Rockets Head into Holiday Break with 84-72 Win at Vermont

Tuesday, December 20

Burlington, Vt

2:00 p.m.

University of Toledo

8-4,0-0MAC

Vermont

6-8,0-0America East

Toledo

Vermont

Junior RayJ Dennis tallied 16 points, six rebounds and five assists in Toledo's 84-72 win at Vermont.

Rockets Head into Holiday Break with 84-72 Win at Vermont

12/20/2022 4:05:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score Final Stats (PDF)

JT Shumate scores team-high 19 points and Setric Millner Jr. posts double-double with 18 points and 10 boards

BURLINGTON, Vt. – Four Rockets scored in double digits and Toledo shot 54.1 percent from the field to post an 84-72 victory over Vermont on Tuesday afternoon in Patrick Gymnasium.

"I'm very proud of the way we played a Vermont team which has won six straight conference titles and is hard to beat at home," Head Coach Tod Kowalczyk said. "Now we're going to take a much-needed break for the holidays and great ready for conference play in January."

Senior JT Shumate led the way for Toledo (8-4) with 19 points and was followed by senior Setric Millner Jr. (18 pts.), junior RayJ Dennis (16 pts.), and sophomore Dante Maddox Jr. (12 pts.).

Toledo (8-4) dominated the Catamounts (6-8) on the glass by a 42-26 margin with Millner leading the way with 10 boards for a double-double. Sophomore Ra'Heim Moss and Maddox also contributed eight and seven rebounds, respectively.

Dennis dished out a team-high five assists.

Dylan Penn topped the Catamounts with a game-high 20 points.

Toledo will take a short holiday break before returning to action on Thursday, Dec. 29 for its final non-conference contest vs. NAIA foe Lourdes Univ. Tip-off time is set for 6:00 p.m. in Savage Arena.

HOW IT HAPPENED

FIRST HALF

Toledo used an early 7-0 run to take a 10-6 lead five minutes into the game.
Back-to-back triples from JT Shumate and Andre Lorentsson highlighted a 10-0 run that put the Rockets in front 24-14 and forced Vermont to take timeout at the 9:59 mark.
Shumate hit his third triple of the game to put Toledo ahead 34-24 just over four minutes before halftime.
RayJ Dennis' two baskets in the final two minutes keyed a 6-0 Rockets' spurt that gave Toledo a 42-28 lead at intermission.
Dennis and Shumate led UT in the half with 12 and 11 points, respectively.
Toledo shot 51.5 percent in the opening 20 minutes and limited the Catamounts to a 32.3 mark.

SECOND HALF

The Rockets' lead never dipped below eight points in the second half.
The Catamounts rallied to within eight points on eight different occasions and Toledo had an answer each time.
The Rockets led by double digits for the final 8:48 after going on a 6-0 run for a 74-60 cushion with 7:07 to play.