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Senior forward Steve Taylor Jr. is the MAC's leading rebounder.

Men's Basketball

Rockets Return Home from 10-Day Trip for Saturday Encounter vs. Green Bay

QUICK HITTERS
•  Toledo (3-4) returns to Savage Arena following a 10-day, five-game road trip when it hosts Horizon League foe Green Bay (3-3) on Saturday, December 3. Tip-off time is set for 7:00 p.m. ET.
•  The Rockets have already played three overtime games this season, including a pair at last weekend's Challenge in Music City in Nashville, TN. UT opened the three-day tournament last Friday with an 83-79 (2OT) triumph over Evansville followed by a 73-70 (OT) setback to Middle Tennessee the next day. Toledo wrapped up the tourney with a 102-77 defeat to UNC-Wilmington, which is ranked No. 5 in this week's collegeinsider.com Mid-Major poll.
•  Senior guard Jonathan Williams is leading the Rockets with 16.1 ppg, with senior forward Steve Taylor, Jr. averaging 15.6 ppg, a MAC-best 12.6 rpg and a team-high 4.1 apg.
•  Taylor ranks fifth nationally with 12.6 rpg and leads the country with 10.7 defensive rebounds per contest. He had a string of five straight double-doubles snapped with his 13-point, six-rebound, four-assist outing again UNC-Wilmington.
•  Sophomore guard Jaelan Sanford is also scoring in double digits for the Rockets with 12.3 ppg, including a career-best 23 points at Wright State (Nov. 19). Sanford's buzzer-beater lifted UT to a 71-69 road win over Green Bay last year.
•  Head Coach Tod Kowalczyk is in his seventh season at UT and has orchestrated a dramatic turnaround since his arrival in 2010. He has guided the Midnight Blue and Gold to a 101-69 (.594) win-loss mark over the last six years, including back-to-back 20-win campaigns in 2013-14 and 2014-15.
•  Toledo played just one home game in the month of November. The Rockets were on the road for six of seven games in November and will play seven of their next eight contests in Savage Arena.
•  Green Bay has split its first six games and will travel to Kansas State on Wednesday evening prior to coming to Toledo.
•  The Phoenix have four players scoring in double figures with senior guard Charles Cooper leading the way with 13.5 ppg. Freshman guard Trevor Anderson is averaging 12.8 ppg with a team-best 45.2 3PTFG% (14-of-31) and 89.5 FT% (17-of-19).
•  Green Bay has split a pair of contests this season against two MAC schools, posting a 77-61 win at Bowling Green (Nov. 20) and falling by an 89-77 margin at home to Central Michigan (Nov. 26).
 
 
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Players Mentioned

Jaelan Sanford

#13 Jaelan Sanford

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Jonathan Williams

#1 Jonathan Williams

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Players Mentioned

Jaelan Sanford

#13 Jaelan Sanford

6' 4"
Sophomore
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Jonathan Williams

#1 Jonathan Williams

6' 3"
Senior
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