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The
University
of
Detroit
Mercy
men’s
basketball
head
coach,
Mike
Davis
starts
his
second
year and
it will
be his
19th as
a
Division-I
head
coach.
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UDM
basketball
returns
to
Historic
Calihan
Hall for
114th
year of
hoop
action
By
Raymond
Rolak/Sports
Tell Us
Detroit
DETROIT
- The
University
of
Detroit
Mercy
men’s
basketball
head
coach,
Mike
Davis
starts
his
second
year and
it will
be his
19th as
a
Division-I
head
coach.
He is
looking
forward
to the
tough
non-conference
schedule
he has
set up
for the
Titan’s.
Detroit
Mercy
has a
roster
of 13,
sparked
by
sophomore
Antoine
Davis,
who is
the
leading
returning
scorer
in the
country
at 26.1
points
per
game. He
broke
the NCAA
freshman
record
held by
Stephen
Curry
with
132,
3-pointers.
Post-season,
he was
recognized
as a
freshman
All-America
and a
finalist
for
National
Freshman
of the
Year.
Last
week
Davis
was
named
the
Preseason
Horizon
League
Player
of the
Year. He
is the
first
Titan to
earn the
preseason
honor
since
Ray
McCallum
in 2012.
Last
season,
Davis
was the
Horizon
League
Freshman
of the
Year and
a
finalist
for the
USBWA
Wayman
Tisdale
Award
for
National
Freshman
Player
of the
Year.
Davis
ended
his
season
leading
the
Horizon
League
in
scoring
at 26.1
points
per
game,
third in
the
nation,
and
tallied
784
points.
This was
a Titan
and
Horizon
League
freshman
record
and just
one
point
off the
school
record
for
points
in a
season.
Antoine
was also
named to
the
20-man
Jerry
West
Shooting
Guard
Watch
List by
the
Naismith
Memorial
Basketball
Hall of
Fame.
Back
in the
Titan
fold are
some
other
experienced
sophomores
in Chris
Brandon,
Willy
Isiani,
Marquis
Moore
and Boe
Nguidjol.
All had
playing
time
last
season.
The big
game on
the home
schedule
will be
the
Metro-Series
contest
against
Oakland
at
historic
Calihan
Hall on
Jan. 31.
It is
part of
the
Horizon
League's
Wildcard
Weekend
on
ESPNU.
Tuesday,
December
10th has
the
Titans
travelling
to South
Bend to
take on
Notre
Dame.
The
non-conference
home
schedule
will
feature
match-ups
with
Eastern
Michigan
(Dec.
7),
Toledo
(Dec.
14),
Northeastern
(Dec.
19) and
SIU
Edwardsville
(Dec.
21).
The
Lady
Titans
are
entering
their
fifth
season
under
head
coach
Bernard
Scott
and 43rd
season
as a
program
overall.
“I'm
really
excited
about
the team
and the
young
ladies
we have
on the
team,”
Scott
said. He
further
added,
“It was
a great
summer.
Having
eight
new
faces,
it just
added a
fresh
start to
the
program.
All of
those
young
ladies
brought
energy
along
with the
returners.
It was
probably
the best
summer
we've
had
since
I've
been
here, it
was a
very
productive
summer
and
right
now it
shows
because
we are
further
ahead
than
we've
been in
the
past.”
The
Lady
Titans
will
work
around
senior
forward
Zoey
Oatis
(Detroit,
Mich. /
Cass
Tech),
who was
among
the
Horizon
League
leaders
in
steals
and
blocks a
year
ago.
Alumni
and
senior
citizen
season
tickets
are just
$100 and
with a
choice
of Upper
Reserved
or
General
Admission
level
seats
and also
include
season
passes
to
women's
basketball.
For more
information
or to
purchase
season
tickets,
contact
Director
of
Ticket
Operations
& Sales
Justin
Hairston
at
313-993-1700
ext.
7301 or
at
hairstjj1@udmercy.edu.
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