MILWAUKEE (1/22/2022) -- Senior Antoine Davis scored 30 points and ignited a game-winning 17-0 run and the Titan defense limited Milwaukee to just five field goals in the second half as the University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team swept the season series with the Panthers with a 71-58 road victory on Saturday. 

Davis netted his 30 points - 21 in the second half - on 12-of-23 shooting with four 3-pointers to go with five assists, three rebounds and three steals. He is now 29th in NCAA history with 383 career triples and has 2,435 points.

Junior Madut Akec had 11 points with six rebounds and senior Willy Isiani netted nine points with six boards. 

The Titans (6-10, 4-3 HL) had an early six-point lead in the first half and led by five, 33-28, with 2:39 left when Milwaukee (7-13, 5-6 HL) went on an 11-0 run to go up by six, 39-33, just 1:20 into the second.

That is when the Titan defense took over forcing Milwaukee into 0-of-17 from the field with six turnovers in the next 11 minutes to knot the game at 46-all with 7:51 left.

Milwaukee then led by three, 54-52, with 4:35 remaining when the Titans went on their big run. Davis started it with seven-straight points as his initial triple put the red, white and blue ahead, 55-54. He then had back-to-back baskets before getting the ball to Isiani, who buried a three for a 62-54 lead with 2:21 left. 

Davis would nail another three to put the lead into double digits and the defense held strong again as the Panthers were 1-of-6 with four turnovers in the final five minutes of the contest. 

The Titans shot 48.1% overall and 46.2% from three (12-of-26), while holding Milwaukee to 33.3% shooting and just 5-of-29 (17.2%) in the second half. 

Detroit Mercy will now return home for two games as the red, white and blue host UIC on Thursday, Jan. 27, at 7:00 p.m. and IUPUI on Jan. 29 at 2:00 p.m.

First Half:

• Both teams came out shooting as each was 6-of-10 from the field in the first six minutes
• Davis hit his first two jumpers for a 4-2 lead and later on, a three by graduate senior Kevin McAdoo had the team up 7-5
• Waterman nailed from the outside to make it 10-7 
• A triple by Isiani and a jumper from McAdoo had the Titans up 15-13 at the 14:17 mark and when play resumed, McAdoo went inside for a layup and a 17-13 advantage
• After Milwaukee took an 18-17 lead, Akec drained a triple
• Davis would get inside for a bucket and then Johnson nailed a 3-pointer for an 8-2 run and a 25-20 lead with 7:25 on the clock
• The Titans would run their lead to six, first on an Isiani three to make it 28-22 and then Davis nailed one to get the team up 31-25 with 5:14 left
• Detroit Mercy also led by five, 33-28, as Akec had an offensive rebound and putback with 2:39 to go
• Milwaukee hit two 3-pointers in the final 1:41 to take a 34-33 lead at the break

Second Half:

• Milwaukee's run went to 11-0 as the Panthers took a 39-34 lead early in the second
• Davis ended that spurt with a steal and he raced down the court for a layup with 17:01 on the scoreboard
• That started an 11-0 Titan run that saw Akec with a layup, Johnson with a go-ahead three and back-to-back baskets by Davis and Harvey for a 44-39 advantage with 12:46 remaining
• During a 10-minute span, Milwaukee was 0-of-17 from the field with five turnovers
• Milwaukee took a 46-45 lead with 8:08 left when Akec tied it with a free throw
• The Panthers led 54-52 with 4:35 left when the Titans went on a 17-0 spurt over the next 3:20, with 12 points from Davis
• Davis started it with a three and then had back-to-back layups before finding Isiani in the corner and his triple made it 62-54 with 2:22 on the clock
• Davis fired in a 3-pointer for a double-digit advantage at 65-54
• Waterman hit two free throws and Davis followed with a pair of his own and it was a 69-54 game with 51 seconds left

Game Notes:

• The Titans swept Milwaukee for the third-straight year as they have tied up the season series, 29-29, and are 11-17 all-time on the road
• With four home contests canceled due to health and safety protocols in either the Titans' or opponents program, Detroit Mercy - who started the year with nine-straight road games - have now played 13 of its first 16 and is set to play 18 of it's first 23 games away from Calihan Hall
• The Titans have connected on at least nine 3-pointers in nine games this season and rank 28th in Division I in 3-point field goals per game (9.6) and 95th in three-point field-goal percentage (35.4%)
• Davis came into the game averaging 30.8 points, shooting 48.4% overall (46-of-95), 49.1% from three (27-of-55) and 92.1% at the line (35-of-38) in five career contests against Milwaukee and has tallied at least 27 points in  every meeting
• Davis now has 69 career 20-point games, 24 career 30-point outings and four 40-point contests in just 98 collegiate games and has also scored in double figures in all 98 games - reaching at least 17 points in 80 of them
• Davis now has 2,430 career points, the highest active scorer in the country in total points and if he is able to get to 2,500, only 73 players have achieved that mark
• Davis is currently tied for 29th in NCAA history with Santa Clara's Jared Brownridge with 385
• Davis now has 424 career assists, passing Michael Jackson (1992-95) for eighth in school history
• Akec has scored in double figures in 14 games this season
• Isiani has connected on the three ball on 83 of his 122 career field goals.