Cleveland St. CSU 19-9,13-4 Horizon

Detroit Mercy UDM 8-21,4-14 Horizon

Cleveland St. CSU

19-9,13-4 Horizon

Final

Feb. 21, 2025

Detroit Mercy UDM

8-21,4-14 Horizon

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	F
Cleveland St. CSU	33	40	73
Detroit Mercy UDM	25	40	65

Summary
Box Score

Senior Mak Manciel with his family.

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | 02.21.25

Titans Upended On Senior Day

DETROIT (2/21/2025) -- The University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team made a furious run at a comeback but couldn't get it done as the Titans fell, 73-65, on Friday night in Calihan Hall.

It was Senior Day as the Titans honored Mak Manciel prior to tip-off.

Junior Orlando Lovejoy led the way with 17 points and grabbed six rebounds with three assists, while freshman Nate Johnson scored 16 points and had four rebounds, an assist and a steal.

Detroit Mercy (8-21, 4-14 HL) found itself down by as many as 13 twice in the second half after a Cleveland State (19-9, 13-4 HL) run, but the Titans would cut it to three with just under four minutes left.

In the first half, CSU had a lead for most of the period and led by as many as nine, but the Titans kept fighting, and a three by Johnson had the team down by just four, 29-25, at the 2:32 mark.

Cleveland State went into the break up 33-25 and then extended the margin to 11, 38-27, just two minutes in. The Vikings then had a 13-point advantage, 46-33, with 14:57 left, but Lovejoy had back-to-back baskets, and junior Legend Geeter nailed a three for seven straight points.

The Vikings answered with seven in a row to regain a 13-point cushion, but the Titans wouldn't go away as Manciel hit a three and Lovejoy connected on a jumper to start a 12-2 charge. After a CSU bucket, graduate senior Emmanuel Kuac had two straight baskets and two free throws by Lovejoy trimmed it to 55-50 with 4:30 on the clock.

Detroit Mercy forced a miss on the next possession, and Lovejoy was able to get inside for a layup for a 55-52 game with just over four minutes remaining, but the Vikings went on another 7-0 spurt.

With about a minute left, freshman TJ Nadeau had a layup and then forced a turnover, resulting in two free throws that the rookie made. Another turnover led to a layup from Kuac, and it was 67-63. The Titans were also within four at 69-65 after two more free throws from Nadeau with 46 seconds to go, but that was as close as the red, white and blue would get.

Nadeau ended with six points and six rebounds. Kuac had nine points and five boards and freshman Ryan Kalambay tallied six points, five rebounds, two blocks, two steals and an assist.

UDM shot 42.3% from the field (22-of-52), was 16-of-22 (72.7%) at the free throw line and outrebounded the Vikings 37-33.

Detroit Mercy will now hit the road for a pair of games to end the regular season, starting with a trip to Green Bay on Thursday.

Game Notes:

Cleveland State has now won four in a row but Detroit Mercy still leads the all-time series, 47-33
No team had won more than three in a row over each other in the last 33 meetings, dating back to 2008-2010, when the Vikings won five straight
UDM has is 31-7 all-time in the Motor City against CSU
The Titans have now used 15 different starting line-ups on the year
Detroit Mercy has outrebounded teams 17 times this year, including the last five games at Oakland (40-34), at Robert Morris (35-28), against Youngstown State (36-29), versus IU Indy (39-34) and now against Cleveland State (37-33) as the Titans are second in the Horizon League, and 61st in the country with 38.1 rebounds per game
Lovejoy has now scored in double figures in 22 games and has grabbed at least three rebounds in 25 games.
Lovejoy has at least three assists in 21 games and five or more in eight, ranking seventh in the league with 3.8 per game
Lovejoy is now second in the Horizon League in free throws at 86.7%
Nadeau has at least four boards in 11 contests on the season
Johnson has registered 12 games in double figures and 15 games with five or more rebounds
Johnson is averaging 11.1 points and 5.3 rebounds, hitting 40.4% from the field in the last 11 games, going in double figures seven times and pulling down at least five boards nine times
Kalambay has tallied five rebounds eight times in the last 10 games
Kuac has at least five rebounds in nine games this year