DETROIT (2/22/2022) -- The final homestand of the regular season for the University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball program will see two teams from atop the Horizon League standings coming to town, starting with the defending league champion Cleveland State Vikings on Thursday. 

It will be a RED OUT as the first 500 fans will receive a t-shirt, courtesy of Alliance Catholic Credit Union. 

Game time is set for 7:00 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.

Detroit Mercy is 12-13 on the season and 9-6 in the Horizon League, where the Titans stand in seventh place. They have already locked up a home game in the playoffs, but the red, white and blue is still alive for a top-four seed and a bye in the first round of the KEEPS Horizon League men's basketball championship. In order to get the bye, the Titans will need to win out and get some help with a few of the teams in the top five dropping both of their remaining games. 

Cleveland State is 19-7 overall and 15-4 in the conference as the Vikings wrapped up a share of the regular-season title their last time out with a 79-67 victory at Green Bay and with tiebreakers, CSU will be the top seed in the playoffs. 

The Titans have won 14 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

After the game, the Titans will end the regular season with Purdue Fort Wayne on Saturday in a 1:00 p.m. game as Detroit Mercy will honor its seniors prior to the opening tip. 

ALL-TIME SERIES

• The teams have split the last 12 meetings, but the Titans still lead the series, 45-28.
• The Vikings took the first meeting this year, 72-70, as they built up a 14-point first-half lead only to see the Titans come back and lead by nine in the second half before being edged by two. 
• The teams split last year's match-up on the road as the Titans captured an 89-83 victory before falling 71-64 in game two. 
• Detroit Mercy is 29-5 all-time at home in the series and has won five of the last six in the Motor City.  

AGAINST THE VIKINGS

• Antoine Davis has struggled a bit in his career against Cleveland State averaging 24.4 points on 36.2% overall shooting and 23.9% from three (16-of-67), although he did score 35 in the win last year and 35 this season on 12-of-19 shooting.
• He was 0-of-5 from three as a sophomore in 2000, just one of the four times in 106 career games that he failed to nail a three. 
• Junior Noah Waterman averaged 12.0 points and 6.0 rebounds last season on 50.0% shooting (7-of-14, 7-of-13 from three) as he had a big game in the win scoring 17 points and hitting some key 3-pointers late, but netted just four in the first meeting. 
• Graduate senior DJ Harvey had 14 points with four rebounds and two steals, while junior Madut Akec posted 11 points and seven boards in the first meeting. 

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, and is second in the HL and 90th in the nation with 11.8 turnovers per game. 

LONG RANGE TITANS

• The Titans have connected on at least nine 3-pointers in 16 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 eighth in Division I in 3-point field goals per game (10.4) and 41st in three-point field-goal percentage (36.9%), tops in the HL in both.

WHERE WE RANK

• Outside of the long-distance shooting, the Titans are second in the league and 17th in the nation in free throw percentage (77.5%). 
• Individually, senior Antoine Davis is third in the nation in scoring (23.5), second in 3-point field goals per game (3.96), sixth in total 3-pointers (95), ninth in minutes played per game (37:30) and total points (565), 40th in free-throw percentage (86.9%), 57th in assists (4.7) and 70th in three-point field goal percentage (37.3%).
• He leads the HL in scoring, three-point field goals per game and three-point field-goal percentage, while standing second in free-throw percentage and total points and third in assists. 
• His 39 points at Hofstra and against Milwaukee is a HL and tied for the 18th-most in the country and the eight triples in both is tied for the 24th most. 
• Junior Madut Akec is tied for sixth in the HL and 82nd nationally in double-doubles (6), fourth in the HL and 83rd in the nation in field-goal percentage (50.7%) and seventh in the league in rebounding (7.2).

RACKING UP THE POINTS

• Senior Antoine Davis now has 73 career 20-point games, 25 career 30-point outings and four 40-point contests in 106 collegiate games and has also scored in double figures in all 106 games - reaching at least 17 points in 87 of them.
• Davis was in double figures for the 106th straight game with 31 points against Wright State and is now fifth in NCAA history in that category, two 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 2,605, tied for 39th 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, 91 out of second and 309 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 3.88, three-point field goals per game.
• He has connected on a 3-pointer in 40-straight games and 102 of his 106 collegiate games. He has 57 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. 
• His 95 triples on the season are tied for fifth in the school record book as he looks to knock down 100 for the third time in his career following the 132 as a freshman for second and 101 as a sophomore for fourth.
• In a COVID shortened season, he tallied 83 last season and the school record is 136 by Rashad Phillips in 2001. 
• 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 411 career triples as he passed former Titan All-American Rashad Phillips (348) for both records with his second trey at UIC.
• He is currently 16th in NCAA history in total 3-pointers at 411, just five shy of the top 13. 

MADUT DOING IT ALL

• Junior Madut Akec - who has missed the last five games with an injury - was having a breakout season averaging 13.5 points and team-highs with 7.2 rebounds, 33 steals and shooting 50.7% overall.
• He is third in field goal percentage, sixth 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 recently after dealing with some early injuries and health and safety protocols.
• In his last 10 games, he is averaging 11.0 points and 5.9 rebounds, shooting 48.2% (41-of-85) overall and 36.2% from three (17-of-47), going in double figures 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 hot play 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 a strong weekend with eight points, five rebounds and four assists against NKU, where he hit a couple of big triples in the second half, and 11 points with three helpers versus Wright State. 
• He had a great game with 15 points at NKU. Recently, he had 13 points against UIC and 19 points, eight assists and five boards against Michigan-Dearborn.
• Earlier this season 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.
• He had a great all-around weekend last week tallying nine points, a career-high nine rebounds, three assists and three steals against Wright State and six rebounds, two assists and a steal against NKU. 
• 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 then 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 seven times in his last 10, tallying 10.9 points on 47.3% (35-of-74), including 24-of-54 (44.4%) from three in that span.
• He just had 12 points, five rebounds and two steals versus Wright State. 
• That was after 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. 

BIG WILLY STYLE

• Senior Willy Isiani is back and as one of the most experienced Titans in his fourth year - all under coach Davis. 
• His play this year has been steady as he is known to hit some deep shots as well as play tough and smart inside as he leads the team with 20 drawn charges.  
• A native of Tbilisi, Georgia, who is believed to be the first Titan from the country of Georgia, has connected on the three ball on 95 of his 143 career field goals.
• He is coming off a nine-point, four-assist, three-rebound, two-steal effort against Wright State. 
• He had a season-high seven boards at Robert Morris and a season-high 15 points against UIC, going 5-of-6 from the field and 4-of-5 from three. 
• He had a then season-high 11 points at Kent State and 15 points versus Western Michigan.
• He scored eight points with four rebounds against Milwaukee, eight points hitting a pair of three's at IUPUI and that was after six points on a pair of 3-pointers at Hofstra.
• Known as a shooter, he started to learn the post position grabbing a career-high 12 rebounds with eight points at Western Michigan last season, posting a career-high five assists with six rebounds and two steals at Michigan State and 10 boards with two blocks at Notre Dame last year.