IU Indy IUIndy 9-19,5-12 Horizon

Detroit Mercy UDM 8-20,4-13 Horizon

IU Indy IUIndy

9-19,5-12 Horizon

Final

Feb. 19, 2025

Detroit Mercy UDM

8-20,4-13 Horizon

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	F
IU Indy IUIndy	34	46	80
Detroit Mercy UDM	31	40	71

Summary
Box Score

Junior Orlando Lovejoy tallied a team-high 22 points with nine rebounds.

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | 02.19.25

Lovejoy Nets 8th 20-Point Game Of Season As UDM Falls To IU Indy

DETROIT (2/19/2025) -- Junior Orlando Lovejoy tallied a team-high 22 points, but a hot-shooting IU Indy team had the Titans playing catch-up all game long as the University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team fell 81-70 on Wednesday night at Calihan Hall.

Lovejoy also grabbed a team-high nine rebounds with four assists and a steal. Freshman TJ Nadeau scored 16 points with three boards and freshman Nate Johnson had 13 points and five caroms.

The Titans (8-20, 4-13 HL) had just tied the game at 34-34 to start the second half after Nadeau nailed a 3-pointer, but IU Indy (9-19, 5-12 HL) went on an 18-3 run after that. Junior Legend Geeter ended the run with a layup, but the Jaguars scored another five in a row to open their biggest lead of the game at 57-39 with 13:28 remaining.

UDM chipped away and got the deficit to under 10 at 62-53 as Johnson had a bucket and was fouled, converting on the free throw with 8:17 left.

Four minutes later, Johnson had two more free throws, and a Nadeau 3-pointer followed, making it a 70-62 game with 4:11 on the clock. Two defensive stands by the Titans got them the ball back, and Lovejoy had an offensive rebound and putback to cut it t0 70-64 with just 3:01 to go.

With just over a minute left, Nadeau hit another three and the Titans were down by just five, 76-71, but IU Indy held off that final charge.

Senior Mak Manciel finished with seven points, two assists, a rebound and a steal. Freshman Ryan Kalambay had two points, five rebounds and a block and graduate senior Emmanuel Kuac and Geeter each had four points and four boards.

Detroit Mercy shot 41.5% and was 12-of-16 at the free-throw line, committing just 10 turnovers. UDM outrebounded the Jaguars, 39-34, but saw IU Indy connect on 48.1% from the field with 11 triples.

In the first half, the Titans were down 11-4 but made a run as a bucket by Lovejoy, and a three-point play by Nadeau knotted it at 18-18. Back-to-back baskets by Johnson and Lovejoy also squared the contest at 26-26, and a three by Manciel tied it at 31-31, but IU Indy went into the break up 34-31.

The Titans will now prepare for its final home game of the season as the red, white and blue host first-place Cleveland State on Friday.

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 2018-19 as Detroit Mercy still leads the series, 8-5, and are 5-1 at home
The Titans saw graduate senior Emmanuel Kuac, senior Mak Manciel, juniors Peter Fuchs Jr. and Legend Geeter and freshmen Chase Kuiper and Nate Johnson all honored with a spot on the Athletics Director's Honor Roll for having a semester GPA of 3.0
Detroit Mercy has outrebounded teams 16 times this year, including the last four games at Oakland (40-34), at Robert Morris (35-28), against Youngstown State (36-29) and now IU Indy (39-34) and are second in the Horizon League, and 60th in the country with 38.1 rebounds per game
The Titans have taken advantage of the free throw line this season, especially in the last seven games, where UDM has connected on 88-of-106 (83.0%) and is third in the Horizon League at 74.5%
Detroit Mercy has tallied double-digit free throws 21 times this season
Lovejoy has now scored in double figures in 21 games with eight 20-point outings
Lovejoy has grabbed at least three rebounds in 24 games and five on nine occasions, with a season-high of 10 against Milwaukee
In Lovejoy's eight 20-point games, he has not even attempted a three in six of them
Lovejoy has at least three assists in 20 games and at least one steal in 22 games, with eight multi-steal contests
Nadeau is averaging 11.3 points and 4.0 rebounds in the last six games, with 17 of his 23 field goals coming from downtown
Johnson has tallied 11 games in double figures scoring and 14 games with five or more rebounds
Johnson is posting 10.8 points and 5.3 rebounds, hitting 40.4% from the field in the last 10 games, going in double figures six times and pulling down at least five boards in eight contests
Kalambay has grabbed at least five rebounds seven times in the last nine games