DETROIT (2/3/2023) -- After a big win on Thursday, the University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team will look to keep it going as the Titans entertain Purdue Fort Wayne on Winter Blast Saturday.

Game time is set for 1:00 p.m. (doors open at Noon) and will be broadcast live on ESPN+ and the Watch ESPN App with Jeremy Otto and Earl Cureton '11 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 come into the contest at 9-15 overall and 5-8 in the Horizon League as they are still in the hunt for a home playoff game. Purdue Fort Wayne is coming off a win at Oakland and is 15-9 on the year and 7-6 in league play as the Mastodons are trying to put themselves in position for a home game. Detroit Mercy won the first meeting, 75-66, on the road as graduate senior Antoine Davis finished with a game-high 22 points en route to breaking the Horizon League scoring record, while senior Gerald Liddell had 16 points and 16 rebounds in his Titan debut. 

Davis just poured in a game-high 35 points at Cleveland State and is leading the nation in scoring at 26.4 points. He has 3,367 career points, tops in school and Horizon League history and is second in NCAA history, 300 shy of Pete Maravich's NCAA record 3,667. He has also been in double figures in scoring in all 135 of his games and one more would give him the NCAA record for most career games in double figures as he is currently tied for the top spot with Creighton's Doug McDermott (2010-14).

Graduate senior Arashma Parks gave the Titans a big lift off the bench with five points and a team-high nine rebounds, while Liddell nearly had his eighth double-double of the year with 17 points and eight boards against Cleveland State.

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ALL-TIME SERIES

• Despite being just 161 miles apart, this is only the eighth career meeting between the two schools as Purdue Fort Wayne leads the overall series, 4-3.
• The Titans are 2-2 at home, taking both games in the COVID double-scheduling year of 2020-21, while also winning the first game this season on the road. 

AGAINST THE MASTODONS

• Antoine Davis is averaging 24.2 points, 3.2 rebounds and 4.0 assists in five career games against Purdue Fort Wayne, shooting 39.6% overall (38-of-96), 49.0% from three (25-of-51) and 87.0% at the line (20-of-23). He has four 20-point games, with a high of 30 at home in 2021.
• Freshman Isaiah Jones came off the bench to score 11 points with four rebounds in the first meeting, while Gerald Liddell recorded a double-double in his first action as a Titan against the Mastodons with 16 points and 16 rebounds. 

WIN # 406 & COUNTING

• 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.
• This season, he won his 400th career triumph in the 70-49 victory over Charlotte.
• He now has 406 career wins, 145th in NCAA history and one behind Tom Green for 144th. 

BRINGING THE O

• Detroit Mercy shot 50.9% its last time out, the sixth time this year the Titans were over 50.0%. 
• The season high is 52.7% against Robert Morris and at IUPUI, while the Titans also shot 52.6% against Bryant, 52.0% at home versus Charlotte and 51.7% against Ohio. 

HUSTLE & HARD WORK

• Detroit Mercy has outrebounded its opponents in 11 of the last 16 games and 15 times on the season as the Titans are fourth in the HL in rebounding at 35.6 per game and top the league and stand 41st in the nation with 12.22 offensive rebounds per contest.  
• Recently, Detroit Mercy outrebounded Youngstown State, 39-30 with 13 offensive caroms, on the road and 37-30 with 11 offensive boards in the home contests.  
• The Titans had a +15 effort (43-28) against Green Bay, which included a 19-8 margin on the offensive glass. 
• 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.
• At Cleveland State, the Titans won the glass, 44-31, with 20 offensive caroms for a 19-10 second-chance points margin.

WHERE WE RANK

• Antoine Davis currently leads the nation in scoring (26.4 ppg.), total points (633), total 3-pointers (108), 3-pointers per game (4.51) and total field goals (209). His 37:35 minutes a game is also first in the league and fourth in the country. 
• Damezi Anderson is ninth in the Horizon League with 2.09 triples per game, and senior Gerald Liddell's seven double-doubles are third in the league and 49th in the nation.

FROM THREE

• The red, white and blue have nailed 69 triples in the last six games, with seven against Cleveland State, eight at Youngstown State, 13 at Robert Morris, eight against Oakland, 16 at IUPUI and 17 against Robert Morris at home, tying a season-high and one shy of the school record. 
• Detroit Mercy has now connected on double-digit 3-pointers in 14 games.
• The Titans are second in the Horizon League and 17th in the nation at 38.6% from three, as well as first in the HL and sixth in the country with 10.3 per game. 

TAKING WHAT YOU GIVE US

• The Titans have connected on double-digit free throws in 16 games on the season and are coming off a 22-of-27 effort against Cleveland State, the second most on the year behind the 24-of-34 versus Rochester in the season opener. 
• Detroit Mercy is second in the Horizon League and 33rd in the nation in free-throw percentage at 75.8%. 

