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Men's Basketball 02.05.26

Men's Basketball Looks For Road Trip Sweep At Green Bay On Saturday

Men's Basketball 02.05.26

Men's Basketball Looks For Road Trip Sweep At Green Bay On Saturday

Junior London Maiden and the Titans will look to make it three in a row.

DETROIT (2/6/2026) -- The University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team will look to do something it has not done since the turn of the century when the Titans visit Green Bay on Saturday.

Game time is set for 2:00 p.m. (EST) at the Resch Center and will be broadcast on ESPN+.

The Titans are coming off a win at Milwaukee and will now look to sweep the Wisconsin road trip for the first time since the 2004-05 season (played at Milwaukee Jan. 3 and at Green Bay Feb. 23), and the first in back-to-back games since 1998-99.

A win would give the UDM its eighth Horizon League victory, the most since it ended the 2022-23 campaign at 9-11, as well as its fifth road conference win, the most since going 5-6 at league foes in 2021-22.

Detroit Mercy comes into the contest at 10-12, 7-6 in the Horizon League after four players scored in double figures in the 76-63 triumph at Milwaukee. Sophomore TJ Nadeau led the way with 18 points, and senior Orlando Lovejoy added 16. As a team, the red, white and blue shot over 50.0% for the third straight game

Green Bay ended a two-game slide with a buzzer-beating 87-84 overtime win at NKU to move to 13-12 overall and 8-6 in league play.

After the game, the Titans will stay on the road and visit first-place Wright State on Wednesday.

THE ALL-TIME SERIES

These two teams have gone on a few streaks against each other, but overall they have split the last eight, 12, and 14 games, with Green Bay leading the all-time series, 38-32.
Last year, both teams won at home.
UDM is 9-21 all-time on the road, dropping 11 of the last 12, with the lone win in that span a 76-71 triumph in 2023.

ABOUT 1987

The Titans and Phoenix first met on Dec. 12, 1987, with Green Bay winning in the Motor City, 72-61. Titan Hall of Famer Archie Tullos led U-D with 27 points, while Richard Simms had 28 for Green Bay. Here are some other events that were happening in 1987 when these teams first squared off.

* The top movies were The Princess Bride, Good Morning Vietnam, Dirty Dancing, Wall Street, and Lethal Weapon
* The price of a daily newspaper was 25 cents, while a videocassette was $3.49
* The Simpsons started as an animated short on The Tracey Ullman Show
* The Giants defeated the Broncos in the Super Bowl, 39-20, and quarterback Phill Simms earned MVP and was the first to use the phrase "I'm going to Disney World!"
* WFAN in New York commences the first 24-hour all-sports radio format

A DAUNTING SLATE

Detroit Mercy had a challenging non-conference schedule, visiting four states and playing eight games in 26 days.
The slate includes trips to Michigan State, Notre Dame, and DePaul, as well as UIC, Toledo, and Niagara.
The game at MSU was intriguing as head coach Mark Montgomery faced his college coach and former boss, Tom Izzo.
So far this season, the DI non-conference foes have amassed an 83-75 (52.5%) record.

WE HAVE OPTIONS

The Titans are currently second in the Horizon League and 63rd in the nation, tallying 28.1 bench points per game.
UDM had a season-high 59 points off the bench in the home win over IU Indy.

CLEANING THE GLASS

UDM has hit the glass all season long and leads the conference at 38.8 rebounds per game - 55th in DI - and second in the HL and 29th in the country with 13.3 offensive rebounds per game.
Detroit Mercy has won the glass in 10 of the 13 league contests and secured at least 15 offensive boards in seven games on the year.
The Titans posted a 49-27, +22, margin on the glass against Cleveland State, the second biggest on the season behind the 51-18 advantage over Siena Heights. The +22 margin was the largest against a DI school since UDM posted a +33 against Youngstown State at home in 2016.
UDM posted a 44-34 margin at Purdue Fort Wayne, where the Titans collected 15 offensive rebounds.
At Niagara, Detroit Mercy dominated the boards, 43-27, including 14 offensive that led to 14 second-chance points.
Earlier in the season, the Titans had 21 offensive caroms at UIC.

