TOLEDO, Ohio - The Toledo men's basketball team (11-10, 3-5 MAC) will look to win its third straight road game on Saturday, Feb. 1 when it travels to Ypsilanti, Mich. to face Eastern Michigan (10-10, 0-7). Tip-off time is set for 2:00 p.m. in the Convocation Center with streaming available on ESPN3.

        The Rockets have suffered setbacks in their last two outings with home defeats to Bowling Green (84-79) and Kent State (83-70). The Eagles are looking for their first conference win but five of its MAC losses have been by six points or less.

        Junior Marreon Jackson is leading Toledo in scoring and ranks second in the MAC with 19.5 ppg. He is also second in league play with 23.5 ppg. Also scoring in double digits for the Rockets is senior Luke Knapke at 16.1 ppg (T-6th in MAC), senior Willie Jackson at 11.8 ppg and junior Spencer Littleson at 10.8 ppg. Jackson is also averaging a MAC-best 12.4 rpg, a total that ranks third in the nation. He also is tied for fifth nationally with 12 double-doubles.

        Marreon Jackson has been red-hot during Toledo's last four games, scoring a career-high 36 points at Akron, 29 at Ohio, 27 vs. Bowling Green and 25 vs. Kent State. Knapke also has excelled for the Rockets during this stretch, averaging 20.3 ppg and 8.5 rpg.

        Eastern Michigan features a balanced attack with juniors Ty Groce and Noah Morgan leading the way with 11.2 and 11.0 ppg, respectively. Senior Boubacar Toure is averaging 10.1 ppg and leads the team with 8.9 rpg and a 65.9 FG%.
 
GAME INFORMATION
Date: Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020.
Tip-Off: 2:00 p.m.
Location: Ypsilanti, Mich.
Arena: Convocation Ctr. (8,754).
Television: ESPN3. Ryan Wooley will provide play-by-play for broadcast with Greg Steiner 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.
 
SERIES
   Toledo leads, 56-51. Toledo and EMU have met in MAC Tournament four times in last six years with Rockets winning three times.
 
POST TOUCHES
•  Marreon Jackson was named to the Lou Henson Award Mid-Season Watch list, an award presented to the top mid-major player in the nation. He is averaging 29.3 ppg in his last four games. Jackson ranks among the Top Five in the MAC with 19.5 ppg (2nd), 6.2 apg (2nd), 1.9 spg (T-4th) and a 2.0 assist/turnover ratio (T-4th). In league play, he is second with 23.5 ppg, 6.4 apg, 4.0 treys per game and an 85.7 FT%.
•  Jackson hit seven treys at both Akron and Kent State which is one shy of former Rocket Nate Navigato's school record for a conference game (eight vs. EMU on March 2, 2018). He hit a career-high eight threes as a freshman in the 2018 MAC semifinals vs. EMU.
•  Jackson has scored in double figures in a career-high 10 straight games.
•  Luke Knapke, who has been named MAC West Division Player of the Week twice this season, has scored in double digits in 20 of 21 games. The only game he didn't was a seven-point effort at Kent State (Jan. 7) when he was plagued by foul trouble.
•  Knapke ranks second on the team with 16.1 ppg and 8.1 rpg to go along with a MAC-best 2.4 bpg.
• Knapke has a school-record 184 blocks, 29 more than previous record-holder Nathan Boothe.
•  Willie Jackson leads the MAC and ranks third nationally with 12.4 rpg (3rd in nation with 8.9 defensive rpg) after ranking fourth in the MAC last year with 8.9 rpg. In league play, he is averaging 13.0 ppg and 12.8 rpg with a 53.6 FG%. He has led Toledo on the boards in 18 games, including a career-high tying 20 caroms at Notre Dame (Nov. 21).
•  Jackson scored a career-high 23 points to go along with 12 boards at Akron (Jan. 18). and also tallied 17 points and 13 rebounds at Kent State (Jan. 7).
•  Spencer Littleson has scored in double digits 10 times and ranks ninth in the MAC with a 40.2 three-point FG%. 
•  Keshaun Saunders has scored eight or more points in six straight games and is averaging 10.5 ppg during this stretch. In league play, he is third with a 53.3 three-point FG% (16-of-30) and tied for ninth with a 50.0 FG% (26-of-52).
 
SOME TEAM STATISTICAL TIDBITS
•  Toledo committed a season-low four turnovers vs. Bowling Green (Jan. 25) and leads the MAC with a 1.22 A/TO ratio. UT is also first in league play with a 1.31 A/TO ratio.
•  Toledo had committed 11 or fewer turnovers in four straight contests prior to its 14 miscues vs. Kent State.
•  Toledo has made 68-of-79 free-throw attempts (86.1 percent) in its last five games after shooting 61.4 percent (43-of-70) in its previous four contests.
•  Toledo was 21-3 when outrebounding its opponent last year and is 8-3 this season.
•  Toledo was 21-1 last year when holding its opponent under a 45.0 FG% and is 10-6 this year.
 
SOME INFO ON THE ROCKETS' OPPONENT
     Eastern Michigan ranks second in the nation with 11.0 spg. The Eagles are forcing 18.0 turnovers per game, a total which ranks 12th in the nation. EMU ranks second in the MAC in scoring defense (63.4) but is last in scoring offense (65.1), three-point FG% (28.3) and three-point FGs made per game (5.85.
 
ON THE HORIZON
                Toledo will return to Savage Arena to host Northern Illinois on Tuesday, Feb. 4 before visiting Bowling Green on Saturday, Feb. 8. The Rockets will then play back-to-back home games vs. Miami (Feb. 11) and Buffalo (Feb. 14).