QUICK HITTERS
•    Toledo (4-3) heads to the Motor City searching for its first road win of the season when it battles Horizon League foe Detroit Mercy (4-4) on Wednesday, Dec. 6 at 7:00 p.m. The contest from Calihan Hall will be streamed live on ESPN3. The Rockets have lost five of their last six road contests in this series since 2001 with UT's lone victory an 80-78 triumph on Nov. 23, 2013. Toledo posted a 73-65 home win over the Titans last year.
•    UT snapped its three-game losing streak and improved its home record to 4-0 on Saturday with its 71-69 win over Texas Southern. The Rockets trailed by as many as 19 points in the first half before limiting the Tigers to 24.1 FG% in the second stanza.
•    Four Rockets scored in double figures with junior forward Nate Navigato leading the way with 17 points. Joining Navigato in double digits was senior guard Tre'Shaun Fletcher, who notched his fourth double-double of the season with 16 points and a team-high 10 boards. Freshman guard Marreon Jackson also contributed a season-high 14 points, while sophomore center Luke Knapke tallied 12 points, seven rebounds and tied his career high with three blocks.
•    Fletcher is the lone individual to appear in the Mid-American Conference's Top 10 in points, rebounds and assists with 18.1 ppg (5th), 9.1 rpg (3rd) and 4.1 apg (T-7th). Fletcher is also leading UT with 25 FTs made and 34 FTs attempted. 
•    Navigato, junior guard Jaelan Sanford and Knapke are also scoring in double digits for UT as well with 16.0, 15.8 and 11.2 ppg, respectively.
•    Knapke is the MAC's top shot blocker with 1.9 bpg and tied for eighth with an 84.2 FT%, while Navigato is second and T-14th nationally with 3.7 treys per game. Jackson is tied for third in the MAC with his 50.0 3PTFG% (10-of-20).
•    As a team, Toledo paces the MAC with its 10.0 three-point field goals per game and its 38.0 three-point field-goal percentage ranks second. The Rockets have posted double-digit totals in three-point field goals made in four straight contests and are shooting 44.1 percent (45-of-102) from behind the arc in this stretch.
•    Detroit Mercy has dropped its last two contests at Fort Wayne (91-82) and UCLA (106-73). The Titans are yielding 92.5 ppg and have allowed four opponents to top the century mark.
•    Junior wing Kameron Chatman, who sat out last season after transferring from Michigan, leads the Titans with 19.5 ppg, 8.6 rpg and a 46.2 3PTFG% (18-of-39). He is part of a high-scoring backcourt that includes sophomore Corey Allen (17.3 ppg), freshman Jermaine Jackson Jr. (12.8 ppg) and junior Josh McFolley (10.9 ppg).

POST-GAME NOTES FROM TOLEDO'S 71-69 WIN OVER TEXAS SOUTHERN
• Toledo's 4-0 home start marks just the second time in the last 13 years the Rockets have won their first four contests in Savage Arena. UT won its first six home games in the 2004-05 campaign in addition to posting a 15-0 mark in its 2013-14 season.
• The Rockets have attempted more free throws than their opponent in all seven games this season. Toledo is averaging 18.7 free-throw attempts, while allowing just 13.4 attempts per contest. As a team, the Rockets rank 10th nationally with 14.7 fouls per contest. Notre Dame ranks first with 12.9 per game.
• UT's 64.7 FT% was a season low, over 10 percentage points lower than its 75.6 FT% this season.
• Texas Southern's 37.7 FG% marked the third time this season UT has held an opponent under 40 percent shooting from the field.

THREE-POINT PRODUCTION
    One of Head Coach Tod Kowalczyk's goals for the Rockets heading into the 2017-18 campaign was to increase their three-point field goals. Toledo has done just that in its first seven games by converting 70-of-184 attempts for a 38.0 conversion rate, a mark that ranks second in the MAC. 
    UT's 10.0 treys per game lead the MAC and are well ahead of last year's average of 7.7 three-pointers per game. The Rockets posted a 36.2 three-point field-goal percentage last year.
    Toledo's 14 three-point field goals vs. Saint Joseph's in its season opener were tied for third-most in school history. The school record is 17 vs. Wright State on Dec. 22, 2003 with UT also hitting 16 vs. Marshall on Jan. 12, 2000.
    UT also posted double-digit trey totals with 12-of-25 totals at Syracuse (Nov. 22), 11-of-31 totals at Cornell (Nov. 24), 12-of-29 totals at Kansas (Nov. 28) and 10-of-27 totals vs. Texas Southern (Dec. 2).

HORIZON FAMILIARITY
    Toledo has faced at least three Horizon League members in non-conference play over the last six years and will face four for a third consecutive year this season.
    The Rockets are 15-9 vs. the Horizon League during this stretch, including an 8-3 mark over the last two seasons.
    Prior to taking over at the Rocket helm, Head Coach Tod Kowalczyk spent eight seasons coaching in the Horizon League at Green Bay.

ON THE HORIZON
    Toledo begins a three-game homestand vs. Conference USA foe Marshall (5-3) on Saturday, Dec. 9 at 7:00 p.m. The Rockets will also host Wright State (4-4) on Saturday, Dec. 16 at 2:00 p.m. and Jackson State (2-6) on Wednesday, Dec. 20 at 7:00 p.m. before visiting Cleveland State (2-5) on Saturday, Dec. 23 at 2:00 p.m.