Jan. 6, 2005

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* Head Coach Stan Joplin moved into a second-place tie with Harold Anderson (1934-42) on the Rockets' all-time coaching win list. Joplin has a 142-105 win-loss mark in nine seasons on the UT bench. Tonight's win also evened Joplin's record vs. the Zips at 5-5.

* Toledo now leads the all-time series vs. Akron by a 27-17 margin and has won four of its last five contests vs. the Zips.

* UT is 3-0 at Savage Hall this season and has won 15 of its last 16 home games.

* The Rockets registered a season-high 40.9 three-point field-goal percentage. UT also equalled its season high with nine three-pointers.

* Akron's 59 points was the second-lowest point total the Rockets have allowed this season and UT is 3-0 when allowing less than 70 points this season.

* Toledo's bench outscored the Zips' reserves by a 27-14 margin and its bench has held the advantage over its opponents in nine of 11 contests this season.

* The Rockets were able to use their bench extensively with senior guard Keith Triplett seeing the most action at 29 minutes.

* Sophomore guard Justin Ingram equalled his season high with 14 points while distributing five assists and committing two turnovers. Ingram leads UT with 4.1 assists per game and a 1.96 assist/turnover ratio.

* Junior guard Sammy Villegas tallied 13 points and has scored in double figures in four of his last five contests. In his last two games, he is averaging 3.0 assists and 2.5 steals per game with a 3.0 assist/turnover ratio.

* Freshman center Haris Charalambous saw his first action as a collegian tonight and grabbed three rebounds and scored one point in 10 minutes.