DETROIT (12/20/2022) -- The University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team will make one final road trip before the Horizon League campaign takes over as the Titans travel to Cincinnati on Wednesday.

Game time is set for 7:00 p.m., at Fifth Third Arena and will be aired live on ESPN+. 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.

Despite the fact the schools are just 240 miles away, this is just the third career meeting between the Titans and Bearcats. It is also the last contest of a seven-game road trip and a span of playing nine of 10 away from Calihan Hall.

Graduate senior Antoine Davis comes into the game leading the nation in scoring at 24.8 points per game as he netted 30-points for the second-straight outing with 30 at Eastern Michigan, which followed his 36 at Charlotte. It was the sixth time in his career that he recorded back-to-back 30-point contests as he enters the game with 3,031 career points, tops in school and HL history, 10th in NCAA history and 636 away from Pete Maravich's NCAA record 3,667.

Senior Gerald Liddell has started his Titan career with a double-double in five-straight games, the first Titan to have five-straight double-doubles since Ryvon Covile '07 had seven-straight double-doubles to end the 2006-07 season, and is averaging 18.4 points and 14.6 rebounds.

After the game, the Titans will have a few days off for Christmas as they get ready for Green Bay on Dec. 29 and Milwaukee on Dec. 31. Tickets start at just $10 and a number of ticket packages are available by clicking here. 

ALL-TIME SERIES

• The Titans and Bearcats have only met two other times, both on the road, as Detroit Mercy fell 76-66 on Nov. 17, 1997, in the Preseason NIT and 61-44 on Dec. 11, 2004. 

AGAINST THE AAC

• Detroit Mercy is 30-43 all-time against current members of the American Athletic Conference and already has a win this season over the league beating Tulsa on the road, 76-72.

I KNOW YOU

• Cincinnati assistant coach Mike Roberts played for head coach Mike Davis as well as assistant coaches Donnie Marsh and Kerry Rupp and was a teammate of assistant coach Mike Davis Jr. at Indiana, where he suited up for the Hoosiers from 2000-05.
• At IU, the tandem earned three trips to the NCAA Tournaments and one NIT, including a NCAA national championship appearance in 2002. 

CONGRATS ON WIN #400

• Head coach Mike Davis earned his first triumph as a head coach on Nov. 14, 2000, when his Indiana Hoosiers defeated Pepperdine, 80-68, in Bloomington.
• The 70-49 victory over Charlotte marked the 400th win for Davis, who now has 402 triumphs, tied for 149th in NCAA history.

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. 
• This year so far, the non-conference teams are 68-45 (.601). 

HUSTLE POINTS

• Detroit Mercy has outrebounded its opponents in its last four games and seven times on the season.
• At Eastern Michigan, Detroit Mercy had a 42-38 advantage on the boards and a 16-11 edge on the offensive glass, with a 14-7 margin on second-chance points. 
• At Charlotte, the Titans won the glass, 33-32, with 13 offensive rebounds, leading to 10 second-chance points. 
• In the win at Tulsa, the Titans won the battle of the boards, 41-39, on the strength of 18 offensive rebounds, which led to a 23-13 second-chance points advantage.
• In the game before at Cleveland State, the Titans won the glass, 44-31, with 20 offensive caroms for a 19-10 second-chance points margin.
• The Titans lead the HL and are 38th in the nation with 12.75 offensive boards per game.  

WHERE WE RANK

• Antoine Davis currently leads the nation in scoring at 24.8 ppg. He also tops the HL and the nation in total 3-pointers (52), leads the conference and is second in total points (297), first in the HL and third in 3-pointers per game (4.33) and first in the conference and fifth overall in field goals (99). His 37:35 minutes a game is also first in the league and fourth in DI. 
• Junior Jayden Stone is third in the league and 33rd in the country in free-throw percentage (89.3%), while graduate senior Damezi Anderson is seventh in the HL with 2.17 triples per game, and senior Gerald Liddell's five double-doubles are second in the league and 17th in the nation.

FROM THREE

• The red, white and blue have connected on double-digit triples in nine games, with a season-high 17 at Charlotte, one shy of the school record. 
• Detroit Mercy also hit 15 against Bryant, in just 24 attempts for 62.4%.
• Detroit Mercy saw half of its 24 field goals at Purdue Fort Wayne go in from behind the arc.
• The Titans lead the Horizon League and are 30th in the nation at 38.7% from three as well as first in the league and ninth in the country with 10.5 triples per game. 

