QUICK HITTERS
• Toledo (11-6, 3-1 MAC) looks to extend its winning streak to a season-high four games when it travels to Athens, Ohio for a cross-division matchup vs. Ohio (8-8, 1-3 MAC) on Tuesday, Jan. 16. Tip-off time from the Convocation Center is set for 7:00 p.m. with the game being streamed on ESPN3. Following Tuesday's game, the Rockets will host Kent State (8-9, 2-2 MAC) on Saturday, Jan. 20 at 7:00 p.m.
• UT has come away victorious in their last two visits to Athens, an 80-73 win in 2015 and a 79-76 victory last year. Ohio posted a 67-66 win over UT in last year's MAC quarterfinals.
• The Rockets led wire-to-wire for a second-straight contest and raced out to a 19-4 advantage in Saturday's 93-82 win at Central Michigan. Toledo has trailed for just 1:08 in its last three games. UT is now in a first-place tie with Western Michigan (11-6, 3-1 MAC) in the West Division.
• The trio of senior guard Tre'Shaun Fletcher, junior guard
Jaelan Sanford and junior forward
Nate Navigato spearheaded UT's offense vs. CMU with 22, 21 and 18 points, respectively. Sophomore forward
Willie Jackson contributed 11 points and a team-high seven rebounds.
• Toledo tied its season high with 14 treys at CMU and is 27-of-55 from behind the arc in its last two contests. Eight Rockets possess a 36.0 three-point FG% or higher.
• Fletcher is the lone individual to appear in the MAC's Top 10 in points, rebounds and assists with 18.2 ppg (3rd), 8.4 rpg (3rd) and 3.9 apg (T-5th).
• Fletcher and Sanford are the only tandem from one school to rank in the MAC's Top 10 scoring leaders. Sanford became the 45th member of Toledo's 1,000-point club on Saturday.
• Navigato ranks third in the MAC with a 44.3 3PTFG%, while freshman guard
Marreon Jackson is fifth with a 44.3 mark. Sophomore center
Luke Knapke is third in the MAC with 1.5 bpg and a 57.6 field-goal percentage. Jackson also is fifth with a 1.9 assist/turnover ratio.
• As a team, Toledo tops the MAC with its 40.8 three-point FG% and 10.1 three-point FGs per game and is second with a 1.2 assist/turnover ratio, 47.0 FG% and 15.5 apg. UT is also third with 79.7 ppg.
• Ohio is 7-2 at home this season and winless on the road following Friday's 70-69 setback at Kent State. The Bobcats lead the MAC in three-point FG% defense (32.0%)
• Senior guard Mike Laster ranks ninth in the MAC with a team-high 16.5 ppg and a 40.8 3PTFG%. Freshman guard Teyvion Kirk is also scoring at a 14.7 clip.
POST-GAME NOTES FROM TOLEDO'S 93-82 WIN OVER CENTRAL MICHIGAN
• Toledo's 3-1 start to league play is its first since 2013-14 when it posted a 14-4 MAC ledger.
• UT has won three of its first four MAC contests just three times since its 2003-04 campaign.
• Toledo has shot 50 percent or higher in four of its last six contests. During this stretch, the Rockets are shooting 52.0 percent from the field and 47.1 percent from three-point range. In addition, UT is shooting even better in the second half during this stretch with a 59.5 FG% and 48.3 3PTFG%.
• The Rockets' 45 first-half points were one shy of their season high — 46 at Detroit Mercy.
• Toledo improved its record when leading at halftime to 9-1.
• The Rockets out-rebounded the Chippewas by a 34-31 margin, marking the eighth time in its last 10 contests that UT has won the battle of the boards.
• UT has won 11 of 12 contests when out-shooting its opponent from the field.
• Junior guard
Jaelan Sanford sank a season-high 8-of-9 free throws.
• Freshman guard
Marreon Jackson grabbed a season-high three steals.
• Junior forward
Nate Navigato's 18-point outing on 5-of-8 three-point shooting ended a three-game stretch of not scoring in double digits.
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TAKING A LOOK AT THE ROCKETS IN CONFERENCE PLAY
• Toledo leads the MAC in FG% (51.7), 3PTFG% (46.5), three-point field goals per game (11.5) and assists (16.5 apg) and ranks second in points per game (84.5) and scoring margin (+6.5).
• Tre'Shaun Fletcher ranks first in scoring at 21.0 ppg, and
Jaelan Sanford is third at 19.3 ppg.
• Fletcher is also second with a 3.0 assist/turnover ratio, and Sanford is fourth with a 2.4 mark.
• Fletcher is tied for fourth with 4.5 apg, fifth with a 59.2 FG% (29-of-49) and tied for eighth with a 50.0 three-point FG% (9-of-18).
• Sanford is tied for third with 2.8 treys per game.
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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 this season by converting 171-of-419 attempts for a 40.8 conversion rate, a mark that sits at the top of the MAC and ranks 19th nationally.
      UT's 10.1 treys per game also pace 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 tied its season high with 14 three-point field goals at Central Michigan (Jan. 13), a total that is 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 has tallied nine or more treys in 14 of 17 contests, including 14-of-25 totals vs. Saint Joseph's (Nov. 11), 14-of-32 totals at CMU (Jan. 13), 13-of-23 totals vs. WMU (Jan. 9), 12-of-25 totals at Syracuse (Nov. 22) and 12-of-29 totals at Kansas (Nov. 28).
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