TOLEDO, Ohio – The Toledo women's basketball team visits Eastern Michigan this Saturday in Mid-American Conference action. The Rockets (14-4, 5-2 MAC) and Eagles (11-7, 3-4 MAC) will tip off at 1:00 p.m.

Toledo is coming off a convincing 82-63 win over Miami at home on Wednesday. Toledo led by seven at the end of the first quarter before shooting 10-of-14 from the floor in the second quarter to take a 42-17 lead into halftime. The lead would grow to a game-high 38 points near the midway point of the third quarter and settle at 19 points when the final horn sounded.

With the win, Toledo has now won 14 of its last 15 home MAC games and sits alone in third place in the conference standings. The Rockets are a game back of both Bowling Green (17-2, 6-1 MAC) and Ball State (16-4, 6-1 MAC), and one game ahead of Akron (13-5, 4-3 MAC), Kent State (12-6, 4-3 MAC), and Western Michigan (9-9, 4-3 MAC).

Quinesha Lockett scored a game-high 22 points vs. the RedHawks and has now scored at least 20 points in four of her last five games. She is averaging 21.3 PPG in MAC play, one of four players in the league scoring at least 20 PPG in conference play. The Omaha, Neb. native entered rare air on Wednesday, passing former Rocket greats Kelly Savage and Kim Sekulski to move into sixth place all-time in career scoring in school history.

Lockett leads the Rockets and ranks fifth in the MAC in scoring (17.4 PPG) with Sammi Mikonowicz (9.5 PPG) and Khera Goss (9.3 PPG) second and third on the team, respectively. Lockett has scored in double figures in all but one game this season and Goss has 10 outings of 10 point or more, second-most on the team. All three players are shooting at least 47% from the floor and anchor the offense of the third-best shooting team in the MAC. Toledo ranks third in the league in field goal percentage (45.4%) and has shot the ball especially well as of late, connecting on 49.6% of its shots over the last five games.

On the flip side, the defense has held opponents to a sub-40% field goal percentage in eight of the last 10 contests, including a 35.8 FG% on Wednesday night vs. the RedHawks. The Rockets are holding opponents to 39.0% shooting on the year, which ranks third in the MAC, and they're even stingier on the perimeter, sitting atop the MAC in three-point field goal percentage defense (28.6%).

Toledo visits Central Michigan on Wednesday, Feb. 1 before returning home on Saturday, Feb. 4 to play Ohio at 2:00 p.m. To purchase tickets to Toledo women's basketball games, visit the Rocket Athletic Ticket Office at the Sullivan Athletic Complex in Savage Arena, contact the Rocket Athletic Ticket Office at 419-530-GOLD (4653) or go online to UTRockets.com/tix.

Rocket Notes

• Following the win over the RedHawks on Wednesday, the Rockets have won 14 of their last 15 home conference games. Toledo is also 13-2 in its last 15 road MAC games.
• The Rockets lead the MAC and are among the national leaders in average attendance, ranking 25^th nationally (3,982). They rank third among mid-major teams, only trailing New Mexico (4,905) and Gonzaga (4,864).
• The Rockets are second in the MAC and 21^st in the country in assist-turnover ratio (1.23). Toledo tallied a season-best 22 assists and a tied a season-low with eight turnovers in last Saturday's game vs. Akron.
• Toledo ranks among the best free throw shooting team in the league, ranking second in the MAC in free throw percentage (77.9%), free throws made per game (15.5), and third in free throw attempts (19.9). UT ranks 20^th national in free throw percentage.
• As a team, the Rockets rank in the top three in the MAC in both scoring offense (3^rd, 73.4) and scoring defense (3^rd, 62.2), the only team in the MAC to rank in the top three in both categories.
• The Rockets rank third in the MAC in scoring margin (+11.2) and have won five games by at least 20 points.
• Toledo ranks in the top three in the league in both field goal percentage defense (39.0%) and three-point field goal percentage defense (28.6%), ranking third and first, respectively. Opponents have shot less than 30% from beyond the arc 11 times this season.
• UT has committed 12 or fewer turnovers in 11 of its 18 games, including a season-low eight turnovers in the season opener vs. Wright State at home vs. Akron.
• Quinesha Lockett enters Saturday's game with 1,697 career points, which ranks sixth all-time in and is 178 points away from passing Naama Shafir (2008-13, 1,874 points) to move into fifth place all-time. Kim Knuth (1995-99) is Toledo's all-time leading scorer with 2,509 career points.
• Lockett's 1,697 career points are the most among current MAC players, just ahead of Miami's Peyton Scott (1,673). Lockett ranks No. 36 among active D1 players in career points.

 
About Eastern Michigan
Eastern Michigan will enter Saturday's game with a record of 11-7 and a 3-4 ledger in conference play. EMU sports a 7-3 home record and has won two of its three home MAC games this year. The Eagles rank in the bottom third of the league in scoring offense (64.4 PPG) but are fifth in scoring defense, allowing 63.8 PPG. Two players average double figures in scoring: Lachelle Austin (12.5 PPG) and Ce'Nara Skanes (12.1 PPG), and Skanes leads EMU in rebounding as well (8.0 RPG).