DETROIT (12/3/2025) -- The University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team shot nearly 50% from the field as the Titans started the Horizon League campaign with a 92-78 victory over IU Indy on Wednesday night at Calihan Hall.
The Titans also tallied a season-high 59 points off the bench and scored 90 points at home against a Division I team for the first time since 2019.
Junior
Ayden Carter led the way with a season-high 21 points and also had six rebounds, four assists, and three steals.
Junior
London Maiden had a career-high 18 points and nine boards, and freshman
Lance Stone netted 11 points and handed out three assists.
The Titans (3-6, 1-0 HL) got off to a slow start as IU Indy (3-7, 0-1 HL) led 10-5 just five minutes in as UDM was just 2-of-9 from the field. After that, Detroit Mercy started getting the offense going, and a three-pointer from redshirt freshman
Tyler Spratt had the team up 19-15.
The Titans then led 28-23 with eight minutes left in the first when they ended the stanza on an 18-6 run. Carter started it with a layup, and Stone followed with a three. Spratt and Maiden then had back-to-back jumpers for a 37-23 advantage. Later on, Stone drilled another trifecta and ended the period with two free throws for a 45-29 lead at the break.
In the second half, the Jaguars cut the lead down to nine, 52-43, but junior
Nate Johnson had a three-point play, and Maiden went into the paint for two straight scores to push the advantage to 59-43 at the 14:20 mark.
The Titans put the finishing touches on the win as Carter drove to the rim for a layup and a foul, hitting the free throw, and sophomore
TJ Nadeau connected on all four free throws in the final 1:30.
Geeter ended with eight points and five rebounds. Spratt had eight points, a season-high three blocks, two rebounds, an assist, and a steal, while freshman
Je'kel Cotton netted seven points.
Detroit Mercy made 31-of-64 (48.4%) from the field and tied a season-high hitting 9-of-20 (45.0%) from three, while making 21-of-24 (87.5%) at the line. The Titans turned it over just nine times and outrebounded IU Indy, 43-35, with 15 offensive rebounds.
The Titans will get back to action on Saturday, Dec. 6, as they travel to Cleveland State, with tip-off set for 2:00 p.m.
Game Notes:
- Despite being just a four-and-a-half-hour drive, the Titans and Jaguars had never faced each other before IU Indy joined the Horizon League in 2017-18, as Detroit Mercy now leads the series, 9-5, including 6-1 at
- Detroit Mercy is now 20-26 in league openers, winning six of the last eight, and 26-20 all-time in HL home openers, also winning six of the last eight
- The Titans last tallied 90 points or more against a DI foe last year in a 98-89 win in overtime at Eastern Michigan, while the last time they did it in regulation was a 96-74 win at Oakland in 2023, and the last time at home was a 93-84 victory over Milwaukee in 2019
- UDM had 59 points off the bench as it came into the game third in the Horizon League and 64th in the nation, tallying 39.2 points from the bench per game this year
- Detroit Mercy came into the game second in the league and 49th in the country with 13.8 offensive rebounds per game
- The red, white and blue also had nine 3-pointers at Notre Dame
- The Titans came into the contest connecting on 73.0% at the line this season - fourth in the HL - while their 14.9 makes per game was also fourth as they reached double-digit free throws for the seventh time this season
- Detroit Mercy had a season-low nine turnovers for the third time this season
- This was just the seventh time in his collegiate career - spanning 91 games - and the first time as a Titan that Lovejoy has not scored in a game, as he is still 30 points away from 1,000 in his career
- Lovejoy now has at least two steals in five games on the season
- It was the ninth career 20-point game for Carter, who had eight of them at Walsh last season
- Stone tied his season high for the fourth time with 11 points
- Geeter now has at least five rebounds in 30 games, including four this season
- After starting the year 3-of-13 shooting, Maiden has made 20-of-32 (62.5%) from the floor and is averaging 9.1 points in the last six games, and 17.0 points and 8.5 rebounds in the last two, after scoring 16 points with eight rebounds at Niagara, hitting 5-of-7 from the field and 6-of-8 at the line
