TOLEDO, Ohio - The Toledo men's basketball team (12-4, 4-1 MAC) will travel down I-75 on Saturday, Jan. 15 when it meets Bowling Green (8-7, 1-3 MAC) for the 177th time in the Battle of I-75. The Rockets and Falcons will tip off their contest in the Stroh Center at 5:00 p.m. with streaming on ESPN3.
       
Toledo brings a three-game winning streak into Saturday's contest after posting victories over Central Michigan (82-54), Northern Illinois (94-73) and Miami (75-72). Ryan Rollins poured in a game-high 22 points in Tuesday's win over the RedHawks with juniors Setric Millner Jr. and JT Shumate scoring 17 points apiece for the Rockets. Junior RayJ Dennis tallied 11 points, including four free throws in the final 28 seconds to secure the victory.

Rollins leads Toledo and ranks second in the MAC with 19.3 ppg. He  also tops the MAC with 2.0 spg and has scored 20 or more points in nine contests. Shumate ranks second on the team with 14.6 ppg and is grabbing a team-best 7.0 rpg. Also scoring in double digits are Millner Jr. (13.6 ppg, 6.0 rpg) and Dennis (11.6 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 3.6 apg).

Bowling Green will be looking to bounce back from Tuesday's 85-78 setback at MAC frontrunner Ohio. The Falcons lead the conference with 83.8 ppg and 13.8 offensive rpg. Fifth-year senior Daeqwon Plowden leads Bowling Green with 16.2 ppg and 7.3 rpg. Junior transfer Joe Reece is also scoring in double digits with 11.7 ppg with 6.1 rpg.

Toledo split a pair of contests against BGSU last year, notching an 84-66 road win (Jan. 30) to give UT its fourth victory in last six visits to the Stroh Center.
 
GAME INFORMATION
Date: Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022.
Tip-Off: 5:00 p.m.
Location: Bowling Green, Ohio.
Arena: Stroh Center (4,347).
Television: ESPN3. Brad Woznicki will provide play-by-play for broadcast with Brent Klassen 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 93-83. Toledo has won 10 of its last 14 games vs. Bowling Green after splitting two contests last season. The Rockets have won four of their last six games in the Stroh Center.

ROCKETS IN MAC TEAM RANKINGS
•  Toledo tops the MAC and ranks 11th nationally in defensive rpg (29.7). The Rockets also lead the MAC in FG% defense (39.5), 3PTFG% defense (28.8) and scoring margin (+11.9). UT ranks 28th nationally in 3PTFG% defense.
•  Toledo ranks second in the league in assists per game (13.9), assist/turnover ratio (1.21) and third in FG% (45.8), FT% (77.4), 3PTFG% (35.3), offensive rebounds (11.6 rpg) and rebounding margin (+6.3).
•  Toledo is the only school in MAC to rank in the top three in FG%, 3PTFG% and FT%.
 
ROCKETS IN MAC INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS
•  Ryan Rollins ranks second in the MAC with 19.3 ppg and leads the MAC with 2.0 spg.
•  JT Shumate paces the conference with a 51.6 3PTFG% and ranks fifth with a 54.4 field-goal mark. He also is ninth with 7.0 rpg and eighth with an 82.6 FT% after knocking down his last 19 attempts at the charity stripe.
•  RayJ Dennis is tied for fourth in the MAC with 3.6 apg and is ninth with a 49.3 FG%, a total that ranks first among guards in the MAC.
•  Four Rockets — RayJ Dennis (4.8/7th), Ryan Rollins (4.6/10th), JT Shumate (4.5/12th), and Setric Millner Jr. (4.4/T-13th) — rank among the MAC leaders in defensive rebounds per game.
 
POST TOUCHES
•  Toledo has allowed only one opponent to shoot over 38.0 percent from the field since Bradley shot 43.1 percent on Dec. 7. Miami posted a 46.7 FG% in Toledo's win over the RedHawks on Tuesday.
•  The Rockets are 10-3 this season when outshooting their opponents from the field.
•  Toledo leads the MAC in league play in scoring defense (62.2 ppg), FG% defense (36.6), three-point FG% defense (25.2), scoring margin (+17.2) and defensive rpg (28.8).
•  Ryan Rollins scored a career-high 35 points en route to earning Tournament MVP honors at the Baha Mar Hoops Nassau Championship. He was 12-of-20 from the field, a career-best 4-of-5 from three-point range and 7-of-9 from the free-throw line in the championship-game win over Coastal Carolina.
•  Rollins has scored in double digits in 40 of 46 career games.
•  Setric Millner Jr. scored a career-high 27 points on 9-of-13 shooting vs. Charlotte and poured in 25 points with a career-high four three-pointers at Richmond. He scored 16 points vs. NIU and 17 points at Miami in the Rockets' last two contests.
•  JT Shumate has shot 50 percent or better from three-point range in seven straight games and is shooting 58.6 percent (17-of-29) behind the arc during this stretch. He has scored in double digits in all but one game this season.
•  RayJ Dennis scored a career-high 21 points and grabbed nine boards vs. Charlotte (Nov. 22). He tallied 20 points, seven boards and five assists vs. Marshall (Dec. 21) and is tied for fourth in the MAC with a team-high 3.6 apg and eighth with 4.9 defensive rpg.
•  Dennis is shooting 54.5 percent (18-of-33) from the field in his last four contests. Dennis leads all MAC guards and ranks ninth in the MAC with a 49.3 shooting mark.
•  Ra'Heim Moss tied seasons highs for rebounds (7), assists (4) and steals (3) in Tuesday's win at Miami. He is averaging 10.3 ppg and 4.8 rpg in his last four contests.
 
A LOOK AT THE ROCKETS
     Toledo captured its ninth Mid-American Conference title in program history and registered its fifth 20-win season in the last eight years in the 2020-21 campaign.
     Toledo is ranked 17th in the latest CollegeInsider.com's Mid-Major Top 25 poll (Jan. 10). UT is also the MAC's top-ranked team in the NET (No. 74) and KenPom (No. 89) rankings.
     The Rockets have produced a strong run of success in recent years and possess a 98-47 (.676) win-loss mark since the start of the 2017-18 season.
 
ROAD WARRIORS
     The Rockets have posted a 34-29 (.540) win-loss mark in road games over the last three-plus seasons and are 34-26 (.567) in their last 58 road tilts.
 
ON THE HORIZON
     Toledo will return home to host Ball State (7-8, 2-2 MAC) on Tuesday, Jan. 18 at 7:00 p.m. before heading to Athens, Ohio to face Ohio (13-2, 4-0 MAC) on Friday, Jan. 21. The contest vs. the Bobcats will be televised nationally on the CBS Sports Network and tip off at 6:00 p.m.