LOOKING FOR THAT SWEET SHOT

The Titans have struggled from downtown most of the year, but have connected on double-digit 3-pointers in three of the last seven games, including a 12-of-20 effort against NKU and 11 from long range versus Oakland. They were also 10-of-22 at home against Cleveland State.
While the numbers overall this season are not great, UDM has been right around the 50.0% mark from the outside in most of its league play, with games of 5-of-12 at Milwaukee, 9-of-20 against IU Indy and Purdue Fort Wayne, 7-of-15 at Youngstown State, 7-of-13 versus Robert Morris, and 7-of-18 against Purdue Fort Wayne.
Detroit Mercy ranks 206th in three-point shooting (33.6%) and 281st in triples per game (6.8), eighth and 11th, respectively, in the HL, and has now reached double-digit 3-pointers seven times in the last 86 games.
Last season, UDM ranked 11th in the HL and 341st in DI, connecting on 5.6 per game.

MAKING THE FREE ONES

The Titans tied their season high in free throws, going 26-of-30 in the road win at IU Indy, just a hair better than the 26-of-31 effort in the home victory over Cleveland State.
Detroit Mercy leads the HL and is 67th in the nation at the free-throw line at 75.4%, while its 16.3 makes per game rank fourth in the league.
UDM has reached double-digit made free throws in 18 games this year and eight times in the 20's.
Senior Orlando Lovejoy leads Horizon League and is 31st in the NCAA at 89.0% (81-of-91), while sophomore TJ Nadeau is third in the HL at 84.7% (50-of-59).

PROTECT THE BALL

Detroit Mercy has tallied a season-high 11 steals twice, in the season opener at UIC and against Cleveland State.
Senior Orlando Lovejoy leads the way, ranking third in the Horizon League and 79th in the nation with 1.8 steals per game.
On the flip side, the Titans committed a season-low six miscues at Cleveland State and had seven at NKU.

WHAT NADEAU ABOUT NOTHING

Sophomore TJ Nadeau - who missed the game at IU Indy with an injury - has netted double figures in 14 of his 21 games, and is coming off a team-high 18 points at Milwaukee.
He has five 20-point outings on the season, with a career-best 26 points on 9-of-14 shooting and 4-of-5 from three at Cleveland State.
He tallied a team-high 22 against Purdue Fort Wayne, while grabbing five rebounds, and scored 17 points against Oakland, hitting 4-of-8 from deep.
He also had 20 against Robert Morris and 24 points on a 9-of-14 effort from the field and six triples at Notre Dame.
Nadeau has hit the boards, grabbing a season-tying six at Niagara and against Wright State, and is averaging 3.4 a game.
He is second on the team at 13.2 points per game, while his 44 triples also top the squad and are approaching the team-high 48 he had last season.

