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Junior Cole Long and the Titans will look to sweep Green Bay during the regular season.

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@DetroitMBB Heads To Green Bay For Saturday HL Match-Up

DETROIT (2/15/2019) -- The University of Detroit Mercy will look to make it a Wisconsin sweep as the Titans travel to high-scoring Green Bay in another pivotal Horizon League contest on Saturday.

Game time is set for 1 p.m. (EST) at the Resch Center and will be broadcast live on ESPN3 as well as over the airwaves on 910 AM Superstation with the Voice of the Titans Dan Hasty.

The Titans earned a big come-from-behind win at Milwaukee to push its record to 10-16 overall and 7-7 in the Horizon League. It is the first time Detroit Mercy has reached double figures in wins since 2015-16 and with the Horizon League Championships only featuring the top eight teams in the conference this year, the victory over the Panthers gave the Titans a regular-season sweep over Milwaukee and an important tiebreaker to make the top eight.

Green Bay - who leads the HL in scoring at 82.8 points per game - used some defense to beat Oakland on Thursday, forcing 27 turnovers en route to a 66-54 win. The Phoenix is now 13-13 overall and 7-6 in the conference, but since the Titans claimed the first meeting back in Calihan Hall, 101-83, another triumph would give the red, white and blue yet another tiebreaker in not only making the conference tournament, but possibly hosting a home game. 

Freshman Antoine Davis tallied five more 3-pointers in the win at Milwaukee, pushing his total to 113 on the year, third in NCAA history by a freshman trailing only the 118 put in by Oklahoma's Trae Young last year and Stephen Curry's record 122  he had at Davidson in 2006-07.  

Another record will also be on the line as senior Josh McFolley is now tied for the school record with Jerry Davis at 195 career steals. 

The 2019 Little Caesars Horizon League Men's and Women's Championships tickets are now on sale to the general public. 

Tickets may be found at HorizonLeague.com, the Little Caesars Arena XFINITY Box Office, or by calling the Little Caesars Arena Ticket Sales and Service Office at 313-471-7575. Ticket prices for the semifinals and championship for Motor City Madness, which will take place March 11-12, begin at $15 per day. Semifinal and Championship combo tickets can be purchased beginning at $25.

Quarterfinal games will take place on campus sites on March 5-6. Each campus site will separately announce their quarterfinal ticketing plans. 

ALL-TIME MATCH-UP
  • Detroit Mercy has dropped 11 of the last 13 to Green Bay and trails the all-time series, 31-26. 
  • The Titans have dropped six in a row at the Resch Center with their last win coming in 2012 as the red, white and blue is 8-18 all-time on the road in the series. 
  • The Titans won the first meeting at Calihan Hall, 101-83, and are looking for their first season sweep over the Phoenix since 2011-12.
  • In the last four seasons spanning nine games, the teams have had some strong offensive displays as Green Bay is averaging 95.1 points to the Titans' 90.6, which includes this year's 101-83 win, last season's 107-97 Green Bay victory at Calihan Hall, a 93-92 Titan buzzer-beater victory in 2017 in Detroit and a 115-108 overtime Phoenix triumph in 2016. 

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.

AD GETTING BUCKETS
  • Antoine Davis led the team with 27 points at Milwaukee and has led the team in scoring 24 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 25 games he has played. 
  • He now has 18, 20-point games, eight 30+ performances and a pair of 40-point efforts in his first 25 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 OWNS THREE HORIZON LEAGUE MARKS
  • Freshman Antoine Davis also owns a few Horizon League freshman records for points in a game (48), 3-pointers in a season (113) and points in a season (667) as he passed former UIC standout Dikembe Dixson's 594 point total 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 26.7 points, trailing Campbell's senior guard Chris Clemons' 29.8. 
  • He leads the nation with 113 triples and 4.55, 3-pointers per game and is fourth in total points (667) and fifth in field goals (225). 
  • Davis is also second in the Horizon League and 72nd in the nation in three-point field goal percentage (40.7%), fourth in the HL and 55th in DI in free throw percentage (86.0%) and first in the conference and 10th in the country in minutes per game (37:35). 

SHOOTING HIS WAY TO RECORDS
  • Freshman Antoine Davis already has 113 triples on the season, a Titan freshman record and second in school history, trailing only legendary scorer Rashad Phillips' 136 in 2000-01. 
  • He is currently third in NCAA history for the most 3-pointers by a freshman as 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.

