BOCA RATON, Fla. (11/21/2022) -- Graduate senior
Antoine Davis scored a game-high 29 points to set a NCAA record for most consecutive games in double figures, but a late run by Bryant was the difference as the Titans fell in a shootout, 98-88, in the final game of the Paradise Invitational on Monday.
Davis was 10-of-18 from the field and 6-of-9 from three to go with five assists, three rebounds and a steal.
With his 29 points, Davis eclipsed Chris Clemons (Campbell, 2015-2019) and Lionel Simmons (La Salle, 1987-90) for the most consecutive games in double figures at 116. He also ran his point total to 2,856, passing Houston great Otis Birdsong (1973-77) and NBA Hall-Of-Famer in Indiana State's Larry Bird (1976-79) for 16th all-time in scoring, while his six triples in the game gave him 448, passing Clemons for sixth in the NCAA record book.
Junior
Jayden Stone netted a career-high 24 points going 7-of-11 from the field and a career-best 5-of-6 from behind the arc, while also collecting a team and career-high five assists.
Senior
Jordan Phillips had 11 points, three rebounds and two assists, and Oliver finished with 10 points and three boards. Graduate senior
Arashma Parks grabbed a team-best five rebounds and graduate senior
TJ Moss had four assists, four points, a block and a steal.
The Titans shot 52.6% overall (30-of-57) and 62.5% from three (15-of-24) with a season-high 21 assists as six players registered a helper in the contest.
The game featured seven ties and six lead changes as both squads shot over 50.0% from the field and from deep, posting a combined 31 triples in the matinee.
Detroit Mercy (2-3) found themselves down by 11, 82-71, with 8:25 left when the Titans went on a 13-2 run over the next three minutes to tie the game at 84-84. Stone scored a basket to get it started, and after a steal by graduate senior
Damezi Anderson, hit two free throws and that was followed by a three from graduate senior
A.J. Oliver to make it an 82-79 game. After a bucket by Bryant (5-1), Davis rang in a 3-pointer followed by Anderson who was able to corral an offensive rebound and lay it back in knotting the score at 84-84 with 4:59 left.
The Titans could not get that go-ahead basket as Bryant (5-1) would end the game on a 14-4 spurt.
It was a high-scoring affair right from the start as the game was tied at 9-9 just four minutes into the contest as Stone hit a three. The Titans would then take a 12-9 lead as Davis naIled his first triple at the 15:09 mark. Stone would then knock down back-to-back triples and was fouled on his last attempt with his free throw giving the Titans a 19-12 advantage with 13:24 left in the half.
Another triple by Stone had the Titans up seven again at 22-15, but Bryant would start to come back and eventually took a 31-29 lead midway through the period. Oliver hit from three for a 32-31 lead and Davis broke the NCAA record for double figures draining one in from outside to knot it at 38-all with 7:11 left to play.
The two teams kept trading baskets and two free throws by Stone with less than a second left had the red, white and blue down 56-55 at the break.
In the second half, the Bulldogs ran their lead to as many as 12 twice, the latest at 78-66, but a three from Davis got the Titans back to within single digits with 78-69 with 11:25 on the clock. Bryant would have the lead until the 13-2 charge by the red, white and blue.
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Game Notes:
- This was the first career meeting between the two schools
- Detroit Mercy is now 7-4 in regular season neutral site games since 2006-07
- The Titans are now 4-4 all-time against current members of the America East
- It was the highest combined scoring game (186) the Titans have played in since dropping a 99-88 contest at Northern Kentucky in the first round of the Horizon League Championship in the 2018-19 season
- The 88 points were the most scored away from Calihan Hall since defeating IUPUI, 90-88, to end the 2019-20 campaign
- The Titans' 15 triples was the fourth time this year reaching double figures and the most since going 15-of-32 at home against Purdue Fort Wayne last year
- Detroit Mercy also had 30 field goals in the win over Ohio
- Detroit Mercy reached at least 80 points for the third time in five games after hitting 80 or more just seven times last year
- Davis now has 81 career 20-point games, 26 career 30-point outings and four 40-point contests in 116 games - reaching at least 17 points in 103 of them
- Davis' 2,856 points is now 16 points shy of Tyler Hansbrough (UNC, 2005-09) for 15th in NCAA history and 58 away from Loyola great Alfredrick Hughes (1981-85-2,914) for the all-time Horizon League record
- Davis is now three 3-pointers away from David Holston (Chicago State, 2005-09) for fifth in NCAA history and 61 behind Fletcher Magee's NCAA record of 509
- Davis came into the game fifth all-time in NCAA history with 3.86, three-point field goals per game and has now connected on a triple in 111 of his 116 collegiate games with 63 career games with four or more triples, 23 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
- With his one steal, Davis now has 147 in his career, tying him with Bill Wood (1987-90) for ninth in school history and five away from Roy Simms (1980-83) for eighth place
- Stone's previous career-high was 22 at Boston College, where he also had a then career-best four 3-pointers
- Stone's previous career-high in assists was against Bethesda last year as a member of Grand Canyon
- Phillips was in double figures for the fourth time this season
- Oliver's season-high is 12 against Rochester in the season opener
- Moss' other four-assists game was against Ohio
