Feb. 22, 2006

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Team Notes
• The Rockets swept the season series vs. the Eagles for the first time in three years and now lead the all-time series by a 40-36 margin.

• Head Coach Stan Joplin is now 12-10 vs. EMU in his career and 167-122 overall. He ranks ninth in the MAC with in career wins, seventh in career MAC wins (98) and 10th in career winning percentage (.578).

• UT has now won its last four MAC contests marking the first time since Jan. 14-22, 2004 the Rockets have posted four straight conference victories.

• Toledo is now 11-2 this season when outshooting its opponent and also when holding its opponent under 45 percent shooting from the field.

• The Rockets forced the Eagles into 24 turnovers marking the 13th time in 24 games this season that UT has forced an opponent to commit 20 or more miscues.

• UT held the Eagles without a field goal for the first 8:30 in the game and then for a 7:40 stretch in the second half.

• Toledo's 79.2 free-throw percentage was its best in a game since making 88.9 percent at NIU on Jan. 24, 2006.

Player Notes
• Junior guard Justin Ingram equalled his career high and sank a career-high 11 free throws in 11 attempts.
• Senior guard Sammy Villegas moved into second place on UT's all-time three-point field goal list with four treys. He now has 231 in his career to move past Chad Kamstra (229 in 1996-2000). Villegas' 14-point effort was his first game in double figures since scoring 15 vs. East Carolina on Dec. 21, 2005. He also moved into 26th place on UT's all-time scoring list with 1,143 points.
• Sophomore center Haris Charalambous scored a career-high five points.
• Junior forward Florentino Valencia saw his five-game streak of scoring in double figures end with eight points.