VALUE THE BALL

• Detroit Mercy is coming off a season-best 12 steals against Cleveland State, the most since taking 12 away from Purdue Fort Wayne in 2021. The 20 forced turnovers against the Vikings tied a season-high with the 20 at Purdue Fort Wayne earlier this season and the 20 at IUPUI. 
• On the flip side, the Titans are third in the HL and 75th in the nation averaging just 11.9 turnovers per contest. 

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 the country at 26.4 points per game, ahead of Penn's Jordan Dingle's 23.8. 
• The only Titan to ever lead the nation in a NCAA statistic was Spencer Haywood, who averaged 22.1 rebounds in 1968-69, while his current rate of 26.4 points would be the fourth highest in school history.

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 to 135 after his 35 points against Cleveland State.   
• He broke the 115-mark mark held by Chris Clemons (Campbell, 2015-2019) and Lionel Simmons (La Salle, 1987-90).
• Davis is now tied for the all-time mark for double figures with Creighton's Doug McDermott (2010-14) at 135. 
• 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 and recently broke the all-time 3-point mark, passing Wofford's Fletcher Magee's 509 and now has 537 career triples.

RACKING UP THE POINTS

• Antoine Davis now has 96 career 20-point games, 33 career 30-point outings and six 40-point contests in 135 games - reaching 17 points in 117 of them. The Titans are 6-0 in the games where he has netted 40 or more. 
• He is also the first player in more than 40 years to record a 40-point game in four different seasons.
• Davis became the first Titan to ever register back-to-back 40-point games when he had 41 against RMU and 42 at IUPUI, the first player to do it at DI since Marquette's Markus Howard had 40 against Davidson and 51 versus USC on Nov. 28 and 29, 2019. 
• This year, he has a league-best 19, 20-point games, seven 30-point outings and two 40-point outbursts. 

ABOUT 3,000 POINTS

• Antoine Davis is the highest active scorer in the country in total points with 3,367, second in NCAA history. 
• Only 11 players have reached 3,000 at the DI level and he is 350 behind Pete Maravich's NCAA-record 3,667
• 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). 
• Davis and the Titans have seen 15 games canceled and not made up in the last two seasons - seven of those being at home - 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.

DAVIS FROM THREE 

• Antoine Davis comes into the game third all-time in NCAA history with 3.99, three-point field goals per game and leading the nation this year at 4.51 per contest. 
• He set a school record with 11 triples against Robert Morris - eight in the first half alone - and his eighth was the record-breaking trifecta as he became the all-time leader in college basketball with his 510th trey, passing Wofford's Fletcher Magee's (2015-19). He now has 537 to his name.  
• He has 13 games on the year with four or more 3-pointers, with some of the top games the 11 against RMU, 10 at Charlotte, nine at RMU, eight at IUPUI, six against Milwaukee and back-to-back games of six against Bryant and home versus Charlotte.
• Davis has made a three in 130 of his 135 collegiate games, with 73 career games with four or more triples, 28 with six or more, 14 games with seven or more, and has five times connected on 10 or more. 
• Davis' 108 triples on the season are fourth in school history, five out of his third-place mark of 113 last season. His career single-season best is 132 as a freshman, good for second place, and the Titan record is 136 by Rashad Phillips. 

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 is currently third in the Horizon League and 12th in DI at 90.7%. 
• Davis owns the school record at 89.1% (580-of-651), seventh among active players and 21st all-time in NCAA history. His 580 free throws are also first as a Titan.
• Davis hit a career-best 57 in a row between the end of his junior and the start of his senior year and has currently made 59 of his last 62 and 76 of his last 80. 

AD THE QUICKEST TO 1,000 & 2,000 & OWNS THE SCHOOL RECORD

• With his 39 points at home against Milwaukee as a senior last season, Antoine Davis became the Titans' all-time leading scorer passing Rashad Phillips (2,319) with his 36th point and now has a HL record 3,332 points, passing Loyola Chicago's Alfredrick Hughes' (1981-85) 2,914.
• Davis scored 27 points at Notre Dame in the 2019-20 season, but it was his free throw for 26 that made history giving him 1,000 career points in just 39 games, passing the great Dave DeBusschere as the fastest Titan to reach 1,000.
• DeBusschere accomplished the feat in his 43rd collegiate game.
• Davis became the 43rd player in school history to eclipse 1,000 career points and just the third second-year player joining DeBusschere (who did it as a junior as freshmen could not play) and sophomore Ray McCallum in 2010-11.
• Last year, he passed DeBusschere again (1,978) for third in Titan history as he crossed the 2,000-point plateau in his 81st game, quicker than the other two 2,000-point scorers in John Long (2,167 total - 2,000 in game 102) and Rashad Phillips (2,319 total - 2,000 in game 116). 

