DETROIT (11/29/2021) -- The University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team will play its second-straight game against a team from the Colonial Athletic Association as the Titans visit Northeastern on Tuesday. 

Game time is set for 7:00 p.m. at Matthews Arena and fans can watch the game live on FLO Hoops or listen to the Titans on WLQV 92.7 FM & 1500 AM FaithTalk Detroit with the Voice of Detroit Mercy basketball Dan Hasty.

Detroit Mercy is searching for its first win of the season as the Titans are coming off a 98-84 setback at Hofstra. Senior Antoine Davis nearly had a triple-double ending with a season-high 39 points - the fourth-most in the nation this season - to go with a season-best eight assists and a career-tying seven rebounds. Davis is now third in the nation in scoring at 23.8 points per game. 

The Titans also hit a season-best 15, 3-pointers, the fourth-straight game the red, white and blue have made at least nine in a game. 

Northeastern is 3-4 on the season and is on a two-game slide falling to Colorado State on a neutral site and at state-rival Harvard. The Huskies won a share of the CAA Regular Season title a season ago and were picked to finish second in the preseason poll. 
 
Following the game, the Titans will open Horizon League play as Detroit Mercy will visit IUPUI on Thursday and UIC on Sunday. 

ALL-TIME SERIES

• This is the sixth career meeting between Detroit Mercy and Northeastern with the Titans leading the series, 3-2.
• The last time these programs met was during the non-conference portion of the 2019-20 campaign with the Huskies taking a 74-61 decision. The return game was supposed to be last season but the pandemic pushed it to this year. 
• The Titans are 1-1 on the road in the series falling in the first-ever meeting, 73-68, in 2004, but the red, white and blue did have an impressive come-from-behind victory on the road in 2014-15, erasing a six-point deficit with under three minutes left and then outscoring the Huskies, 21-9, in overtime for an 81-69 triumph.

ALL IN THE FAMILY

• Nothing new for the Titans to have a family connection in the program and this season, Detroit Mercy will once again feature three Davis' in head coach Mike Davis, assistant coach Mike Davis Jr. and senior guard Antoine Davis.
• From 2010-13, the Titans had head coach Ray McCallum and star guard Ray McCallum, winning the HL title in 2012 and earning a trip to the NIT in 2013.
• Also, the legendary Bob Calihan coached his son, Bob Calihan Jr., for one season as he transferred to U-D from Loyola for his senior season in 1968-69. 

FROM ALL OVER

• The Detroit Mercy men's basketball team will feature student-athletes from eight states (Alabama, Florida, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, New York and Texas) and four countries (Canada, Georgia, Ivory Coast and the Sudan).

TOUGH SCHEDULE

• A nine-game road trip will start the season for the Titans. 
• The opponents totaled a 116-101 record last year and has teams from the SEC, ACC and Mountain West, conferences that produce multi NCAA Tournament teams. 
• The nine-straight games away from Calihan Hall is the second-longest streak away from the Motor City since the end of the 2000-01 campaign when the Titans played 10-straight with two road games to end the season, three neutral site games in the conference tournament, and then five games in the NIT as they made a run to the semifinals.  

STAT RANKINGS

• The Titans currently rank 47th in the nation in 3-point field goals per game (9.8), 71st in 3-point field-goal percentage (37.4%) and 86th in free throw percentage (73.8%).
• The team is also 48th in fewest fouls and 77th in fewest turnovers per contest.
• Individually, senior Antoine Davis is third in the nation in scoring (23.8), fifth in 3-point field goals per game (4.2), 11th in minutes played (37:50) and 19th in free throw percentage (94.7%), while junior Madut Akec is 37th in rebounding (9.2). 

CASHING IN ON THE FREE ONES

• Senior Antoine Davis, who claimed fourth in DI in free-throw percentage with a league-best and school-record 91.7% (88-of-96) last season, currently owns the school record at 89.1% (386-of-433).
• He saw his school record and NCAA-best 57-straight free throw streak come to an end at Louisville. As a sophomore, he had a streak of 37 in a row at one point. 
• His 89.1% is the third-highest among active returning players in the nation. 

RACKING UP THE POINTS

• Senior Antoine Davis now has 62 career 20-point games, 21 career 30-point outings and four 40-point contests in just 87 collegiate games and has also scored in double figures in all 87 games - reaching at least 17 points in 69 of them.
• He entered the season with a chance at the NCAA record for most consecutive games in double figures, held by La Salle's Lionel Simmons (1986-90) and Campbell's Chris Clemons at 115 (2015-19). 
• Last year, he recorded a HL-best 15, 20-point games, five 30-point outings and a conference high-tying 46 points, just two off his career-high and a HL Tournament record with his 46 coming against Robert Morris in the first round of the playoffs. 
• The 46 points was tied for the league and nation high with Cleveland State's D'Moi Hodge (vs. Purdue Fort Wayne). 
• Last season he reached at least 23 points in 13-straight, the best 20-point streak by a Titan since Spencer Haywood's 16-straight in 1968-69 - but to Haywood's resume, most of those were 30-point games.

