DETROIT (11/15/2022) -- The University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team will have a mid-week clash against the Bobcats as the Titans battle Ohio on Wednesday on Dick Vitale Court in Calihan Hall. 

Game time is set for 7:00 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m.) and will be broadcast live on ESPN+ and the Watch ESPN App with Jeremy Otto and Earl Cureton on the call. Fans can also listen to the action on the radio on WLQV 92.7 FM & 1500 AM FaithTalk Detroit with the Voice of Detroit Mercy basketball Dan Hasty.

Detroit Mercy is 1-1 on the season, routing Rochester in the season opener, 93-65, before falling at Boston College, 70-66, its last time out despite a career-high 22 points from junior Jayden Stone.

Graduate senior Antoine Davis netted 15 at BC and comes into the game with 2,777 career points, tops in school history, second all-time in Horizon League history (137 away from first), 20th in NCAA history (223 away from becoming the 11th player in NCAA history to score 3,000 points) and 890 away from Pete Maravich's NCAA-record 3,667. He also has 436 career triples for seventh in NCAA history and 73 behind Fletcher Magee's NCAA record of 509.

Ohio is 1-1 on the season with a 70-69 setback at Belmont and an 81-70 victory at home against Cleveland State. 

Tickets start at just $10 and a number of ticket packages are available by clicking here. 

Detroit Mercy has announced a new fan policy for all men's and women's basketball games inside Calihan Hall as masks are recommended but not mandatory. The lower bowl of Dick Vitale Court will also be open to fans and the concession stands will be fully operational in 2022-23. Visitors need to understand that at any time, the policy can change based on recommendations from the CDC and Wayne County. 

ALL-TIME SERIES

• This is just the fifth career meeting between the two schools as Ohio leads the match-up, 4-1, winning the last four.
• The Titans defeated Ohio, 84-77, on Dec. 21, 1971, in Ann Arbor during a tournament held at Michigan, but the Bobcats have claimed the last four meetings. 
• Three of those losses have come down the wire in a 66-65 victory at Calihan Hall in February of 2005, a 56-55 win in Athens in December of 2005, and a 63-61 contest in Calihan Hall in 2018 as the Titans' 3-pointer at the buzzer was too strong.
• The last time they met, Antoine Davis - then a sophomore - poured in a game-high 33 points with eight assists as the Titans cut a 25-point first-half deficit down to just one in the second half, but couldn't pull off the comeback, falling 91-81 on the road. 

All-Time Series
12/21/71 - W, 84-77 at Michigan
2/19/05 - L, 66-65 at Detroit Mercy
12/22/05 - L, 56-55 at Ohio
12/15/18 - L, 63-61 at Detroit Mercy
11/30/19 - L, 91-81 at Ohio

THE WORLD IN 1971

• The Titans and Bobcats first met in 1971 and here is a look at some of the events from that year. 
• The Voting Age in the United States was lowered to 18 when the 26th Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified.
• The first Starbucks opened at the historic Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington.
• The final broadcast of The Ed Sullivan Show was aired on CBS
• Walt Disney World opened in Florida.
• Bacon was 49 cents for a pound, eggs were 25 cents a dozen and milk was 98 cents a gallon

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 graduate 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. 
• The father-son coaching player duo is part of 23 at the Division I level, while the family coaching connection is part of eight in DI.

TOUGH SLATE

• The non-conference foes combined to go 176-152 (.536) last season with four teams reaching the postseason, including the semifinals of the NIT. 
• Ohio and Florida Atlantic made the CBI last year. Bryant earned a berth to the NCAA Tournament, while Washington State advanced to the semifinals of the NIT.  
• Some newcomers to Titan history as Detroit Mercy will play Bryant, Charlotte and Washington State for the first time. 
• The home and home series against Charlotte is the first time the Titans will play the same non-conference team twice since the 2013-14 campaign when they played Toledo home and away.
• Meanwhile, Detroit Mercy will meet Eastern Michigan for the 79th time in the school record book, the fourth most against any foe in Titan history (Loyola - 125, Xavier - 95, Marquette - 88). 

FREQUENT FLYER MILES

• The Titans' non-conference road schedule will see them travel 5,230 miles, which includes 1,687 to Washington State and 1,116 to Florida Atlantic.