DAVIS DISHING IT OUT

• Antoine Davis can not only score, but he can get his teammates involved as he is fourth in Titan history with 558 assists, five out of third place. 
• The all-time record is 615 by Kevin McAdoo as he is now 57 behind that mark. 
• He has 52 games with five or more assists and posted a nine-assist effort in the season opener against Rochester and eight against Oakland and six at YSU.  
• His career-best was 10 at IUPUI and against Western Michigan and UIC last season. 
• He is 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

• Senior Gerald Liddell - who has missed a few games with an undisclosed injury - 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 seven double-doubles in his first seven games. He was the first Titan to have seven-straight since Ryvon Covile registered seven in a row to end the 2006-07 season. 
• vs. Green Bay 19 points, 11 rebounds
• at Cincinnati 18 points, 13 rebounds
• 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, three rebounds, two blocks and a steal, playing all 45 minutes at Charlotte, a season-high three blocks and two steals at Tulsa and three more blocks against Green Bay.  
• He just had 17 points, eight rebounds, three steals and two assist against Cleveland State, 24 points with six rebounds, two assists and two steals against Youngstown State and 16 points with seven caroms at Robert Morris. 
• He has at least two steals in eight games and has blocked at least one shot in nine. He is currently not eligible for statistical leaders due to games played.
• The 18 rebounds at Charlotte 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 played 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. 
• As a prep at Steele HS in Cibolo, Texas, he was ranked No. 41 in the nation by 247Sports and No. 47 by ESPN.

HOOSIER IN THE MOTOR CITY

• Graduate senior Damezi Anderson has now scored in double figures in five-straight games and 14 on the year.
• He posted two-straight career-high games posting his first 20-point outing with 20 points, along with a team-high seven rebounds, three assists and three steals at IUPUI, and then notched 22 points on a career-best 10-of-17 shooting with six boards and two helpers against Oakland.
• He just scored 14 points with four rebounds and three assists at Youngstown State and 13 points with six rebounds and a career-best four assists at Robert Morris. Some other big games a 12-point, eight-rebound effort at Wright State, 16 with seven boards at Purdue Fort Wayne.
• He also has 14 games with four or more rebounds, with a career-high nine against Rochester and at Cleveland State. 
• In the last five games, he is averaging 16.8 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.8 assists, shooting 52.7% overall (29-of-55) and 12-of-29 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 registering 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.

MOTOR CITY PRIDE

• Junior Kyle LeGreair - known as one of the toughest Titans - has started to shine on the court and has recently been inserted into the starting line-up.
• He posted four points, four rebounds and a career-tying five assists with a block and a steal at Robert Morris. 
• LeGreair had three points, three rebounds, two assists and a career-high five steals at IUPUI, the most steals by a Titan since Madut Akec had five at Louisville last year.
• LeGreair has one of his best games with four points, a career-high seven rebounds, a career-tying five assists, and two steals against Robert Morris. Before that, he tallied a career-best nine points with four assists at NKU and scored seven points with six boards and three assists against Youngstown State. 
• In his last eight games, he is averaging 3.6 points, 3.4 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.3 steals, hitting 11-of-17 shots after posting just 0.8 points, 1.4 rebounds and 1.1 assists in his first 16 games. 
• LeGreair came into his own last season, appearing in 22 games and was 7-of-9 from the floor, hitting his only 3-pointer, and tallied 12 steals. He tied his career-high with five helpers and added a career-best four rebounds at NKU and recorded a career-high five points with three rebounds and a steal against UIC, recording his first two career field goals. 
• As a freshman, he saw action in just two games and a total of just five minutes. 

NO MOSSING AROUND

• 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.
• He has turned it on in his last 11 games, tallying 6.6 points, 3.7 rebounds and 3.0 assists after posting 4.0 points, 1.8 assists and 2.3 rebounds in his first 13. He has also handed out at least three assists 11 times on the season and has eight games with five or more rebounds, including tying his career high for the fourth time with six boards at Robert Morris. 
• Moss recorded 11 points, five assists and two steals at IUPUI as he was in double figures for the third time in his last six.  
• He had 12 points, five rebounds and three assists against Milwaukee and a season-high 15 points with six boards at Wright State, where he was 6-of-9 shooting.
• He had a season-best six assists and six rebounds at Cincinnati and eight points with a career-high four steals, three assists and two blocks at Purdue Fort Wayne.
• He played in 64 games with eight starts at South Carolina and McNeese State prior to transferring to Detroit Mercy.
• 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 scored in double figures for the sixth time with 12 points at Youngstown State. 
• He posted a season-high 18 points against Oakland on 7-of-13 shooting with four 3-pointers and a season-tying nine rebounds. 
• Oliver had one of his best efforts with a then season-high 14 points, hitting 5-of-8 shots with four 3-pointers, and five rebounds against Robert Morris and then netted nine points with five rebounds at IUPUI.
• He played in 95 games 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 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.
• 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.