TOLEDO, Ohio - The Toledo men's basketball team (10-3, 5-0 MAC) looks to maintain its perfect start to the Mid-American Conference season and extend its seven-game win streak when it hosts Eastern Michigan (3-3, 1-2 MAC) on Tuesday, Jan. 12. The Rockets and Eagles will tip it off at 7:00 p.m. in Savage Arena with the contest being streamed on ESPN3.

Toledo is currently tied at the top of the league standings with Bowling Green with a 5-0 mark. The Rockets' 5-0 start to the MAC season is their best since going 7-0 in the 2006-07 campaign.

Six Rockets scored in double figures in Toledo's dominating 95-78 win over Ohio last Friday. Senior Marreon Jackson topped the balanced attack with 18 points, in addition to registering six rebounds, six assists and four steals. The Rockets shot a season-high 61.8 percent from the field and knocked down 12-of-27 shots (44.4 percent) from three-point range.

Jackson leads the Rockets offensively with 16.2 ppg, 5.0 apg, 1.9 spg and a 95.8 FT% (No. 5 nationally). Freshman Ryan Rollins ranks second in scoring at 14.4 ppg, while junior Setric Millner Jr. is third with 13.7 ppg and a team-best 7.2 rpg. Senior Spencer Littleson is also averaging in double digits with 12.6 ppg and a team-best 46.7 three-point FG%.

Eastern Michigan is coming off a 71-59 home win over Akron on Saturday, its first game since Dec. 29. The Eagles lead the MAC with 12.0 spg, 20.0 turnovers forced per game and a plus-7.7 turnover margin.

Toledo posted a 91-74 win at EMU on Dec. 4 in its MAC opener, with Jackson leading the way with 20 points.
 
GAME INFORMATION
Date: Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021.
Tip-Off: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Toledo, Ohio.
Arena: Savage Arena (7,014).
Television: ESPN3. Mason Lowry will provide play-by-play for broadcast with Rhett Boyd 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 58-52. Toledo and EMU have met in MAC Tourney four times in last seven years, with Rockets winning three times. Toledo has won three of its last four home games vs. EMU and is aiming for first season sweep since 2016-17 season.

POST TOUCHES
•  Toledo is the only school in the MAC to have four players ranked among the Top 20 scoring leaders. Marreon Jackson ranks eighth at 16.2 ppg and is followed by Ryan Rollins (14.4/14th), Setric Millner Jr. (13.7/17th) and Spencer Littleson (12.6/20th).
•  Littleson leads the Rockets in league scoring with 16.6 ppg followed by Jackson (16.2), Rollins (15.6), Millner (11.2) and junior JT Shumate (10.0 ppg).
•  Marreon Jackson has scored in double figures in a career-high 34 straight games. 
•  Spencer Littleson's eight treys at Kent State (Jan. 5) and vs. Oakland (Nov. 26) were one shy of the school record held by Kent Murphree on Nov. 24, 1991. Littleson's eight triples at Kent State tied Nate Navigato (2018) for most three-point field goals ever by a Rocket in a Mid-American Conference game.
•  Setric Millner Jr. has registered two double-doubles this season, tallying 17 points and 15 rebounds at Xavier (Nov. 27) as well as 17 points and 10 boards vs. Kansas City (Dec. 12).
•  Millner scored in double digits in his first nine games and has tallied a season-high 17 points on five occasions.
•  Ryan Rollins has scored in double digits in 12 of 13 contests and ranks second on the team with 14.4 ppg and 5.6 rpg and third with 23 three-point field goals.
•  Rollins leads Toledo with 5.1 defensive rpg and has two double-doubles with 16 points and 13 rebounds at Marshall (Dec. 16) as well as 16 points and 11 boards vs. Northern Illinois (Dec. 22).
•  JT Shumate tallied a season-high 16 points and nine rebounds at WMU (Jan. 2) in his first start as a Rocket and is averaging 9.5 ppg and 4.8 rpg in 24.8 mpg. Shumate, whose sister Katie is a sophomore guard at Kent State, transferred to Toledo from Division II Walsh University and received immediate eligibility in mid-December.
•  Mattia Acunzo scored a season-high 15 points and tied his season best with six rebounds vs. NIU (Dec. 22). In his last six contests, he is averaging 8.2 ppg and 4.0 rpg with a 66.7 FG% (20-of-30) and a 66.7 three-point FG% (6-of-9).
•  Acunzo leads the Rockets with a 58.8 FG% and is 9-of-15 (.600) from three-point range.
 
SOME TEAM STATISTICAL TIDBITS
•  Toledo is off to a 5-0 start in MAC play for the first time since it posted a 7-0 start in the 2006-07 campaign and finished with a 14-2 ledger to capture the league's regular-season title.
•  The last time Toledo won seven consecutive games was a 10-game streak from Nov. 19-Dec. 29, 2018. The last time the Rockets won six MAC games in a row was a seven-game streak from Jan. 5-27, 2018.
•  The Rockets have won four of their five MAC games by double digits and rank second in the league with a plus-14.0 scoring margin.
•  Toledo's strong start to the season has elevated it to a No. 12 ranking in the CollegeInsider.com's Mid-Major Top 25 Poll (Jan. 4). The Rockets are also the MAC's top ranked team in the NET (No. 63) and KenPom (No. 79) rankings.
•  Toledo is leading the MAC with a 38.5 3PTFG% and 10.5 3PTFGs per game. Toledo has limited its opponents to a 28.3 three-point mark (3rd in MAC) and 6.7 triples per game.

TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT TOLEDO VS. EMU
•  Senior Marreon Jackson is averaging 15.0 ppg and 4.1 apg in his career vs. EMU. He possesses a 38.8 3PTFG% and has sank all 20 of his free-throw attempts vs. the Eagles. His two highest scoring outputs vs. EMU were a pair of 26-point outings on March 9, 2018 and March 6, 2020.
•  Senior Spencer Littleson is averaging 13.3 ppg with a 50.0 3PTFG% (15-of-30) vs. EMU.
 
ON THE HORIZON
Toledo will visit Akron (4-2, 2-1 MAC) on Saturday, Jan. 16 before returning home for a pair of match-ups vs. Central Michigan (5-6, 1-3 MAC) on Tuesday, Jan. 19 and Kent State (4-3, 1-2 MAC) on Saturday, Jan. 23.