TOLEDO, Ohio - The Toledo men's basketball team (6-2) looks to rebound from Saturday's 81-68 loss at No. 22 Michigan State when it hosts Bradley (4-5, 1-0 MVC) on Tuesday, Dec. 7 in Savage Arena. Tip-off time is set for 7:00 p.m. with streaming on ESPN+.
The Rockets will be looking to avenge defeats at the hands of the Braves the last two years, including a 61-59 setback at the buzzer last year in their season opener at the Xavier Invitational.
Sophomore
Ryan Rollins paced the Rockets with a game-high 21 points against the Spartans. Junior
Setric Millner Jr. scored 17, and junior
RayJ Dennis registered his first career double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds.
Rollins leads Toledo and ranks 26th nationally with a MAC-best 20.1 ppg. He has scored 15 or more points against each of the Rockets' Division I opponents, including a career-high 35 points against Coastal Carolina (Nov. 24).
Joining Rollins in double digits are Millner (15.1), junior
JT Shumate (13.9) and Dennis (11.8). Shumate (7.1 rpg) and Millner (6.6 rpg) are pacing the Rockets in rebounding, while Dennis is dishing out a team-high 3.8 apg.
The Rockets are outrebounding their opposition by 7.9 rpg this season, a figure that ranks 33rd in the nation. Toledo also ranked 32nd nationally with 29.1 defensive rpg.
Bradley has won three straight games with an average margin of victory of 19.7 ppg following Saturday's 80-55 win over SIU Edwardsville. Junior guard Terry Roberts is leading the Braves with 14.8 ppg, 3.9 apg and 1.7 spg. Junior forward Ja'Shon Henry is also scoring in double digits at 10.6 ppg.
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Ryan Rollins has scored in double digits in 33 of 38 career games and his 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).
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Setric Millner Jr. scored a career-high 27 points on 9-of-13 shooting vs. Charlotte (Nov. 22) and followed that up with an 18-point, 12-rebound effort vs. Tulane (Nov. 23).
• Millner is averaging 18.8 ppg with a 52.3 FG%, 47.4 three-point FG% (9-of-19) and 85.0 FT% (17-of-20) in his last five games.
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JT Shumate ranks in the MAC's Top 15 in six categories. He is fifth with a 46.7 three-point FG%, fifth with a 57.6 FG%, tied for eighth with 4.8 defensive rpg and 2.4 offensive rpg, ninth with 7.1 rpg, and 11th with 13.9 ppg.
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RayJ Dennis scored a career-high 21 points and grabbed nine boards vs. Charlotte (Nov. 22). He is tied for fifth in the MAC with a team-high 3.8 apg and tied for sixth with a team-best 4.9 defensive rpg.
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ON THE HORIZON
Toledo will travel to Richmond (5-4) of the Atlantic 10 on Saturday, Dec. 11 for a 6:00 p.m. matchup vs. the Spiders. The Rockets will close out their non-conference schedule when they return home on Tuesday, Dec. 21 for a 7:00 p.m. matchup vs. Marshall (5-3) of Conference USA.
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