DETROIT (2/19/2020) -- The University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team will host its final two home games of the regular season this week starting with Green Bay on Friday, Feb. 21, at Calihan Hall. 

Game time is set for 7 p.m. and will be broadcast on ESPN+ with Jeremy Otto and Earl Cureton providing the action as well as over the air on 910 AM Superstation with the Voice of the Titans Dan Hasty calling all the action.

The Titans will look to end a five-game slide and move upwards in the standings, while keeping Green Bay at bay in the middle of the pack. 

Sophomore Antoine Davis continues to be one of the top scorers in the country ranking sixth in Division I and leading the Horizon League in scoring at 23.2 points per game, while his 5.07 assists per game in conference play is tied for the HL best.

Tickets start at just $10 and can be purchased at DetroitTitans.com/tix.

ALL-TIME SERIES

• Detroit Mercy has dropped 13 of the last 15 to Green Bay and trails the all-time series, 33-26. 
• The Titans have won four of the last eight in Calihan Hall and owns a 14-12 mark on campus against the Phoenix.
• In the last five seasons spanning 11 games, the teams have had some strong offensive displays as Green Bay is averaging 88.7 points to the Titans' 84.6, which includes last year's 101-83 win, the 107-97 Green Bay victory at Calihan Hall in 2018, a 93-92 Titan buzzer-beater victory in 2017 in Detroit and a 115-108 overtime Phoenix triumph in 2016. 

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 180-157 (53.4%) 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 6th 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 sixth in the country and leading the Horizon League in scoring at 23.2 points per game. 
• He has 17 games with 20 or more points and five 30-point outings on the year.
• Davis had a season-high 35 against SIUE, 34 versus Youngstown State, 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. 

DAVIS' LETHAL SHOT

• Sophomore Antoine Davis hit a season-high seven 3-pointers against SIUE and made six at Milwaukee and against Youngstown State and five from long range at #1 Gonzaga and against IUPUI.
• He now has 30 games with four or more triples, 10 with six or more and has twice connected on 10 in his young career.
• Davis currently has 219 career 3-pointers and is already fifth in school history, just five away from fourth place, while his career 3.99 triples per game is the second-highest among all active players in DI. 

GETTING THE FREE ONES

• Detroit Mercy leads the HL and is third in the country in free-throw percentage at 78.9 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 leads the league and is ninth in the nation (90.7%) as he has hit 120-of-133 on the year, while senior Justin Miller is third in the HL and 96th in the nation at 82.7 percent.

RACKING UP THE POINTS

• Antoine Davis now has 40 career 20-point games and 14 career 30-point outings in just 55 collegiate contests.
• He has now scored in double figures in all 56 games - reaching at least 17 points in 46 of them.

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 17 points versus Cleveland State, Davis jumped to 20th in school history with 1,388 points, 16 behind Juwan Howard Jr. for 19th place and 22 shy of Joe Kopicki for 18th.

DAVIS DISHING IT OUT

• Sophomore Antoine Davis is currently third in the Horizon League in assists at 4.6 per game, but in conference games, that number has risen to 5.07, tied for the HL lead with Milwaukee's Te'Jon Lucas and Green Bay's JayQuan McCloud. 

CLEANING THE GLASS

• Sophomore Chris Brandon has been a beast on the glass in his last 16 games, pulling down at least 10 rebounds in 10 contests and is averaging 11.5 in that span with four double-doubles. He also has at least four offensive rebounds in nine of those games with nine at Oakland and seven at Cleveland State and at Green Bay.
• He just grabbed 17 boards with seven points and three blocks against Cleveland State. 
• He tallied 12 points and 14 boards at Wright State and five points with 14 rebounds at NKU. 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 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 8.3 per night - fourth in the HL - while his 3.15 offensive rebounds is fourth in the HL and 44th in the NCAA. 
• In Horizon League play, Brandon is averaging 11.64 rebounds per game, trailing only IUPUI's Elyjah Goss' 13.33, while his 1.86 blocks per game still tops the league. 

