CONFERENCE SCHEDULE RANKED 56TH 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 56th in the nation as the first 11 teams have combined for a 72-41 (63.7%).
• 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 24.3 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 15th in the country in free-throw percentage at 78.0 percent. 
• The Titans have connected on at least 20 free throws three times this season and are 126 of their last 158 (79.7%). 
• It helps to have two of the best at the line as sophomore Antoine Davis leads the league and is 31st in the nation (90.8%), while senior Justin Miller is third in the HL and 81st in the nation at 86.8 percent.

BACK IN THE 20'S

• Sophomore Antoine Davis now has 31 career 20-point game in just 40 career collegiate contests after dropping 26 against Northeastern.
• He has now scored in double figures in all 40 games - reaching 17 points in 37 of them - and he also nailed three, 3-pointers against the Huskies to extend his three-point shooting streak to 40-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) - 40

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.
• With his 26 points against Northeastern, Davis is now 39th in school history with 1,027 points. 

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 27-of-53 overall (50.9%) and 24-of-47 (51.0%) from three in his last nine games from behind the arc and is averaging 8.9 points in that span. 
• He has also hit at least two 3-pointers in seven of the first 11 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

• Senior transfer Justin Miller is approaching 1,000 career points as he has 976 and is averaging 8.8 points and a team-high 5.8 rebounds. 
• He just posted his fifth double-digit scoring effort of the year with 13 points and six boards against Northeastern.
• Miller had 11 points and six rebounds 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 46 games - including 20 or more four times - with a career-high 22 points on the road at Kansas. 

WATCH YOUR BACK

• Sophomore Antoine Davis tallied 28 steals as a freshman, but he already has 22 so far and is leading the conference and 34th in the nation at 2.2 per game.
• He has a steal in every game and a career-high four at Clemson. 

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 and tied his career-best with seven rebounds against Northeastern and that was after 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 21 of his 26 field goals this season and 41 of 51 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.