QUICK HITTERS
•  Toledo (6-3) returns to Savage Arena for just its third home game of the season and the start of a four-game homestand when it hosts Oakland (5-3) on Saturday, Dec. 12. Tip-off time is set for 7:00 p.m. with the contest being streamed on ESPN3.
•  UT's matchup with the Golden Grizzlies marks its fourth consecutive meeting against a Horizon League opponent and its fifth this season. Toledo will also face first-year Horizon member Northern Kentucky on Dec. 30. The Rockets are 3-1 against Horizon foes with wins at Youngstown State (100-78) on Nov. 18, vs. Cleveland State (76-65) on Dec. 2 and at Green Bay (71-69) on Dec. 6. Toledo's lone defeat came by a 75-72 margin at Detroit on Wednesday.
•  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 a 91-81 record on the Rocket bench, including an 87-53 (.621) 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.
•  Junior Jonathan Williams scored a team-high 22 points and senior Nathan Boothe tallied his fourth double-double (16 pts.-11 reb.) of the season in Wednesday's loss to the Titans. Detroit's 13 treys marked a season high for a Rocket opponent which proved to be too much for UT to overcome.
•  Williams and Boothe are the Mid-American Conference's top two leading scorers with 20.1 and 19.2 ppg, respectively. Boothe also ranks second in the MAC with 9.4 rpg and third with a 2.3 assist/turnover ratio. Sophomore Stuckey Mosley is scoring in double digits as well at 12.6 ppg and ranks second on the team with 6.1 rpg and 3.6 apg.
•  Toledo ranks 18th nationally with its MAC-best 1.59 assist/turnover ratio, 30th for fewest turnovers per game (10.7) and 38th with 17.0 apg.
•  Oakland, which is picked to finish second in the Horizon League this season, has won four of its last five contests with its lone defeat an 86-82 at Georgia on Dec. 1. The Golden Grizzlies are one of the highest scoring teams in the country, ranking 15th with 86.8 ppg and 26th with a 40.6 three-point field-goal percentage.
•  Junior point guard Kay Felder leads the nation with 9.3 apg and also ranks 10th with 23.4 points per game. Senior forward Max Hooper is second in the nation with 4.25 treys per contest and has a 46.6 accuracy rate from long distance.
 
ROCKET ROUNDUP FROM UT'S 75-72 DEFEAT AT DETROIT
• Toledo has dropped its last two decisions vs. Detroit but still leads the all-time series by a 32-25 margin.
• Head Coach Tod Kowalczyk holds an 11-12 all-time win-loss mark vs. Detroit, including a 2-3 ledger at the Rocket helm.
• The Rockets shot a season-low 39.7 percent from the field.
• Detroit's 13 three-point field goals were the most allowed by the Rockets since Ohio buried 14 treys vs. UT on Feb. 14, 2009.
• The Titans' 59.3 second-half field-goal percentage marked the best by a Toledo opponent this season.
• Toledo has not trailed at halftime this season and is 5-2 when leading after 20 minutes.
• UT held a 36-30 rebounding advantage and is 5-1 when outrebounding its opposition.
• Toledo lost for the first time in six contests when three or more players scored in double figures.
• UT lost for the first time in six games when shooting 70 percent or higher from the charity stripe.
• Senior Nathan Boothe tallied a team-high 11 rebounds and three assists and has led or shared the team lead in each of those categories on a team-best seven occasions.
• Junior Jonathan Williams registered his team-high sixth 20-point outing this season and played a season-best 36 minutes.
• Freshman Nate Navigato tied his season highs in minutes played (29), rebounds (5), blocks (1) and steals (1).
• Freshman Jaelan Sanford tied his season high with 10 field-goal attempts and has grabbed a season-best two steals in each of the last two games.