TOLEDO, Ohio - The Toledo men's basketball team (3-3, 1-0 MAC) continues its busy non-conference schedule when it hosts Kansas City (2-3, 0-0 Summit) on Saturday, Dec. 12 in Savage Arena. The contest will be streamed on ESPN3 with a tip-off time of 12:00 p.m.
       
The Rockets lead the Mid-American Conference with six games played since opening their season on Nov. 25. Toledo is scheduled to play four more games in the next 11 days, giving the Rockets 10 contests over a 28-day span.

Toledo features a balanced offense with four players averaging 13 ppg or more. Junior Setric Millner Jr. and senior Marreon Jackson lead the way with 15.5 and 15.3 ppg, respectively. Also scoring in double figures are freshman Ryan Rollins (13.5) and senior Spencer Littleson (13.0). All four have led the Rockets in scoring this season.

Millner is grabbing a team-high 8.0 rpg, while Jackson is tallying a team-best 5.3 apg and 1.7 spg. Littleson leads the Rockets with 22 three-point field goals and a MAC-best 51.2 3PTFG%.

Littleson and Millner Jr. paced Toledo with 14 points apiece in Wednesday's 91-71 setback at Michigan.  The Rockets finished with a 40.6 FG%, but a 55.2 percent from the field in the second half couldn't offset a 28.6 percent clip in the opening 20 minutes.

Kansas City has lost three straight games following Thursday's 90-61 defeat at Minnesota. Senior Brandon McKissic is pacing the Roos with 14.0 ppg, while junior Marvin Nesbitt Jr. is tallying 13.0 ppg and a team-high 7.8 rpg.
 
GAME INFORMATION
Date: Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020.
Tip-Off: 12:00 p.m.
Location: Toledo, Ohio.
Arena: Savage Arena (7,014).
Television: ESPN3. Mason Lowry will provide play-by-play for broadcast with Steve Hawkins serving as analyst.
Radio: Rocket Radio Network. WCWA (1230 AM) in Toledo. Brent Balbinot will provide play-by-play for broadcast with Jay  Lehman serving as analyst.
 
SERIES
   Kansas City leads 1-0. The Roos posted a 72-57 home win over Toledo last December in the first meeting between the two schools. 
 
POST TOUCHES
•  Marreon Jackson has scored in double figures in a career-high 27 straight games.  He has led the Rockets in scoring just once this season at EMU after leading the team offensively on 17 occasions last year.
•  Jackson ranked among the MAC leaders in several categories last year with 19.8 ppg (2nd), 5.4 apg (2nd) and 3.1 three-point FGs per game (1st). He ranked second in league play with 21.6 ppg and 3.5 treys/game last year.
•  Spencer Littleson's eight treys vs. Oakland (Nov. 26) were one shy of the school record held by Kent Murphree on Nov. 24, 1991. Littleson tied Marreon Jackson (2018), Nate Navigato (2018) and Mark German (1986) for the second-most three-point field goals ever by a Rocket in a game.
•  Littleson has scored in double digits in five of six contests this season after doing so 15 times last year. He was tied for seventh in the MAC last season with a 39.3 three-point FG% and is shooting an even better 51.2 percent from downtown this season.
•  Littleson graduated with a bachelor's degree in marketing last spring and is currently working toward his MBA.
•  Setric Millner Jr. . averaged a double-double at the Xavier Invitational (Nov. 25-27) with 15.0 ppg & 10.0 rpg while posting a 45.7 FG%, 50.0 3PTFG% (4-of-8) and 75.0 FT% (9-of-12). Millner averaged 7.1 ppg and 4.7 rpg as a freshman for Cleveland State.
•  Millner has scored in double digits in all six games as a Rocket and has scored a season-high 17 points on four occasions.
•  Ryan Rollins didn't score in double digits for the first time this season with six points and a season-high four assists at Michigan. He has tallied 10 pts. vs. Bradley, 17 vs. Oakland, a season-high 20 at Xavier, 15 vs. Cleveland State and 13 at Eastern Michigan.
•  Keshaun Saunders scored a season-high 13 points in Toledo's MAC opener at EMU (Dec. 4) and followed that up with nine points at Michigan. He is averaging 7.3 ppg and shooting 42.9 percent (9-of-21) from three-point range this season.
•  Mattia Acunzo scored a season-high nine points in Toledo's MAC opener at EMU (Dec. 4) and followed that up with eight points at Michigan. In his last two games, he is averaging 8.5 ppg and 4.0 rpg with a 70.0 FG% (7-of-10) and 66.7 3PTFG% (2-of-3).
 
SOME TEAM STATISTICAL TIDBITS
•  The Rockets are shooting 40.4 percent from three-point range and knocking down a MAC-best 10.8 treys per game. Toledo has limited its opponents to a 27.7 mark and 6.3 triples per contest.
•  The Rockets nearly tied their school record for three-pointers in a game with 16 triples vs. Oakland, one away from the record vs. Wright State on Dec. 22, 2003.
•  Toledo registered an impressive 25 assists on their 28 field goals vs. Oakland.
•  The Rockets are leading the MAC in 3PTFGs/game (10.8) and are second in 3PTFG% (40.4), FG% (40.7), assists per game (17.0) and A/TO ratio (1.39).
•  Toledo has registered 65 victories over the last three seasons, posting a 23-11 mark in 2017-18, a 25-8 ledger in 2018-19 and 17-15 last year. The Rockets registered 13-5 league marks in 2017-18 and 2018-19 and its 76 MAC victories over the last seven seasons are second in the league.