Seton Hall’s Dre Davis, Saint Peter’s Mikia Keith balancing basketball and

College Basketball

By Zach Braziller

It’s Love & Basketball, the sequel.

This time, with a child mixed in.

Meet Dre Davis and Mikia Keith, the couple navigating college basketball while raising a baby girl. If you think managing school and Division I sports is tough, imagine adding parenthood to the mix.

“Where there’s a will, there’s a way. I try to take it from that mindset, and find a way to get it done,” Davis, Seton Hall’s star wing, said ahead of the fourth-seeded Pirates’ Big East Tournament quarterfinal against No. 5 St. John’s on Thursday. “It’s been an unbelievable and blessed journey. I’m super happy to be a father and it’s been an added motivation.”

The Indianapolis natives have made it seem easy.

Davis is enjoying the best season of his four-year college career, averaging career highs of 14.9 points, 5.8 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 32.1 minutes for surprising Seton Hall.

Keith closed out a strong career at SIU Edwardsville and then Saint Peter’s, which saw its season end in the MAAC Tournament on Tuesday.

Their daughter, 1-year-old Malia, has had a front-row seat for it all, attending both of her parents’ games.

When Davis, 22, has a game and Keith doesn’t, she brings Malia to the arena. When both are in action, Malia goes to Saint Peter’s and, if their parents aren’t around, a team manager takes care of her.

“Crazy is the only way I could put it,” Keith said. “A lot of time management, balancing schedules, running to Seton Hall right after I practice, Dre dropping off Malia at Saint Peter’s right before he has to practice.

“When we look back, it’s going to be something really miraculous, to say, ‘Man we really did that.’ The No. 1 thing for us is we really want to make Malia proud and be an example that you can do anything you put your mind to.”

The two knew each other growing up in Indianapolis, but didn’t get together until college, when Davis was at Louisville and Keith was at SIU Edwardsville.

This, however, wasn’t planned. Keith found out she was pregnant late in November 2021, the day after she scored 17 points in a big win over Butler. She had no idea what she wanted to do.

Keith called Davis, who was in the Bahamas for a tournament. He was psyched.

“I was more so the one who was terrified,” she recalled. “He was the one who was all in, like, ‘Yes, I’m going to be a dad,…