TOLEDO, Ohio – The Toledo women's basketball team will head to Mount Pleasant to play Central Michigan on Wednesday night. The contest between the Rockets (15-4, 6-2 MAC) and the Chippewas (4-15, 2-6 MAC) will tip off at 7:00 p.m. and be streamed live on ESPN+. Wednesday's game will be the lone regular-season meeting between Toledo and CMU this season.

At 6-2 in the MAC, the Rockets are one game behind Bowling Green (7-1) and Ball State (7-1) and one game ahead of Akron (5-3) and Kent State (5-3) in the conference standings.

The Rockets are coming off a come-from-behind, 79-73 overtime win at Eastern Michigan on Saturday. Toledo trailed by 12 points, 56-44, with 5:48 to play in regulation. With EMU in foul trouble, UT knocked down free throws down the stretch to slowly chip away at the deficit until a three-pointer by Sammi Mikonowicz made it a one-point game, 60-59, with 3:08 left. The Rockets did not lead until a Sophia Wiard basket with 1:48 made the score 63-62. After regulation ended with a 66-66 stalemate, Toledo outscored EMU 13-7 in overtime to pull away for the win.

The 12-point deficit was the largest Toledo has overcome to win a game this season. It also marked the second overtime win of the year after the 74-71 OT win at Cincinnati earlier this season.

Quinesha Lockett led the way for Toledo with 25 points and did most of her damage at the free throw line, knocking down 15-of-17 attempts. Her 15 free throws are a career-high and one-off the single-game school record of 16 free throws, which is held by Kim Knuth (twice) and Kim Sekulski. Lockett also added five rebounds, a team-high five assists, and three steals to help the cause.

For her efforts at EMU and vs. Miami earlier in the week, Lockett was named MAC Player of the Week for the second time this season.

Toledo returns 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

• Toledo is the best free throw shooting team in the league, ranking first in the MAC in free throw percentage (77.9%), free throws made per game (16.4), and  free throw attempts (21.0). UT ranks eighth nationally in free throws per game and 19^th in free throw percentage.
• Quinesha Lockett was named MAC Player of the Week on Monday for the second time this season and fourth time in her career. She is the 10^th player in program history to win at least four MAC POTW awards. Kim Knuth holds the all-time mark with nine weekly awards.
• Following Saturday's overtime win at EMU, Toledo improved to 30-21 all-time in overtime games and has won its last two. It was the first overtime win in a road MAC game since a 70-67 win at Eastern Michigan in double overtime on March 6, 2019.
• The Rockets are second in the MAC and 23^rd in the country in assist-turnover ratio (1.22), and they also rank 20^th nationally and second in the league in fewest turnovers per game (12.9). Toledo tallied a season-best 22 assists and a tied a season-low with eight turnovers in vs. Akron.
• UT has committed 12 or fewer turnovers in 12 of its 19 games, including each of the last three. Toledo has committed a season-low eight turnovers twice this year, first in the season opener vs. Wright State and also at home vs. Akron.
• As a team, the Rockets rank in the top four in the MAC in both scoring offense (3^rd, 73.7) and scoring defense (4^th, 62.7). Only UT and Akron rank in the top four in the conference in both categories.
• The Rockets rank third in the MAC in scoring margin (+10.9) and have won five games by at least 20 points.
• Toledo has done a good job defending the three-point line this year, ranking atop the MAC in three-point field goal percentage defense (28.7%). Opponents have shot under 30% from beyond the arc 11 times vs. Toledo this year.
• Quinesha Lockett enters Wednesday's game with 1,722 career points, which ranks sixth all-time in and is 152 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 1,722 career points are the most among current MAC players, just ahead of Miami's Peyton Scott (1,696). Lockett ranks No. 35 among active D1 players in career points.

 
About Central Michigan
Central Michigan enters Wednesday's game with a record of 4-15 and a 2-6 ledger in MAC play. Both of CMU's MAC wins have come at home, a 79-62 win vs. Northern Illinois and a 69-66 victory over Ohio. Freshman Sydney Harris leads the team in scoring (17.2 PPG) and ranks sixth in the MAC in scoring, and classmate Bridget Utberg (11.0 PPG) is also averaging double figures in scoring. The Chippewas rank last in the MAC in scoring defense (74.3 PPG) and 11^th in scoring offense (62.9 PPG).