DETROIT (1/28/2020) -- Winners of two in a row and three of the last four, the University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team will look to keep up its hot play and get a win over its archrivals as the Titans meet Oakland on Friday night, Jan. 31. 

Game time is set for 7 p.m., on Dick Vitale Court in Calihan Hall and will be broadcast live on ESPN3 and locally on WADL-38 with Jeremy Otto and Earl Cureton on the call as well as over the air on 910 AM Superstation with Dan Hasty providing the action. 

This is the 41st year of the Horizon League (1979-80) and the 40th with Detroit Mercy as a member as the Titans are the eldest program in the league, while Oakland joined the conference in 2013-14. 

Detroit Mercy and Oakland also branded the annual rivalry called the #MetroSeries in 2014 as all the sports which compete in the Horizon League battle for points towards the end of the year standings.

The Titans swept their competition last weekend with wins over IUPUI and UIC and have three wins in their last four games with a win at Milwaukee in that span.

Sophomore Antoine Davis ranks fourth in the country and leads the Horizon League in scoring at 23.3 points per game and has netted 14 games with 20 or more points and four 30-point outings on the year, while sophomore Chris Brandon is averaging 10.0 ppg., and 11.9 rpg., in HL play, shooting 75.9 % (41-of-54) from the field with three double-doubles.

Oakland - who won the first meeting with the red, white and blue, 78-69, back in December, has dropped four in a row and enters the game at 7-15 overall and 2-7 in the Horizon League. 

Tickets start at just $10 and can be purchased by visiting detroittitans.com/tix. 

ALL-TIME SERIES

• This is the 26th career meeting between the two schools, located roughly 26 miles apart.
• Detroit Mercy leads the overall series, 13-12, but Oakland has won 11 of the last 13 since joining the Horizon League in 2013-14. 
• The Titans are 12-5 at home in the match-up, but have dropped three straight. 

DAVIS 4th 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 fourth in the country and leading the Horizon League in scoring at 23.3 points per game. 
• He trails Marquette's Markus Howard (28.3), UTSA's Jhivvan Jackson (26.3) and Northeastern's Jordan Roland (23.4). 
• He has 14 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 second active leading scorer in Division I in at 25.0 ppg. 

GETTING THE FREE ONES

• Detroit Mercy leads the HL and is fourth in the country in free-throw percentage at 79.6 percent, connecting on at least 20 or more free throws six times this season.
• Some of the best games have included:
• 20-of-22 at Clemson
• 25-of-30 vs. UC Irvine
• 20-of-24 vs. Louisiana Lafayette
• 21-of-24 at Oakland
• 28-of-31 at Milwaukee
• 21-of-26 at Green Bay
• 14-of-15 vs. UIC
• 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 and is now on another streak at 26 straight - leads the league and is fourth in the nation (93.3%) as he has hit 112-of-120 on the year, while senior Justin Miller is fourth in the HL and 125th in the nation at 80.9 percent.

RACKING UP THE POINTS

• Antoine Davis now has 37 career 20-point games and 13 career 30-point outings in just 51 collegiate contests.
• He has now scored in double figures in all 51 games - reaching at least 17 points in 44 of them - and he also nailed three 3-pointers against UIC to extend his three-point shooting streak to 51-straight games, the fourth-longest streak in the country.
• 1. Mack Smith (Eastern Illinois) – 69    
• 2. Jaylen Minnett (IUPUI) – 58
• 3. Cameron Healy (Albany) - 53
• 4. Antoine Davis (Detroit Mercy) - 51

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 13 points against UIC, Davis is now 23rd in school history with 1,273 points, 68 points shy of 22nd place. 

DAVIS' LETHAL SHOT

• Sophomore Antoine Davis hit a season-high seven 3-pointers against SIUE and made six at Milwaukee and five from long range at #1 Gonzaga and against IUPUI.
• He now has 27 games with four or more triples, nine with six or more and has twice connected on 10 in his young career.
• Davis currently has 203 career 3-pointers and is already sixth in school history, just two away from fifth place, while his career 3.98 triples per game is the second-highest among all active players in DI. 

CLEANING THE GLASS

• Sophomore Chris Brandon has been a beast on the glass in his last 11 games, pulling down at least 10 rebounds in seven contests and is averaging 11.7 in that span with three double-doubles. He also has at least four offensive rebounds in eight of those games with nine at Oakland and seven at Cleveland State and at Green Bay.
• He had a huge game with a career-best 18 points - hitting 9-of-10 shots - and 12 rebounds and a career-high six blocks against IUPUI.
• He posted nine points and 15 rebounds at Green Bay and that followed 12 points and 14 boards at Milwaukee. 
• He pulled down a game-high 16 rebounds at Cleveland 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, the most since Eli Holman had 18 against Milwaukee in 2010.
• On the season, he leads the team in rebounding at 7.6 per night - fourth in the HL - while his 3.14 offensive rebounds is fourth in the HL and 50th in the NCAA. 

