Toledo Heads to Marquette for Third Round of WNIT

Thursday, March 24

Milwaukee, Wis.

8:00 p.m. ET

University of Toledo

Marquette

Quinesha Lockett scored a game-high 25 points in Toledo's second-round WNIT win over Kent State.

Photo by: Ross Achter

3/23/2022 11:19:00 AM | Women's Basketball

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TOLEDO, Ohio – The Toledo women's basketball team is heading to Marquette for third-round WNIT action this week. The Rockets and Golden Eagles will play on Thursday at 8:00 p.m. ET at the Al McGuire Center in Milwaukee. The game will be streamed live on FloHoops and will not require a subscription to view.

Toledo (28-5) is in the third round of the WNIT for the first time since the 2012-13 season after its 79-59 win over Kent State on Monday. The Rockets outscored the Golden Flashes (19-12) 20-9 in the second quarter to take a 15-point lead into halftime and didn't look back. Kent's last gasp came in the form of a 12-3 run to end the third quarter that cut Toledo's lead to 10 points, 57-47. UT answered with 11 straight points to open the fourth quarter that all but sealed the deal.

Quinesha Lockett led the way offensively with a game-high 25 points on 8-of-13 shooting. She now has 510 field goal attempts this season, breaking the previous single-season school record of 508 set by Kim Knuth in 1998-99. Nineteen of Lockett's 25 points came in the second half.

Three Rockets reached double figures in scoring on Monday night, including Hannah Noveroske who contributed 13 points and four blocks off the bench. Sophia Wiard tallied 12 points, seven assists, and six rebounds while Jayda Jansen added 11 points.

Marquette opened WNIT play with a 93-70 win over Ball State and advanced to the third round after defeating Purdue, 77-62, on Monday night.

The winner of Thursday's game will advance to the quarterfinals and face the winner of the Middle Tennessee/Vanderbilt game. That game is scheduled to tip off at 7:30 p.m. ET on Thursday.

Notes from the Win over Kent State

Monday's game against Kent State was Toledo's first postseason game against the fellow MAC opponent.
After a stretch of seven games without cracking the 20-point plateau, Quinesha Lockett exploded for 25 points on Monday, scoring 19 in the second half.
Toledo shot 55.8% from the floor on Monday, the sixth time this season it has connected on at least half of its shots in a game.
Hannah Noveroske blocked four shots, the most ever by a Rocket in WNIT play.

Record Watch

As a team, Toledo is one win away from tying the program record for wins in a season. The 2010-11 and 2012-13 teams each won 29 games.
Quinesha Lockett has set a new single-season Toledo record with 510 field goal attempts this season, eclipsing the previous record by former Rocket great Kim Knuth (508, 1998-99).
She's making her way up the single-season three-point field goal attempts list as well. Lockett is tied for seventh with 210 and eight shots away from moving into third place.
Lockett is also climbing the single-season points list this year, currently sitting in ninth place (579). She is just six points away from moving into sixth place on that list.
Sophia Wiard has a chance to set the single-season mark for minutes played. She sits in a tie for seventh place (1,131) and is 59 minutes behind the single-season leader in Courtney Ingersoll (1,189 / 2011-12).
Wiard's 84.3 free throw percentage is 10th on the single-season list and Hannah Noveroske is currently eighth on the single-season field goal percentage list (60.1%).
Notably, Wiard is currently the program's all-time leading free throw shooter at 83.5%, just ahead of Jane Roman (83.2%, 1989-92).

About Marquette
Marquette (23-10) finished in fifth place in the Big East during the regular season behind four NCAA Tournament teams: UConn, Villanova, Creighton, and DePaul. The Golden Eagles have played exceptionally well at home this year, posting a 15-2 record in their home gym. Lauren Van Kleunen is (13.9 PPG) is Marquette's leading scorer and was a First-Team All-Big East selection this year.