DETROIT (2/19/2023) -- Graduate senior Antoine Davis scored a game-high 31 points and broke two school records in the process as the University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team won for the fifth time in the last six games, 81-68, over IUPUI at home on Sunday.

Davis - the nation's leading scorer - broke the single school season record for 3-pointers and points in a season, both held by Rashad Phillips in 2000-01 (136, 785), as he now has 140 triples on the year and 809 points. He upped his career point total to 3,543, 124 shy of Pete Maravich's NCAA record 3,667, and extended his 3-point mark to 569. 

Davis was 7-of-22 from the field with four 3-pointers, and connected on a season-best 13-of-14 at the free-throw line to go with a career-high six steals, five assists and three rebounds. Graduate senior A.J. Oliver and senior Gerald Liddell each had 12 points and eight rebounds. Graduate senior TJ Moss posted 11 points and tied his career-high with four steals and graduate senior Damezi Anderson had 13 points, three rebounds and a career-best three blocks.

It was a festive day as the Titans honored their 13-member Hall Of Fame Class in Tim Blackwell (MSC), Aaron Byrd (MSC), Paul Caraballo (T&F), Ruthie Thill (T&F/XC), Allison Hodgins (WSC), Jordan Houtby (MLAX), Monica Kaltreider (WSC), Lindsey Lammers (WG), Autumn Rademacher (WBB), Ryan Raymond (Base), Lawrence Scheffer (Base), Katy Snyder (WFEN) at halftime. 

The game was tied at 46-46 with 12:39 left when the Titans (13-16, 9-9 HL) went on a 21-3 run to blow the game open. Davis started that with a three, and after an IUPUI (4-25, 1-17 HL) basket, Detroit Mercy scored nine in a row with a Davis three, two free throws from Liddell and back-to-back baskets from Moss, the latter off a steal, and the team was ahead 58-48 with 9:09 left.

After the Jaguars split a pair at the line, the Titans went on another 9-0 spurt with a jumper from Davis, a triple by Moss and then a layup and two free throws from Davis to push the advantage to 18, 67-49, with 7:13 on the clock.

From there, the Titans controlled the action the rest of the way as they continued to put themselves in position for a home game and a possible bye in the first round of the Horizon League Championships. 

Graduate senior Arashma Parks had two points, four rebounds and a career-high two blocks, while freshman Isaiah Jones had three boards.

Detroit Mercy shot 41.7% from the field with 10, 3-pointers, and was 21-of-24 (87.5%) at the free-throw line. The Titans also came away with a season-high 13 steals and seven blocks. 

The Titans got off to a fast 7-2 start as Anderson hit a three and after two free throws from Liddell, Anderson went inside for a layup. Detroit Mercy then led 10-4 as Davis buried a three that broke the school mark for most in a season with 137 and 12-6 margin after two free throws from Davis nearly five minutes in.

IUPUI came back to take an 18-17 lead, but a layup from Moss gave the Titans the lead back midway through the period. Anderson's triple had the team up 22-20, and then Davis knocked in a three - which broke the school single-season points record - for a 25-20 score with 6:01 left.

The lead went back and forth a couple of more times and the game was tied at 33-33 as Anderson hit a three at the buzzer. 

Davis started the second half with a trey and the advantaged went to seven, 44-37, after Moss hit two free throws and Davis added a jumper at the 15:24 mark. 

The Titans led by seven again at 46-39, but the Jaguars knotted it up at 46-46 before the red, white and blue went on the game-ended run. 

The Titans will host NKU on Thursday at 7:00 p.m. and Wright State next Saturday at 1:00 p.m. on Senior Day and Davis jersey retirement. Tickets to Thursday's game start at just $10, while Saturday's contest will feature a special sale with buy four tickets and get 50.0% off your order using code MBB50OFF.

Game Notes:

• The Titans now lead the all-time series, 7-2, and are 4-0 at home
• Detroit Mercy has outrebounded its opponents in 16 of the last 21 games and 20 times on the season as the Titans came into the game third in the HL in rebounding at 36.2 per game and top the league and stand 25th in the nation with 12.43 offensive rebounds per contest
• Detroit Mercy has now connected on double-digit 3-pointers in 18 games and is first in the HL and seventh in the nation at 39.5% from three, as well as first in the HL and sixth in DI with 10.5 per game
• The Titans have connected on double-digit free throws in 19 games on the season and have made at least 20 five times - four of those in the last six games 
• The 13 steals was the most since posting a school-record 25 against Siena Heights in 2017
• The seven blocks was the most since registering nine against IUPUI in 2020
• The win was number 410 for head coach Mike Davis, 142nd in DI NCAA and two away from 141st
• Davis came into the game tallying 30.2 points, 5.2 assists and 3.2 rebounds in five career games against IUPUI, shooting 44.6% overall (50-of-112), 38.9% from three (28-of-72) and 95.8% at the line (23-of-24)
• Davis now has 1010 career 20-point games, 38 career 30-point outings and eight 40-point contests in 140 games - reaching 17 points in 122 of them
• Davis now has a league-best 24, 20-point games, 12, 30-point outings and four 40-point outbursts on the year
• Davis now has 1,179 field goals passing Otis Birdsong (Houston, 1973-77) for eighth in NCAA history and is 36 in back of another Houston standout Elvin Hayes (1964-68 - 1,215) for seventh
• Davis has made a three in 135 of his 140 collegiate games, with 78 career games with four or more triples, 32 with six or more, 17 games with seven or more, and has five times connected on 10 or more. 
• Davis' career-best in free throws was 15-of-17 against Cleveland State in 2019
• Davis now has 53 career games with five or more assists and is third in Titan history with 575 assists, 36 behind second-place Wilbert McCormick (1977-80 - 611) and 40 in back of school-record holder Kevin McAdoo's (1983-86) 615
• Liddell now has scored in double figures in 17 of his 20 games on the year
• Liddell has now blocked at least one shot in 12 games
• Anderson has now scored in double figures in eight of the last 10 games and 17 on the year
• Anderson had never had more than one block in a game
• It is the third time that Moss has recorded four steals in a game 
• Moss was in double figures for the fifth time this season and in back-to-back games after scoring 11 at Oakland 
• Oliver was in double figures in scoring for the 10th time this season
• Oliver's season-high in rebounds is nine against Oakland 

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