DETROIT (2/1/2019) -- The University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team will look for a sweep of its quick two-game homestand as the Titans welcome Youngstown State into Calihan Hall on Saturday, Feb. 2.

Game time is set for 1 p.m. and will be broadcast live on ESPN3 and WADL-38 with Dan Hasty and Earl Cureton on the call, while Jeremy Otto will handle the play-by-play on the radio side on 910 AM Superstation. 

Detroit Mercy got off to a slow start against Cleveland State, but took control of the game with a 32-8 run to improve to 9-13 on the season and 6-4 in the Horizon League, the most overall and conference wins they have had since 2015-16.

Freshman Antoine Davis scored 29 points, mostly at the free throw line where he was a career-best 15-of-17, while senior Gerald Blackshear Jr. collected a career-best 14 rebounds.

Youngstown State will look to stay in the running for a spot in Motor City Madness as the Penguins are 7-16, 3-7 in the league after defeating Oakland, 75-74, on Thursday. 

Tickets start at just $10 and are on sale online at DetroitTitans.com/tix. 

ALL-TIME SERIES

• Detroit Mercy has dominated the all-time series to the tune of a 38-9 advantage, which includes winning 12 in a row and 16 of the last 17 meetings. 
• The Titans are also 21-3 at home against the Penguins with seven-straight wins at Calihan Hall.  
• The last YSU win in the series was in 2014, while the last time the Titans lost at home to Youngstown State was in 2012. 

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 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 29 points against Cleveland State and has led the team in scoring 20 times, while sharing the team high with 29 alongside Josh McFolley against Green Bay, giving him a lead or share of the top effort in all 21 games he has played. 
• He now has 15, 20-point games, eight 30+ performances and a pair of 40-point efforts in his first 21 collegiate games, the only freshman in school history with two 40-point outings. 
• He is one of just four freshmen in Division I to score in double figures in every game they have played on the year (RJ Barrett & Zion Williamson-Duke, Lamine Diane-Cal State Northridge)
• 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 (96) and total points (574).
• He passed former Titan great 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 (96). 
• He is currently second in most points by a freshman in Horizon League history as his 574 on the season trails only former UIC standout Dikembe Dixson's 594 in 2015-16.

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 27.3 points, trailing Campbell's senior guard Chris Clemons' 28.3. 
• He leads the nation with 98 triples and 4.66, 3-pointers per game and is fourth in total points (574) and fifth in field goals (194). 
• Davis is fourth in the Horizon League and 46th in the nation in three-point field goal percentage (40.7%), seventh in the HL and 61st in DI in free throw percentage (85.4%) and first in the conference and 12th in the country in minutes per game (37:23). 

SHOOTING HIS WAY TO RECORDS

• Freshman Antoine Davis already has 98 triples on the season, a Titan freshman record and already third 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.

ZONE PRINCIPLES

• The Titans have frustrated teams at times trying to shoot the three ball as they are holding teams to 33.3 percent from behind the arc, third in the Horizon League. 
• 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 11 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. 

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. 

ANOTHER FOREIGN TITAN

• Detroit Mercy freshman Willy Isiani made his long-awaited debut against NKU and 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 20 points nailing six more from downtown at IUPUI and finished with 11 points, six rebounds and four assists against Cleveland State. 
• A native of Tbilisi, Georgia, Isiani, was at ASI Prep in California last year and averaged 8.4 points and 4.0 rebounds, while shooting 40.0 percent from three. 
• Prior to that, he suited up overseas for CB Gran Canaria and Gran Canaria B in Spain and MIA Academy Tbilisi and played in the 2017 FIBA U-20 European Championship Division B for Georgia. 
• He was also the MVP in the 16-U Georgia National Championship and the U-18 Tbilisi Championship
• He is believed to be the first Titan from the country of Georgia. 

NO JOSHING AROUND

• Senior Josh McFolley - who was named the HL Player of the Week on Jan. 14 - 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 12.4 points - 19th in the HL - 3.0 assists, 2.4 rebounds and an HL best 2.0 steals per game. 
• He netted 19 points with five assists at IUPUI. 
• 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. 

G CRASHING THE GLASS

• Senior Gerald Blackshear Jr. had a career day pulling down 14 rebounds with a career-tying three blocks against Cleveland State and that was just one week after scoring a career-best 13 points at UIC with eight rebounds and a career-tying three steals.
• The 14 boards was the most since Kam Chatman's 16 against Houston Baptist last year.
• He is now shooting 63.2 percent from the field on the season and 60.3 in his career and leads the team with 5.0 rebounds per game. 
• He pulled down eight rebounds in 21 minutes against Oakland and that was after a netting nine points in just 13 minutes of action against Milwaukee. 
• 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.
• 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. 

1,311 & COUNTING

• After scoring six points against Cleveland State, senior Josh McFolley is 22nd in school history with 1,311 points, 30 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 44 steals on the year and leads the Horizon League and is 40th in the nation with 2.00 steals per game.
• The 190 thefts are tied for third in school history, just six 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 88 of his 115 career games, including 44 multi-steal contests and 27 with at least three takeaways.

KING ME

• Graduate senior Derrien King was back in double figures with 13 points, while grabbing a career-high nine rebounds and handing out three assists against Cleveland State.
• He has now reached double figures in scoring 12 times on the year.
• He posted 16 points against Milwaukee, his second highest output of the season.
• He had 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 eight rebounds at Xavier and had six boards at Cleveland State. 
• 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.

HAMRICK TIME

• Junior Lamar Hamrick has been effective on defense and is second on the team with 26 total steals and tied for fourth in the Horizon League with 1.4 steals per game. 
• He has also had his moments on offense scoring 14 points with four rebounds and four steals hitting 6-of-8 from the field at UIC. 
• He posted a season and game-high 11 rebounds with six points, three steals and two assists at Cleveland State and that was after recording 10 points and a game-high eight rebounds along with four assists and two steals at Youngstown State.
• He started the season with 13 points - 10 in the second half - to go with a team-high four steals at WMU and pulled down a team-high nine boards with four assists against Kent State. 
• He had a season-high 16 points at Dayton with three steals. 

WHO WILL START?

• Freshman Willy Isiani became the 11th Titan to start a game this year when he got the nod at UIC.
• The 11 different starters are tied for first in the country with Harvard, Princeton, Incarnate Word and Eastern Washington. 
• Detroit Mercy has also used 10 different starting line-ups this season.