DETROIT (12/6/2022) -- The University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team will finish up the final four games of the non-conference season in the next two weeks, starting with a trip to Tulsa on Wednesday.

Game time is set for 8:00 p.m. at the Reynolds Center 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.

Detroit Mercy and Tulsa were once rivals in the Missouri Valley Conference in the 1950's and have not met since 1961.

The game is part of a seven-game road trip and a span of playing nine of 10 away from Calihan Hall as the Titans are looking to break an 11-game slide in non-conference road games with their last win at Western Michigan on Dec. 12, 2020.

Graduate senior Antoine Davis continues to rack up points and chase NCAA records as he comes into the game with 2,942 points, tops in school and Horizon League history, 13th in NCAA history (58 shy of becoming the 11th player to score 3,000 points), and 725 away from Pete Maravich's NCAA-record 3,667. 

He has scored 20 or more points 84 times in his career and in seven games on the year and is currently fifth in the NCAA in scoring at 23.1 points per game. He also has 461 career triples, third in NCAA history and is seventh in DI with 3.56, 3-pointers per contest. 

Rookie Isaiah Jones was named the Horizon League Freshman of the Week after tallying 14.0 points and 5.5 rebounds last week at Purdue Fort Wayne and at Cleveland State, while senior Gerald Liddell started his Titan career with a pair of double-doubles tallying 16 points and a game and career-high 16 rebounds at Purdue Fort Wayne and 18 points and 13 boards at Cleveland State

Tulsa is currently 2-5 on the season and has dropped four-straight games, including one common opponent with the Titans in Charlotte (68-65). 

ALL-TIME SERIES

• Detroit Mercy and Tulsa have met 17 times, with the Golden Hurricane holding an 11-6, advantage, but the programs have not met since 1961. In that last battle, Dave DeBusscher posted 18 points and 20 rebounds as the red, white and blue claimed a 76-53 triumph. 
• All the meetings took place from 1950-61 and the first 10 were as rivals in the Missouri Valley Conference.
• The Titans were also 0-8 on the road in the series during that span. 

VS. THE AAC

• Detroit Mercy is 29-43 all-time against current members of the American Athletic Conference.
• In fact, the Titans have played every member of the league except SMU and have picked up a win over everyone outside of SMU, Cincinnati (0-2) and Tulane (0-1).
• The last wins were back-to-back against South Florida in the 2013-14 (road) and 2014-15 (home) campaigns. 

THE WORLD IN 1950

• The first meeting took place on Jan. 28, 1950, with a 50-47 home victory. Here are some other facts about the world the first time these teams met.
• Minute Rice appeared on grocery store shelves for the first time
• Kraft introduced packaged cheese slices
• CBS received an FCC license to broadcast in color
• Dunkin' Donuts was founded
• The World Cup took place in Brazil, and Uruguay won the title
• The Red Wings won the Stanley Cup defeating the Rangers in seven games

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 Division I, 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. 
• This year so far, the non-conference teams are 50-35 (.588). 

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. 

OFFENSIVE MINDED

• Detroit Mercy has already topped 80 points three times this season after doing so just seven times all of last year.
• The Titans have twice made 30 field goals netting 30 against Ohio and Bryant. They have also shot over 50.0% three times, going for 51.7% (30-of-58) against Ohio, 52.6% (30-of-57) against Bryant and 52.0% (26-of-50) versus Charlotte. 

WHERE WE RANK

• Antoine Davis currently leads the Horizon League and is fifth in the nation in scoring at 23.1 ppg. He also tops the HL and is second in total 3-pointers (32), leads the conference and is third in total points (208), first in the HL and seventh in 3-pointers per game (3.56) and second in the conference and 12th overall in field goals (69).
• Junior Jayden Stone is third in the league and 21st in the country in free-throw percentage (91.7%). 

FROM THREE

• The red, white and blue have connected on double-digit triples in seven games, with a season-high 15 against Bryant, in just 24 attempts for 62.4%, and have made double-digit triples in 24 of 39 games dating back to last season. 
• Detroit Mercy saw half of its 24 total field goals at Purdue Fort Wayne go in from behind the arc.
• The Titans lead the Horizon League and are 22nd in the nation at 39.6% from three as well as second in the league and 24th in the country with 10.0 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, a top 50 candidate for the Naismith Trophy National Player of the Year and a top 50 candidate 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 every one of those a first-team selection. 