FROM ALL OVER

• The Detroit Mercy men's basketball team will feature student-athletes from six states (Alabama, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee and Texas) and two countries (Australia, Sudan).  

DID YOU KNOW?

• The Titans have 43 players in their history who have reached 1,000 career points.
• Only 59 other Division I programs have had more than 43 1,000-point scorers to their credit.

HIGHLY THOUGHT OF

• Detroit Mercy currently has four players on its roster that were top 100 prospects coming out of high school. 
• TJ Moss - 26th 
• Gerald Liddell - 41st
• Damezi Anderson - 92nd
• A.J. Oliver - 98th

HIGHLY THOUGHT OF #2

• Aside from its four top-100 players out of high school, the Titans have seven players that previously played in high-major leagues that generally send multiple teams to the NCAA Tournament.
• TJ Moss - South Carolina 
• Gerald Liddell - Texas
• Damezi Anderson - Indiana
• A.J. Oliver - Clemson
• Arashma Parks - Temple
• Jordan Phillips - Arkansas
• Buay Koka - Tulane

WE JUST LOVE LEARNING

• Detroit Mercy currently has six players on its squad as graduate seniors, tied with Notre Dame for the most in the country. 

HIGHEST PRESEASON HONOR

• Graduate senior Antoine Davis was named the Horizon League Preseason Player of the Year in the coaches' preseason poll.
• He was the Co-HL Player of the Year last season, the fifth Titan to be selected the HL Player of the Year, and the first player in conference history to make All-League four times - with every one of those a first-team selection.  
• He led the HL in scoring at 23.9 points per game, shooting 42.9% from the field, 37.9% from three and 88.2% at the free-throw line to go with 3.6 rebounds per game and 28 steals.
• He led the league and was second in the nation in three-point field goals per game (3.90), HL leader and 23rd in the nation in free-throw percentage (88.2%), league leader and 58th in DI in three-point field-goal percentage (37.9%) and third in the league with 4.4 assists.

NATIONAL NOTICE

• Antoine Davis has garnered some national attention on preseason watch lists. 
• He was named a Preseason Third Team All-American by Dick Vitale.
• Davis is one of the 20 candidates for the 2023 Bob Cousy Award by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
• He was recently named one of the 50 candidates for the Wooden Award for the nation's Most Outstanding Player. 
• He was also named a top 50 candidate for the Naismith Trophy National Player of the Year.  
• Last season he earned the Lou Henson Award All-American, First Team USBWA All-District V and NABC First Team All-District 12 selection.

AMONG THE BESTS

• Graduate senior Antoine Davis owned the scoring crown in the Horizon League last year at 23.9 points per game, third in the nation, as he became the first player in HL history to top the league in scoring four times, passing Loyola's Alfredrick Hughes, who did it in three-straight seasons (1983, 1984, 1985).
• He also finished top-four nationally for the fourth-straight year (26.1 for third in 2019, 24.3 for fourth in 2020 and 24.0 for third in 2021). 

RACKING UP THE POINTS

• Antoine Davis now has 78 career 20-point games, 26 career 30-point outings and four 40-point contests in 113 collegiate games - reaching at least 17 points in 93 of them.
• Davis' 113-straight games in double figures is now third in NCAA history and two behind Chris Clemons (Campbell, 2015-2019) and Lionel Simmons (La Salle, 1987-90) for the all-time NCAA record.  
• Last year, he scored in double figures in all 29 games and posted 20 or more points 18 times, second most in the league, with a conference-best six 30-point outings, including a season-high 39 points at home against Milwaukee and on the road at Hofstra, the highest scoring mark in the HL and tied for the 25th best outing in Division I on the year.
• As a junior, 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.

ABOUT 2,700 POINTS

• Antoine Davis is the highest active scorer in the country in total points with 2,777, 20th in NCAA history. 
• At the moment, only 27 players have reached 2,700 at the DI level.  
• It was his 18th point at Robert Morris last season on a three that put him at 2,500 career points, which was just the fourth time that a student-athlete has posted 2,500 with his dad as head coach following Pete Maravich (Press Maravich), Doug McDermott (Greg McDermott) and Allan Houston (Wade Houston). 
• Only 12 players have reached 2,000 career points in the Horizon League as he is second in conference history in that category, 137 shy of the all-time record. 
• Imagine that record with the idea that Davis and the Titans have seen 13 games canceled and not made up in the last two seasons due to the pandemic, at least one game missed due to the Titans not being eligible for the postseason in 2019-20, one game canceled at California in his freshman year due to smoke from wildfires, one contest he sat out against a non-DI as a senior and a game missed as a freshman and sophomore due to an injury. 