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 nine against IUPUI and 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 has hit at least two 3-pointers in 11 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

• Chris Brandon has come alive, showing off his high energy and athleticism to grab rebounds, score and block shots.
• Brandon leads the Horizon League with 1.55 blocks per game and 34 total swats on the year. 
• He posted career highs with 18 points (9-10 FG) and six blocks along with 12 rebounds at IUPUI. 
• He had a game-high 18 rebounds at Oakland and added 12 points and 14 rebounds at Milwaukee and nine points and 15 rebounds at Green Bay. 
• He tied his then 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 6.8 points and 7.6 rebounds, while shooting 71.4 percent (65-of-91) on the season. 
• Last year, he shot 60.8 percent from the field, mostly on getting to the rim and putting back offensive rebounds.  

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.
• With his 11 points against UIC, Miller has reached double figures in eight of the last 12 games and 12 times this season.  
• He had 16 points with six boards at Youngstown State and that was after 14 points with seven caroms 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 vs. UC Irvine. 
• In his career, he has scored in double figures in 53 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 (10.0) and rebounding (5.5).

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 and then raised that to 18 points at Milwaukee, where he was 9-of-10 at the line with nine rebounds and a career-best five steals. 
• With his 16 points against UIC, he has now been in double figures in scoring seven times in the last 11 games and is averaging 10.9 ppg., in that span.
• 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 seven games on the year with five or more rebounds with six double-digit scoring efforts. 
• Last season, he had a season-best 11 rebounds at Milwaukee.
• 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 30 of his 39 field goals this season and 50 of 63 in his career have been from behind the arc. 
• He tallied a season-high 20 points last season nailing six more from downtown at IUPUI and finished the year with 14 in the HL quarterfinals at NKU.
• A native of Tbilisi, Georgia, he is believed to be the first Titan from the country of Georgia.

HOORAY FOR GORMAN

• Junior walk-on Jordan Gorman came into the Oakland game with just 20 points on the season, but he connected on five 3-pointers and ended with a career-best 15 points against the Golden Grizzlies. 

ROSE RAISING HIS GAME

• Junior Dwayne Rose Jr. has started to pick up his scoring, netting double figures in both games in Wisconsin with a career-high 16 points, five rebounds and two assists at Milwaukee and 13 points at Green Bay.
• He also posted 10 points against Toledo, getting to the rim by beating his defender with some quick moves around the basket. 
• He scored seven points and handed out three assists versus NKU and added eight points and four boards against Wright State. 

ALL-AROUND LEGRAND

• Alonde LeGrand has shown that he can do a little of everything on the court and had the game-winning jumper against UIC, as he matched his season-high with six points. 
• He tied his season-high with six rebounds and had two assists and two steals against IUPUI. 
• He had a team-high five assists and four rebounds against SIUE and was all-over the court against Toledo, ending with six points, tying his season-high with six rebounds and a season-best seven assists. 
• He grabbed six rebounds, while adding four points, three steals and a block at Kent State and also pulled down a team-high six boards at Ohio.
• LeGrand transferred to the Titans from State Fair Community College in Vermont and will have three years of eligibility. 
• LeGrand originally enrolled at Fairfield as a freshman, but did not appear in any games in 2017-18. 

GOING AFTER YOU DAD

• Head coach Mike Davis is quick to point out that Antoine Davis is not the defender that he was in college, but in terms of offense, the son is winning that battle.
• Coach Davis starred at Alabama from 1979 to 1983 and totaled 1,211 points in 121 career games, going 478-of- 1003 (47.7%) from the field with 238 assists.
• Antoine now has 1,273 career points, 200 assists and 65 steals.  
• For Brad Calipari, he has already surpassed his dad's, John Calipari, point totals at Division I as he has 130 at DI.  
• Coach Cal played three seasons of college ball, one at UNC Wilmington and two at Clarion. At UNC Wilmington in 1978-79, he posted 29 points hitting 4-of-17 from the field and 21-of-25 at the line. 
• At Clarion, Calipari scored 202 points, but ran the offense with 193 assists. 

WATCH YOUR BACK

• Antoine Davis already has a career-high 36 steals on the season as he leads the team and is fourth in the conference and 107th in the nation at 1.71 per game.
• He has a steal in 19 of the 21 games this year with a career-high four at Clemson. 

NON-CONFERENCE SCHEDULE ONE OF THE TOUGHEST

• The non-conference opponents were a combined 265-180 (.584) a year ago, with six teams earning postseason bids.
• So far on the season, the non-conference foes have combined for a 142-123 (53.5%) mark with one more left.
• In total, the red, white and blue played 13 games in the non-conference with nine away from the Motor City.
• The first seven games of the year were on the road and saw the Titans travel just under 10,000 miles round trip (9,980). 
• The seven-games away from home was the longest stretch since the Titans played 10 in a row away from the Motor City at the end of the 2000-01 season, which included two regular-season games, the HL Tournament and a run to the NIT Final Four.