Toledo Hosts Wright State in Home Opener on Saturday

Saturday, November 13

Toledo, Ohio

2:00 p.m.

University of Toledo

Wright State

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Toledo hosts Wright State on Saturday at 2:00 p.m., the first home game of the 2021-22 season for the Rockets.

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Toledo Hosts Wright State in Home Opener on Saturday

11/12/2021 2:04:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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TOLEDO, Ohio – The University of Toledo women's basketball team (1-0) hosts Wright State (0-1) on Saturday, Nov. 13 in its 2021-22 home opener. The Rockets and Raiders are set to tip off at 2:00 p.m. on ESPN3.

The Rockets opened the 2021-22 campaign with an 84-72 road win over the Oakland Golden Grizzlies on Tuesday night. Toledo trailed 21-14 at the end of the first quarter, but pulled ahead before halftime to take a 36-34 lead into the second half. A 12-2 run in the third quarter helped push the lead to double digits, and the Midnight Blue and Gold would not trail for the remainder of the night.

Junior Quinesha Lockett led Toledo with 23 points and a career-high 12 rebounds, her first career double-double.

Freshman Jessica Cook, making her collegiate debut, also tallied a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds. Toledo had three other players reached double figures in scoring: junior Sophia Wiard (11), senior Jayda Jansen (10), and sophomore Nan Garcia (10), the latter two playing their first game with the Rockets.

Toledo won the battle on the glass, outrebounding Oakland to the tune of 46-36, and also outscored the Golden Grizzlies 42-24 in the paint.

Wright State lost its season opener at Bradley on Tuesday, 84-65. The Raiders lost their top three scorers from last season's NCAA Tournament team and were led on Tuesday night by Channing Chappell (18 points), Destyne Jackson (14 points), and Jada Roberson (14 points).

Head Coach Kari Hoffman is in her first season at Wright State after most recently serving as the head coach at Cederville University for the previous five seasons.

Rocket Notes

Toledo scored 84 points in its season opener at Oakland on Tuesday. That is the most points scored in the first game of a season for UT since 2007-08, when it scored 87 points against Purdue Fort Wayne. The most points in a season opener on the road prior to Tuesday was 90 in a win at Michigan to begin the 1992-93 season.
The Rockets are 31-15 all-time in home openers and have won four of their last five by an average of 20.3 points.
Toledo improved to 26-22 all-time in season openers and has now won five of its last six. Under head coach Tricia Cullop, Toledo is 9-5 in season-opening games.
Quinesha Lockett and Jessica Cook both had double-doubles in Tuesday night's win at Oakland. Lockett scored 23 points and had a career-high 12 rebounds, while Cook opened her collegiate career with 16 points and 11 rebounds.
No other team in the MAC had multiple players with double-doubles in their season opener.
Jessica Cook is one of six true freshman in Division I to have a double-double in the first game of the season.
One more Cook note: her eight offensive rebounds against the Golden Grizzlies are the most by any MAC player in a game this season.
Dating back to last season, Quinesha Lockett has scored at least 20 points in four straight games.
Sophia Wiard led the MAC in assist/turnover ratio last season (1.9) and sits atop the league once again through one game this season. The junior guard had five assists to just one turnover against Oakland.

All-Time Series with Wright State
Toledo leads the all-time series with Wright State, 7-3, and has won the last six meetings. Under head coach Tricia Cullop, Toledo is 2-0 against the Raiders, with both wins coming at home in Postseason WNIT play.

Next Up
Toledo visit Dayton next Wednesday, Nov. 17 for an 11:00 a.m. contest.

Season tickets and single-game tickets are available now. To purchase season tickets or single-game tickets, order online at utrockets.com/tix, stop by the UT Athletic Ticket Office located in the Sullivan Athletic Complex at Savage Arena, or call 419-530-GOLD (4653).