MILWAUKEE (1/16/2020) -- Four Titans scored in double figures and a hot-shooting first half saw the team go up by 21, but then the red, white and blue held off a furious rally as the University of Detroit Mercy downed Milwaukee, 90-84, on the road on Thursday.

Sophomore Antoine Davis scored a game-high 29 points and had five assists, before fouling out with six minutes left, and sophomore Marquis Moore netted a career-high 18 points with nine rebounds and a career-best five steals. Sophomore Chris Brandon posted his second double-double with 12 points and 14 rebounds and junior Dwayne Rose Jr., registered a career-high 16 points.

The Titans (4-15, 2-4 HL) went on a 19-2 run in the first and led by as many as 21 late in the first half. In the second half, Milwaukee (8-10, 3-3 HL) cut the lead all the way down to one, 84-83, but a big basket late by Moore and some timely free throws held off the Panthers charge. 

Detroit Mercy shot 45.6 percent for the game, including a blistering 56.3 percent in the front half, and was 10-of-22 from three and an outstanding 28-of-31 (90.3%) at the free-throw line. The Titans also won the rebounding margin, 40-38, and had eight steals in the game.

The Titans were down 17-13 in the first, but started shooting lights out and the defense came up with nine-straight stops in a 19-2 run to jump out in front, 32-19. Later on, the lead would increase to 21 with less than a minute left as graduate senior Brad Calipari hit a three.

In the second half, Detroit Mercy had a double-digit lead for the first 10 minutes, but Milwaukee started to chop into that and eventually cut it to one until Moore's big basket. 

Senior Justin Miller had seven points, three rebounds and three assists and Calipari added five.

The red, white and blue will now look for the weekend sweep as the Titans play at Green Bay on Saturday in a 1 p.m. tip. 

First Period:

• Freshman Sam Hofman had the Titans first basket on a 3-pointer and a layup by Moore made it 5-3
• Milwaukee led 12-5 when Davis hit  back-to-back triples
• The Panthers then led 17-13 when the Titans Detroit Mercy scored nine in a row and went on a 19-2 spurt
• Davis started with a basket and then Rose Jr., nailed a 3-pointer for an 18-17 advantage
• A steal by Moore led to a dunk by Brandon for a 22-17 lead and later on, a three-point play by Rose Jr. and another from distance by Davis gave the Titans a 32-19 lead with 7:18 left
• A 3-pointer by Davis and a tip-in by Brandon had the team up by 15, 37-22, with 5:33 remaining
• The lead was raised to as many as 21 as Calipari hit a three and Davis nailed another to make it 52-31 with 36 seconds left

Second Period:

• Moore had a three-point play on a basket and a foul and then a Miller free throw had the Titans up 61-42 with 17 minutes left
• The Titans had a 17-point lead three more times, the latest off a triple by Davis at 13:43 to make it 68-51
• Detroit Mercy was up 72-56 with 12:35 remaining on two free throws by Rose Jr. when Milwaukee went on an 18-6 run over the next seven minutes to cut it to 78-74
• Davis fouled out with 6:05 left
• Rose Jr. stopped that spurt with a basket and a couple of minutes later, two free throws by Brandon had the team up by seven, 82-75, with 4:38 on the clock
• The Titans led, 84-79 when five-straight points by the Panthers cut the lead to one, 84-83, with 1:16 left
• Moore went to the rim and made the layup and was fouled, completing the three-point play with the free throw and an 87-83 lead with 48 seconds to go

Game Notes:

• The Titans have now won three in a row in the series and moved closer to the all-time match-up, 29-26
• Detroit Mercy had lost 13-straight true road games with their last win coming at Milwaukee last season, 90-84
• The Titans came into the game leading the HL and 15th in the country in free-throw percentage at 77.4 percent
• The 28 free throws were the most since going 31-of-38 in the win at Milwaukee last season
• It was the seventh game this season that the Titans have made double-digit 3-pointers
• Davis is now 26th all-time in scoring with 1,216 points
• Davis now has 13 games with 20 or more points and has reached 20 points 36 times in his career
• Davis now has 26 games in his career with at least five triples and nine draining six or more
• Moore's previous career-high in steals was three against Cleveland State last season
• The last Titan with five steals was Josh McFolley against Green Bay last year
• Moore has now been in double figures in scoring five times in the last eight games
• Brandon's other double-double was 10 points and 12 rebounds at #1 Gonzaga
• Brandon has now pulled down at least 10 rebounds in the last eight games and is averaging 11.7 in that span
• Rose Jr.'s previous career high was 10 against Toledo