March 4, 2006

Recap |  Final Stats

• Toledo's 10 conference wins this season mark the eighth time in the last nine years the Rockets have reached double digits in MAC victories.

• The Rockets also have finished in either first or second place in the MAC's West Division in seven of the last eight seasons.

• Toledo has posted seven straight wins over the Chippewas and leads the all-time series by a 48-26 margin.

• Head Coach Stan Joplin moved into a tie for eighth place on the MAC's all-time win list with 170 victories. He is tied with former Bowling Green coach Jim Larranagga (1987-97).

• Toledo outrebounded the Chippewas 36-33 marking just the sixth time this season UT has outrebounded an opponent.

• The Rockets have not allowed an opponent to score 70 or more points in 12 straight games.

• Junior forward Florentino Valencia was 6-of-7 from the field and is now shooting a MAC-best 66.1 percent from the field.

• Junior guard Keonta Howell hauled down a career-high nine rebounds to go with his 14 points.

• Freshman guard Ridley Johnson scored eight points and grabbed a season-high four rebounds.

• Sophomore guard Kashif Payne has dished out 17 assists with just one turnover in his last two games after having six assists and one turnover today.