DETROIT (1/9/2026) -- Senior
Legend Geeter tied his career high with 22 points and the Titans cut a 19-point deficit down to a one-possession game, but could not get on top as the University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team fell, 84-82, to Wright State at home on Friday night.
Geeter was a perfect 8-of-8 from the field and 5-of-7 at the line, while grabbing six rebounds.
Redshirt sophomore
Tyler Spratt also had a career-high with 16 points, going 6-of-10 from the field with six boards and a steal. Senior
Orlando Lovejoy tallied 13 points, four rebounds, three assists, and two steals, and sophomore
TJ Nadeau had 11 points, six rebounds, two assists, a block, and a steal.
Detroit Mercy (6-9, 3-3 HL) saw Wright State (10-7, 5-1 HL) take a 55-36 lead early in the second half and was down 74-59 with 6:33 left when the red, white and blue made a charge, going on a 14-2 run over the next three minutes.
It started at the line as Spratt, Lovejoy, and Nadeau all made a pair of free throws. After a WSU basket, Lovejoy made two more and sophomore
Nate Johnson got an offensive rebound and putback, getting fouled on the play, and his free throw made it 76-70. The Titans then came up with a stop, and UDM crashed the glass again as Geeter's layup off a miss trimmed the score to 76-72.
Wright State was able to stop the bleeding and run the lead back to seven, 80-73, but Geeter nailed a three, and then two free throws from Nadeau had the score at 80-78 with just under 30 ticks left.
UDM would pull within one, 83-82, after a jumper from Spratt with four seconds on the clock. The Titans fouled and Wright State made one of two at the line as Detroit Mercy got the ball back with 2.1 remaining, but it could not get up a game-winning shot.
The Titans shot 46.7% from the field and were 23-of-31 (74.2%) at the line. UDM won the rebounding battle, 35-28, and committed just 10 turnovers, none in the second half.
Junior
London Maiden scored eight points, but played just nine minutes due to foul trouble, and senior
Jared Lary had four points and three assists.
It was a back-and-forth game early on with several ties and lead changes. The Titans took a 24-21 as sophomore
Ryan Kalambay and Lary had back-to-back baskets.
Detroit Mercy also had a 32-29 lead after two Geeter free throws and a layup from Spratt, but WSU would take a 44-33 lead at the break and eventually run the margin up to 55-36.
The Titans will look to close their three-game homestand with a win as they host Cleveland State on Sunday, with game time set for 1:00 p.m.
Game Notes:
- Wright State has won seven in a row and leads the all-time series, 44-28, including 18-16 in the Motor City
- The Titans came into the game second in the HL and 83rd in the nation at the free-throw line at 75.0%, while their 16.3 makes per game is fourth in the league as they have now reached double-digit made free throws in 13 games this year and six times in the 20's
- UDM has hit the glass all season long and leads the conference at 39.0 rebounds per game - 77th in DI - as well as first in the league in defensive rebounding (25.5) and third in the HL and 44th in the country with 13.5 offensive rebounds per game
- UDM has committed 10 or less turnovers in five of its last eight games and in six total on the year
- Geeter's other 22-point game came against Purdue Fort Wayne last year, where he made the game-winning three-point shot
- Spratt's previous high was 15 points earlier this season at Purdue Fort Wayne
- Nadeau has netted double figures in 10 of the 14 games
- Lovejoy now has at least two steals in nine of his 14 games played, and now has 139 steals in his career
- After starting the year 12-of-31 (38.7%) and tallying 4.0 points and 1.7 rebounds in his first seven games, Maiden has made 26-of-41 (63.4%) from the floor in his last eight, averaging 8.2 points and 3.9 rebounds