ANOTHER GAME IN THE 40'S

• Sophomore Antoine Davis leads the Horizon League with 37:05 minutes played as he is coming off a career-high 41 minutes against Cleveland State.
• He has now played 40 or more minutes seven times this season and 12 times in his career. 

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 HL with 1.48 blocks per game and 40 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 and career-high 18 rebounds at Oakland and posted four blocks at #1 Gonzaga to go with 10 points and 12 rebounds for his first career double-double.
• 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 and just had 12 points and 14 rebounds at WSU.  
• He is now averaging 6.5 points and 8.3 rebounds, while shooting 64.7 percent (77-of-119) on the season, although he does not have enough field goals to qualify for the leaderboard (need 5 made per game).
• Last year, he shot 60.8 percent from the field, mostly on getting to the rim and putting back offensive rebounds.  

DAVIS TABBED TOP 10 FINALISTS FOR JERRY WEST AWARD

• Antoine Davis was named a top-10 finalist for the Jerry West Award by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
• Named after Class of 1980 Hall of Famer and 1959 NCAA Final Four MVP Jerry West, the annual honor in its sixth year recognizes the top shooting guards in Division I men's college basketball. 
• Starting Five Fan Voting presented by Dell Technologies will go live on Friday, February 7, via hoophallawards.com. 
• Previous winners of the Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award include RJ Barrett, Duke (2019), Carsen Edwards, Purdue (2018), Malik Monk, Kentucky (2017), Buddy Hield, Oklahoma (2016) and D'Angelo Russell, Ohio State (2015). 

2020 Jerry West Award Candidates 

• Antoine Davis, Detroit Mercy
• Isaiah Joe, Arkansas
• Kamar Baldwin, Butler
• Ty-Shon Alexander, Creighton 
• Anthony Edwards, Georgia 
• Joe Wieskamp, Iowa
• Tyrese Maxey, Kentucky 
• Skylar Mays, LSU 
• Myles Powell, Seton Hall 
• Desmond Bane, TCU

BRADLEY BUCKETS GOES FOR 20

• Brad Calipari has been in double figures five times this season as he posted 11 points off the bench at Cleveland State and added nine against IUPUI and eight at Youngstown State and at NKU. 
• He had a 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 13 games - including six times in HL play - 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. 

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.
• He has reached double figures in 11 of the last 17 games.
• He had 15 points against Oakland. He registered 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. 

MOORE FOR MARQUIS

• Sophomore Marquis Moore netted his first career 20-point game with a game-high 20 points against Cleveland State, where he also had five rebounds. 
• He had 15 points, hitting three 3-pointers with six rebounds and three assists at Youngstown State and then raised that to a then career-best 18 points at Milwaukee, where he was 9-of-10 at the line with nine rebounds and a career-best five steals. 
• Moore posted his second double-double of the season and third of his career with 15 points and career-tying 11 rebounds against the Penguins. 
• He scored 16 points against UIC and tallied a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds against Eastern Michigan.
• He now has 11 games on the year with five or more rebounds with 10 double-digit scoring efforts. 

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 hit the three ball as 35 of his 47 field goals this season and 55 of 70 in his career have been from distance.
• A native of Tbilisi, Georgia, he is believed to be the first Titan from the country of Georgia.

ROSE RAISING HIS GAME

• Junior Dwayne Rose Jr. has started to pick up his scoring, netting double figures in five of the last nine games, including back-to-back games of 20 or more. 
•  He had a then career-high of 20 points and eight rebounds at Wright State and followed that up with 21 points, five rebounds and three assists at NKU. 
• He was in double figures in both games in Wisconsin with 16 points, five rebounds and two assists at Milwaukee and 13 points at Green Bay.
• He also had 13 points, six rebounds and two steals against Oakland. 
• In the last nine games, he is averaging 10.3 points and 2.7 rebounds.

WATCH YOUR BACK

• Antoine Davis already has a career-high 44 steals on the season as he leads the team and is fourth in the conference and 100th in the nation at 1.69 per game.
• He has a steal in 23 of the 26 games this year with a career-high four at Clemson and against Oakland.