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 also named one of the 50 candidates for the Wooden Award for the nation's Most Outstanding Player, the Naismith Trophy National Player of the Year and for the Lou Henson Award for the top mid-major player.  
• Last season he earned the Lou Henson Award All-American, First Team USBWA All-District V and NABC First Team All-District 12 selection as well as the Co-HL Player of the Year, the first player in conference history to make All-League four times - with everyone of those a first-team selection. 

WEARING THE SCORING CROWN

• 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 Chicago's Alfredrick Hughes, who did it in three-straight seasons (1983-85).
• 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). 
• Davis is currently leading nation at 24.8 points per game.

ANOTHER NCAA RECORD FOR DAVIS

• Antoine Davis scored 29 points against Bryant, but it was his 3-pointer in the first half that got him to 11 points and secured the NCAA record for the most consecutive games in double figures with 116-straight and he has now extended that mark to 123 after his 30 points at Eastern Michigan.  
• He broke the mark held by Chris Clemons (Campbell, 2015-2019) and Lionel Simmons (La Salle, 1987-90).
• As a freshman, Davis broke the NCAA record for 3-pointers in a season by a rookie with 132, passing Stephen Curry's 122 he had at Davidson in 2007-08.

RACKING UP THE POINTS

• Antoine Davis now has 87 career 20-point games, 28 career 30-point outings and four 40-point contests in 123 games - reaching 17 points in 109 of them.
• He has posted back-to-back 30-point games (36 at Charlotte, 30 at EMU) for the sixth time in his career. The last Titan to have three-straight 30-point games was Archie Tullos in 1987-88 (36 at Xavier, 43 vs. John Carroll, 33 at Loyola). 

ABOUT 3,000 POINTS

• Antoine Davis is the highest active scorer in the country in total points with 3,031, 10th in NCAA history. 
• At the moment, only 11 players have reached 3,000 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 points in the Horizon League as he is now the all-time leader in the conference.
• 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 and one game canceled at California in his freshman year due to smoke from wildfires.

ONE LETHAL SHOT

• Antoine Davis comes into the game fifth all-time in NCAA history with 3.91, three-point field goals per game. 
• He recently tied his career and school career best with 10, 3-pointers - the fourth time he has done that - at Charlotte. He netted five his last time out at Eastern Michigan and also had back-to-back games of six against Bryant and home versus Charlotte and five in the wins over Ohio, at Purdue Fort Wayne, and at Tulsa and is third in the NCAA with 4.33, 3-pointers per contest. 
• Davis has made a three in 118 of his 123 collegiate games, with 68 career games with four or more triples, 24 with six or more, 11 games with seven or more, and has four ties 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 career record holder as he passed former All-American Rashad Phillips (348) for both records.
• He is currently third in NCAA history in 3-pointers at 481, 23 away from Oakland's Travis Bader for second and 28 away from Fletcher Magee's NCAA-record 509. 

CASHING IN ON THE FREE ONES

• Graduate senior Antoine Davis led the HL and was 23rd in the nation in free-throw percentage (88.2%) last year, good for sixth in school history as he is also first with 91.7% in 2021, 90.1% for fourth in 2020 and 85.7% for ninth in 2019. 
• He owns the school record at 88.6% (520-of-587), ninth among active players and tied for 27th all-time in NCAA history.  
• He has had numerous streaks of 10 or more free throws in his career with a career-best of 57-straight between the end of his junior and the start of his senior year.

DAVIS DISHING IT OUT

• Antoine Davis can not only score, but he can get his teammates involved as he is fifth in school history with 513 assists, 35 away from Rashad Phillips and fourth. 
• The all-time record is 615 by Kevin McAdoo as he is now 102 shy of that mark. 
• He has 49 games with five or more assists and posted a nine-assist effort in the season opener against Rochester.  
• His career-best is 10 at IUPUI and against Western Michigan last season. 
• He is now just the second player in NCAA history to amass 3,000 points and 500 assists, joining St. Peter's Keydren Clark (2002-06), who recorded 3,058 points with 501 career helpers. 

