DETROIT - The IU Indianapolis men's basketball team will open Horizon League play on the road on Wednesday night (Dec. 3) when the Jaguars take on Detroit Mercy (2-6) inside Calihan Hall on the UDM campus. Tipoff is set for 7:00 p.m. on ESPN+ and the game can be heard on 1430 Indy's Sports Ticket as Jimmy Cook (pxp) and Chaz Hinds (analyst) call the action. 

The Jaguars (3-6) are coming off an 85-80 home win over Morehead State this past weekend as sophomore Micah Davis put on a show with 24 points, six assists, five steals and four rebounds. Davis, making his first collegiate start, tallied 22 of his 24 points in the second half, including hitting six threes. Junior Kyler D'Augustino finished with 25 points on 11-of-15 shooting. The Jaguars connected on 14 threes and handed out 24 assists on 32 field goals. Senior Finley Woodward had four points, nine assists and seven rebounds while sophomore Kameron Tinsley chimed in with 13 points off the bench. 

Head coach Ben Howlett's team built a 16-point second half lead behind hot shooting from Davis and Maguire Mitchell, only to yield a 12-0 run to make things competitive down the stretch. Mitchell provided a key steal and assist on a Davis dunk with just more than two minutes to play to provide some much needed breathing room. 

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"Really proud of our guys. We had a really tough trip last week, but I thought we responded with a week of really good practices. I thought the crowd was great today and was really into it and made a difference in the game. This is a good win for us to kind of get us feeling better about ourselves," Howlett said following the Morehead State win. 

SCOUTING DETROIT MERCY
The Titans recently snapped a four-game skid with a 70-66 road win at Niagara. For the year, UDM averages 72.4 points per game while shooting 40 percent from the floor and 24.5 percent from three. At the defensive end, the Titans yield nearly 82 points per game and allow opponents to shoot 46 percent from the field and 36 percent from deep. Orlando Lovejoy tops the team in scoring at 12.7 points per game while TJ Nadeau checks in at 11.9 points per game and a team-high 18 threes. Ayden Carter averages 11.1 points and 4.1 rebounds per game to round out the double-digit scorers. 

INSIDE THE SERIES
IU Indy is 5-8 all-time against Detroit Mercy and just 1-5 in six meetings inside Calihan Hall. The Jaguars swept last year's series with an 80-71 win in Detroit and a 95-61 victory in Indy. The Jags have won three of the past four meetings in the series after previously having dropped six straight meetings. 

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The Jaguars will return home to host Youngstown State on Saturday (Dec. 6) at 2:00 p.m. inside the Jungle.