DETROIT (2/1/2025) -- For the second-straight game, the Titan defense kept its opponent from getting on track, and the offense came up with some timely shots as the University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team swept its homestand with a 67-57 victory over Green Bay on Saturday.

Following its 68-57 victory over NKU on Thursday, the Titans held back-to-back opponents under 60 points for the first time since the 2021-22 campaign as the University held its annual Winter Blast festival.

Junior guard Orlando Lovejoy scored 19 points with four rebounds, four assists, and tied his career-high with five steals. Junior Legend Geeter added 15 points and seven rebounds, while freshman Nate Johnson posted 12 points and hauled down seven boards.

It was a back-and-forth game early on, but Green Bay (2-22, 0-13 HL) led by two, 25-23, with 6:23 left in the first, when the Titans (8-16, 4-9 HL) went on a 10-0 run and took a 33-28 advantage into the break.

In the second half, Geeter had back-to-back baskets, and freshman Chase Kuiper had an offensive rebound and putback for a 39-30 lead.

The Phoenix cut it to three at 44-41 at the 11:39 mark, but Nadeau had five-straight points, and Lovejoy followed with two straight baskets, the second off a steal and beating Green Bay down the floor for a layup, to push the advantage to 12, 53-41, with 9:36 remaining.

UDM stopped another Green Bay spurt as a jumper from Lovejoy and a three from Nadeau had the team up 58-49 with just under five minutes to go. The Titans would again extend the margin to as many as 12 as they out the game away.

Detroit Mercy shot 42.1% from the field and was 13-of-14 (92.9%) at the free-throw line. The Titans also had seven steals and committed just six turnovers, while holding Green Bay to 7-of-28 from the outside.

Nadeau ended with eight points, two rebounds, and two assists. Freshman Ryan Kalambay had six points, four rebounds, two helpers and a steal, and Kuiper tallied two points and a season-high five boards.

Detroit Mercy will return to action on Wednesday when it travels to Robert Morris. 

Game Notes:

• Detroit Mercy has now won four of the last six and six of the last nine in the match-up, but Green Bay leads the overall series at 37-32
• UDM has won five of the last six at home against the Phoenix and is 19-14 all-time at home
• The last time the Titans held back-to-back teams under 60 points was on Dec. 2 and Dec. 5 of 2021 as they beat IUPUI 69-45 and UIC 64-56, both on the road
• The last time UDM held two-straight opponents to under 60 points at home was at the start of the 2014-15 season when it downed Rochester College 77-54 and South Alabama 66-53
• Detroit Mercy has made 39-of-44 at the line in the last three games
• The Titans have made double-digit 3-pointers just once this season (11 at home vs. Purdue Fort Wayne) and three times going back to the start of last year (spanning 56 games)
• The Titans are currently third in the HL in three-point field goal percentage defense, holding teams to 31.2% from distance
•  Lovejoy has been in double figures in 17 games, grabbed at least three rebounds in 20 games, dished out has at least three assists in 16 games and has at least one steal in 19 games with seven multi-steal contests, including his other five-steal game at Loyola 
• Geeter has been in double figures nine times this season and the 15 points was the most since netting 17 at Davidson
• Nadeau has seven triples in the last two games
• Nadeau has now scored at least seven points in 16 of the 24 games
• Johnson has been in double figures eight times and has 21 games with three or more rebounds
• Johnson's season high in rebounds was 10 at Youngstown State

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