Jan. 19, 2004
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* Toledo leads the overall series with Eastern Michigan by a 37-34 margin and has a 5-1 record in the Convocation Center with an average margin of victory of 15.2 points.
* The Rockets' 6-1 MAC start is UT's best in conference play since the 1988-89 campaign.
* Toledo registered its sixth road win of the season to surpass its road win total from last year. The Rockets are now 6-3 away from Savage Hall.
* UT has held its last three opponents to under 40 percent shooting for a combined 38.6 field-goal percentage.
* The Rockets made eight or more three-point field goals in four of their last five games following tonight's 47.1 percent (8-of-17) showing. UT is shooting 40.0 percent (42-of-105) from behind the three-point arc in that span.
* Toledo registered a season-high 12 steals in tonight's contest and EMU's 20 turnovers were the most by a Rocket opponent this season.
* The Rockets are now 9-1 when leading at halftime, 7-0 when shooting 45 percent or better, 8-0 when outshooting their opponent, 8-0 when committing fewer turnovers, 4-0 when four or more players score in double figures and 7-0 when scoring 80 or more points.
* Toledo started three freshmen (Justin Ingram, Allen Pinson and Florentino Valencia) for the first time this season.
Individual Notes
* Senior Keith Triplett grabbed a season-high four steals to go along with 17 points, five rebounds and five assists. Triplett moved into 31st place on the Rockets' all-time scoring list with 1,065 points and moved past Mike Parker (1971-74 - 1,057 pts.) and Jay Lehman (1977-81 - 1,055 pts.).
* Sophomore Sammy Villegas scored 17 points with five rebounds and four assists. In his last five games, Villegas is averaging 16.2 points, 5.8 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game.
* Freshman Justin Ingram rebounded from a season-low two-point outing vs. Akron with 15 points and a season-high six assists while committing just one turnover in 29 minutes.
* Freshman Florentino Valencia started his first game of the season at forward and responded with 13 points and a season-high eight rebounds. Valencia also blocked a season-high two shots for the second straight game.
