Rockets Stifle Greyhounds in 62-40 Victory

Wednesday, November 30

Baltimore, Md.

11:30 a.m.

University of Toledo

5-2,0-0MAC

Loyola Maryland

4-4,0-0Patriot

Toledo

Loyola Maryland

Quinesha Lockett's 17 points paced Toledo in its 62-40 win at Loyola Maryland.

Photo by: Erin Fankhauser

11/30/2022 1:59:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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BALTIMORE, Md. – The Toledo women's basketball extended its road winning streak to 13 games on Wednesday with a 62-40 win at Loyola Maryland.

The Rockets (5-2) own the nation's longest road winning streak, which dates back to Dec. 29, 2021.

Toledo held the Greyhounds (4-4) to 40 points and forced 22 turnovers, both of which are season-best totals. Loyola kept the Rockets' lead to single digits in the first half, but UT shot 60.0 percent in the third quarter to surge ahead and take a commanding 16-point lead, 44-28, heading into the fourth quarter. With the game already in-hand, the Rockets outscored the Greyhounds 18-12 in the final frame to seal the deal.

"It was a little bit of a sloppy game," head coach Tricia Cullop said. "I'm glad we can play sloppy on the road and still win, but we need to clean some things up when we get back home. It was good to extend the lead though in the second half and get everybody in the game. You never know when you'll need somebody so it was great to see everyone get some in-game reps."

Senior Quinesha Lockett paced Toledo with 17 points on 7-of-11 shooting, knocking down 3-of-4 shots from beyond the arc. Sophomore Jessica Cook scored 10 points and grabbed seven rebounds, while junior Sammi Mikonowicz added eight points and eight boards. Senior Justina King scored a season-high nine points, on 3-of-3 shooting, all of which came in the fourth quarter. Senior Jayda Jansen was a perfect 2-for-2 from beyond the arc and scored eight points in the win.

Toledo shot 43.4 percent from the field (23-for-53) and knocked down 7-of-15 three-pointers. Loyola shot 32.6 percent (15-for-46) and made just 3-of-13 three-point field goals.

The Greyhounds were led by Lex Therien, who scored 12 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, and Bri Rozzi was close behind with eight points.

Following Wednesday's game at Loyola, Toledo returns home to host Missouri State on Sunday, Dec. 4 at 1:00 p.m.

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1^st Quarter

Loyola's Lex Therien scored six of her team's first eight points and helped the Greyhounds take an 8-4 early lead.
Back-to-back threes by Lockett and Jansen gave the Rockets their first lead of the game. Jansen's three-pointer at the 3:02 mark of the quarter put the score at 10-8.
Loyola retook the lead at 11-10, but junior Lonasia Brewer and Lockett both scored in the final stages of the quarter to put Toledo on top 14-11 heading into the second frame.

2^nd Quarter

Therien opened the quarter with a basket to make it a one-point game, 14-13, with 6:03 to go in the half.
The Rockets responded with a 9-1 run to take a 23-14 lead with 1:37 to play in the quarter.
Therien bookended the second quarter by scoring the last basket to make it 23-17 heading into halftime.
Toledo won the turnover battle in the first half, forcing 15 Loyola turnovers while committing just five.

3^rd Quarter

The Rockets had the hot hand to begin the second half, jumping out to a 9-1 run to take a 32-17 lead at the 6:20 mark. A pair of baskets from Lockett sandwiched a layup from Cook and a three-pointer from Mikonowicz.
Jansen scored five of her eight points in a span of three UT possessions, drilling her second three-pointer of the game and knocking down a jumper to put the score at 37-21 with 3:53 to go.
Both teams traded points to end the quarter, keeping the Rockets' lead at 16 points, 44-28.

4^th Quarter

Toledo scored nine of the first 12 points of the quarter to take a game-high 22-point lead, 53-31, with 6:26 to go in the game.
King knocked down her first basket of the game with 4:48 to go and proceeded to make two more and go 2-for-2 from the free throw line to cap her nine-point quarter.
The Rockets held the Greyhounds to 4-of-14 shooting in the fourth quarter en route to their 62-40 victory.