OUR PRIDE AND JOY

Preseason All-Horizon League guard senior Orlando Lovejoy is averaging 20.0 points and shooting 50.0% in the last two games, with 16 points at Milwaukee and a season-high 24 points against NKU.
He now leads the team in scoring (13.5), assists (3.7), and steals (1.8), and is tied for third in rebounding (3.5).
He has a 2.1-1 assists-to-turnover ratio with 77 assists against just 36 turnovers, eighth in the HL, and celebrated crossing the 1,000-point plateau against Siena Heights.
His defensive prowess has seen him post at least two steals in 12 of his 21 games played, 19 career games with at least three steals, and 157 total in his career.
Also in his career, he has 20 games with at least five assists after dishing out six against Oakland.
Lovejoy scored 19 points with four assists, three rebounds, and a block against Purdue Fort Wayne, and that was after 10 points, nine rebounds, four assists, and four steals at IU Indy.
He had a career all-around game, tallying 18 points, a career-tying nine assists, a career-high eight steals, and seven rebounds against Cleveland State.
The eight steals were the third most in school history and the most ever against a Division I program.
Lovejoy registered a pair of 20-point games with 22 points at Youngstown State (where he was a career-best 10-of-10 at the line) and 20 points against Robert Morris (where he tied his career high with a pair of 3-pointers and dished out five assists).
He started all 30 games he saw action in last year, leading the team at 16.3 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 3.8 assists, shooting 44.7% overall and 86.7% at the line, ranking in the top 10 in the HL in scoring (4th), assists (7th), steals (2nd), field-goal percentage (8th), free-throw percentage (2nd) and minutes played (2nd - 35:05).
He netted double figures in 24 games and tallied nine 20-point games on the season, tied for the eighth most in the HL.
Lovejoy scored a career-high 32 points with nine rebounds against Robert Morris, and had 20 points with a career-tying 10 rebounds for his second career double-double, along with five assists, versus Milwaukee.
One of the most impressive stats is that the 6-3 guard is an old-school player, making just four total 3-pointers last season - and four already this year - while looking to penetrate and use his mid-range game.
In fact, in seven of his 13 career 20-point outings, he has not even attempted a three.

THE LEGEND OF GEETER

Senior Legend Geeter has been that senior leader on the floor and has expanded his game into a scorer, rebounder, and distributor.
Geeter now has at least five rebounds in 13 games this season, including four straight, and at least three assists in seven games, and 15 in the last three contests.
He just had six points, eight rebounds, five assists, and a season-high three steals at Milwaukee.
He posted his second double-double with 12 points, a career-tying 10 rebounds, and six assists, along with a block against NKU, and just missed another double-double the game before with a career-best 24 points, nine rebounds, and four assists against Oakland.
He netted 22 points, going 8-of-8 from the field and grabbing six rebounds against Wright State.
In his last 13 games, Geeter is averaging 10.3 points, 6.7 rebounds, and 2.6 assists, hitting 48-of-84 shots (57.1%).

SPRATT IS COMING HOME

Redshirt freshman Tyler Spratt has really come on since the start of the season, scoring in double figures seven times in the last 10 games, including back-to-back 20-point performances.
The reigning HL Freshman of the Week for the second time this season just netted a season-best 28 points, connecting on 8-of-10 from three (the most 3-pointers by a Titan since Antoine Davis in 2023), along with a season-high six assists and grabbing six rebounds.
He had 21 points against Oakland the game before, making 9-of-19 from the field with six rebounds.
Spratt had five 3-pointers and finished with 17 points, six boards, and two assists against Purdue Fort Wayne,16 points and a career-tying eight rebounds at IU Indy - hitting some key free throws down the stretch - and 19 points, including 14 in a second-half 18-4 run to put the game away against Cleveland State.
After starting the season 10-of-47 overall (21.2%), 4-of-25 (16.0%) from three, and averaging 3.9 points, Spratt has made 54-of-110 (49.1%) from the field and 34-of-73 (46.6%) from distance and averaging 14.2 points and 4.1 boards in his last 12 games.
He spent his freshman campaign at Cleveland State but did not play.

GREAT STONE TO BUILD UPON

Detroit Mercy freshman Lance Stone has started to step up in his rookie season, scoring in double figures in three of the last seven games, with 23 assists against just 10 turnovers.
He is also averaging 9.0 points and 3.2 assists in the last six contests, draining 12-of-28 (42.9%) from three.
He just had eight points and five assists at Milwaukee.
Stone scored a season-high 16 points with four assists against NKU, and that was after a season-high seven assists with six points against Oakland.
He recorded 12 points and four assists (against no turnovers) in the win at IU Indy, and had 11 points against Cleveland State.
He also dished out seven assists at DePaul, the most helpers by a freshman since Anotine Davis at the end of the 2018-19 season.
The son of assistant coach LaMonta Stone, he posted over 1,500 career points and breaking the Michigan high school record in assists, with more than 850 helpers in his career.
Stone was a four-time All-State selection, who was named First Team by the Detroit News and Associated Press as a sophomore and senior. He was tabbed Detroit Mr. Basketball as a junior, the first time a junior ever received the honor.

