Toledo Topples Idaho State, 79-58, in Thanksgiving Showdown at Cancun Challenge

Thursday, November 25

Riviera Maya, Mexico

6:30 p.m.

University of Toledo

3-1,0-0MAC

Idaho State

1-4,0-0Big Sky

Idaho St.

Toledo

Junior Quinesha Lockett scored a season-high 24 points in Thursday's 79-58 win over Idaho State at the Cancun Challenge.

Photo by: Nathaniel Chu - Triple Crown Sports

Toledo Topples Idaho State, 79-58, in Thanksgiving Showdown at Cancun Challenge

11/25/2021 9:47:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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CANCUN, Mexico – The University of Toledo women's basketball team shot its way to victory on Thursday evening, defeating Idaho State 79-58 in Thanksgiving Day action at the Cancun Challenge.

The Rockets (3-1) shot 51.8 percent from the field on Thursday, making 29-of-56 shots from the floor and connecting on 10-of-19 shots from beyond the arc.

"I'm really proud of our players," head coach Tricia Cullop said. "Quinesha Lockett had a heck of a game, but I really was proud of everybody. Idaho State was an NCAA Tournament team last year, it's not easy to beat a tournament team on the road like this. They run a lot of interesting actions, they throw a lot of motion and random screens at you. Our players had to talk a lot tonight, sometimes we did a good job of talking out there and sometimes we could have done a better job. But overall I'm proud of the way we played."

Junior Quinesha Lockett led the way with a season-high 24 points, her seventh straight game with at least 20 points dating back to last season. Junior Sophia Wiard poured in 14 points and had a game-high eight assists while making all six of her free throw attempts.

Freshman Jessica Cook and sophomore Nan Garcia both added eight points, while Garcia collected a career-high seven rebounds as well. Junior Hannah Noveroske contributed seven points and four rebounds.

UT's defense held Idaho State (1-4) to 37.7 percent shooting (23-for-61) and just 18.2 percent shooting from three-point range (4-for-22). The Rockets held a slim lead in the rebound battle, pulling down 37 compared to the Bengals' 33.

Toledo will face Seton Hall on Friday at 4:00 p.m. The game will be streamed live on FloHoops.

1^st Quarter

The Rockets started off the evening strong, taking a 14-4 lead over the Bengals at the midway point of the first quarter.
UT used a 9-0 run to extend its lead to 10, holding the Bengals without a point for nearly four minutes.
Toledo took advantage of several early Idaho State fouls, making all seven of its free throw attempts in the first quarter.
Senior Jayda Jansen knocked down a three at the buzzer to put the Rockets ahead 23-15 after one quarter.

2^nd Quarter

The Bengals came out firing in the second quarter, scoring 12 of the first 16 points of the quarter to bring the score to a 27-27 stalemate at the 6:11 mark.
Lockett scored consecutive three-pointers to put the Rockets ahead 33-27.
Noveroske pushed the lead to double digits with a bucket inside, putting UT ahead 43-33 with 46 seconds to go. Idaho State's Callie Bourne knocked down a three with 11 seconds left for the final points of the first half, sending the Rockets into the locker room with a 43-36 lead.
Toledo made six of its 10 three-point field goal attempts in the first half.

3^rd Quarter

Toledo opened the second half on a 16-2 run to take a commanding 59-38 lead near the halfway mark of the third quarter.
Garcia scored five points and collected three rebounds in the third quarter, and her three-pointer at the 3:46 mark gave the Rockets a 64-40 lead.
The third quarter featured the largest shooting discrepancy of the night, with Toledo shooting 64.3 percent (9-for-14) and Idaho State shooting 22.2 percent (4-for-18).

4^th Quarter

Twelve different Rockets saw the court in the fourth quarter.
Wiard's bucket at the 5:12 mark gave Toledo a 26-point lead, 74-48, its largest lead of the game.
Senior Mariah Copeland's three with 2:01 to go put an exclamation point on the Rockets' 21-point win over the Bengals.