Box Score TOLEDO, Ohio – With leading scorer junior Nakiah Black on the sidelines, Toledo head coach Tricia Cullop was looking for a little spark.
 
Instead, she found a big one in freshman Quinesha Lockett. And lots of smaller ones, too.
 
Lockett scored a season-high 20 points to lead Toledo to a 79-72 overtime victory over arch-rival Bowling Green on Saturday in the women's basketball version of the "Battle of I-75" before 4,385 fans in Savage Arena. Senior Sara Rokkanen added a career-high 15 points, junior Tanaya Beacham had nine and senior transfer Arianne Whitaker chipped in eight.
     
The Rockets were playing without two-time team captain Black (11.5 ppg), who was injured in Toledo's 65-61 win over Akron on Wednesday. Cullop was able to rely on her depth, though, as nine Rockets hit the scoring column.
 
With the extra-period victory, Toledo (9-7, 4-1 MAC) has now won six of its last seven games and triumphed for the eighth-consecutive time vs. BGSU (7-10, 0-5 MAC).

As a team, Toledo shot a respectable 48.4 percent (31-of-61) from the floor, including 28.0 percent (7-of-25) from beyond the arc, and a solid 71.4 percent (10-of-14) from the free throw line.

The Rockets also had a MAC-season high 20 assists with only 13 miscues, marking the fifth time in the last six games they totaled more helpers than turnovers.

Madisen Parker led BGSU (7-10, 0-5 MAC) with a game-high 21 points, followed closely by Kadie Hempfling with 19 points and a game-high nine rebounds.
       
FIRST QUARTER
• BGSU grabbed an early lead when Hempfling nailed a three-pointer and an inside bucket to give the Falcons a 10-4 advantage.

• Toledo trimmed the lead to 10-8 at the end of the quarter on a pair of baskets by Beacham.

• Shooters for both teams started out sluggishly, with Toledo making just two of its first 13 shots, and the Falcons hitting just two of their first 11.
 
SECOND QUARTER
• The contest remained close throughout the second quarter until BGSU pulled out to a 24-18 lead on a three-pointer by Parker with 6:00 left, capping a 13-5 run by the visitors.

• Toledo then reeled off 11 straight points, finished off with a three-pointer from Lockett to take a 29-24 lead with less than two minutes left. The Omaha, Neb. native led all scorers with 11 points at the break.
  
THIRD QUARTER
• Bowling Green stormed out of the locker room with an 8-0 run to build a 36-32 lead, forcing Cullop to call timeout at the 5:42 mark.

• Following the stoppage in play, BGSU extended the lead to eight points, 43-35, on a layup by Claire Glowniak with 3:21 left in the quarter.

• Toledo dominated the remainder of the period, outscoring the Falcons 12-2. The Rockets regained the lead, 47-45, on freshman Sophia Wiard's layup with three seconds left in the period.
  
FOURTH QUARTER
• The two teams traded baskets throughout most of the final stanza, with neither team able to build more than two-point lead until Hempfling made a layup with 4:32 left that gave the Falcons a 58-54 edge.

• Moments later, BGSU extended the advantage to 61-56 on a three ball from Parker, prompting Cullop to call timeout with 2:29 left.

• Lockett cut the lead to 61-59 on a layup and 1-of-2 free throws following a steal.

• Following a BGSU shot clock violation, senior Mariella Santucci nailed a triple to give Toledo the lead, 62-61, with 49 seconds left.

• After Parker dropped a three-pointer with 37 ticks left to give BGSU a 64-62 lead, Santucci answered with a driving layup to tie the score with 22 seconds remaining.

• Hempfling missed a shot in the paint that was rebounded by Wiard in the waning moments of regulation. Her half-court shot at the horn hit only backboard, sending the game into overtime.  

OVERTIME
• BGSU scored the first bucket in the extra period, but Toledo answered with consecutive hoops by Beacham, Santucci and Lockett to take a 70-66 lead with 2:24 left.

• A Rokkanen triple with 1:26 left extended the Rocket lead to five points, 73-68. After a Falcon basket, Rokkanen nailed a pair of free throws to push the lead back up to five with 49 seconds left.

• Toledo made four free throws in the waning seconds to secure its fifth-consecutive home victory.  

UP NEXT
• The Rockets travel to MAC West Division leader Central Michigan (12-4, 5-0 MAC) on Saturday, Jan. 25 at 1:00 p.m. in McGuirk Arena.


Highlights from Toledo's win over BGSU.


Head Coach Tricia Cullop post-game.


Senior Sara Rokkanen post-game.


Freshman Quinesha Lockett post-game.