TOLEDO, Ohio – The University of Toledo women's basketball team arrived in Mexico for the 2021 Cancun Challenge on Tuesday. The Rockets (2-1) will play two games at the Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya, facing Idaho State (1-3) and Seton Hall (2-1) later this week.

Thursday's game against Idaho State is set to begin at 6:30 p.m. and Friday's contest against Seton Hall will start at 4:00 p.m. Both games will be streamed live on FloHoops.

This will be the second time Toledo has played in the Cancun Challenge, with the last trip coming in 2016. The Rockets faced Davidson and No. 9 UCLA that season, defeating the Wildcats by a score of 76-41 before falling to the nationally-ranked Bruins by just two points, 75-73.

Toledo is coming off its first loss of the season, a 69-60 defeat at the hands of the Dayton Flyers last Wednesday. Dayton scored the first 10 points of the game and didn't look back, leading wire to-wire. The Flyers would lead 20-8 at the end of the first quarter, putting the Rockets in an early hole they would not overcome. Quinesha Lockett tallied a team-high 22 points, her sixth straight 20-point game dating back to last season, and added a team-best four assists.

Idaho State's lone win came against Park University on Nov. 13, with the Bengals winning 109-56 on their home court. They have also faced No. 10 Oregon, Gonzaga, and Missouri. Junior Tomekia Whitman is averaging 8.5 PPG and a team-high 6.0 RPG.

Seton Hall has posted wins against Mount St. Mary's and Lehigh, and its lone loss came against Fordham. Senior Andra Espinoza-Hunter is averaging 21.0 PPG and has been named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll twice this season.

Rocket Notes

• This will be Toledo's second trip to the Cancun Challenge, after participating in 2016.
• Toledo has held its opponents to a combined field goal percentage of 35.9%, which ranks third in the MAC.
• Dating back to last season, Quinesha Lockett has scored at least 20 points in six straight games. She is averaging 24 PPG over those six contests.
• Lockett is tied for second in the MAC and 11th in the nation in scoring average.
• Lockett leads the MAC in 3-point field goals per game (3.67) and ranks 13th in the country in that category as well.
• Jessica Cook put herself in rare air to start the season, having tallied double-doubles in her first two collegiate basketball games. Cook was one of 12 players in the Division I ranks to have two double-doubles in the season's first two games, and one of just two freshmen to achieve that feat (Rheme Ogele, Portland State).
• Cook is the first Rocket to have a double-double in consecutive games since Kaayla McIntyre achieved that feat during the 2018-19 season.
• One more Cook note: she is tied for first in the MAC and ranks tied for eighth nationally in offensive rebounding, averaging 5.0 offensive boards per game. Cook is the top offensive rebounder among freshen in Division I this season.
• Quinesha Lockett and Jessica Cook both had double-doubles in Toledo'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.

All-Time Series against Idaho State & Seton Hall
Thursday will be the first-ever meeting between Toledo and Idaho State.

The Rockets have played Seton Hall once, facing off in the 2018-19 season. UT hosted the Pirates in WNIT 1st Round action at Savage Arena, winning 71-65.

Next Up
After Friday's game, Toledo will have a 12-day break before it takes to the court again. The Rockets host St. Francis (Pa.) on Wednesday, Dec. 8 at 11:00 a.m. in their annual Education Day game at Savage Arena.