DETROIT (1/8/2020) -- The University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team will now get on the road for four-straight games, starting with a trip to Ohio and opening with Cleveland State on Thursday, Jan. 9.

Game time is set for 7 p.m., and will be broadcast live on ESPN+ well as over the air on 910 AM Superstation with Dan Hasty calling the contest. 

Last season, Detroit Mercy swept the series with Cleveland State as it owns the all-time series, 44-24.

The Titans are coming off a competitive weekend against the two Horizon League preseason favorites, defeating NKU and just falling short versus Wright State. 

Sophomore Antoine Davis continues to shine as one of the top scorers in the country as he is second in the country and leading the Horizon League in scoring at 24.9 points per game. He is coming off a 24-point performance against the Raiders and now has 12 games on the season with 20 or more points and four 30-point outings. 

Senior Justin Miller has started to get it going inside. He has reached double figures in scoring in three-straight games and five of the last six with his second Titan double-double of 14 points and 12 rebounds versus Wright State that followed his season-high 18 points against NKU. 

Cleveland State was picked to finish last in the preseason poll, but the Vikings have played better than that prediction with a 6-10 overall record and a 2-1 mark in the league. 

Following the contest, Detroit Mercy will finish off its Ohio road trip at Youngstown State on Saturday. 

ALL-TIME SERIES

• The Titans swept the series last season and have won six of the last eight meetings to take a 44-24 lead in the match-up. 
• Detroit Mercy is 13-18 all-time on the road in the series, but has dropped seven of the last nine (2016) at the Wolstein Center. 

NON-CONFERENCE SCHEDULE ONE OF THE TOUGHEST

• The non-conference opponents were a combined 258-176 (.594) a year ago, with six teams earning postseason bids.
• So far on the season, the non-conference foes have combined for a 112-83 (57.4%) 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.

DAVIS 2ND 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 second in the country and leading the Horizon League in scoring at 24.9 points per game. 
• He is just behind Marquette's Markus Howard's 25.8 ppg. 
• Davis now has 12 games on the season with 20 or more points and four 30-point outings.
• He has scored at least 24 points in six of his last seven games - with a season-high 35 against SIUE and 31 at #1 Gonzaga. 
• Last year, he topped the HL at 26.1 ppg. and he is the current active leader in Division I in scoring average at 25.6 ppg. 

GETTING THE FREE ONES

• Detroit Mercy has done a great job at the line this year as the Titans are leading the HL and 12th in the country in free-throw percentage at 77.8 percent. 
• The Titans have connected on at least 20 free throws four times this season and are 190 of their last 241 (78.8%). 
• 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 12th in the nation (91.6%), while senior Justin Miller is third in the HL and 90th in the nation at 84.1 percent.

RACKING UP THE POINTS

• Antoine Davis now has 35 career 20-point games and 13 career 30-point outings in just 45 collegiate contests. 
• He has now scored in double figures in all 45 games - reaching at least 17 points in 42 of them - and he also nailed four, 3-pointers against the Raiders to extend his three-point shooting streak to 45-straight games, the fifth-longest streak in the country.
• 1. Mack Smith (Eastern Illinois) – 62    
• 2. Justin Jaworski (Lafayette) – 60
• 3. Jaylen Minnett (IUPUI) – 53
• 4. Cameron Healy (Albany) - 48
• 5. Antoine Davis (Detroit Mercy) - 45

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 24 points against Wright State, Davis is now 29th in school history with 1,157 points, just 11 shy of 28th 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 four his last time out against WSU. 
• 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 183 career 3-pointers and is already seventh in school history, just 19 away from sixth place, while his career 4.07 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 seven games, averaging 9.5 boards with three-double-digit rebounding games and two contests where he reached nine.
• 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 Greg Grant had 20 against Toledo in 1992.
• On the season, he is tied for first on the team in rebounding at 5.8 per night, while his 2.63 offensive rebounds per game is sixth in the HL and 125th in the NCAA. 

WATCH YOUR BACK

• Antoine Davis already has a career-high 30 steals on the season as he leads the conference and is 51st in the nation at 2.0 per game.
• He has a steal in 14 games this year with a career-high four at Clemson. 

WHOSE STARTING?

• Detroit Mercy has used 10 different starting line-ups in its first 16 games. 

LONG RANGE APPROACH

• Detroit Mercy got off a school-record 46 attempts from behind the arc at Oakland, making 12 in the process. 
• The Titans had 66 total field goal attempts in the contest. 

BRADLEY BUCKETS GOES FOR 20

• Graduate student Brad Calipari was back in double figures for the fourth time this season as he posted 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 27-of-61 overall (44.3%) and 24-of-53 (45.3%) from three this year and is averaging 7.1 points per game. 
• He has also hit at least two 3-pointers in seven 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 1.44 blocks per game and 23 total swats on the year. 
• 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 5.2 points and 5.8 rebounds, while shooting 69.2 percent (36-of-52) 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 most prestigious honors in college basketball, 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 against the Bulldogs.
• Miller has now reached double figures in scoring in three-straight games and five of the last six as he just 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 really made his presence felt posting 13 points and a game-high 13 rebounds before tallying 14 knocking down a pair of triples 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 50 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 tops the teams on the glass (6.1). 

MOORE FOR MARQUIS

• Sophomore Marquis Moore tied his season and career-high for the fourth time this year, posting 12 points with eight rebounds against NKU.
• He also had 12 points at Oakland and against SIUE, hitting four 3-pointers, with four rebounds.
• He also tallied his second career double-double with 12 points and a team-high 10 rebounds against Eastern Michigan and recorded eight points and nine rebounds at Wyoming.
• 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, a team-high on the boards, and posted 12 points and eight rebounds in the Horizon League Championship quarterfinals at NKU. 

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.