Once Upon A Time In Las Vegas – Championship Sunday
The surging Youngstown State Penguins play host Sunday afternoon to the Detroit Titans in Horizon League action. The Penguins are 16-6 overall and 8-3 in the Horizon League while Detroit is 8-14 overall and 4-7 in the conference. The Penguins beat Detroit 84-79 on January 12 as a 2 point favorite in Detroit. Tipoff is at 2:00 p.m. EST at Beeghly Arena in Youngstown.
The Detroit Titans have lost their last two games, including an 85-77 loss at Robert Morris on Friday as a 2.5 point underdog. The loss dropped them to 8-14 overall and 4-7 in the conference. Detroit star Antoine Davis led the way once again, pouring in 29 points on 10-of-21 with nine 3-pointers. He also had four steals, three rebounds and two assists. If you don't know who Antoine Davis is, you should.
To pass Pete Maravich, Antoine Davis needed to average 32.7 ppg for the final 12 games (if they only play one HLT game). Because he scored 14 against Oakland, the average needed now goes up to 34.5 ppg. If they win 1 game in the HLT, it's 31.6, 2 games and it's 29.2. #HLMBB pic.twitter.com/RxQA5mafwV
— @PantherU (@JimmyLemke) January 25, 2023
The graduate senior is one of the most prolific scorers in college basketball history. Davis averages 26.5 points per game this season, which leads the entire nation. He has averaged over 20 points per game every year of his college basketball career and has 3,317 career points after his 29 point outburst against Robert Morris. He is now just 350 shy of Pete Maravich's NCAA record of 3,667. With nine regular season games left, and conference tournament games, he has an outside shot of breaking the record. He already has the NCAA record for three-pointers made with 532.