Feb. 18, 2003

Recap| Final Stats

Team Notes

* Toledo saw its six-game winning streak vs. the Broncos snapped in the contest. The win was the first for WMU Head Coach Robert McCullum over the Rockets.

* The Rockets were held without a three-point field goal in the second half for a second straight contest. UT was 7-for-12 (58.3 percent) in the first half but 0-for-8 in the second stanza to finish the game with a 35.0 percentage.

* Toledo is now 1-9 this season when it connects on less than eight three-point field goals in a game.

* The Rockets notched nine steals in the contest and are now averaging 10.6 thefts per contest in their last five games.

* Western's 50 percent (6-of-12) shooting from three-point range was just the second time this season UT has allowed a MAC opponent to shoot 50 percent or better from long distance. Kent State was the first with a 56.3 (9-of-16) success rate.

* Toledo's string of five straight seasons with 10 or more MAC wins ended with tonight's defeat.

Player notes:

* Junior guard Keith Triplett notched three steals and has notched three or more steals in a game in five straight games and in six of his last seven contests.

* A trio of Rockets - redshirt freshmen Anton Currie (29) and Sammy Villegas (38) along with sophomore Phil Alexander (15) - registered season highs for minutes played.

* Sammy Villegas equaled his season high with six rebounds and moved into a fourth=place tie with Akron's Jimmal Ball (1996-97) for most three-point field goals by a MAC freshman in a season with 59.

* Nick Moore's 12 points moved him into a tie for 15th place on the Rockets' all-time scoring list with Mitch Adamek (1979-83). He needs 12 points to move ahead of Ray Wolford (1961-64) into 14th place. Moore also moved into a tie for second place with former Rocket Jay Lehman (1977-81) for most games played in a career (116).