Hoops roundup: Detroit Mercy moves to .500 with victory over Milwaukee

Sophomore TJ Nadeau scored 25 points and senior Orlando Lovejoy added 24 as the University of Detroit Mercy beat the Milwaukee Panthers, 91-86, on Friday in Detroit.

The win was the third in a row for the Titans as they moved to 13-13 on the season and 10-7 in the Horizon League, where they are still in the hunt for a home playoff game.

Nadeau was 8-of-14 from the floor and a career-tying 6-of-10 from three, and Lovejoy was 7-of-13 overall and a perfect 10-of-10 at the charity stripe with seven rebounds and four assists.

UDM will look to extend its winning streak to four in a row when it hosts Green Bay on Senior Day Saturday. Game time is set for 1 p.m.

Shorthanded Thunder get past Nets

Jared McCain scored 21 off the bench and Chet Holmgren had 15 points and seven rebounds to help lift the shorthanded Oklahoma City Thunder to a 105-86 home win over the Brooklyn Nets on Friday.

The Thunder won for the third time in four games, while the Nets have lost three straight and six of their last eight.

Oklahoma City was again without reigning Most Valuable Player Shai Gilgeous- Alexander, who is sidelined due to an abdominal strain, and Jalen Williams, who aggravated a right hamstring strain just before the All-Star break.

Michael Porter Jr. led Brooklyn with 22 points and nine rebounds but was just 1 of 9 from beyond the arc. Nolan Traore added 17 points and Day’Ron Sharpe chipped in 12 points and eight boards.

No. 7 Purdue sinks rival Indiana

Trey Kaufman-Renn scored 20 points and Fletcher Loyer and Omer Mayer each added 18 as No. 7 Purdue routed visiting Indiana 93-64 on Friday in West Lafayette, Ind.

Purdue (22-5, 12-4 Big Ten), which has won five of its last six, never trailed while sending Indiana (17-10, 8-8) to its second straight loss.

The Boilermakers led by as many as 34, shooting 64.7% from the field, compared to 52.2% for the Hoosiers, and held a plus-15 edge on the glass.

Loyer and Mayer both drilled four 3-pointers while combining for just one miss from long range.

Lamar Wilkerson led Indiana with 20 points while Tayton Conerway (12), Tucker DeVries (11) and Reed Bailey (10) followed in double figures. Conerway dished seven assists. Sam Alexis led the Hoosiers with three rebounds.

Local schedules

Men

Friday

▶ College Park 131, Motor City 124

▶ Green Bay 73, Oakland 68

▶ Detroit Mercy 91, Milwaukee 86

Saturday

▶ Michigan vs. Duke, 6:30

▶ Davenport at Saginaw Valley State, 3

▶ Northern Michigan at Ferris State, 3

▶ Grand Valley State at Lake Superior State, 3

▶ Wayne State at Parkside, 4

▶ Eastern Michigan at Toledo, 5

▶ Western Michigan at Central Michigan, 5

Sunday

▶ College Park at Motor City, 3

▶ Ohio State at Michigan State, 1

▶ Green Bay at Detroit Mercy, 1

▶ Milwaukee at Oakland, 3

Women

Saturday

▶ Davenport at Saginaw Valley State, 1

▶ Northern Michigan at Ferris State, 1

▶ Grand Valley State at Lake Superior State, 1

▶ Wayne State at Parkside, 2

▶ Massachesetts at Central Michigan, 1

▶ Northern Illinois at Western Michigan, 1

▶ Buffalo at Eastern Michigan, 1

▶ Robert Morris at Oakland, 2

Sunday

▶ Michigan at Iowa, noon

▶ Michigan State at Minnesota, 8

▶ Detroit Mercy at IU Indy, 1