DETROIT (2/18/2022) -- After a dominating second half for a win over NKU, the University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team will look for some revenge as the Titans host Wright State on Sunday.

The first 700 fans in attendance will receive a commemorative TR pin in honor of the late great fan and alum Titan Reggie. 

Game time is set for 1:00 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.

The Titans have won 13th in a row at home dating back to last season, the longest home winning streak since the red, white and blue won 17 in a row between the end of the 2011-12 and the start of the 2012-13 season. 

The Titans enter the game at 11-13 overall and 8-6 in Horizon League play for seventh place in pretty tight standings. With everything based on winning percentage, the red, white and blue is still alive for a top-four seed and a bye in the first round of the Horizon League Championship. 

The offense was nonexistent early, but the Titans shot 50.0% in the second half to down NKU, 60-52 as senior Antoine Davis led the way with 20 points. He is still the second-leading scorer in the country at 23.3 points per game, while his 2,574 career points is tied for 44th in NCAA history. 

Junior Noah Waterman kept up his strong play with a season-high 18 points as he was 7-of-11 overall and 4-of-7 from three and is now tallying 10.9 points in his last nine games. 

Wright State stayed alive in its quest to win the Horizon League regular-season title as the Raiders came from behind to beat Oakland on the road, 78-74. WSU won the first meeting, 90-59. 

After the game, the Titans will stay at home with the final two games of the homestand with Cleveland State on Thursday at 7:00 p.m. and Purdue Fort Wayne on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. 

ALL-TIME SERIES

• Wright State is looking for its third-straight season sweep as WSU has won five in a row, 10 of the last 11 and 17 of the last 21 to take a 37-27 lead in the all-time series. 
• The Raiders have won three in a row and five of the last six in Calihan Hall, but the Titans lead the match-up at home 15-14. 
• In 2018-19, the Titans won at home, 79-58, as Antoine Davis set a Titan freshman record with 48 points.

AGAINST WRIGHT STATE

• Senior Antoine Davis has averaged 22.4 points, 4.0 assists and 3.1 rebounds in seven career meetings with the Raiders, shooting 38.2% (55-of-144) overall and 31.9% (23-of-72) from three. 
• After tallying 29.2 points as a freshman and sophomore, Davis struggled last season against WSU netting 12.5 points and going 9-of-35 (25.7%) from the field and just 1-of-14 (0.71%) from distance and was 5-of-19 and 2-of-9 from three with 15 points in the first meeting. 
• Senior Matt Johnson averaged 15.0 points and 7.0 rebounds last season with a 20-point game, but was scoreless and 0-of-6 from the field in the first game, while graduate senior DJ Harvey had 20 points and seven boards. 

ROAD WARRIORS

• The Titans began the season with nine-straight road games and, due to cancellations, played 13 of their first 16 and 18 of their first 23 on the road.
• In fact, if there are no other additions or subtractions to the schedule, Detroit Mercy will play just nine of their 27 overall games at home as well as six of their 17 HL games.

PLAYING SOME DEFENSE

• After holding NKU to just 52 points, the Titans have held 13 opponents under 70 points this year, including five under 60 points with four of those in league play. 

KEEPING THE BALL

• Detroit Mercy committed just eight turnovers against NKU, the seventh time this season they have posted less than 10. 

AMONG THE BESTS

• Senior Antoine Davis ended last year leading the Horizon League and ranking third in the country in scoring at 24.0 points per game, marking the third-straight season he finished in the top four nationally in scoring (26.1 for third in 2019 and 24.3 for fourth in 2020).
• He also became just the second player in HL history to lead the conference three times joining Loyola's Alfredrick Hughes (1983-85) as he could put just himself on that pedestal if he were to lead the league again this year as he is currently second in the nation in scoring at 23.2 ppg., trailing only Bryant's Peter Kiss' 23.9.  
• The Titans have had one national individual stats leader in school history in Spencer Haywood, who led the country in rebounding at 22.1 rpg. in 1968-69. 

LONG RANGE TITANS

• The Titans have connected on at least nine 3-pointers in 15 games this season and connected on 18 against Milwaukee, tying a school record and tied for the ninth most this season against DI competition. 
• Detroit Mercy also had 18 triples against Milwaukee in 2000. 
• The team currently ranks 11th in Division I in 3-point field goals per game (10.3) and 46th in three-point field-goal percentage (36.4%), tops in the HL in both statistics. 

WHERE WE RANK

• Outside of the long-distance shooting, the Titans are 12th in the nation in free throw percentage (78.2%), 87 in fouls per game (15.2) and 90th in turnovers per game (11.9), top four in the HL in all three. 
• Individually, senior Antoine Davis is second in the nation in scoring (23.2), fourth in 3-point field goals per game (3.96), sixth in minutes played per game (37:48) and total 3-pointers (91), 10th in total points (514), 23rd in free-throw percentage (89.0%), 45th in assists (4.8) and 79th in three-point field goal percentage (37.0%).
• He leads the HL in scoring, three-point field goals per game, three-point field-goal percentage, and free-throw percentage, while standing second in assists and total points.
• His 39 points at Hofstra and against Milwaukee is a HL and tied for the 15th-most in the country and the eight triples in both is tied for the ninth most. 
• Junior Madut Akec is tied for fifth in the HL and 68th nationally in double-doubles (6), fourth in the HL and 88th in the nation in field-goal percentage (50.7%) and seventh in the league in rebounding (7.2).

