BOSTON (11/8/2021) -- The season is just about to start and that means one more preseason award for University of Detroit Mercy senior
Antoine Davis as the guard was named a preseason nominee for the Lou Henson National Player of the Year award.
The award, which is presented annually to the top mid-major player in Division I college basketball, honors the former Illinois and New Mexico State head coach who won 775 games in 41 seasons.
Davis has already been tabbed the Horizon League Preseason Player of the Year and was named a preseason nominee for the Bob Cousy award for the top point guard in the country.
Last season, the Associated Press Honorable Mention All-American led the Horizon League 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 per game (3.77), marking the third-straight year that Davis has been top 10 nationally in 3-point field goals per game. He was among the nation's leaders in a bevy of other categories including: fourth in free-throw percentage with a league-best and school-record 91.7%, 12th in total 3-pointers (83), 22nd in total points (527), 23rd in total field goals (178), 59th in the nation in assists per game (4.8), 64th in the country in 3-point field goal percentage (37.2%) and 92nd in DI in total assists (105).
He has been a dominant scorer since arriving at Detroit Mercy posting double figures in scoring all 22 of his games last season, recording a HL-best 15, 20-point games, five 30-point outings and a conference high-tying 46 points, just two off his career-high. He now has four of the top 11 scoring performances in school history and has registered 59 career 20-point games, 20 career 30-point outings and four 40-point contests in just 82 collegiate games, scoring in double figures in all 82 games as he pursues the NCAA all-time mark of 115.
Players on teams from the following conferences are eligible for the award: America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Colonial, Horizon, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, Mid-Eastern, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, Southwestern, Summit, Sun Belt, West Coast.
The Titans open the season on Wednesday night at Wyoming.