ONE LETHAL SHOT

• Antoine Davis comes into the game fifth all-time in NCAA history with 3.87, three-point field goals per game. He nailed four in the season opener against Rochester and three at Boston College. 
• He has now connected on a 3-pointer in 47-straight games and 109 of his 113 collegiate games. He has 61 career games with four or more triples, 22 with six or more, 10 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 conference leader and fifth in the country in total 3-pointers (113) last season, third in school history to join his 132 for second in 2019, 101 for fifth in 2020 and 83 for eighth in 2021.  
• Davis is already the school and career 3-point record holder at 436 career triples as he passed former Titan All-American Rashad Phillips (348) for both records.
• He is currently seventh in NCAA history in total 3-pointers at 436, just 14 away from moving into the top five and 73 behind Fletcher Magee's NCAA record of 509.

7-UP

• Graduate senior A.J. Oliver is one of six players in Division I that will be in his seventh year of college basketball.
• He enrolled at Clemson as a freshman mid-season in 2016-17, but did not see action that year. He then played 19 games for the Tigers in 2017-18 before transferring to Old Dominion, where he sat out the 2018-19 season before playing the last three seasons with the Monarchs.
• The other players in their seventh year are:
• DeAndre Dishman - Middle Tennessee
• Juan Munoz - Hawaii
• DeJuan Clayton - California
• Jailyn Ingram - Georgia
• Michael Henn - Penn State

A.J. LOOKING FOR ONE FINAL RUN

• Graduate senior A.J. Oliver will look for one more run to the NCAA Tournament in his final collegiate season and he started the year with 12 points and five rebounds in the season opener. 
• He played in 95 games with 54 starts at Clemson and at Old Dominion from 2017-22 and averaged 6.2 points and 2.7 rebounds per game, shooting 35.0 % from the field, 37.1% from three and 79.1% at the free-throw line.
• Last season at ODU, he saw action in all 32 games with 11 starts and tallied 2.5 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.0 assists per game.
• In 2020-21, he started all 21 contests he appeared in and ranked third on the team with 9.7 points and led the squad with an 88.6 free-throw percentage and 33 triples.
• In his first year at ODU, he played in 22 games with 21 starts and was third on the team with 11.3 points per game, led the team with 51, 3-pointers while also pulling down 4.9 rebounds per game, pouring in a career-high 21 points against FAU and grabbing a career-high 12 boards versus UTSA. 
• Oliver joined Clemson mid-season in 2016-17 and did not play, but then got in 19 games for the Tigers in 2017-18, posting 2.1 points and 1.4 rebounds per game.
• His best game came in the ACC Tournament against Boston College, as he finished 3-for-4 from the field, including a perfect 3-for-3 on three-pointers for a season-best nine points off the bench before netting six points and registering six rebounds against Auburn in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. 

FROM THE LAND DOWN UNDER

• Junior Jayden Stone had a massive game in the season opener, posting his first double-double with a career-high 15 points and 12 rebounds and followed that up with a game-high 22 points with six rebounds, two assists and two steals at Boston College.
• He transferred to Detroit Mercy after playing his first two years at Grand Canyon, where he played in 30 games the past two seasons and averaged 3.4 points and 1.4 rebounds to go with 25 assists to just 16 turnovers.
• He shot 39.3% from the field and 30.2% from behind the arc, along with 82.1% at the free-throw line, scoring a career-high 14 points against Abilene Christian, hitting 5-of-7 from the field.
• A native of Perth, Australia, he prepped at Central Park Christian High School in Alabama but then transferred to Sacred Heart High School in Alabama for his junior season and Sunrise Christian Academy in Kansas for his senior year and was one of the top prospects in the state of Alabama. 

