DETROIT (1/14/2020) -- The University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team will be back on the road as the Titans travel to the central time zone this week, starting with a game at Milwaukee on Thursday.

Game time is set for 8 p.m. (EST) and will be broadcast on ESPN+ as well as over the air on 910 AM Superstation with the Voice of the Titans Dan Hasty calling all the action.

The Titans are looking to end a three-game losing streak with all three losses coming down the stretch. Sophomore Antoine Davis continues to be one of the leading scorers in the country as he is third in the nation and leading the Horizon League at 23.7 points per game. 

Milwaukee was on a seven-game slide, but the Panthers have won three in a row and come into the contest at 8-9 overall and 3-2 in the Horizon League. They also have two of the top six scorers in the league in Darius Rot (16.0 ppg.) and Te'Jon Lucas (15.5 ppg.)
 
After Milwaukee, the Titans will hit the bus to Green Bay for a Saturday match-up. 

ALL-TIME SERIES

• The Titans swept the series last year, but the teams have split the last eight meetings as Milwaukee leads the all-time series, 29-25.
• The Titans are 9-17 all-time on the road, but have lost four of the last six with the wins coming last season (90-84) and in 2017 (81-74). 

DAVIS 3RD 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 23.7 points per game. 
• He trails only Marquette's Markus Howard (25.8) and UTSA's Jhivvan Jackson (25.8). 
• He has 12 games with 20 or more points and four 30-point outings on the year.
• Davis had a season-high 35 against SIUE, 31 at #1 Gonzaga and 33 at Ohio. 
• Last year, he topped the HL at 26.1 ppg. and he is the current active leader in Division I in scoring average at 25.3 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 great job at the line this year as the Titans are leading the HL and 15th in the country in free-throw percentage at 77.4 percent. 
• It helps to have two of the best at the line as sophomore Antoine Davis - who had made 38-straight free throws until missing his first against Wright State - leads the league and is 10th in the nation (91.9%) as he has hit 91-of-99 on the year, while senior Justin Miller is fourth in the HL and 141st in the nation at 80.8 percent.

RACKING UP THE POINTS

• Antoine Davis now has 35 career 20-point games and 13 career 30-point outings in just 47 collegiate contests. 
• He has now scored in double figures in all 47 games - reaching at least 17 points in 42 of them - and he also nailed two, 3-pointers against the Penguins to extend his three-point shooting streak to 47-straight games, the fifth-longest streak in the country.
• 1. Mack Smith (Eastern Illinois) – 65    
• 2. Justin Jaworski (Lafayette) – 63
• 3. Jaylen Minnett (IUPUI) – 55
• 4. Cameron Healy (Albany) - 49
• 5. Antoine Davis (Detroit Mercy) - 47

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 14 points at Youngstown State, Davis is now 28th in school history with 1,187 points, just one shy of 27th place. 

DAVIS' LETHAL SHOT

• Sophomore Antoine Davis hit a season-high seven 3-pointers against SIUE and made five from long range at #1 Gonzaga and two his last time out at YSU.  
• He now has 25 games with four or more triples, eight with six or more and has twice connected on 10 in his young career.
• Davis currently has 188 career 3-pointers and is already seventh in school history, just 14 away from sixth place, while his career 4.01 triples per game is the highest among all active players in DI. 

CLEANING THE GLASS

• Sophomore Chris Brandon has been a monster on the glass in his last nine games, averaging 10.2 boards with four-double-digit rebounding games and three contests where he reached nine.
• He pulled down a game-high 16 rebounds at Cleveland State last week.  
• He missed his second double-double ending with 10 points and a team-high nine boards against NKU and had eight points, six rebounds and a career-tying four blocks against Wright State. 
• He posted his first career double-double with 10 points and 12 boards along with four blocks at #1 Gonzaga. 
• Brandon had a day to remember at Oakland as he grabbed a career-high 18 rebounds to go with six points and three blocks and had 10 boards against SIUE.
• The 18 boards are the most since Eli Holman had 18 against Milwaukee in 2010.
• On the season, he leads the team in rebounding at 6.5 per night - fifth in the HL - while his 2.90 offensive rebounds is third in the HL and 88th in the NCAA. 

WATCH YOUR BACK

• Antoine Davis already has a career-high 31 steals on the season as he leads the team and is third in the conference and 86th in the nation at 1.8 per game.
• He has a steal in 15 of the 17 games this year with a career-high four at Clemson. 

BRADLEY BUCKETS GOES FOR 20

• Graduate student Brad Calipari was back in double figures for the fifth time this season as he posted 11 points off the bench at Cleveland State and added eight at Youngstown State. 
• He had 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. 
• Calipari is now 33-of-78 overall (42.3%) and 29-of-69 (42.0%) from three this year and is averaging 7.4 points per game. 
• He has also hit at least two 3-pointers in nine 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. 

BRANDON SHOWING OFF

• Sophomore Chris Brandon has come alive recently, showing off his high energy and athleticism to grab rebounds, score and block shots.
• Brandon currently tops the Horizon League with 1.30 blocks per game and 24 total swats on the year. 
• He had a game-high 18 rebounds at Cleveland State and added nine more with six points and a block at Youngstown State. 
• The second-year forward had 10 points (5-5 FG), nine rebounds and two blocks against NKU and eight points with six boards and four blocks versus WSU. 
• He tied his career-high with four blocks at #1 Gonzaga to go with 10 points and 12 rebounds for his first career double-double.
• He had three blocks and two steals along with his 18 boards at Oakland, and against Toledo, he finished with nine rebounds and 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, he finished with 12 points and eight rebounds at Clemson. 
• He is now averaging 5.3 points and 6.6 rebounds, while shooting 68.9 percent (42-of-61) 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 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 Wooden Award All American Team™ and Most Outstanding Player Award. 

MILLER TIME

• Senior transfer Justin Miller had a special moment with a little more than three minutes to go at top-ranked Gonzaga as he posted his 1,000 career collegiate point.
• He ended the contest with 17 points, five caroms and three assists.
• Miller has now reached double figures in scoring in five-straight games and seven of the last eight as he just netted 16 points with six rebounds at Youngstown State and that was after scoring 14 points with seven rebounds and a season-high three steals at Cleveland State.
• He posted his second Titan double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds versus Wright State.
• Before that, he had a season-high 18 points, six rebounds, season-best five assists and two steals against NKU. 
• At Clemson, he made his presence felt with 13 points and a game-high 13 rebounds before tallying 14 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 52 games - including 20 or more four times - with a career-high 22 points on the road at Kansas. 
• For the Titans, he is second on the team in scoring (10.6) and rebounding (6.1).

MOORE FOR MARQUIS

• Sophomore Marquis Moore finally got over his high watermark of 12 points by scoring a career-best 15, hitting three 3-pointers with six rebounds and three assists at Youngstown State. 
• Prior to that, he had scored 12 points four times this season and twice last year. 
• He posted 12 points with eight rebounds against NKU and also had 12 points at Oakland and against SIUE, where he knocked in four 3-pointers.
• Moore tallied his second career double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds against Eastern Michigan and recorded eight points and nine boards at Wyoming.
• He now has six games on the year with five or more rebounds with five double-digit scoring efforts. 
• Last season, he had a season-best 11 rebounds at Milwaukee and 10 against IUPUI
• He also registered his first collegiate double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds against IUPUI and posted 12 points and eight rebounds in the Horizon League Championship quarterfinals at NKU. 

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 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 28 of his 35 field goals this season and 48 of 59 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.