CASHING IN ON THE FREE ONES

• Senior Antoine Davis, who claimed fourth in DI in free-throw percentage with a league-best and school-record 91.7% (88-of-96) last season, currently owns the school record at 89.0% (449-of-505).
• He is 23rd in the nation in free-throw percentage at 89.0% (81-of-91) this year. 
• He had a streak of 57-straight free throws come to an end at Louisville. As a sophomore, he hit 37 in a row at one point. 
• His career 88.9% is also seventh among active returning players in the nation and tied for 26th all-time in NCAA history. 

RACKING UP THE POINTS

• Senior Antoine Davis now has 72 career 20-point games, 24 career 30-point outings and four 40-point contests in 105 collegiate games and has also scored in double figures in all 105 games - reaching at least 17 points in 86 of them.
• Davis was in double figures for the 105th straight game with 20 points against NKI and is now fifth in NCAA history in that category three in back of former Arizona standout Sean Elliott (1985-89). 
• He has a chance at the NCAA record, held by La Salle's Lionel Simmons (1986-90) and Campbell's Chris Clemons at 115 (2015-19). 
• Last year, 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. 
• The 46 points was tied for the league and nation high with Cleveland State's D'Moi Hodge (vs. Purdue Fort Wayne). 
• Last season he reached at least 23 points in 13-straight, the best 20-point streak by a Titan since Spencer Haywood's 16-straight in 1968-69 - but to Haywood's resume, most of those were 30-point games.

ABOUT 2,500 POINTS

• Antoine Davis is the highest active scorer in the country in total points with 2,574, tied for 44th in NCAA history. 
• At the moment, only 76 players have reached 2,500 at the DI level.  
• It was his 18th point at Robert Morris on a three that put him at 2,500 career points.
• It was 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 third in conference history in that category, 122 out of second and 340 shy of the all-time mark.
• Imagine that record with the idea that Davis and the Titans have seen 11 games canceled and not made up in the last two seasons due to the pandemic.

ONE LETHAL SHOT

• Antoine Davis comes into the game fifth all-time in NCAA history with 3.89, three-point field goals per game.
• He has connected on a 3-pointer in 39-straight games and 101 of his 105 collegiate games. He has 56 career games with four or more triples, 21 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 league leader and second in the nation in 3-point field goals per game (3.77) last season, and that marked the third-straight year that he has been top 10 nationally in 3-point field goals per game. 
• Davis is already the school and career 3-point record holder at 407 career triples as he passed former Titan All-American Rashad Phillips (348) for both records with his second trey at UIC.
• He is currently 18th in NCAA history in total 3-pointers at 407, just six shy of the top 15. 

MADUT DOING IT ALL

• Junior Madut Akec - who has missed the last few games with an injury - is having a breakout season averaging 13.5 points and team-highs with 7.2 rebounds, 33 steals and shooting 50.7% overall.
• He is fourth in field goal percentage, seventh in rebounding and steals and 17th in scoring in the Horizon League.  
• He has also scored in double figures in 17 games and is tied for fifth in the HL with six double-doubles and seven 10+ rebounding outings. 
• He tallied 15 points with four boards and three steals at NKU. He also had 11 points at Milwaukee and 16 - 12 in the second half - at Green Bay.  
• Akec posted 15 points and a career-high 15 boards with four steals and two assists at Purdue Fort Wayne. 
• He netted a career-high 25 points - 20 in the second half - with 10 rebounds against Central Michigan for his fifth double-double of the year, where he was 7-of-12 from the field and a career-best 10-of-11 at the free-throw line. 
• Akec had a double-double with 18 points and a team-high 12 rebounds against WMU the week before.  
• He scored a then career-high 20 points with seven rebounds at IUPUI and added 19 points - 17 in the second half and 10 in a row at one point - and eight boards at UIC.  
• He made an immediate impact with the Titans at Wyoming, posting his first career double-double with a then career-high 14 points and then career-best 13 rebounds.
• He came back upping his then career-high to 15 points with seven boards, two assists, two blocks and a steal at Toledo and exceeded his career-high with 19 points and five steals to go with a team-high 10 boards at Louisville. 
• He competed in 33 games at USF the past two seasons, redshirting as a freshman, and tallied 2.3 points and 1.4 rebounds, while shooting nearly 50.0% (14-of-31).  
• A native of Tonj, South Sudan, he grew up in Melbourne, Australia, before prepping at Victory Rock in Florida.
• His brother, Deng Adel, played basketball at Louisville and played in the NBA with Toronto, Cleveland and Brooklyn and is currently playing overseas in Wales.

