Dec. 27, 2001

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Junior guard Nick Moore registered season highs in rebounds (6), assists (6) and steals (3) vs. Oakland and equalled his career best in rebounds and steals.

Sophomore guard Keith Triplett led the Rockets with four steals and is averaging 3.2 steals over the last five games. He has a steal in every game this year and ranked first in the MAC in steals per game (2.6) following Thursday's game.

Freshman guard Jim Clement's season-high 17 points came in the most minutes (31) he has played this year. His previous high for playing time was 10 minutes vs. Youngstown State.

The Rockets have not been outrebounded in their last eight games.

After shooting 57 percent from the free throw line in their first seven games, the Rockets have converted 75 percent (21-of-28) of their free-throw attempts in their last two contests.

UT committed a season-high 26 turnovers vs. Oakland.

The Golden Grizzlies scored 93 points, shot 55 percent from the field and 50 percent from the three-point arc vs. the Rockets. All were season highs for Rocket opponents this season.

The last time Toledo has lost back-to-back games by more than 20 points was in the 1993-94 campaign when the Rockets dropped consecutive home games to Colorado State, 75-58 on Dec. 11, 1993, and Oakland, 86-65 on Dec. 18, 1993.