TOLEDO, Ohio - The Toledo men's basketball team (2-0) will battle a second-straight Horizon League opponent when its heads to Rochester, Mich. to face Oakland (1-1). Tip-off time at the Athletics Center O'Rena is set for 7:00 p.m. with streaming on ESPN+.

        Toledo is ranked No. 17 in the latest CollegeInsiders.com Mid-Major Poll and will be meeting a Golden Grizzlies squad that is ranked No. 25 in the poll. Since the start of the 2017-18 season, Toledo's 88 wins  and .672 winning percentage rank among the Top 50 in the nation.

        Sophomore Ryan Rollins scored a team-high 19 points and junior JT Shumate notched his first career double-double in Saturday's 81-73 victory over Detroit Mercy before 5,086 fans. Also scoring in double digits for the Rockets were junior RayJ Dennis (13 pts.) and redshirt freshman Ra'Heim Moss (11 pts.).  Shumate, who finished with 17 points and a career-high 11 rebounds, teamed with junior Setric Millner Jr. to lift Toledo to a 40-37 edge on the boards.
       
        Shumate is leading Toledo with 18.5 ppg, 10.0 rpg, 1.5 spg and 1.5 bpg. Rollins ranks second in team scoring with 17.0 ppg, while Dennis is third with 10.0 ppg. In its two victories, Toledo has held its opponents to 67.0 ppg as well as a 42.7 FG% and .29.4 three-point FG% (15-of-51).
       
        Oakland has split its first two contests vs. Big 12 opponents on the road. The Golden Grizzlies lost at West Virginia by a 60-53 margin last Tuesday before upsetting Oklahoma State, 56-55, last Friday. Graduate transfer Jamal Cain leads Oakland with 14.5 ppg and 9.5 rpg.  Redshirt freshman Trey Townsend and junior Jalen Moore are also scoring in double digits with 12.0 and 10.0 ppg, respectively.
 
GAME INFORMATION
Date: Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021.
Tip-Off: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Rochester, Mich.
Arena: Athletics Center O'Rena (4,000).
Television: ESPN+. Neal Ruhl will provide play-by-play for broadcast with Rex Walter 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 11-6. The Rockets have won four straight in the series after dropping three in a row. Toledo posted an 80-53 victory over Oakland last year at the Xavier Invitational.

POST TOUCHES
•  Ryan Rollins topped MAC freshmen with 13.5 ppg last year and was named MAC Freshman of the Year as well as being named a finalist for the Kyle Macy National Freshman of the Year. He ranked second on the team with 2.6 apg, third with 5.3 rpg.
•  Rollins' 19-point outing vs. Detroit Mercy on Saturday was the fourth-highest of his Rocket career. Three of his top four offensive showings have come from schools in the state of Michigan — 25 vs. CMU (1/19/21), 20 at WMU (1/2/21) and 19 vs. the Titans — with a 20-point outing at Xavier (11/27/20).
•  Rollins' 410 points last year ranked fourth all-time for points by a Rocket freshman. He trailed only Julius Brown (427, 2011-12), Ken Epperson (420, 1981-82) and Jake Barnett (414, 2009-10).
•  Setric Millner Jr. scored a career-high 26 points vs. Ohio in the MAC semifinals last season and registered three double-doubles last year. One of those double-doubles was a 13-point, 12-rebound outing vs. Ball State in the MAC Quarterfinals.
•  JT Shumate tallied a career-high 33 points and set a school record by making 11-of-11 shots (5-of-5 3PTFG) at Miami last year. Shumate, whose sister Katie is a junior guard at Kent State, transferred to Toledo from NCAA Division II Walsh University in April 2020 and received immediate eligibility in mid-December.
•  Shumate is shooting 70.6 percent from the field and 70.0 percent (7-of-10) from three-point range.
•  Head Coach Tod Kowalczyk is in his 12th season at the Rockets' helm and has guided Toledo to five 20-win campaigns in the last eight years, marking the first time for this accomplishment since Bob Nichols recorded five straight 20-win seasons from 1976-81.
•  Kowalczyk was named 2020-21 MAC Coach of the Year after leading the Rockets to a 21-9 overall record and a 15-4 league mark.
 
HORIZON SUCCESS
        The Rockets are 26-11 (.703) vs. the Horizon League over the last nine years, including a 19-6 (.760) mark since the start of the 2015-16 season.
        Prior to taking over at the Rocket helm, Head Coach Tod Kowalczyk spent eight seasons coaching in the Horizon League at Green Bay.
 
ON THE HORIZON
     Toledo will travel to the Bahamas for the Baha Mar Nassau Championship on Monday-Wednesday, Nov. 22-24. The Rockets will open play vs. Charlotte before facing either Drexel or Tulane.