GAME INFORMATION
Date: Tuesday, January 23, 2018.
Tip-Off: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Kalamazoo, Mich.
Arena: University Arena (5,421).
TV: ESPN3. Mike Monaco will provide play-by-play for broadcast with Austin Richie serving as analyst.
Radio: Rocket Radio Network. WSPD (1370 AM) in Toledo. Brent Balbinot will provide play-by-play for broadcast with Jay Lehman serving as analyst

QUICK HITTERS
•   Toledo (13-6, 5-1 MAC) looks to extend its winning streak to a season-high six games when it closes out its regular-season series vs. MAC West Division rival Western Michigan (11-8, 3-3 MAC) on Tuesday, Jan. 23. Tip-off time from University Arena is set for 7:00 p.m. with the game being streamed on ESPN3. Following Tuesday's game, the Rockets will host arch-rival Bowling Green (12-7, 3-3 MAC) on Saturday, Jan. 27 at 7:00 p.m.
•   UT holds a two-game lead over the Broncos and Ball State (12-7, 3-3 MAC) in the West Division following Saturday's 72-65 win over Kent State. Toledo and Buffalo (14-5, 6-0 MAC) are the only two teams in the MAC with less than three defeats.
•   The last time the Rockets won five games in a row in MAC play was when UT went on a six-game winning streak from Jan. 24-Feb. 10, 2015.
•   Toledo utilized a balanced attack to secure the victory over the Golden Flashes as senior guard Tre'Shaun Fletcher led the way with 17 points, a team-high 12 rebounds and four assists for his eighth double-double. Joining Fletcher in double digits were sophomore center Luke Knapke (16 pts., nine reb.), junior guard Jaelan Sanford (14 pts., team-high five asst.) and freshman guard Marreon Jackson (11 pts.).
•   During their five-game winning streak, the Rockets possess an average margin of victory of 15.4 ppg and have trailed for just 11 minutes and 42 seconds (8:17 vs. KSU).
•   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-8th).
•   Fletcher also tops the MAC in league play at 19.8 ppg, while Sanford is fifth with 17.8 ppg.
•   Junior forward Nate Navigato ranks second in the MAC with 2.9 treys per game and a 45.5 3PTFG%. Jackson is fourth with a 44.0 3PTFG% and fifth with a 1.9 assist/turnover ratio. Knapke is fourth in the MAC with a 57.4 field-goal percentage and tied for fourth with 1.5 blocks per game.
•   As a team, Toledo ranks 14th nationally (as of Jan. 21) with its 41.1 3PTFG% and also tops the MAC with its 47.1 FG% and is tied for first with 10.0 three-point FGs per game. The Rockets are also second with 80.3 ppg, 15.5 apg and a 1.2 assist/turnover ratio.
•   WMU has dropped three of its last four decisions after opening league play with a pair of wins. The Broncos are 6-3 at home following Friday's 84-74 loss to Buffalo
•   Senior guard Thomas Wilder, who scored 28 points on 11-of-23 shooting at Toledo on Jan. 9, ranks fourth in the MAC with 17.5 ppg and third with 4.4 apg and 2.1 spg.
•   The Rockets downed Western Michigan by an 84-61 margin in Savage Arena two weeks ago. Toledo has won just twice in its last 15 visits to University Arena, a 79-75 (OT) win in 2007 and a 97-87 victory in 2015.

POST-GAME NOTES FROM TOLEDO'S 72-65 WIN OVER KENT STATE
• Toledo's 5-1 start to league play is its first since 2013-14 when it opened league play with six victories in its first seven contests en route to a 14-4 MAC ledger.
• UT has won five of its last eight meetings vs. KSU since the 2012-13 season, and Head Coach Tod Kowalczyk is now 6-5 vs. the Golden Flashes as a head coach.
• UT's 30 first-half points tied a season low and its 33.3 first-half FG% was a season low.
• Toledo is now 11-1 when not trailing at halftime after being tied following the opening 20 minutes for the first time this season.
• Toledo's six turnovers were its fewest since committing five vs. CMU on Feb. 27, 2016.
• Four Rockets scored in double digits for the 11th time this season and UT has a 9-2 mark when that occurs.
• The Rockets are 8-0 when holding their opponent under 70 points and 12-3 when scoring 70 points or more.
• The Rockets out-rebounded the Golden Flashes by a 35-34 margin, marking the ninth time in its last 11 contests that UT has won the battle of the boards.
• UT won for the first time in six contests this season when having a lower FG% than its opponent. The Rockets shot 42.6 percent from the field, while KSU posted a 48.1 FG%.
 
TAKING A LOOK AT THE ROCKETS IN CONFERENCE PLAY
• Toledo leads the MAC in 3PTFG% (45.8), three-point field goals per game (10.8) and rebounding margin (+4.3) and ranks second in FG% (50.1), points (83.5) and assists (17.0 apg) per game, scoring margin (+11.2) and assist/turnover ratio (1.4).
• Tre'Shaun Fletcher ranks first in scoring at 19.8 ppg, and Jaelan Sanford is fifth at 17.8 ppg.
• Luke Knapke ranks second in field-goal percentage at 61.3 percent.
• Sanford is also third with a 4.0 assist/turnover ratio, and Fletcher is fourth with a 2.6 mark.
• Nate Navigato is tied for fourth with a 57.1 3PTFG%.
• Navigato and Sanford are tied for fourth with 2.5 treys per game.
 
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 190-of-462 attempts for a 41.1 conversion rate, a mark that sits at the top of the MAC and ranks 14th nationally (as of Jan. 21).
        UT's 10.0 treys per game are tied for first in 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 mark 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 15 of 18 contests, including 14-of-25 totals vs. Saint Joseph's (Nov. 11), 14-of-32 totals at CMU (Jan. 13), 13-of-22 totals at Ohio (Jan. 16), 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).