GREEN BAY, Wisc. (2/16/2019) -- Freshman Antoine Davis inched closer to the NCAA record for most 3-pointers by a freshman as he led three Titans in double figures, but a second-half run by Green Bay was too much as the University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team fell, 82-73, at the Resch Center on Saturday afternoon. 

Davis had 22 points, hitting five 3-pointers in the process, tying him with Oklahoma's Trae Young last year for the second most in NCAA history by a freshman at 118 and trailing only Stephen Curry's 122 that he registered at Davidson in 2006-07.

Senior Josh McFolley scored 19 points and became the school's all-time steals leader as his first half takeaway gave him 196 in his career, passing Jerry Davis (1978-82) for the sole top spot. 

Graduate senior Derrien King ended with 14 points and junior Harrison Curry recorded seven points, a team-high seven rebounds and tied his season best with three steals. 

The Titans (10-17, 7-8 HL) got off to a 12-0 run and had a double-digit lead a couple of times in the first half before heading into the break up 37-33. They then took an 11-point lead, 44-33, early in the second half, but Green Bay (14-13, 8-6 HL) started to mount a comeback and jumped ahead with 13:31 to go.

Neither team led by more than four points and there were numerous ties and lead changes for the next 10 minutes, but the Phoenix went on a 10-3 spurt and claimed the advantage for good at 67-64 with 2:03 left.

Davis also had a team-high four assists. Graduate senior Jacob Holland had five points and freshman Chris Brandon pulled down five boards.

The Titans shot 38.9 percent with 11 from behind the arc and held the Phoenix to just 8-of-25 from three.

Detroit Mercy will now get ready for #MetroSeries rival Oakland as the red, white and blue will be in Grizzlies territory next Saturday, Feb. 23, in a 3 p.m. tip.

First Half:

• The Titans raced out to a 12-0 lead as they held Green Bay - the highest scoring team in the HL - off the boards in the first 3:30
• Holland started the game with a three and that was followed by triples from McFolley and Davis
• Detroit Mercy then got the ball inside to Curry who was fouled and his three-point play made it 12-0
• Green Bay would cut the lead to five, but a three by Davis and a layup from senior Gerald Blackshear Jr. had the team up by 10, 22-12, with 13:14 on the clock
• Two free throws by King and a jumper by McFolley got the Titans back up by 12, 26-14, at the 12:48 mark
• Green Bay went on a 12-1 run to get within one, 27-26, but a trey from McFolley stopped that spurt with under seven minutes to go
• The Titans went into the break with a four-point lead, 37-33, as Davis nailed a jumper with just 52 seconds remaining

Second Half:

• Detroit Mercy started the half on a 7-0 run as McFolley connected on a three, Holland went inside for a basket and Curry had a bucket in the paint for a 44-33 advantage with 17:42 remaining
• Green Bay answered with 10-straight points to trim the lead to one when King ended that spurt with a basket at 14:49
• Each team would juggle the lead and never led by more than four for the next 10 minutes 
• Davis gave the team the lead back at 49-47 with a triple at the 12:47 mark
• King increased the lead to three, 52-49, on a three at 11:56 and then Davis split two free throws to make it a 56-52 contest midway through the period
• The Titans led by two, 62-60, with 5:40 left as freshman Marquis Moore hit two free throws, but Green Bay responded with a 14-5 run over the next three minutes to take a 74-67 lead
• Detroit Mercy made it a one-possession game as McFolley's jumper had the team within three, 76-73, with just under a minute to go

Game Notes:

• Detroit Mercy trails the all-time series, 32-26 and has now lost seven in a row at the Resch Center
• The Titans now have 256, 3-pointers on the year, just 23 shy of the school mark of 279 in 2000-01
• The school record for 3-pointers in a season is 136 by Rashad Phillips in 2000-01
• Davis also now has 689 points on the year, moving past Willie Green (2002-03) and Tony Tolbert (1993-94) for eighth most in school history, behind a pair of totals by NBA Hall-Of-Famer Dave DeBusschere (696 in 1961-62 and 691 in 1959-60)
• McFolley's three triples give him 222 in his career, fourth in school history and two behind Dwayne Kelley's (1990-93) 224
• McFolley's 19 points pushed him past Brian Humes into 20th place all-time in scoring at 1,383, just three behind native Detroit Chase Simon for 19th place at 1,386 
• King was in double figures for the 14th time this year
• Curry tied his career high with the three steals he had at Youngstown State