Feb. 13, 2007

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• Tonight's paid attendance of 3,784 was the Rockets' lowest of the season. An estimated 1,000 people attended the game due to a major winter snowstorm.

• Toledo now leads its all-time series vs. EMU by a 42-36 margin and has won seven of the last nine meetings in Toledo. UT also has swept the season series for a second straight year.

• Head Coach Stan Joplin is now 14-10 vs. the Eagles and 4-0 in head-to-head meetings with EMU Head Coach Charles Ramsey.

• Toledo is now 8-0 at home this season and extended its homecourt win streak to 15 games for its longest home win streak since winning 16 in a row from Dec. 30, 1978 - Dec. 28, 1979. The Rockets are also a MAC-best 44-4 (.917) in Savage Hall since the start of the 2003-04 campaign.

• Toledo extended its conference home win streak to 12 games for its longest MAC home win streak since winning 20 in a row from Jan. 6, 1979 - Jan. 31, 1981.

• Toledo has now won 10 or more conference games for the ninth time in the last 10 seasons.

• The Rockets are now 13-3 when allowing less than 70 points and 8-2 when forcing 20 or more turnovers. UT is 8-0 in MAC play when forcing 20-plus turnovers.

• The Rockets committed 12 turnovers and is averaging only 11.3 turnovers in its last six games.

• Eastern Michigan's 11 three-point field goals equaled Vanderbilt for the most treys vs. Toledo this season.

• Junior guard Kashif Payne scored in double figures for the ninth time in 12 MAC games and led UT in scoring for the second time this season.

• Senior forward Florentino Valencia scored in double figures for the 20th time in 24 games this season.

• Senior forward Keonta Howell scored in double figures for the 21st time in 24 games this season. He also has dished out three assists in each of the last three games.

• Sophomore guard Tyrone Kent grabbed a team-high six rebounds and has led or shared the team lead in boards on three occasions.