QUICK HITTERS
•   Toledo (12-6, 3-2 MAC) visits DeKalb, IL on Friday, Jan. 22 for its second meeting in 10 days against MAC West Division leader Northern Illinois (15-3, 4-1 MAC). Tip-off time is set for 6:30 p.m. EST in the NIU Convocation Center. The contest will be televised nationally by the CBS Sports Network, marking UT's fifth game this season on that channel.
•   The Rockets have bounced back from their 71-66 setback to NIU on Jan. 12 with a home win over Akron (78-64) and a road victory over arch-rival Bowling Green (81-74). The Huskies dropped an 83-69 decision at Western Michigan before posting a 75-70 triumph over Central Michigan since defeating UT.
•   Toledo will be playing its fourth straight game against an opponent that has held at least a share of first place in the MAC's East or West Divisions. The Rockets are tied for second place with Ball State in the MAC's West Division and is one game behind NIU.
•   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 97-84 (.536) record on the Rocket bench, including a 93-56 (.624) 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 tallied 23 points and eight rebounds while sophomore Stuckey Mosley tied his career high for a second straight game with 19 points in UT's win over the Falcons. The Rockets took the lead for good with a 10-point run for a 66-56 lead with 8:59 remaining.
•   Boothe and junior guard Jonathan Williams are the MAC's top two leading scorers with 19.8 and 18.6 ppg, respectively. Boothe also is third in the MAC with a team-high 8.8 rpg, tied for seventh with a team-best 3.9 apg, eighth with a 53.8 FG%, ninth with a 1.9 assist/turnover ratio and 10th with a 43.2 3PTFG%.
•   Boothe also sets the pace in league scoring with 23.8 ppg and ranks third with 8.8 rpg.
•   Boothe was named the MAC's West Division Player of the Week on Monday this week for the fifth time this season and also earned a spot on CollegeInsiders.com mid-season Mid-Major All-America squad in early January.
•   UT tops the MAC with 80.4 ppg, 17.2 apg, 47.3 FG% and a 1.58 assist/turnover ratio.
•   The Rockets will face a Northern Illinois squad that paces the MAC in FG% defense (38.2) and is second in scoring defense (64.2). The Huskies also lead the way with a +7.8 rebounding margin and are second with 7.4 steals per game.
•   Sophomore center Marin Maric paces a balanced NIU offense that has four players scoring in double digits with 13.6 ppg to go along with a team-best 8.3 rpg.

ROCKET ROUNDUP FROM UT'S 81-74 VICTORY AT BOWLING GREEN
• Toledo extended its winning streak vs. the Falcons to five games, marking its second longest  unbeaten stretch in the series' 167-game history.
• UT now holds an 88-79 record vs. Bowling Green.
• Head Coach Tod Kowalczyk improved his career coaching record vs. Bowling Green to 6-2.
• UT is 12-1 when it shoots 45 percent or higher and 11-0 when it registers a higher field-goal percentage than its opponent.
• Toledo posted a season-high 53.3 three-point field-goal percentage by knocking down 8-of-15 shots from behind the three-point arc.
• The Rockets are 11-1 when outrebounding their opponent.
• UT is 9-0 this season when four or more players score in double digits. won for just the third time in nine outings when having less than four players score in double digits.
• Senior center Nathan Boothe scored 23 points and grabbed eight rebounds. He topped the Rockets in scoring for a team-best 10th time this season.
• Sophomore guard Stuckey Mosley tied his career highs in points (19) and three-point field goals (three) for a second-straight game.
• Junior guard Jonathan Williams scored 14 points vs. Bowling Green, giving him 14 or more points in every game this season. He leads UT with nine 20-point outings but his only 20-point game over his last six contests came with 21 points vs. Northern Illinois (Jan. 12).
• Freshman guard Jaelan Sanford registered his seventh double-digit outing and didn't take a three-point field-goal attempt for the first time this season.
• Toledo is 7-0 this season when Sanford scores in double figures.
• Junior forward Zach Garber tallied a career-high nine rebounds, tied his career best with two blocked shots and scored six points in a career-high 31 minutes played.