DETROIT (12/29/2019) -- The University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team will end its non-conference season and the decade with a huge chance to make a splash as the Titans travel to face No. 1 Gonzaga on Monday, Dec. 30.

Game time is set for 9 p.m. (EST) and will be broadcast on television on Root Sports (check your cable packages) as well as online and over the air on 910 AM Superstation with the "Voice of the Titans" Dan Hasty.

The Titans have played a tough non-conference schedule already as the 12 non-HL foes are a combined 84-66 (56.1%) on the year. 

It will also be Detroit Mercy's sixth meeting against the top-ranked team in the nation and the first since the second round of the 1977 NCAA Tournament against Michigan, an 86-81 setback in the final Titan game coached by Dick Vitale. The Titans are 2-3 all-time against No. 1 team's with both wins coming during the 1951-52 campaign with victories over Bradley and Oklahoma A&M (now Oklahoma State). 

Sophomore Antoine Davis is coming off his 33rd career 20-point games in just 42 career collegiate contests with a team-high 24 at Oakland and is currently third in the nation in scoring at 25.2 points per game, while sophomore Chris Brandon pulled down a game and career-high 18 rebounds, the most by a Titan since 1992. 

Following the game, the Titans will return home and get back in conference play hosting NKU on Jan. 3 at 7 p.m. and Wright State on Jan. 5 at 1 p.m.

Tickets start at just $10 and to purchase tickets visit detroittitans.com/tix.

ALL-TIME SERIES

• Detroit Mercy leads the all-time series, 2-0, with an 80-75 home win on Dec. 19, 1960, and a 49-48 win in the first round of the Hawkeye Classic on Dec. 4, 1998, played in Iowa City, Iowa. 

NON-CONFERENCE SCHEDULE RANKED 62nd 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 62nd in the nation as the non-HL foes have combined for an 84-66 (56.1%) mark with one more left, a road match-up with #1 Gonzaga on Dec. 30. 
• In total, the red, white and blue will play 13 games in the non-conference with nine away from the Motor City.
• The first seven games of the year were on the road and 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.

ALL-TIME AGAINST RANKED FOES

• Detroit Mercy is 20-130 all-time against ranked teams, including dropping its last 26 games against top-25 squads. 
• The last time Detroit Mercy defeated a ranked team was on Jan. 10, 2002, when the Titans earned a 63-54 triumph over No. 23/24 Butler in Calihan Hall.
• The Titans are also 4-75 all-time against ranked teams on the road with their last true road win coming back on Feb. 6, 1979, a 64-63 victory at No. 9 Marquette.
• Detroit Mercy does have a neutral site win in this span as the red, white and blue shocked No. 15/15 UCLA, 56-53, in the 1999 NCAA Tournament.

HISTORY VS. #1

• Detroit Mercy is 2-3 all-time against the top-ranked teams in the country with both wins coming in 1951-52 as the Titans defeated Bradley on the road, 70-65, and Oklahoma A&M - now Oklahoma State - at home, 62-52. 
• The Titans have also fallen at Ohio State, 84-73, in 1960 and at Loyola (Ill) 113-108 in overtime. 
• The last time against #1 was in the second round of the 1977 NCAA Tournament against Michigan, an 86-81 setback in the final game coached by Dick Vitale before he took over the Pistons the following season. 

JESUIT SPOTLIGHT

• The game against Gonzaga marks a meeting between two of the 28 Jesuit Universities in the United States.
• The Titans and Bulldogs are also two of the 20 Jesuit programs that are Division I.
• Detroit Mercy is 208-238 all-time against its fellow Jesuit brothers.

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 25.2 points.
• Last year, he topped the HL at 26.1 ppg. and he is the current active leader in scoring average at 25.9 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

GETTING THE FREE ONES

• Detroit Mercy has done a good job at the line this year as the Titans are leading the HL and eighth in the country in free-throw percentage at 80.1 percent. 
• The Titans have connected on at least 20 free throws four times this season and are 163 of their last 199 (81.9%). 
• It helps to have two of the best at the line as sophomore Antoine Davis - who has made 30-straight free throws - leads the league and is 19th in the nation (92.8%), while senior Justin Miller is second in the HL and 37th in the nation at 89.1 percent.