WHAT A START FOR LIDDELL

• Gerald Liddell had to wait seven games to play as his eligibility was cleared by the NCAA, but it might have been worth the wait as the senior transfer has posted five-straight double-doubles, the first Titan to do that since Ryvon Covile registered seven-straight double-doubles to end the 2006-07 season. 
• at EMU 18 points, 14 rebounds
• at Charlotte 13 points, 18 rebounds 
• at Tulsa 25 points, 12 rebounds
• at Cleveland St. 18 points, 13 rebounds
• at Purdue Fort Wayne 16 points, 16 rebounds
• His all-around game has seen him tie his career-high with four steals at EMU, had three rebounds, two blocks and a steal, playing all 45 minutes at Charlotte, three blocks and two steals at Tulsa.  
• The 18 rebounds were the most by a Titan since Eli Holman had 18 versus Milwaukee in 2010.  
• He came into the year with a high in boards of 14 against Alabama A&M, while his previous high in points was 22 against NC Central, both done last year as a member of Alabama State.
• Liddell started his career at Texas before transferring to Alabama State. 
• At ASU, he saw action in 25 games with 19 starts and averaged 10.3 points, a team-high 5.7 rebounds and 1.2 assists to go with 24 steals and 24 blocks. He shot 43.8 % overall and 37.0 % from three, reaching double figures in 13 games and posting five double-doubles.
• In his three years with Texas, he saw action in 35 games with 10 starts and averaged 2.9 points and 2.3 rebounds. His best year was as a sophomore as he played in 15 games with 10 starts until a back injury cut his season short. Liddell recorded 4.1 points and 3.1 assists and started the year with a then career-best 14 points against No. 23 Purdue. 
• As a prep at Steele High School in Cibolo, Texas, he was ranked as the No. 41 overall prospect in the nation by 247Sports and No. 47 by ESPN.

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 three against Rochester. 
• He has now scored in double figures in five games on the year, including 15 points in the win over Ohio, 16 with seven boards in the victory at Purdue Fort Wayne and 14 points at Charlotte. 
• He also has seven games with four or more rebounds with a career-high nine against Rochester and at Cleveland State. 
• On the season, he is tallying 9.3 points and 4.5 rebounds, shooting 36.8% from the field and 32.9% from three. 
• He started his career at Indiana before ending up at 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.

A.J. LOOKING FOR ONE FINAL RUN

• A.J. Oliver - who missed two games with an illness and returned at Tulsa - is coming off one of his best games, tying his season-high with 12 points and grabbing nine rebounds at Eastern Michigan. 
• He posted 12 points and five rebounds in the season opener against Rochester and had 10 points against Bryant and five points and five rebounds versus Charlotte.  
• 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, Oliver 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, 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, 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. 

WHAT DO YOU SAY ZAY

• Freshman Isaiah Jones played in just one game, three minutes against Rochester in the season opener, but with the team down a few players, the rookie delivered on the opening weekend of HL play, earning HL Freshman of the Week on Dec. 5. 
• Jones came off the bench tallying 14.0 points and 5.5 rebounds. He shot 58.8% from the field (10-of-17) and 53.3% (8-of-15) from three in the two games.
• He started with 11 points and four rebounds in the win at Purdue Fort Wayne end ended with 17 points - connecting on five triples - seven rebounds and two assists at Cleveland State.
• Jones followed that up with five points in the win at Tulsa, but it was his three with 50 seconds left that gave the Titans a 73-72 lead en route to the 76-72 victory. 

FROM THE LAND DOWN UNDER

• Junior Jayden Stone - who has missed three games with the flu in the last five contests - had a massive game in the season opener, posting his first double-double with a career-high 15 points and 12 rebounds. 
• Since then, he has twice passed his career high with a game-high 22 points with six rebounds, two assists and two steals at BC and 24 points with six assists against Bryant. At Washington State, he netted a team-high 20 with five boards. 
• On the season, he is averaging 12.2 points, shooting 47.3% overall (35-of-74), 51.7% from three (15-of-29) and 89.3% (25-of-28) at the line to go with 4.6 rebounds and 2.0 assists.  
• The Perth, Australia, native transferred to Detroit Mercy after two years at Grand Canyon, where he played in 30 games and averaged 3.4 points and 1.4 rebounds.
• He was one of the top prospects in the state of Alabama, earning the 2019 Alabama 2A Player of the Year.

LONE STAR PHILLIPS IS BACK

• Senior Jordan Phillips - who missed three games with an undisclosed injury - 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.
• Since then, he has been a consistent player for the Titans, scoring in double figures in five games, grabbing at least four rebounds in five games and handing out a pair of assists in three contests. 
• He netted six points with seven rebounds at Boston College, 13 points, three caroms and two assists versus Ohio, 16 points with four rebounds at Florida Atlantic, 11 points with three boards and two assists against Bryant and 11 points with eight rebounds in the win over Charlotte. 
• He is currently posting 9.9 points and 4.8 rebounds, shooting 40.5% from the field and 43.5% from three.
• 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.