ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. – Toledo led wire-to-wire en route to posting a 58-39 victory over St. Bonaventure (4-5) in Monday's non-conference match-up in the Reilly Center. With the road win, the Rockets' extend their winning streak to five-straight games and improve to 6-1 on the season.
Junior
Kaayla McIntyre paced UT with 14 points, a career-tying best 13 rebounds and a game-high three rejections to tally her squad-best third double-double this year, followed closely by senior
Jay-Ann Bravo-Harriott with 13 points.
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The 2017 Mid-American Conference Champions also received eight points from junior
Olivia Cunningham, seven by senior
Jada Woody and six from sophomore Sara Rokkanen to record their sixth-consecutive triumph against an Atlantic 10 Conference opponent.
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As a team, the Rockets shot 39.0 percent (23-of-59) from the floor, including 23.8 percent (5-of-21) from three-point land, and 43.8 percent (7-of-16) from the charity stripe.
UT controlled the glass and finished with a sizable 50-33 rebounding edge, triggered by McInytre's double-digit effort. Sophomore Mariella Santucci, redshirt freshman Tanaya Beacham and Bravo-Harriott also helped the cause with five boards each, as the Rockets totaled 50 rebounds for the first time this season.
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Danielle Migliore led the Bonnies with 11 points. SBU's two leading scorers, Mariah Ruff and Mckenna Maycock, were limited to 15 points on 6-of-20 shooting from the field, including 0-of-8 from beyond the arc. St. Bonaventure, which shot a frigid 27.3 percent (15-of-55) from the floor, came into tonight's game averaging 62.4 points.
The Rockets wasted little time in taking control of the tonight's action, scoring the game's first 17 points. Bravo-Harriott and Cunningham sparked the strong start over the opening seven-plus minutes, combining for 13 of the 17 points.
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The Bonnies did not get on the scoreboard until Ruff converted a pair of free throws at the 2:37 mark in the first period.
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UT remained red-hot shooting the ball early in the second stanza, registering eight of the first 10 points to extend its lead to 27-8 at the 6:40 mark. Bravo-Harriott once again triggered the impressive play with a pair of deep field goals to put her in double figures and make it a 19-point advantage. Â
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The Rockets' lead did not slip below 14 points for the remainder of the opening half, as the Midnight Blue & Gold held a 35-19 cushion at the break. UT knocked down 14 of its 28 shots from the field in the opening 20 minutes and 4-of-6 from the free throw line to build a 16-point advantage at the half.
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Toledo continued to play well in the third period, taking advantage of four layups from McIntyre to push the score to 47-28 after 30 minutes of competition. The Toledo native dominated the interior and converted a quartet of field goals within five feet to keep the home crowd silent.
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The Midnight Blue & Gold then put the finishing touches on the impressive road victory with a pair of deep triples from the wing by Rokkanen and Woody early in the fourth quarter.
The Rockets return to the hardwood on Wednesday, Dec. 6 when travel to the "Steel City" to take on Duquesne at 5:30 p.m. in the A.J. Palumbo Center.
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