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 120 after his 23 points at Cleveland State.  
• 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 84 career 20-point games, 26 career 30-point outings and four 40-point contests in 120 games - reaching 17 points in 106 of them.
• Last year, he 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.

ABOUT 2,900 POINTS

• Antoine Davis is the highest active scorer in the country in total points with 2,942, 13th in NCAA history. 
• At the moment, only 14 players have reached 2,900 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, 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 3.85, three-point field goals per game. 
• He posted back-to-back season-highs of six against Bryant and Charlotte and had five in the win over Ohio and at Purdue Fort Wayne as he is seventh in the NCAA with 3.56, 3-pointers per contest. 
• Davis has made a three in 115 of his 120 collegiate games with 65 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. 
• 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 as he passed former Titan All-American Rashad Phillips (348) for both records.
• He is currently third in NCAA history in total 3-pointers at 461, 43 away from Oakland's Travis Bader for second and 48 away from Fletcher Magee's NCAA-record 509. 

DAVIS DISHING IT OUT

• Antoine Davis can not only score, but he can get his teammates involved as he is sixth in school history with 507 assists, two away from the top five.
• The all-time record is 615 by Kevin McAdoo as he is now 108 shy of that mark. 
• He has 49 games with five or more assists - including nine last season - and posted a nine-assist performance in the season opener. 
• His career-best is 10 at IUPUI and against Western Michigan last season. 
• If he were to reach 3,000 career points, he would be 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 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 conference play, earning HL Freshman of the Week. 
• 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.

TAKING THE DIAPER OFF

• With the Titans down Jayden Stone (illness) and A.J. Oliver (illness) at Purdue Fort Wayne and then adding Jordan Phillips (injury) to that list at Cleveland State, Detroit Mercy needed a couple of freshmen to step up and they did.
• Aside from Jones, Marcus Tankersley - who was also recovering from an illness - scored 10 points with five rebounds and an assist at Cleveland State. 

WHAT A START FOR LIDDELL

• Gerald Liddell had to wait for seven games to play, but it might have been worth it as the senior transfer tallied 16 points and a career-high 16 rebounds with two assists, two steals and a block at Purdue Fort Wayne and followed that with 18 points, 13 rebounds, two assists, two steals and a block at Cleveland State. 
• His previous high in boards was 14 as a member of Alabama State against Alabama A&M last year, and the 16 rebounds were the most by a Titan since Chris Brandon had 17 versus Cleveland State in 2020. 
• Liddell started his career at Texas before transferring to Alabama State. 
• Last season at Alabama State, 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, scoring a career-high 22 points with 11 boards against North Carolina Central and tallying double-doubles in four of his last five games, including netting 13 points with a career-best 14 rebounds against Alabama A&M. 
• 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.

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. Since then, he has twice passed his career high with a game-high 22 points with six rebounds, two assists and two steals at Boston College 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 14.4 points - tied for fifth in the HL - shooting 51.6% overall (33-of-64), 54.2% from three (13-of-24) and 91.7% (22-of-24) at the line to go with 5.0 rebounds and 2.1 assists.  
• The Perth, Australia, native transferred to Detroit Mercy after playing his first two years at Grand Canyon, where he played in 30 games 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.
• He was one of the top prospects in the state of Alabama, earning the 2019 Alabama 2A Player of the Year.

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 followed that with 11 points and four boards at Boston College,15 points and four rebounds versus Ohio, 16 points and seven rebounds at Purdue Fort Wayne and eight points with a career-tying nine boards at Cleveland State.  
• On the season, he is tallying 9.2 points and 4.4 rebounds, shooting 39.2% from the field and 36.5% 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.

MEET MR. MOSS

• TJ Moss joined the Titans after a successful prep career in high school and playing at South Carolina and McNeese State and has flashed his ability to be an all-around player.
• At Purdue Fort Wayne, he had eight points with a career-high four steals, three assists and two blocks. 
• He scored a season-high nine points with five rebounds, three assists and two steals versus Charlotte and had four points, four assists, two rebounds, a block and a steal versus Bryant.
• He played in 64 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, 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. 
• As a prep, he was a four-star prospect on ESPN.com and was once hailed as the 26th-best prospect nationally by 247Sports.

A.J. LOOKING FOR ONE FINAL RUN

• A.J. Oliver posted 12 points and five rebounds in the season opener 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, 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, 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. 

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.
• 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 10.8 points and 5.3 rebounds, shooting 40.3% from the field and 42.9% 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.

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 401 triumphs, tied for 150th in NCAA history.
• His next victory will be #50 at the helm of the Titan program.