Nov. 26, 2003

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* Toledo now has won its last 11 home openers and has a 24-4 all-time mark in home openers at Savage Hall.

* UT now holds an 8-1 all-time record vs. Youngstown State and is 26-3 vs. non-conference opponents at Savage Hall under Head Coach Stan Joplin.

* Head Coach Stan Joplin's career record improved to 119-88 for a .575 winning percentage. He is six wins away from tying Eddie Melvin (1954-65) for fourth place and eight wins away from tying Jerry Bush (1947-54) for third place on UT's all-time win list.

* The Rockets converted 74.3 percent of their free throw attempts and are shooting 78.4 percent from the charity stripe this season. Freshman forward Florentino Valencia has made all nine of his attempts from the line to lead the Rockets.

* Toledo held a significant advantage in bench scoring for a second straight game with a 26-13 edge on the Penguin reserves. For the season, UT's bench has outscored its opponents by a 51-20 margin.

* Senior guard Keith Triplett has now led the Rockets in scoring 10 of his last 12 contests. He now has scored 20 or more points on 13 occasions in his UT career.

* The Rockets' freshman point guard tandem of Justin Ingram and Rashay Russell combined for six of UT's nine steals with each collecting three apiece. Ingram finished the night with 12 points, four rebounds and two assists in 28 minutes, while Russell tallied six points and one rebound in 12 minutes.