Feb. 28, 2004
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Team Notes
* Toledo has won all eight of its 'Senior Day' games in Head Coach Stan Joplin's tenure.
* Toledo finishes the regular season with a 10-1 home win-loss mark. The last time UT finished with just one loss in a season at Savage Hall was with a 14-1 ledger in 1979-80.
* The Rockets' win snapped a three-game losing streak vs. the Broncos and extended its win streak over WMU at Savage Hall to six games.
* UT committed just 10 turnovers to equal their season low previously set in its season opener at IPFW. The Rockets are a plus-16 in assist/turnover ratio in their last two games.
* Toledo's 57.9 field-goal percentage and 93 points were its best in a MAC game this season and its third highest this year. The Rockets' shooting percentage and point total also was the best against the Broncos this season.
* UT made seven of eight (87.5 percent) of its three-point shots in the second half after missing all five of its treys in the first half.
* The Rockets put five players in double figures in the scoring column for the third time this season.
Individual Notes
* Senior guard Keith Triplett equaled his season high with 29 points. He also grabbed three steals to give him three or more steals in seven of his last nine games.
* Senior forward Ricardo Thomas tallied a season-high 16 points in a season-high 26 minutes.
* Sophomore guard Sammy Villegas extended his streak of making a three-point field goal to 52 straight games and has not connected on a trey in only one game of his Rocket career.