DETROIT (2/22/2024) -- Senior Jayden Stone poured in a team-high 25 points and sophomore Marcus Tankersley added 23, but the Wright State offense was too strong as the University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team dropped a 93-78 contest in its home finale on Thursday.

Prior to the game, the Titans honored a pair of seniors in Edoardo Del Cadia and Kyle LeGreair. 

Stone - the Horizon League leading scorer at 21.1 points per game - was 8-of-16 from the field with four rebounds and three assists and Tankersley was 10-of-19 with five boards and four assists. Del Cadia added 14 points, five rebounds and tied his career high with four steals and junior Mak Manciel tallied 10 points.

Detroit Mercy (1-28, 1-17 HL) trailed by as many as 11 in the first half, but cut it down to just 43-41 at the break. Wright State (16-12, 11-6 HL) scored the second half's first basket, but the red, white, and blue responded with five straight points to jump out in front, 46-45, with 17:17 on the clock.

Tankersley started it with a basket and after a free throw from Stone, Manciel was able to get to the rim for a layup. Manciel also gave the Titans a 49-48 advantage as he once again drove to the basket for a bucket and was fouled, hitting the free throw with 14:53 left. 

That is when the Raiders went on a 17-0 run over the next three minutes to open a 65-49 lead. UDM got back in it with two straight three-point plays as Tankersley got to the hoop for a layup and was fouled and the next time down the court, Stone went right to the rim for a layup and the foul to make it a 65-55 contest at the 10:46 mark.

Detroit Mercy would then get the margin under 10 twice, the first as Stone drilled a three to make it 67-58, and then he was fouled, connecting on both from the charity stripe for a 69-60 margin with 9:20 showing. From there, Wright State was able to push it back to double digits and the Titans could not recover.

LeGreair ended with four points, four rebounds and two steals, while sophomore Tyree Davis had two points and two boards with a block. 

The Titans shot 51.7% (30-of-58) from the field and were 15-of-19 (78.9%) at the free-throw line, while forcing 12 turnovers and coming away with nine steals. 

Both teams traded baskets early on as a steal by LeGreair set up Del Cadia's layup and the team was down just 14-12 at the 12:48 mark. 

Wright State would go on a 15-6 spurt to open an 11-point lead, 29-18, but the Titans battled back with eight-straight points to cut it to 29-26 after Tankersley's jumper with 5:46 remaining. A dunk by Stone had the team down 31-28 and he later split a pair of free throws to make it a 31-29 game with 3:57 to go. 

Back-to-back baskets by Tankersley and Stone cut it all the way down to one, 40-39, with less than 40 seconds left in the first half as the Titans trailed 43-41 at the break after Tankersley's floater went in with five seconds left. 

Detroit Mercy will now hit the road for its final two games of the regular season as the red, white and blue play at Youngstown State next Wednesday and at Oakland next Saturday. 

Game Notes: 

• Wright State has now won 14 of the last 16 and 21 of the last 26, as the Raiders lead the all-time battle, 41-28, while evening the match-up in the Motor City at 16-16
• The Titans are averaging 75.5 points in the last 12 games after tallying just 60.1 in their first 17 games
• Detroit Mercy has registered double-digit assists in nine of the last 12 games
• UDM has shot over 46.0% in seven straight games and over 50.0% in three straight games, four of the last five and six times overall on the year
• Detroit Mercy came into the contest fourth in the HL with 7.0 steals per game
• The Titans have made double-digit free throws in 22 games this season and are fifth in the HL in free-throw percentage at 74.5%
• Stone now has two 30-point efforts - tied for second in the HL - and 14, 20-point performances - tied for third in the league - in just 23 games played
• Stone has now played in 36 career games with the Titans and has netted 20 or more 19 times, been in double figures 29 times, grabbed five or more rebounds on 25 occasions, including 18 times this year, and recorded three double-doubles
• Tankersley has now scored 20 or more nine times on the year, including seven of the last 12 games
• Dating back to last season, Tankersley has now scored in double figures in 26 of the last 31 games 
• Tankersley has made 28 of his last 31 at the free throw line in the last five games, including 14 straight at one point.  
• Tankersley had 29 points - tying his career high - in the first meeting
• Manciel now has seven double-digit scoring efforts on the season
• Manciel's season-high was 20 at Wright State in the first meeting
• Del Cadia has now scored in double figures in 14 games and has grabbed at least five rebounds in 17 
• Del Cadia also had four steals against IUPUI
• LeGreair has a steal in 13 of the last 16 games and 19 on the season as well as multi-steal games on five occasions 
• LeGreair has appeared in 86 career games with seven starts and has amassed 110 career assists and 59 steals during his time, shooting 48.5% from the field

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