DJ ON THE REQUEST LINE

• Graduate senior DJ Harvey has come alive in the last seven games after dealing with some early injuries and health and safety protocols.
• In his last nine games, he is averaging 12.0 points and 6.6 rebounds, shooting 50.6% (40-of-79) overall and 37.0% from three (17-of-46), going in double digits seven times with a career-high 20 at Wright State. 
• Prior to that, he was tallying just 4.8 points and 5.0 rebounds on 32.1% shooting and just 9-of-27 (33.3%) from distance.
• He started his streak with 11 points, four rebounds and two assists against UIC and followed that with a double-double against Michigan-Dearborn with a then season-high 15 points and career-tying 12 rebounds, hitting 4-of-8 from three. 
• He netted a career-high 20 points with seven rebounds at Wright State, a 15-point, nine-rebound effort at NKU, 14 points and nine rebounds at Robert Morris, 14 points at Youngstown State and just flirted with a triple-double with 13 points, nine rebounds and a career-high seven assists at Oakland.
• Earlier in the season, he had one of his best collegiate games posting his first career double-double with a season-high 14 points and career-best 12 rebounds against Central Michigan.
• He started his collegiate career playing two seasons at Notre Dame before playing the last two years at Vanderbilt. 
• He was one of the top recruits in the nation coming out of high school. 

A MCADOO IS BACK

• Kevin McAdoo had the distinction of making the first basket of the season, hitting a triple at Wyoming, and then had a career game, tying his career-high with 23 points and hitting five 3-pointers at Toledo.
• He is coming off an eight-point, five-rebound effort against NKU, where he hit a couple of big triples in the second half. 
• He had a great game with 15 points at NKU. Recently, he had 13 points against UIC, 19 points, eight assists and five boards against Michigan-Dearborn and 15 points at NKU.  
• At Mississippi State, he scored 13 points and handed out four assists and then had 10 points at UIC.  
• He had 10 points and four assists in the home win over Milwaukee and added seven points, three rebounds, two assists and two steals at Milwaukee. 
• The name McAdoo is special in Titans' history as his father, Kevin McAdoo Sr., is the school's all-time assist leader with 615 earning four letters between 1982-86.
• He played last year at Bradley after playing his first two at Eastern Michigan and is the rare graduate senior who will have two years of eligibility after the NCAA granted an exception last season due to COVID.
• In high school, he earned First-Team All-State honors from the BCAM, while collecting second-team accolades from the Detroit Free Press at West Bloomfield.

HL'S SIXTH MAN RETURNS 

• Matt Johnson was selected the HL Sixth Man of the Year last season and once again has been a steady contributor.
• Even though he didn't score, he had six rebounds, two assists and a steal against NKU. 
• At Youngstown State, he had eight points, three rebounds, two steals and an assist. He posted nine points, four rebounds, four assists and two steals at Robert Morris. 
• Johnson tallied 15 points, seven rebounds and a career-best six assists against Michigan-Dearborn. He scored a season-high 16 points and tied his career-best with eight boards against UIC.
• He had seven points with five rebounds, three assists and three steals at Cleveland State and scored 10 points with five rebounds, two assists and two steals at Louisville.
• He saw action in all 22 games with eight starts last season and averaged 8.5 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.2 assists.
• Johnson posted a then career-high 20 points (7-14 FG, 4-6 3FG) along with five rebounds, three assists, a block and a steal in his Titan debut at Michigan State and followed that up with 15 points and five boards at Notre Dame. 
• He recorded a career-high 24 points on a career-best 9-of-14 from the field with six 3-pointers to go with six rebounds against Purdue Fort Wayne.

HIGH WATERMARK

• Junior Noah Waterman - who missed time early with an injury and just came back from health and safety protocols - tallied just 3.0 points in his first seven games on 26.6% shooting (8-of-30), but now been in double figures six times in his last nine, tallying 10.9 points on 47.7% (32-of-67), including 21-of-48 (43.7%) from three in that span.
• He is coming off back-to-back season highs with 18 points (7-11 FG, 4-7 3FG), five rebounds, two assists, a block and a steal against NKU and 16 points with six rebounds at Oakland, going 5-of-13 with four 3-pointers. 
• He had 11 points and four rebounds at Robert Morris and eight points and five boards at Youngstown State 
• He scored 10 points with a season-high seven boards and two blocks at Green Bay. He had 12 points with four boards against Milwaukee and 12 points, five boards and two blocks at Purdue Fort Wayne. 
• He became eligible mid-season last year and played in 15 games with 12 starts and was third on the team in scoring (11.9), fourth in rebounding (4.5) and tied for the team lead with 10 blocks. 
• He shot 55.5% from the field and 52.8% from the outside (38-of-72), scoring in double figures in eight games.
• At Oakland in the win, he recorded 18 points and a career-high eight rebounds and two blocks.
• He netted 17 points with five rebounds and two blocks in the win at Cleveland State, going a career-best 5-of-7 from three with three of those in the final three minutes to seal the win. He had a career-high 22 in game two against Robert Morris, where he was a career-best 8-of-11 from the field with five triples. 
• He then had 19 points and pulled down five rebounds in the Horizon League Championship quarterfinals at NKU. 
• A transfer from Niagara, Waterman played in seven games with five starts until an injury ended his freshman year.
• In high school, he was 6-2 but is now almost seven feet allowing him to play as a guard with his shooting skills.