DETROIT (11/23/2022) -- The University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team started the game on a 12-0 run and never looked back as the Titans routed the Charlotte 49'ers, 70-49, on Wednesday afternoon in Calihan Hall.

The win was the 400th in the career of head coach Mike Davis. 

Graduate senior Antoine Davis led the way with a game-high 26 points, hitting six more 3-pointers, along with recording four rebounds and four assists. He now has 2,882 points to move to 15th in NCAA history as well as 453 career 3-pointers, fifth in the NCAA record book. 

Senior Jordan Phillips posted 11 points and a team-high eight rebounds, while graduate senior TJ Moss finished with a season-high nine points, five rebounds, three assists and two steals.

Detroit Mercy (3-3) led from start to finish, scoring the first 12 points as graduate senior Damezi Anderson nailed a three, and then Davis buried three-straight from behind the arc for the 12-0 lead just three minutes into play.

The defense would hold Charlotte (4-2) to single digits through the first nine minutes of play. The red, white and blue would push the lead back to double figures on a 7-0 spurt as Moss got inside for a bucket and then graduate senior A.J. Oliver hit a three and another field goal to make it 22-11 at the 6:34 mark. A dunk by graduate senior Buay Koka increased the advantage to 14, 27-13, and then a three from Davis had the squad up by 15, 30-15, before entering the half up 35-22.

In the second half, the 49'ers cut the lead down to six, 37-31, but Phillips then went inside for two and, after a Charlotte turnover, would hit from distance to make it a 42-31 score with 14:01 left. They would trim it to under 10 again at 42-33, but Davis would again extend it to double digits on a 3-pointer and a jumper.

Later on, an 8-0 run by the Titans had the team up by 20, 57-37, and eventually, a jumper from Moss gave Detroit Mercy its biggest lead of the day in 64-42 with 3:28 left and the red, white and blue cruised the rest of the way.

The Titans shot over 50.0% for the second-straight game going 26-of-50 overall and 10-of-24 from deep. The defense also held Charlotte to 36.4% shooting with 13 turnovers and outrebounded the 49'ers, 32-20.

Detroit Mercy will now head out west as the Titans visit PAC-12 country with a game at Washington State on Friday. The contest will tip off at 4:00 p.m. (EST). 

Game Notes:

• This was the first career meeting between the two schools, who will also meet again on Dec. 10 at Charlotte
• Detroit Mercy is now 13-5 all-time against Conference USA
• The Titans have now won 19 of their last 20 at home
• The last non-conference 20-point victory over a Division I program was a 91-63 triumph over Loyola Maryland in the home opener of the 2018-19 campaign
• The Titans hit double-digit 3-pointers for the fifth time this year
• Detroit Mercy shot over 50.0 for the third time this year
• Davis now has 497 career assists, 118 off the Titan record of 615 by Kevin McAdoo
• Davis - who ran his NCAA record holder for most consecutive games in double figures to 117 in a row - now has 82 career 20-point games, 26 career 30-point outings and four 40-point contests in 117 games - reaching 17 points in 104 of them
• Davis passed former North Carolina standout Tyler Hansbrough for 15th in NCAA history and is now two behind the great Elvin Hayes (Houston, 1964-68, 2,884) for 14th and 32 in back of Loyola legend Alfredrick Hughes, Loyola (1981-85, 2,914) for 13th, which would also tie the Horizon League record
• Davis has made a 3-pointer in 112 of his 117 collegiate games with 64 career games with four or more triples, 24 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
• Davis' 453 career triples are fifth in NCAA history, two behind Jordan Bohannon (Iowa, 2016-12) for fourth, four in back of J.J. Redick (Duke, 2002-06) for third and 55 shy of Fletcher Magee's NCAA record of 509
• Phillips has been in double figures in five of the first six games and has also posted five rebounds in three contests
• Phillips' career high in rebounds was 10 against Rochester in the season opener and versus Arkansas Little Rock as a member of UT Arlington in 2020-21
• Moss' previous season-best in points was five at Ohio and his career-high is 17 at TCU as a member of McNeese State last season

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