QUICK HITTERS
•  Toledo (12-7, 3-3 MAC) opens a three-game homestand on Tuesday, Jan. 26 with a matchup against MAC East Division foe Ohio (11-7, 2-4 MAC). Tip-off time is set for 7:00 p.m. in Savage Arena with the contest being televised on BCSN and streamed on ESPN3.
•  The Rockets are looking to rebound from last Friday's 58-49 setback at Northern Illinois, while the Bobcats are hoping to bounce back from Saturday's 72-49 defeat at Central Michigan.
•  Toledo is tied for third place with the Chippewas in the MAC's West Division and trails the first-place Huskies by two games and Ball State by one game. Ohio is alone in fifth place in the MAC's East Division, one game behind Bowling Green and Buffalo who are tied for third place.
•  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 97-85 (.533) record on the Rocket bench, including a 93-57 (.620) 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 notched his seventh double-double of the season with 15 points and 10 rebounds against NIU. He was the only Rocket to score in double figures with sophomore Stuckey Mosley tallying nine points and eight boards. Toledo committed a season-high 18 turnovers and shot a season-low 31.1 percent against the Huskies.
•  Boothe and junior guard Jonathan Williams are the MAC's top two leading scorers with 19.5 and 17.8 ppg, respectively. Boothe also is third in the MAC with a team-high 8.8 rpg, seventh with a team-best 3.8 apg, eighth with a 52.8 FG%, ninth with a 1.7 assist/turnover ratio and 11th with a 41.7 3PTFG%.
•  Boothe also sets the pace in league scoring with 22.3 ppg and is tied for third with 8.8 rpg. He also is tied for third in the MAC with seven double-doubles
•  Boothe has been named the MAC's West Division Player of the Week and also earned a spot on CollegeInsiders.com mid-season Mid-Major All-America squad in early January.
•  UT tops the MAC with 16.8 apg and a 1.50 assist/turnover ratio and is second with 78.7 ppg and a 46.4 FG%.
•  Ohio paces the league with a 46.5 FG%, 76.7 FT% and 4.2 bpg but is 11th in scoring defense (74.1 ppg) and last in three-point FG% defense (38.4).
•  Junior center Antonio Campbell ranks seventh in the MAC with a team-high 15.6 ppg and is second with 9.3 rpg. Sophomore guard Jaaron Simmons leads the league with 7.3 apg.

ROCKET ROUNDUP FROM UT'S 58-49 DEFEAT AT NORTHERN ILLINOIS
• Toledo's lead in its all-time series vs. Northern Illinois was reduced to 43-27 with its third-straight defeat at the hands of the Huskies.
• NIU's swept the Rockets in their season series for the first time since the 2009-10 campaign and for the fourth time ever.
• Head Coach Tod Kowalczyk's career coaching record vs. Northern Illinois dropped to 7-7.
• The Rockets committed a season-high 18 turnovers, two more than their previous best of 16 against NIU on Jan. 12 and at Green Bay on Dec. 6.
• UT is 0-6 when it shoots lower than 45 percent.
• The Rockets are 1-6 when being outrebounded by their opponent.
• Toledo posted season lows in points (49) points in a half (22), FG% (.311) and three-point FG% (16.7) by knocking down 8-of-15 shots from behind the three-point arc. UT shot a season-best 53.3 percent (8-of-15) in its previous contest at Bowling Green.
• Northern Illinois' 31.1 FG% was the lowest by a Rocket opponent this season.
• UT had just one player score in double figures for the first time this season. The Rockets are 9-0 this season when four or more players score in double digits.
• Senior center Nathan Boothe registered his seventh double-double with 15 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in a season-high 37 minutes. He topped the Rockets in scoring for a team-high 11th time, rebounding a team-best 14 occasions and assists a team-high 10 times.
• Sophomore guard Stuckey Mosley matched his career high with eight rebounds. It was the third time this season he grabbed that many boards.
• Junior guard Jonathan Williams was held out of double digits for the first time this season. He had scored 14 or more points in every game prior to tallying just four points at NIU
• Freshman guard Nick Rogers tied his season high with eight points with all of his points coming in the first 10 minutes. Rogers also tallied eight points in the UT's second game of the season at Youngstown State.
 
HOME SWEET HOME
      Toledo is 6-2 on its home floor this season after posting a 10-5 win-loss mark in Savage Arena last year. The Rockets' five defeats last season came by a total of 12 points - 82-79 vs. Detroit, 65-62 vs. Central Michigan, 81-78 (OT) vs. Western Michigan, 76-75 (OT) vs. Kent State and 84-82 vs. Northern Illinois.
      Even with its five home losses last year, UT is 45-12 (.789) in its last 57 home games (including 25-8 (.758) vs. MAC opponents) dating back to 2011-12. The Rockets' unbeaten record (15-0) at home in 2013-14 was their first since 1966-67 and just the fourth time in school history UT has accomplished the feat.
      Toledo posted an 11-8 ledger in Savage Arena in 2011-12 for its first winning home record since the 2007-08 campaign when it registered a 9-3 mark. After experiencing just one losing home campaign (7-9 in 1991-92) in the previous 51 years, the Rockets notched 6-7, 4-11 and 4-12 win-loss marks for a combined 14-30 (.318) ledger over the previous three years (2008-11) in Savage Arena.
      Prior to the 2008-09 season, UT had posted a 55-8 (.873) home record for a five-year period from 2003-08 and was 107-23 (.823) on its homecourt from 1998-2008.
 
A LOOK AHEAD
      The Rockets continue their three-game homestand on Saturday, Jan. 30 against Buffalo (10-9, 3-3 MAC) on Saturday, Jan. 30 followed by a matchup against Western Michigan (8-11, 2-4 MAC) on Tuesday, Feb. 2. Both contests are scheduled for 7:00 p.m. tipoffs.