TOLEDO, Ohio – Junior Tyler Cochran registered his first double-double as a Rocket with 19 points and a game-high 12 rebounds, and junior Ra'Heim Moss poured in 21 points to propel the Toledo men's basketball team to a come-from-behind 84-80 victory over Northern Iowa (3-7) on Saturday afternoon in Savage Arena.

"It was a great team win in a high-level game with two teams that played exceptionally hard," said Head Coach Tod Kowalczyk after the Rockets (5-4) defeated the Panthers for a second-straight season. "We just have to keep maturing and we will. We had five freshmen playing today, and Northern Iowa is one of the top teams in the Missouri Valley Conference and had just one freshman that played."

Also scoring in double figures for the Rockets were redshirt freshman Javan Simmons and junior Dante Maddox Jr. with 13 and 12 points, respectively.

Sophomore Bowen Born topped the Panthers with a game-high 31 points.

Northern Iowa held a slight edge in the shooting department with its 51.8 FG% compared to Rockets' 46.7 mark. Toledo made up for that with a seven-point advantage at the free-throw line, with its 20-of-26 totals surpassing UNI's 13-of-16 figure.

UT also outscored the Panthers by a 21-2 margin in points off turnovers. The Rockets committed just a season-low six miscues, seven fewer than Northern Iowa.

Toledo will continue its three-game homestand vs. Marshall on Wednesday, Dec. 13. Tip-off time in Savage Arena is set for 7:00 p.m. with streaming on ESPN+.

HOW IT HAPPENED

FIRST HALF

• UNI took an early 15-9 lead by hitting three triples, including a pair from Bowen Born.
• The Rockets answered with a Dante Maddox Jr. three-pointer and two Ra'Heim Moss free throws to reduce their deficit to 15-14 with 13:41 left in the half.
• Tyler Cochran's three-pointer three minutes later put the Rockets in front 23-21.
• The Panthers then ended the half with a 9-0 run to take a 40-36 halftime lead.
• UNI shot 57.7% in the first half, including 6-of-11 from downtown. Toledo shot 43.3% and was 6-of-16 from three-point range.
• Maddox paced the Rockets with nine points, while Born topped the Panthers with 15 points.

SECOND HALF

• Northern Iowa continued to lead after the break and took its largest lead, 57-49, on Born's four-point play with 13:50 to play.
• The Rockets then scored 12 consecutive points to take a 64-59 advantage at the 9:08 mark. Cochran, Moss and freshman Sonny Wilson keyed the game-changing stretch with steals that led to three-consecutive layups.
• The Panthers battled back to knot the score at 69-69 with six minutes left.
• Neither team led by more than two points until Javan Simmons' block and ensuing dunk with 1:39 remaining gave UT a 76-73 lead.
• Cochran provided the Rockets with another key basket with a coast-to-coast layup with 33 seconds left to go up by a 78-75 margin.
• Toledo made six of its last eight free throws to secure the victory.