PRESEASON PLAYER OF THE YEAR

• Antoine Davis was named the Horizon League Preseason Player of the Year.
• It was the second time he has earned that honor as he was also tabbed with the accolade as a sophomore.
• Last season, the Associated Press Honorable Mention All-American led the HL in scoring and was third in the nation at 24.0 points per game, a number that has him ranked as the second leading returning scorer in the county this year.
• He also led the HL and was second in the nation in 3-point field goals (3.77).

AD THE QUICKEST TO 1,000 & 2,000, ON A QUEST FOR SCHOOL RECORD

• Antoine Davis scored 27 points at Notre Dame in the 2019-20 season, 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 - as the fastest Titan to reach 1,000.
• DeBusschere accomplished the feat in his 43rd collegiate game.
• Davis became 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.
• Last year, he passed DeBusschere again (1,978) for third in Titan history as he crossed the 2,000-point plateau in his 81st game, quicker than the other two 2,000-point scorers in John Long (2,167 total - 2,000 in game 102) and Rashad Phillips (2,319 total - 2,000 in game 116). 
• He now has 2,159 career points, just nine behind Long for second place and 160 in back of Phillips for the all-time school mark. 

ABOUT 2,000 POINTS

• Senior Antoine Davis has 2,159 career points, the third leading active scorer in the country in total points, although all of his have come against DI competition. 
• At the moment, 608 NCAA players have amassed over 2,000 career points at the DI level and if he is able to get to 2,500, only 73 players have achieved that mark.
• Only 12 players have reached 2,000 career points in the Horizon League as he is sixth in conference history in that category, 755 shy of the all-time mark. 

ONE LETHAL SHOT

• Antoine Davis comes into the year fifth all-time in NCAA history with 3.87, three-point field goals per game.
• He has connected on a 3-pointer in 83 of his 87 collegiate games and also has 47 career games with four or more triples, 17 with six or more, nine games with seven or more, and has thrice connected on 10 in his career, tying a school record as well as breaking a conference tournament record. 
• He was the league leader and second in the nation in 3-point field goals per game (3.77) last season, and that marked the third-straight year that he has been top 10 nationally in 3-point field goals per game. 
• His 337 career 3-pointers is also second in school and Horizon League history, trailing former Titan Rashad Phillips' 348, while also third among active players in the NCAA in that category. 

DAVIS NAMED TO BOB COUSY, LOU HENSON AWARD WATCH LIST

• Antoine Davis began the year on a couple of national award watch lists in the Bob Cousy Award and Lou Henson Award. 
• The Bob Cousy - given by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame - annual honor is now in its 19th year and recognizes the top point guards in Division I men's college basketball. 
• The Lou Henson National Player of the Year award is presented annually to the top mid-major player in Division I.

AMONG THE BESTS

• Senior Antoine Davis ended last year leading the Horizon League and ranking third in the country in scoring at 24.0 points per game, just 0.5 shy of the leader, marking the third-straight season he finished in the top four nationally in scoring (26.1 for third in 2019 and 24.3 for fourth in 2020).
• He also became just the second player in HL history to lead the conference three times joining Loyola's Alfredrick Hughes (1983-85) as he could set put just himself on that pedestal if he were to lead the league again this year as he currently sits on top and third in the country at 23.8 ppg. 

DAVIS DISHING IT OUT

• Senior Antoine Davis can not only score, but he can get his teammates involved as he stands 10th in school history with 365 career assists. 
• He has 37 career games with five or more assists with a career-high of nine at Wright State in 2020 and a season-high of eight at Hofstra.  

PUTTING IT TOGETHER

• Senior Antoine Davis is the only active player at the Division I level to have at least 1,500 points and 350 assists. 

MADUT DOING IT ALL

• Junior Madet Akec is averaging 15.0 points and a team-best 9.2 rebounds, while also tying for the team lead with seven steals and three blocks. 
• He is shooting 47.4% overall and has hit at least two 3-pointers in four games. 
• He just posted his third double-double of the year - and second straight - with 17 points and 11 rebounds at Hofstra. 
• Akec made an immediate impact with the Titans in his debut at Wyoming, posting his first career double-double with career-high 14 points and a career-best 13 rebounds.
• He came back upping his career-high to 15 points - all in the second half - with seven boards, two assists, two blocks and a steal at Toledo and exceeded his career-high with 19 points and five steals to go with a team-high 10 boards for his second double-double at Louisville. 
• A teammate of current Titan Prince Oduro at South Florida, he competed in 33 games at USF the past two seasons, redshirting as a freshman, and tallied 2.3 points and 1.4 rebounds, while shooting nearly 50.0% (14-of-31).  
• A native of Tonj, South Sudan, he grew up in Melbourne, Australia, before prepping at Victory Rock in Bradenton, Florida.
• His brother, Deng Adel, played basketball at Louisville and played in the NBA with Toronto, Cleveland and Brooklyn and is currently playing overseas in Wales.

