EAST LANSING, Mich. (11/21/2025) -- Senior
Orlando Lovejoy led Detroit Mercy with 14 points, but it was not enough as the high-powered, nationally-ranked Spartans took control from the very start in an 84-56 contest on Friday night at Michigan State.
Lovejoy also had four assists and three steals. Junior
Ayden Carter and sophomore
TJ Nadeau each had 10 points, with Carter adding two assists and two steals, and sophomore
Nate Johnson had seven points and four boards.
MSU (5-0) started the game with 10-straight points and led by 13, 19-5, just nine minutes in.
UDM (1-5) cut it to eight with baskets from Lovejoy and Carter, but the Spartans would take a 41-25 lead into the break.
In the second half, Lovejoy hit a jumper, and a steal from Carter led to a layup from freshman
Xavier Istomin-Monroe, and the Titans trailed 47-31.
MSU then ran its lead to as many as 29.
Freshman
Lance Stone scored five points, and Istomin-Monroe had four points and three boards. Senior
Legend Geeter pulled down a team-high six rebounds, and sophomore
Ryan Kalambay had four.
Detroit Mercy will now travel to DePaul on Sunday in a 6:00 p.m. tip.
Game Notes:
- This was the 63rd meeting between the two schools as Michigan State leads the all-time series, 47-16, including 28-6 at home
- Head coach Mark Montgomery was a student-athlete and assistant coach at Michigan State, spending more than 15 years in East Lansing
- Detroit Mercy is 16-128 all-time against ranked foes and 3-75 on the road, dropping its last 29 in a row to ranked opponents
- The Titans have hit 24-of-26 at the line in their last two games, after making just 56-of-88 in the first four games
- Nadeau was in double figures four times this season
- Carter was in double figures for the fourth time on the year
- Lovejoy now has 950 career points and has recorded at least one steal in 30 games with the Titans, including four with two or more this year and 14 times since last season
- Geeter now has 28 career games with five or more rebounds
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