HOOSIER IN THE MOTOR CITY

• Graduate senior Damezi Anderson had a great start to his Titan career with a career-high 17 points, nine rebounds and three assists, going 6-of-13 from the field and 5-of-12 from behind the arc.
• He followed that with 11 points and four boards at Boston College before fouling out with more than 10 minutes left in the game. 
• He started his career at Indiana before ending up at fellow Jesuit institution Loyola.
• He did not play in 2021-22 at Loyola and saw action in four games the year before.
• Prior to that, he played for Indiana for two seasons, appearing in 39 games and averaged 2.1 points and 1.6 rebounds, including 2.8 points and 2.2 rebounds in 18 games as a sophomore. 
• Coming out of high school, he was ranked #92 in the country by 247Sports and No. 114 in the nation by Rivals and was the No. 2 player in the state of Indiana.

LONE STAR PHILLIPS IS BACK

• Senior Jordan Phillips saw injuries limit him to just three games last year, but he started this season with a bang recording his second career double-double by tying his career high with 18 points and 10 rebounds to go with two steals against Rochester and six points, seven rebounds and an assist at Boston College. 
• A native of Fort Worth, Texas, he transferred to the Titans after appearing in 64 games in his three seasons at Arkansas and UT Arlington.
• He spent the last two years with the Mavericks and averaged 6.8 points and 3.1 rebounds in 47 games, shooting 34.0% from the floor, 33.0% from behind the arc and 76.0% at the free-throw line.
• As a sophomore, he tallied 7.4 points and scored in double figures in nine of his 26 games, posting his first career double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds against Little Rock and had a season-high 17 points versus Louisiana, a game in which he earned #5 on SportsCenter's Top 10 Plays on Jan. 15 for an and-one dunk. 
• In 2019-20, he played in all 32 games with 21 starts and recorded 6.3 points and 3.5 rebounds. He netted a career-high 18 points at eventual Sun Belt champion Little Rock, connecting on a career-best four 3-pointers and had 14 points hitting three 3-pointers at #14 Oregon and also had 14 points with a career-best seven boards versus UC Santa Barbara.
• As a freshman, he saw limited minutes in seven games at Arkansas and that was after coming out as a prep ranked as the 37th-best shooting guard in the country and just outside the top-100 rankings.

MEET MR. MOSS

• Graduate senior TJ Moss has joined the Titans after a successful prep career in high school and playing at South Carolina and McNeese State and played 30 minutes in the first two games as he is returning from an undisclosed injury in the preseason. 
• He played in 64 college games with eight starts prior to transferring to Detroit Mercy.
• Last year, he suited up in nine games at McNeese State and averaged 7.8 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game, while collecting eight steals.
• He scored a career-high 17 points at TCU, where he was 5-of-12 from behind the arc, and had five assists and three steals. 
• He spent his first three seasons at South Carolina in the SEC, where he played in 55 games for the Gamecocks, posting 3.3 points, 1.8 assists and 1.3 boards with 30 steals in his time.
• After playing in just seven games as a freshman before an injury ended his season, he saw action in 30 games and tallied 6.9 points, 5.0 assists and 2.9 rebounds as a sophomore, scoring a season-high 10 points against Kentucky.
• He came back the next year to play in 18 games and dropped a season-best 15 points at Tennessee and also had seven assists against Arkansas and six assists in the SEC tournament against Mississippi.
• As a prep, was a four-star prospect on ESPN.com and was once hailed as the 26th-best prospect nationally in the Class of 2018 by 247Sports.

MOTOR CITY PRIDE

• Junior Kyle LeGreair returns as a big part of the Titans' defense and heart and soul on the court.
• He played 20 minutes at Boston College and had two points, three rebounds, two assists and two steals. 
• He really came into his own last season, appearing in 22 games and was 7-of-9 from the floor, hitting his only 3-pointer, and tallied 12 steals.
• He tied his career-high with five helpers and added a career-best four rebounds at NKU and recorded a career-high five points with three rebounds and a steal against UIC, recording his first two career field goals. 
• As a freshman, he saw action in just two games and a total of just five minutes. 

TAKING YOU TO THE PARK

• Graduate senior Arashma Parks is a Titan and looking to give the red, white and blue a presence in the middle and he did just that at Boston College, grabbing a career-high nine rebounds off the bench.
• He played the last four years at Temple of the American Athletic Conference, appearing in 49 games with 14 starts.
• As a senior, he played in 19 games with 13 starts and averaged 1.1 points and 2.7 rebounds, along with tallying six assists.
• After missing his freshman year due to an injury, he came back as a sophomore to play in 22 games and posted 2.5 points and 2.4 rebounds, putting in a career-high 10 points against St. Joseph's.