DETROIT (2/15/2026) -- Six Titans scored in double figures as the University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team stayed hot with another victory over a team from Ohio, downing Youngstown State, 76-70, at home on Sunday afternoon.

The win gave the Titans their third Horizon League sweep of the season, as they had already claimed both games against IU Indy and Cleveland State.

The triumph also moved Detroit Mercy to 12-13 overall and 9-7 in the Horizon League, the most conference wins since ending the 2022-23 season at 9-11. 

Junior London Maiden had 13 points and three rebounds, going 5-of-6 from the field in just 10 minutes of action, while redshirt freshman Tyler Spratt had 15 points and a career-high nine boards. Freshman Lance Stone and senior Orlando Lovejoy scored 12 points and dished out three assists, and sophomores TJ Nadeau and Ryan Kalambay added 10 apiece.

The Titans scored the first five points and never trailed, eventually opening up to a 15-point lead in the second half.

UDM had a double-digit lead early at 16-6 as Maiden went inside for back-to-back baskets, and would later raise it to 11, 25-14, as Nadeau hit a jumper and Spratt knocked down a trifecta midway through the half.

Detroit Mercy held on to that 11-point lead for a few minutes until the Penguins cut it to two, 31-29, but Kalambay had an offensive rebound and putback, and Lovejoy had two straight scores for a 37-29 advantage at the break.

In the second half, Nadeau connected on a 3-pointer and then had a jumper to push the lead to 13, 42-29, just two minutes in. YSU (13-14, 6-10 HL) trimmed it to five, 49-44, but back-to-back triples from Stone and Nadeau, then another bucket from Stone, gave the red, white and blue its largest lead of 15, 61-46, with 7:21 remaining.

The Titans had a 14-point advantage with over four minutes left when YSU made one more charge, clipping it to three, 69-66, with 58 seconds left, but UDM made 5-of-6 free throws the rest of the way to close out the contest. 

Detroit Mercy shot 43.5% from the field and was 17-of-22 (77.3%) at the charity stripe. The Titans had just seven turnovers and outrebounded the Penguins, 38-33. 

UDM will have a few days to prepare for its next game as the Milwaukee Panthers visit the Motor City on Friday. 

Game Notes:

• Detroit Mercy has dominated the all-time series, 42-20, including 22-8 at home, and swept YSU for the first time since 2020-21
• Detroit Mercy has won the glass in 12 of the 16 league contests as it tops the conference at 38.5 rebounds per game, 54th in DI 
• UDM has reached double digits in made free throws in 20 games this year, entering the day leading the HL and ranking 58th in the nation at 75.8%
• The Titans committed 10 or fewer turnovers nine times this season 
• Nadeau has netted double figures in 16 of his 24 games and now has a career-best 50 triples on the year
• Lovejoy now has 1,207 collegiate points, 290 career assists, and 160 career steals
• Lovejoy has now scored in double figures 18 times this season and 58 times in his career
• Spratt has scored in double figures 10 times in the last 12 games
• Spratt had eight rebounds in three different games this season and also made seven free throws at IU Indy
• Stone has ended in double figures in eight games this season, and has 29 assists against just 15 turnovers in his last 10 games
• Maiden has been in double figures in seven games, including three of the last four

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