THE BIG MAN

The Titans reeled in a big man in 6-8, 250-lb London Maiden has shown dominance at times in the paint.
Maiden has dealt with an illness that kept him out of the Oakland game and limited him to a few minutes in others over the last six weeks, but he was back in double figures with 10 points and four boards at Milwaukee.
He had 11 points at IU Indy, after 11 points and six rebounds at NKU.
Maiden had nine points and four boards against Cleveland State, and eight points and four rebounds, with all eight points coming during a 19-4 run to start the second half, at Youngstown State.
He had 16 points and eight rebounds at Niagara, and a season-high 18 points and nine rebounds, going 6-of-7 from the field and 6-of-8 at the line versus IU Indy.
After starting the year 12-of-31 (38.7%) and tallying 4.0 points and 1.7 rebounds in his first seven games, Maiden is shooting 59.4% (44-of-74) in his last 14, averaging 7.3 points and 3.9 rebounds.
Before he arrived in the Motor City, he played at Blinn College, where he tallied 11.4 points and 6.2 rebounds and earned NJCAA All-Region XIV Honors.

KALAMBAY'S PLAY

Sophomore Ryan Kalambay has started to make his mark in the paint, just as he did in the second part of last season.
He has pulled down double-digit rebounds in four games, including two of the last three and four times in the last 10 outings.
Kalambay just scored eight points and a team-high 10 caroms at Milwaukee.
He grabbed eight boards against NKU, and that was after a season-high 11 rebounds with eight points versus Oakland.
He also leads the team with 19 blocks.
He had five rebounds and a block against Purdue Fort Wayne, and six points, six rebounds, an assist, a steal, and a block at IU Indy.
Kalambay registered his second career double-double, recording 10 points and 10 rebounds with two blocks against Cleveland State.
He had six points, five rebounds, and two blocks against Robert Morris, and that was after seven points, 10 rebounds, three assists, and a career-high five blocks at Youngstown State.

THE RETURN OF LARY

Senior Jared Lary had just started to find his role last season at Detroit Mercy, but suffered a knee injury at Eastern Michigan.
Lary netted a season-high 10 points with five rebounds at IU Indy.
He had six points on a pair of huge 3-pointers with four rebounds at Youngstown State. He netted seven points at Purdue Fort Wayne, pulled down six rebounds at Niagara, and tallied seven points, a rebound, and an assist at DePaul.
He started six of the nine games he saw action in last season before the knee injury, recording 9.1 points and 4.0 rebounds.
Lary had 11 points, six rebounds, two steals, an assist, and a block against Niagara and netted a season-high 15 points - all in the second half - shooting 6-of-9 overall and 3-of-4 from three, with four rebounds, three assists, two steals, and a block at Ball State.

THE KEY TO SUCCESS

Freshman Keshawn Fisher had a good start to his collegiate career with 12 points at UIC and 14 points versus Cleary.
He had 10 points against Cleveland State, including an off-the-glass pass from Orlando Lovejoy and a dunk that was #8 on SportsCenter Top plays.
Fisher scored a season-high 15 points with seven rebounds, three assists, two blocks, and a steal at Youngstown State.
He also had 14 points with a season-best nine rebounds at Purdue Fort Wayne.
Fisher was a three-star recruit and had an 85 rating on 247Sports.com after prepping at Overtime Elite Academy in Atlanta, an institution that has produced top 10 NBA draft picks Rob Dillingham, Amen Thompson, Ausar Thompson, and Alex Sarr in the last few years.
In his lone season at OTE, he posted 11.0 points, 5.3 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 1.9 steals, and 1.1 blocks, and was a finalist for the Defensive Player of the Year.
At River Rouge High School, he was named All-State First Team by the Detroit News and the AP as a senior after tallying 25.5 points, 7.3 rebounds, and 3.2 assists.