A MCADOO IS BACK

• Kevin McAdoo had the distinction of making the first basket of the season, hitting a triple at Wyoming and then had a career game, tying his career-high with 23 points and hitting five 3-pointers at Toledo. 
• At Mississippi State, he scored 13 points and handed out four assists. 
• The name McAdoo is special in Titans' history as his father, Kevin McAdoo Sr., is the school's all-time assist leader with 615 earning four letters between 1982-86.
• He played last year at Bradley after playing his first two at Eastern Michigan. 
• Last season, he saw action in 17 games with eight starts and averaged 6.0 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game, while posting a 1.5 assist-to-turnover ratio. 
• He tallied a season-best 13 points at Missouri State and notched 10 points and a career-best five assists at Valparaiso.
• In his first two years at EMU, he played in 59 games with 21 starts and recorded 6.7 points and 1.0 assists, shooting 42.4% overall and 34.4% from behind the arc. 
• As a sophomore, he netted 8.6 points and 1.5 assists along with 30 steals and knocking down 40 triples, second on the squad. He scored a personal-best 23 points in the 2017-18 season finale against Sam Houston State and 20 points at Central Michigan in 2018-19.
• As a prep at West Bloomfield High School, he averaged 25.0 points, 5.0 assists and 5.0 rebounds, leading his team to the final four and earning Third-Team All-State honors in his senior campaign. 

HL'S SIXTH MAN RETURNS 

• A transfer from St. Bonaventure, Matt Johnson was selected the HL Sixth Man of the Year last season and returns to the Titans for another year. 
• He started the season with nine points and five boards at Wyoming and tied for the team-high with four assists at Mississippi State before scoring 10 points with five rebounds, two assists and two steals at Louisville and 10 more points at Hofstra. 
• He saw action in all 22 games with eight starts and averaged 8.5 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.2 assists, while shooting 43.2% from the field, 39.2% from three and 94.4% at the free-throw line (17-of-18).
• He ended the year fourth on the team in scoring, rebounding, assists and steals, scoring in double-digits eight times with three 20-point performances.
• Johnson posted a then career-high 20 points (7-14 FG, 4-6 3FG) along with five rebounds, three assists, a block and a steal in his Titan debut at Michigan State and followed that up with 15 points and five boards at Notre Dame. 
• He grabbed a career-high eight rebounds and scored 10 points against Wright State in game one and then tied his then career-best with 20 points to go with six rebounds in game two. 
• Later in the season, he recorded a career-high 24 points on a career-best 9-of-14 from the field with six 3-pointers to go with six rebounds against Purdue Fort Wayne.
• Before last season, he transferred from St. Bonaventure, where he played in 22 games with one start and scored just 37 total parts. 
• He also played at two junior colleges prior to St. Bonaventure spending his freshman year at Pensacola State and sophomore at Howard College. 

THE MOTOR CITY HAS A PRINCE

• Senior Prince Oduro transferred to the Titans as a four-year Division I transfer, playing in 69 career games at Siena, Mississippi State and South Florida.
• He scored eight points with five rebounds at Toledo and was then perfect from the field hitting all seven shots and finishing with 14 points and a team-high seven rebounds at Mississippi State. 
• At Louisville, he had four points, seven boards and two blocks.
• A member of the USF Bulls last year, he saw action in 17 games, averaging 2.3 points and 2.1 rebounds per game, shooting 45.9 % from the floor. 
• He scored a season-high eight points and added five rebounds at Wichita State and had six points and four rebounds against Temple in the AAC Tournament.
• At Mississippi State in 2019-20, he played in 21 games and averaged 1.2 points and 0.9 rebounds, connecting on 7-of-13 shots.
• As a freshman at Siena in 2017-18, he was an impact player starting 27 of the 31 games he appeared in and earning All-MAAC Rookie Team honors tallying 9.1 points and 5.1 rebounds, shooting 48.4 % from the field with 21 blocks.
• He notched a season-high 19 points against Niagara and pulled down a season-best 12 rebounds against Manhattan.
• In high school, he played for First Love Christian Academy in Washington, Pennsylvania, and was the first player in his prep school's history to sign with a Division I program and that was after suiting up for Earl Haig Secondary in his native Canada, where he won a gold medal as Team Canada posted a 6-1 record at the 2017 FIBA U19 World Cup in Egypt.

BIG WILLY STYLE

• Senior Willy Isiani is back and as one of the most experienced Titans in his fourth year - all under coach Davis. 
• He scored six points on a pair of 3-pointers at Hofstra and has grabbed at least three boards in three games. 
• Known as a shooter, he started to learn the post position grabbing a career-high 12 rebounds with eight points at Western Michigan, posting a career-high five assists with six rebounds and two steals at Michigan State and 10 boards with two blocks at Notre Dame last year. He also notched 15 points with seven boards and three assists against Kent State.  
• A native of Tbilisi, Georgia, who is believed to be the first Titan from the country of Georgia, has connected on the three ball on 69 of his 101 career field goals.