QUICK HITTERS
• Toledo (5-2) plays its sixth game away from Savage Arena this season when it travels to Wisconsin to battle Horizon League foe Green Bay (4-3). Tip-off time is set for 3:00 p.m. EST with the contest being streamed on ESPN3.
• UT's matchup with the Phoenix is the second of four consecutive meetings against Horizon League opponents. The Rockets already have two victories over Horizon members this season with a 100-78 road win at Youngstown State (Nov. 18) and Wednesday's 76-65 home victory over Cleveland State.
• Sunday's contest will mark a homecoming for Head Coach
Tod Kowalczyk, a DePere, WI native who posted a 136-112 record in eight seasons on the Phoenix sideline. UT assistant coach
Jason Kalsow also spent two years at Green Bay before joining Kowalczyk on his Toledo staff.
• Kowalczyk is in his sixth season at UT's helm and has orchestrated a dramatic turnaround since his arrival in 2010. He possesses a 90-80 record on the Rocket bench, including an 86-52 (.623) 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.
• Senior
Nathan Boothe and junior
Jonathan Williams led four Rockets in double figures with 17 points apiece in the Rockets' 76-65 victory over Cleveland State. UT held a 35-23 halftime lead and never let the Vikings reduce their deficit into single digits in the second half.
• Williams and Boothe are the Mid-American Conference's top two leading scorers with 19.0 and 18.6 ppg, respectively. Boothe also ranks second in the MAC with 9.3 rpg and third with 5.3 apg. Mosley is also scoring in double digits at 13.6 ppg and ranks second on the team with 6.6 rpg and 4.0 apg.
• Boothe also leads the MAC in defensive rebounding (7.4 rpg) and assist/turnover ratio (4.1), while Mosley tops the MAC with a 91.7 FT%.
• Toledo ranks fourth nationally with its MAC-best 1.91 assist/turnover ratio, 11th with 19.0 apg and 16th for fewest turnovers per game (10.0). The Rockets also top the MAC with a 49.0 FG%.
• After opening the season with three straight defeats, Green Bay has won four in a row under first-year head coach Linc Darner. The Phoenix rank eighth nationally with 10.7 spg and 13th with a plus-5.7 turnover margin.
• Senior guard Carrington Love leads Green Bay with 19.0 ppg and ranks sixth in the nation with 3.1 spg. Senior forward Jordan Fouse paces the Phoenix with 9.6 rpg to go along with 12.3 ppg, while junior guard Charles Cooper averages 11.6 ppg and 5.3 rpg.
ROCKET ROUNDUP FROM 76-65 VICTORY OVER CLEVELAND STATE
• Toledo now leads its all-time series vs. Cleveland State by an 8-5 margin and has won its last three matchups vs. the Vikings.
• The Rockets made a season-best 26 free throws and registered a season-high 36 free throw attempts.
• UT committed a season-high 13 turnovers leading to an opponent season-best 15 points off turnovers.
• Toledo held a 36-23 halftime advantage and has not trailed after the opening 20 minutes this season.
• Cleveland State's 33.3 three-point field-goal percentage and six three-point baskets marked season lows by a NCAA Division I opponent vs. Toledo.
• Junior guard
Jonathan Williams has scored 15 or more points in every game and leads the Rockets with a 19.0 scoring average.
• Senior center
Nathan Boothe tallied the 1,000th point of his Rocket career in the second half.
• Sophomore guard
Stuckey Mosley registered career highs in free throws made (9) and free throws attempted (10) and leads the Rockets with 22 free throws made.
• Freshman forward
Nate Navigato has connected on a three-point field goal in every game this season and his 11 points marked his third double-digit outing.
• Junior guard
Jordan Lauf tied his season high with nine points and also tallied six rebounds.
• Junior center
Zach Garber tied his career high with six boards to go along with five points.
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TOD THE BUILDER
     Head Coach
Tod Kowalczyk is extremely proficient at turning around programs. When looking at his career record minus his first season at the helm of both Green Bay and Toledo, Kowalczyk's record is 212-144 (.596) overall and 111-75 (.597) in conference play. His record at the helm of the Rockets since the 2011-12 season is 86-52 (.623).
     Kowalczyk produced a seven-win improvement from Year 1 (10-20) to Year 2 (17-11) at Green Bay. He doubled that feat and more at Toledo in the 2011-12 campaign as UT registered 15 more wins (4-28 to 19-17) than his first season at the Rocket helm.
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ROCKETS RANKING AMONG NATIONAL LEADERS IN 2015-16
    Toledo ranks fourth nationally (through games of Dec. 3) with its 1.91 assist/turnover ratio, 11th with 19.0 assists per game and 16th in fewest turnovers per game (10.0).
     Individually,
Nathan Boothe ranks 20th with 7.4 defensive rebounds per game and 32nd with a 4.11 assist/turnover ratio. Boothe ranks 64th nationally in assists per game and is the only center ranked among the Top 250 players nationally.
     Sophomore guard
Stuckey Mosley also appears among the national leaders, ranking 22nd in free-throw percentage with a 91.7 mark.
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