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 49 steals on the year and is second in the Horizon League and 62nd in the nation with 1.90 steals per game.
  • McFolley's 195 thefts is tied for first in school history with Jerry Davis (1978-82). 
  • 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 91 of his 119 career games, including 46 multi-steal contests and 27 with at least three takeaways.

NO JOSHING AROUND
  • Senior Josh McFolley - who was named the HL Player of the Week on Jan. 14 - scored 22 points his last time out - his 14th career 20-point game 
  • He is now averaging 12.5 points - 19th in the HL - 2.8 assists, 2.3 rebounds and 1.9 steals per game. 
  • His best scoring game this year came against Green Bay as he netted a season-high 29 points hitting 10-of-16 from the field and 6-of-9 from three with five steals. 
  • He scored 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. 

WE GOT OUR CURRY
  • It was a long road for junior Harrison Curry to get back on the court, but he has added a much-needed inside presence for the Titans.
  • He is averaging 9.1 points and 6.1 rebounds hitting 49.1 percent from the field in his last eight games, tallying his first career double-double with 11 points and a season-high 10 boards against Green Bay.
  • Curry tied his season high with 16 points, going 7-of-11 from the field with eight rebounds at Wright State and just had 16 points at Milwaukee. 
  • He missed two games against Cleveland State and Youngstown State with an injury, but before that, he registered nine points and tied for the team lead with seven boards, swatting a career-high three blocks at IUPUI.
  • Curry also had seven points and tied for the team lead with eight boards against Milwaukee and had six points and seven boards versus Oakland. 
  • In his Titan debut, he scored 16 points with three rebounds and two blocks at Toledo. 
  • 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. 

1,364 & COUNTING
  • After scoring 22 points at Milwaukee, senior Josh McFolley is 21st in school history with 1,364 points, just nine shy of 20th place. 

MCFOLLEY FOR 3
  • Senior Josh McFolley now has 219 career 3-pointers, fourth in school history and five away from Dwayne Kelly's third-place mark. 
  • He tied his season high going 6-of-9 from three against Green Bay as he was 6-of-10 from distance at Eastern Michigan. 
  • MOORE BOARDS
  • Freshman Marquis Moore has given some quality minutes this season and was huge on the boards the last time out at Milwaukee, pulling down a season-high 11.
  • He had seven rebounds against Youngstown State and at IUPUI and netted a season-best 11 points with five rebounds versus Oakland. 

KING ME
  • Graduate senior Derrien King was in double figures for the 13th time this year scoring 12 points - 10 in the second half - at Milwaukee.
  • He has been in double figures in eight Horizon League games and the Titans are 7-1 in those contests. 
  • King scored 13 points, grabbed a career-high nine rebounds and handed out three assists against Cleveland State.
  • He posted 16 points against Milwaukee at home, 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.

G CRASHING THE GLASS
  • Senior Gerald Blackshear Jr. had a pair of career games against Cleveland State and Youngstown State.
  • He tallied his first career double-double with a career-best 14 points and 11 rebounds versus the Penguins, going 6-of-8 from the field.
  • Two days before, he pulled down a career-high 14 rebounds with a career-tying three blocks against Cleveland State and that was just one week after scoring a then 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 pulled down eight rebounds in 21 minutes against Oakland and 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. 
  • In the season opener at Western Michigan, he registered eight points and a team-high 10 rebounds in just 23 minutes of court time.
  • He is now shooting 64.7 percent from the field on the season and 60.6 in his career and leads the team with 4.8 rebounds per game.  

TAKE IT AWAY
  • Detroit Mercy is second in the conference and 38th in DI with 7.8 steals per game.
  • The Titans tied a season high with 12 steals at UIC, matching the total they had against Green Bay and Ohio. 
  • Detroit Mercy is fourth in the HL forcing 14.1 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 are second in the HL and are 61st in Division I committing just 11.8 per game.
  • Detroit Mercy had just five turnovers on the road at Cleveland State and now has eight games with less than 10 turnovers on the year.

LET IT FLY
  • Detroit Mercy is fifth in the Horizon League with 9.4 triples per game, 41st in the country, and tied for fourth in the HL and 93rd in DI in three-point field goal percentage (36.2). 
  • The Titans have nailed 245 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. 
  • The 245, 3-pointers are 26th in the nation. The school record for 3-pointers in a season is 279 in 2000-01. 

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