BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Toledo women's basketball team faced off against archrival Bowling Green on Wednesday at the Stroh Center, but wound up on the losing end of an 88-76 decision in the Battle of I-75 presented by Cooper Tires.

The Rockets (12-4, 3-2 MAC) played the Falcons (15-2, 4-1 MAC) close in the first half, but BGSU opened up a double-digit lead early in the second half and didn't look back. Toledo committed an uncharacteristic 22 turnovers on Wednesday and couldn't find an answer for Bowling Green's Allison Day, who scored a game-high 31 points. The 88 points are the most UT has allowed in a game this season.

"I was disappointed with our defense tonight," head coach Tricia Cullop said. "We did some things that were very undisciplined, but I can't take away from the great job Bowling Green did of executing its offense. We were excited for this game, it's a great rivalry, and we're excited to play them again. It's one game, and they outplayed us today. We'll move forward from this and get better, and we'll be ready when we see them next time."

The Rockets will get their rematch on the last day of the regular season, Saturday, March 4, at Savage Arena.

Senior Quinesha Lockett turned in another productive offensive performance, scoring 27 points and going a career-best 11-for-11 from the free throw line. It was the third straight 20-point game for Lockett and the 33^rd 20-point game of her career.

Junior Nan Garcia added a season-high 15 points off the bench, knocking down 4-of-5 field shots and 3-of-4 three-point field goals. Junior Sammi Mikonowicz contributed 13 points and four rebounds.

Day was one of five Falcons to reach double figures in scoring, and the next-highest scorer was Jocelyn Tate with 13 points.

Next up, Toledo will return home to host Akron (13-3, 4-1 MAC) on Saturday, Jan. 21 at 2:00 p.m.

Saturday's game will be Toledo's first-ever "Justice for Sierah" game. The Rockets are hosting this promotion in conjunction with the Justice for Sierah Foundation. For more information on the foundation, please visit justiceforsierah.org.

The game will feature several fundraisers to support the foundation, including a special ticket deal where $5 of each ticket purchased through utrockets.com/J4S will be donated to the foundation. Additionally, custom purple "Justice for Sierah" jerseys worn by the Toledo women's basketball team will be auctioned off after the game, with all proceeds going toward the foundation. The auction is now live and closes on January 23. Access the online auction at utrockets.com/Sierah.

• Bowling Green forced a few early turnovers and led 7-2 through the first three minutes.
• The Rockets answered with a 10-2 run that turned a five-point deficit into a four-point lead, 13-9, with 2:54 left in the quarter.
• Day and Tate propelled the Falcons in the final minutes of the quarter to bring the score to a 15-15 stalemate through the first 10 minutes of action.

• Toledo opened the quarter with four quick points to take a 19-15 lead, but Bowling Green then used a 9-2 spurt to go up 24-21 with 5:37 to go in the half.
• Senior Jayda Jansen and Tate traded baskets for a stretch before Garcia knocked down her first three-pointer of the quarter to give UT a 32-30 advantage at the 2:49 mark
• Day scored six of BGSU's final eight points to bring her first-half total to 19, but Garcia's three-pointer with 33 seconds to go made it a one-possession game, 38-35, heading into halftime. The Falcons ended the half making 10 of their last 11 field goals.
• Both teams saw notable individual offensive performances in the first half. Day and Tate combined to score 31 of Bowling Green's 38 points, while Garcia led Toledo with 11 points on 4-of-4 shooting, including 3-for-3 from beyond the arc.

• Behind a pair of big threes from Lexi Fleming, Bowling Green opened the second half on a 7-0 run to take a 45-35 lead.
• The Rockets worked to chip away at the lead for the remainder of the quarter and trimmed it down to five, 54-49, at the 1:37 mark following a 6-0 run.
• BGSU scored the final five points of the quarter to double its lead to 10 points, 59-49, heading into the final period.

• Toledo kept pace with the Falcons early in the fourth quarter, and a Lockett three-pointer highlighted a 7-1 run that put the ledger at 63-56 with 8:13 left in the game.
• Following a basket by Mikonowicz at 8:13, the Falcons held the Rockets without a field goal for nearly six minutes, using that time to go on an 11-2 run to take its largest lead of the night, a 16-point advantage (74-58) with 4:21 left on the clock.
• The Rockets did not go down without a fight and continued to get to drive to the hoop and draw contact. Toledo attempted 22 free throws in the fourth quarter, sinking 18 of them.
• Lockett's and-one with 21 seconds left made it a two-possession game, 82-76, but those would be the last Rocket points of the game. Bowling Green ended the game with six free throws to come away with an 88-76 win.