DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The Toledo women's basketball team wrapped up its stay at the Daytona Beach Invitational on Saturday with a convincing 80-70 win over UT Arlington that also marked head coach Tricia Cullop's 300th win at Toledo.

Already the program's all-time winningest coach, Cullop now sports a 300-160 record in her 15th season at Toledo, and a 423-270 overall mark in 23 years as a head coach, including eight seasons as the leader at Evansville from 2000-08.
 
The Rockets controlled Saturday's game from the outset, leading for nearly the entire first half. The Mavericks trimmed UT's lead to two early in the second half, but by the end of the third quarter Toledo had built its lead back into double figures. Both teams shot well in the fourth quarter, but the Rockets forced six turnovers to help keep the hot-shooting Mavericks at bay and hold on to win.

Junior Sammi Mikonowicz led Toledo with a career-high 24 points on 9-of-12 shooting, while also adding five rebounds and a team-best three steals. Senior Quinesha Lockett contributed 19 points, six assists, and five rebounds, bringing her career point total to 1,483, which puts her ninth all-time in school history. Lockett did the bulk of her damage at the free throw line, sinking 8-of-9 shots.
 
Sophomore Jessica Cook was a perfect 5-for-5 from the floor and made both of her free throw attempts to bring her point total to 12 and led UT with six rebounds. Junior Khera Goss tied a career high with 13 points and cracked double figures for the third time this season.

"UT Arlington is a really good team, I have a lot of respect for [head coach] Shereka Wright," Cullop said. "They play really hard, they're a scrappy team and their press bothered us at times. We found some offense today, which we really needed, and when we controlled the boards we were able to extend our lead. I was also really proud of the way Sammi played today, she was outstanding."
 
As a team, Toledo was 27-for-51 (52.9 percent) from the floor and 20-of-23 (87.0 percent) from the free throw line, both of which are season-best shooting percentages.
 
UT Arlington was led by Starr Jacobs and her game-high 29 points, 13 of which came in the second quarter. Kayla White and Shiya Smith contributed 14 and 10 points, respectively. The Mavericks shot 44.3 percent from the field (27-for-61) but were just 2-of-10 from three-point range.
 
Next up for Toledo is a road contest at Loyola Maryland on Wednesday, Nov. 30 at 11:30 a.m.
 
1^st Quarter

• UT Arlington scored the first basket of the game, but the Rockets responded with six straight points to take a 6-2 lead at the 7:09 mark.
• The Rockets led for the entire quarter, save for the Mavs first basket of the game.
• Toledo led 21-15 at the end of the quarter thanks in large part to Mikonowicz, who scored 10 points in the first frame.

 
2^nd Quarter

• UT Arlington's Jacobs opened the scoring, the first of her six baskets in the second quarter.
• Toledo responded with an 8-2 run to take a 10-point lead, 29-19, with 4:49 to go.
• Jacobs kept the Mavericks in the game in the second quarter, but the Rockets never led by fewer than four.
• When the clock hit zeroes, Toledo held a 37-32 lead.

 
3^rd Quarter

• The story of the third quarter was free throws; both teams combined to make 24-of-27 free throws in the quarter. Toledo was 14-of-15 from the line and UT Arlington was 10-of-12.
• The Mavericks cut UT's lead to two, 40-38, at the 8:19 mark of the quarter.
• The Rockets regained their stranglehold with a 16-4 run over the next 3:16 of game time, taking a 56-42 lead.
• Toledo's lead remained in double figures for the rest of the third quarter and ended up at 60-50 heading into the fourth.

 
4^th Quarter

• After UT Arlington scored the first points of the fourth quarter, the Rockets blasted off on a 15-5 run to take their largest lead of the game, a 76-57 advantage with 5:22 left in the game.
• The Mavericks didn't go down without a fight, flipping the script with a 13-2 run in the closing minutes to make the score 78-70.
• Mikonowicz scored the final bucket of the game with 24 seconds to go to bring the final tally to 80-70 and cap off her career-best scoring performance.