QUICK HITTERS
•  Toledo (2-1) looks to bounce back from its first setback of the season when it meets San Jose State (1-2) in the opening round of the Great Alaska Shootout on Wednesday, Nov. 25. The Rockets' contest against the Spartans will tip off at 11:30 p.m. EST and be televised live on the CBS Sports Network.
•  The winner of Wednesday's UT-SJSU matchup will play either Loyola (IL) (3-1) or San  Diego (0-3) in the tournament's semifinals on Friday, Nov. 27 at 9:30 p.m. EST. The loser will face the Ramblers or Torreros in the consolation bracket on Friday at 4:00 p.m. EST.
•  Toledo let an 18-point first-half lead slip away in last Saturday's 69-62 defeat at Loyola. Senior center Nathan Boothe poured in a career-high 29 points to go along with 11 boards, but that wasn't enough to offset junior guard Milton Doyle's red-hot shooting. Doyle hit 8-of-9 shots, including all six he took from three-point range, en route to a 25-point performance.
•  Head Coach Tod Kowalczyk is in his sixth season at UT's helm and has orchestrated a dramatic turnaround since his arrival in 2010. He possesses an 87-79 record on the Rocket bench, including an 83-51 (.619) win-loss ledger over the last five years.
•  Kowalczyk has guided Toledo to a share of the 2013-14 Mid-American Conference regular season title in addition to a piece of the 2012-13 MAC West Division title during his tenure.
•  Boothe, who is one of four Rockets scoring in double figures, leads UT and ranks second in the MAC with 23.3 ppg. Joining Boothe in double figures are junior guard Jonathan Williams (16.7 ppg.), sophomore guard Stuckey Mosley (12.3 ppg) and freshman guard Jaelan Sanford (11.0 ppg).
•  Boothe was honored on Monday with the YP.om MAC West Division Player of the Week honors, the first time in his career he has received the award. The Gurnee, IL native dominated two games last week, averaging 27.5 points, 9.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game. He also shot 60.0 percent (24-of-40) from the field, 40.0 percent (2-of-5) from three-point range and 83.3 percent (5-of-6) from the free-throw line.
•  SJSU is looking to bounce back from a disappointing 2014-15 campaign during which it posted a 2-28 win-loss mark. The Spartans are 1-2 this season with a 64-61 win over Montana sandwiched by losses to Idaho (74-54) and Montana State (81-69).
•   Senior guard Princeton Onwas is one of three players scoring in double figures for San Jose State with a team-high 12.3 ppg.
MORE INFO ABOUT THE GREAT ALASKA SHOOTOUT
        Playing in the Great Alaska Shootout for the first time, Toledo will represent the Mid-Amerian Conference in the eight-team tournament to be shown live on CBS Sports Network over Thanksgiving weekend. The Rockets join Drexel (Colonial Athletic Association), Loyola of Ill., (Missouri Valley Conference), Middle Tennessee (Conference USA), UNC Asheville (Big South Conference), San Diego (West Coast Conference), San Jose State (Mountain West Conference)
and host Alaska Anchorage (Great Northwest Athletic Conference) in this year's tourney.
        Toledo is the sixth MAC school to participate in the Shootout, joining Ball State (1-2 in 2010), Central Michigan (2-1 in 2011), Eastern Michigan (1-2 in 1991), Northern Illinois (1-2 in 2008) and Ohio (2-1 in 1995).
 
SHOOTOUT HISTORY
        First being played in November of 1978, the Great Alaska Shootout is the longest running in-season college basketball tournament. The inaugural edition of the tournament was called the Sea Wolf Classic, and was hosted by the University of Alaska Anchorage at the Buckner Field House. In 1979, the tournament became the Great Alaska Shootout, and has since played host to 26 NCAA Championship winning teams. Before he was an NBA Finals champion, the Golden State Warriors' Klay Thompson was a Great Alaska Shootout champion. He scored a tournament-record 43 points helping Washington State to a Shootout crown in 2009. Last year, Colorado State came away as the Shootout champions with a 65-63 win over UC Santa Barbara.
 
ROCKET ROUNDUP FROM LOYOLA (IL)
• Loyola has won six in a row against the Rockets to cut UT's lead in the all-time series to 16-15.
• Toledo has committed fewer turnovers than its opponent in every game this season and has 11 or fewer miscues in each contest.
• The Rockets committed a season-high 23 fouls vs. the Ramblers after having just 17 in each of their first two games.
• UT grabbed a season-best nine steals against Loyola (IL) and forced a season-high 17 turnovers.
• Senior Nathan Boothe registered a career scoring high for a second-straight game with 29 points in a team- and season-high 34 minutes. He also tied his career best with 12 field goals and had a career-high 24 attempts. Boothe also grabbed 11 rebounds to register his second career double-double.
• Junior Jonathan Williams buried a season-high three-point field goals and tied his career best with two steals. He has scored 15 or more points in each of Toledo's first three games.
• Sophomore Stuckey Mosley tied his career high with three steals and has shot 50 percent in each of UT's first three games. He was 5-of-10 against both West Virginia Tech and Youngstown State and 3-of-6 at Loyola (IL).
• Freshman Nate Navigato and Nick Rogers have both connected on a three-point field goal in each of UT's first three games. Navigato is tied for the team lead with seven treys, while Rogers paces the Rockets with a 75.0 3PTFG% (3-of-4).
• Freshman Taylor Adway grabbed a season-high four rebounds in 12 minutes.