Biography
2025-26 (Senior – Detroit Mercy)
Named to the All-Horizon League First Team and Horizon League All-Defensive Team… Started all 31 games he played in, averaging 15.8 points, 3.7 assists, 1.6 steals, and 89.2% from the free-throw line… Ranked in the Horizon League top 10 in scoring, assists, steals, and free-throw percentage, while ranking 13th in field-goal percentage at 44.6%… Scored in 25 games, including nine 20-point performances… Led the Horizon League and ranked 20th nationally in free-throw percentage, while ranking fourth in the HL in steals, sixth in assists, seventh in scoring, and ninth in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.85… Scored 26 points with four rebounds and three assists in the Horizon League Championship game against Wright State… Scored a career-high 33 points at Green Bay, earning HL Player of the Week and USBWA National Team of the Week honors…
2024-25 (Junior – Detroit Mercy)
Started all 30 games he saw action in, missing two with an ankle injury… Led the team in scoring at 16.3 points per game, rebounds at 4.6, and assists at 3.8, while shooting 44.7% from the field and 86.7% from the free-throw line… Ranked in the top 10 in the Horizon League in scoring (4th), assists (7th), steals (2nd), field-goal percentage (8th), free-throw percentage (2nd), and minutes played (2nd at 35:05 per game)… His 86.7% free-throw percentage ranked ninth in school history and 48th nationally, while his 185 field goals ranked fifth in the Horizon League… Scored in double figures in 24 games, and recorded at least three assists in 23 games, with five or more eight times… Posted nine 20-point games, tied for eighth most in the Horizon League… Concluded the season with 21 points, four rebounds, four assists, and three steals at Northern Kentucky in the opening round of the Horizon League Championship.
2023-24 (Sophomore – Eastern Michigan)
Started in 18 of his 24 games played… Averaged 9.8 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.3 steals per game in his sophomore season… Lovejoy scored double digits in 12 of his 24 games played, including a streak of six games in a row from Dec. 16, 2023-Jan. 9, 2024… Season high 19 points scored at Northern Illinois on Feb. 3, 2024… Scored 16 points off the bench in first double-digit performance of the year at Michigan on Dec. 16… 9.8 points were second on the team in scoring… 2.8 assists per game were tied for the team lead…
2022-23 (Freshman – Eastern Michigan)
Started in 11 of his 29 games played… Averaged 5.4 points, 2.3 rebounds, 0.8 assists and 1.1 steals per game in his rookie season… His 1.1 steals ranked 18th in the MAC… Opened the season with a career-high 18 points against Wayne State, Nov. 7, that included six made free throws, also a career-best… Reached double figures in points three other times, including 15 in his final game at Bowling Green, Feb. 28… Also tallied 11 at Illinois State (Dec. 7) and 10 at Oakland (Nov. 19)… Dished a career-high three assists in three different games… Posted three steals in three games as well… Tied for fifth on the team in free throw percentage as he connected on 78.2 percent (43-of-55).
High School Accolades
Was a four-time letter winner and four-time team captain at Summit Academy North… Also played at 1 of 1 Prep Academy in Charlotte, N.C.… Regarded as one of the top recruits in the state of Michigan… Selected by MLive as one of the 25 Metro Detroit-area boys’ basketball players to watch… Identified by The Detroit News as a contender for Michigan Mr. Basketball entering his senior season… Ranked among the top five players in the state by Next Generation Sports… Averaged 32.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, and 7.0 assists per game as a senior… Finished his prep career as Summit Academy North’s all-time program record holder in multiple categories, including scoring, rebounding, steals, and assists… Earned multiple all-district, all-region, and all-state honors during his high school career...
