QUICK HITTERS
• Toledo (6-2) plays its seventh game away from Savage Arena this season when it travels up I-75 to battle Horizon League foe Detroit (3-3). Tip-off time is set for 7:30 p.m. with the contest being streamed on ESPN3.
• UT's matchup with the Titans is the third of four consecutive meetings against Horizon League opponents. The Rockets already have three victories over Horizon members this season with a 100-78 road win at Youngstown State (Nov. 18), a 76-65 home victory over Cleveland State (Dec. 2) and last Sunday's 71-69 buzzer-beating triumph at Green Bay.
• 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 91-80 record on the Rocket bench, including an 87-52 (.626) 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 tallied 27 and 26 points, respectively, at Green Bay on Sunday to lift the Rockets to a 71-69 victory over the Phoenix. It was freshman guard
Jaelan Sanford who landed the decisive blow though with a three-pointer at the buzzer for his lone field goal of the game.
• Williams and Boothe are the Mid-American Conference's top two leading scorers with 19.9 and 19.6 ppg, respectively. Boothe also ranks second in the MAC with 9.3 rpg and a 2.4 assist/turnover ratio and fifth with 4.8 apg. Sophomore
Stuckey Mosley is scoring in double digits as well at 12.9 ppg and ranks second on the team with 6.0 rpg and 3.9 apg.
• Boothe leads the MAC in defensive rebounding (7.3 rpg) and is tied for third with a 50.0 three-point field-goal percentage (8-of-16) and sixth in overall field-goal percentage (58.1).
• Toledo ranks 11th nationally with its MAC-best 1.69 assist/turnover ratio, 21st with 18.1 apg and 34th for fewest turnovers per game (10.8). The Rockets also top the MAC and rank 37th nationally with a 48.7 FG%.
• Detroit is currently in the midst of a four-game homestand and a stretch where it will play nine of 11 at home and only leave the state of Michigan once until Jan. 18.
• Josh McFolley was named the Horizon League Freshman of the Week for the second time this season on Monday after averaging 15.5 points and shooting 53.8 percent from behind the arc vs. Vanderbilt and Northeastern last week.
ROCKET ROUNDUP FROM 71-69 VICTORY OVER GREEN BAY
• Toledo is 5-0 when holding its opponent under 45 percent shooting from the field.
• UT committed a season-high 16 turnovers but also forced the Phoenix to commit 15 miscues.
• The Rockets are 6-0 when outshooting their opponent and 5-0 when shooting 70 percent or better from the charity stripe as well as outrebounding their opponent.
• Toledo's 16 three-point field-goal attempts were a season low, marking the second straight game UT has done so. The Rockets took only 18 three-point shots vs. Cleveland State with their season high against an NCAA Division I opponent coming with 24 against Youngstown State.
• Green Bay's 28 second-half points were the fewest the Rockets have allowed in the final 20 minutes this season.
• Toledo has not trailed at halftime in any of its contests this season.
• Senior center
Nathan Boothe paced UT in scoring for the fourth time this season with his third 20-point contest. He also swatted a season-high three shots and trails UT's all-time leader J.C. Harris (1989-92) by eight blocks for the most rejections by a Rocket.
• Junior guard
Jonathan Williams tied his career high with 26 points for his fifth 20-point outing of the season. He also registered a career high with 21 field-goal attempts.
• Sophomore guard
Stuckey Mosley registered a career-high two blocked shots.
• Freshman forward
Nate Navigato was held without a three-point field goal for the first time this season.
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