INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Antoine Davis scored a season-high 42 factors and moved into second place on the NCAA all-time scoring record, Damezi Anderson added a career-high 20 factors and Detroit Mercy defeated IUPUI 89-77 on Saturday.
Davis, a fifth-year graduate, now has 3,274 factors, passing former Portland State star Freeman Williams, who scored 3,249 factors from 1974-78. Pete Maravich’s whole of three,667 is the final remaining objective.
Jlynn Counter’s driving layup with eight minutes to go put IUPUI on high 65-64 then Davis answered with a 3-pointer to start out a 14-0 run that put the Titans in cost.
Davis added a stepback jumper and one other triple and A.J. Oliver had a 3-pointer earlier than Anderson capped the run with a 3, making it 75-65 with 3:14 to go.
The Titans went 5 of seven, making 4 of 5 behind the arc, within the run whereas the Jaguars had 5 turnovers and missed three photographs.
TJ Moss added 11 factors and 5 assists for the Detroit Mercy (8-12, 4-5 Horizon League). Anderson had three 3s and went 7 of seven from the foul line, 4 coming within the final two minutes when the Titans made 9 of 10.
Davis additionally had 5 assists and his eight 3-pointers prolonged his Division I report to 521, 5 behind the all-time NCAA mark of John Grotberg, who completed with 526 for D-III Grinnell in 2009.
Counter had 23 factors, 5 rebounds and 5 assists for the Jaguars (3-18, 0-10). DJ Jackson added 17, John Egbuta 13 and Vince Brady II and Chris Osten 12 every.
Davis had 25 factors within the first half, his 94th profession 20-point sport, as Detroit Mercy took a 39-38 lead.
The Jaguars, who’ve misplaced eight straight, shot 56% within the first half, and 54% within the second however could not preserve tempo with the Titans, who shot 61% within the second half. Detroit Mercy was 8 of 13 from 3-point vary after the break after going 8 of 20 within the first half.
Davis, who leads the nation in scoring at higher than 26 factors a sport, has 12 regular-season video games remaining. He has 5 40-point video games and 32 30-point video games in his profession.
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The Titans are dwelling Monday in opposition to Oakland.
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