BACK IN THE 20'S

• Antoine Davis now has 33 career 20-point games and 12 career 30-point outings in just 42 collegiate contests after scoring 24 at Oakland. 
• He has now scored in double figures in all 42 games - reaching at least 17 points in 39 of them - and he also nailed four, 3-pointers against Oakland to extend his three-point shooting streak to 42-straight games, the fifth-longest streak in the country.
• 1. Mack Smith (Eastern Illinois) – 62    
• 2. Justin Jaworski (Lafayette) – 58
• 3. Jaylen Minnett (IUPUI) – 50
• 4. Cameron Healy (Albany) - 46
• 5. Antoine Davis (Detroit Mercy) - 42

DAVIS 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 24 points at Oakland, Davis is now 35th in school history with 1,086 points, just 30 shy of getting in the top 30. 

LETHAL SHOT

• Sophomore Antoine Davis hit a season-high seven 3-pointers against SIUE and just made four from long range at Oakland. 
• He now has 23 games with four or more triples, eight with six or more and has twice connected on 10 in his young career.

LONG RANGE APPROACH

• Detroit Mercy got off a school-record 46 attempts from behind the arc at Oakland its last time out, making 12.
• The Titans had 66 total field goal attempts in the contest. 

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-54 overall (50.0%) and 24-of-48 (50.0%) from three in his last 10 games from behind the arc and is averaging 8.5 points in that span. 
• He has also hit at least two 3-pointers in seven of the first 12 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. 

CLEANING THE GLASS

• Sophomore Chris Brandon had a day to remember on the boards at Oakland as he grabbed a career-high 18 rebounds.
• The 18 rebounds are the most by a Titan since Greg Grant had 20 against Toledo in 1992.
• Brandon now has posted back-to-back double-digit rebounding games after recording 10 against SIUE and is now averaging 6.0 points and 14.0 rebounds in the last two games.

BRANDON SHOWING OFF

• Sophomore Chris Brandon has come alive recently, showing off his high energy and athleticism.
• Along with his rebounding, Brandon has done the work on defense and with some highlight-reel dunks.
• He just had three blocks and two steals to go with his 18 boards at Oakland. Against Toledo, he finished 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 opener 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 is now averaging 4.2 points and 5.1 rebounds, while shooting 66.7 percent (22-of-33) on the season. 
• Last year, he shot 60.8 percent from the field, mostly on getting to the rim and putting back offensive rebounds. 

ANTOINE EARNS JOHN R. WOODEN AWARD NOMINATION 

• Sophomore Antoine Davis 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. 

HOORAY FOR GORMAN

• Junior walk-on Jordan Gorman came into the Oakland game with just 20 points on the season, but he connected on five 3-pointers and ended with a career-best 15 points against the Golden Grizzlies. 

WATCH YOUR BACK

• Sophomore Antoine Davis tallied 28 steals as a freshman, but he already has 27 so far and is leading the conference and 37th in the nation at 2.2 per game.
• He has a steal in every game with a career-high four at Clemson. 

MILLER TIME

• Senior transfer Justin Miller is approaching 1,000 career points as he has 990 and is averaging 8.5 points and a team-high 5.7 rebounds. 
• He posted his fifth double-digit scoring effort of the year with 12 points in the win over SIUE and that was after 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 Clemson, he really made his presence felt 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 47 games - including 20 or more four times - with a career-high 22 points on the road at Kansas. 

MOORE FOR MARQUIS

• Sophomore Marquis Moore just tied his season and career-high with 12 points for the third time this year against Oakland. 
• He also had 12 points - hitting four 3-pointers - with four rebounds versus SIUE. 
• He tallied his second career double-double 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 six of the first 13 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
• 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.