THE PRIZE FROM OHIO

The Titans landed one of Ohio's top recruits in 6-6 freshman Je'kel Cotton, who just returned to action against Wright State after missing three games with an injury.
He came up huge with nine rebounds, four points, a block, and a steal against NKU.
Cotton had five points and two rebounds at IU Indy, hitting a key 3-pointer in an early run to help erase a 10-point deficit.
He was a part of the high-scoring bench, tallying seven points in just five minutes of court time against IU Indy.
In his collegiate debut, he had two points and four rebounds in just eight minutes of action at UIC and pulled down seven caroms at Notre Dame. He also came up with a near double-double of nine points and 10 rebounds in the win over Cleary.
In high school, he was All-State as a senior after averaging 20.0 points and 10.0 rebounds, netting a career-high 40 points.

NATE THE GREAT

Sophomore Nate Johnson has scored at least six points in six games and pulled down at least four boards six times.
He just had five rebounds off the bench versus Cleveland State. He had a season-best 12 points and six rebounds against Siena Heights.
Johnson had seven points and four boards at MSU and six points and four rebounds against Eastern Michigan. He started the year with seven points, four rebounds, and two steals at UIC and added seven more points at Notre Dame and nine against Cleary.
A member of the HL All-Freshmen Team, he was one of the freshmen trio who played in all 32 games, making 31 starts, and posted 8.8 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 1.7 assists, hitting 38.6% from the field and 30.1% from three.
Johnson's cousin is former Titan standout Wilbert McCormick, who played from 1977-80 and is second in school history with 611 assists.

FROM THE LAND DOWN UNDER

Detroit Mercy landed a recruit from Australia in a big way as 7-1, 235-lb Xavier Istomin-Monroe joined the Titans.
He has scored a basket in four of the last five games and has at least three rebounds in six contests.
He grabbed a season-high five rebounds with three points against Siena Heights.
At Niagara, Istomin-Monroe had six points and two boards, and that was after his best offensive game with eight points, two rebounds, two assists, and a steal at DePaul.
He had three rebounds at UIC, at Notre Dame, and at Michigan State, and has a blocked shot in four of the eight games.
He is only the second Australia-born Titan following Jayden Stone (2022-24).
As a prep, he won U-18 titles in both Canada and Australia.
Last season, he was at the Royal Crown Academic School in Toronto, helping the team win a NPA title, after averaging 12.3 points, 8.3 rebounds, and 1.3 blocks. He earned finals MVP after posting a season-high 22 points and eight rebounds in the championship game.
In his homeland, he suited up for the City of Sydney basketball association, leading the team to a Melbourne Classic U-18 national title in 2023.

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Players Mentioned

#23 Legend Geeter: F; 6' 8"; Senior

#10 Nate Johnson: G; 6' 7"; Sophomore

#30 Ryan Kalambay: F; 6' 9"; Sophomore

#13 Jared Lary: G; 6' 6"; Senior

#5 Orlando Lovejoy: G; 6' 3"; Senior

#33 TJ Nadeau: G; 6' 5"; Sophomore

#1 Tyler Spratt: G; 6' 5"; Redshirt Freshman

#4 Keshawn Fisher: G/F; 6' 7"; Freshman

#6 Xavier Istomin-Monroe: C; 7' 1"; Freshman

#11 Lance Stone: G; 5' 8"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

#23 Legend Geeter
: 6' 8"; Senior
: F

#10 Nate Johnson
: 6' 7"; Sophomore
: G

#30 Ryan Kalambay
: 6' 9"; Sophomore
: F

#13 Jared Lary
: 6' 6"; Senior
: G

#5 Orlando Lovejoy
: 6' 3"; Senior
: G

#33 TJ Nadeau
: 6' 5"; Sophomore
: G

#1 Tyler Spratt
: 6' 5"; Redshirt Freshman
: G

#4 Keshawn Fisher
: 6' 7"; Freshman
: G/F

#6 Xavier Istomin-Monroe
: 7' 1"; Freshman
: C

#11 Lance Stone
: 5' 8"; Freshman
: G