TOLEDO, Ohio – The Toledo women's basketball team had its final tune-up before the regular season, defeating Ferris State 87-43 at home on Sunday.
 
The Rockets scored the first 22 points of the game and led 24-4 at the end of the first quarter. The lead grew to 27 points at halftime, 40-13, but didn't budge much in the third quarter as the Bulldogs nearly kept pace with Toledo (22-19). The Rockets ended the game by shooting 61.1 percent in the fourth quarter.
 
Senior guard Quinesha Lockett led Toledo with 26 points, including 12 in the first quarter, and junior forward Sammi Mikonowicz added 16 points to help the cause.

"The one thing I've asked of our players is to keep getting better," head coach Tricia Cullop said. "I think we've done that so far and we saw that today. We can never be satisfied. Every day, every week, we have to get a little bit better. We're about to start a very tough non-conference schedule and I want us to be prepared."
 
The Rockets, a near-unanimous choice to win the Mid-American Conference in 2022-23 according to last week's preseason coaches poll, open their regular season on Monday, Nov. 7 at 11:00 a.m. against Wright State. Toledo welcomes perennial powers Duke, Dayton and Missouri State to Savage Arena this season, and visits Michigan and Cincinnati in one of the program's toughest non-conference schedules ever.
 
"If you haven't done so already, go out and get your tickets," Cullop said. "We absolutely need you here. A lot of our fans have been waiting for a schedule like this. Well, it's here. Our team is excited to see you and we need you in the stands this year."
 
Toledo women's basketball season and single-game tickets are on sale now.  For more information or to purchase tickets, visit the Rocket Athletic Ticket Office at the Sullivan Athletic Complex in Savage Arena, contact the Rocket Athletic Ticket Office at 419-530-GOLD (4653) or go online to UTRockets.com/tix.