MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – Led by the play of junior Sammi Mikonowicz, the Toledo women's basketball team (16-4, 7-2 MAC) pounced on Central Michigan (4-17, 2-7 MAC) early in its 74-60 win in Mount Pleasant on Wednesday night.

Mikonowicz recorded her second double-double of the season, scoring 19 points and grabbing 13 rebounds to help lead the Rockets to their fourth straight win. Toledo was up by 12 at halftime and led by as many as 26 points in the third quarter.

With the win, the Rockets remain a game back of Ball State (8-1) and Bowling Green (8-1) in the Mid-American Conference standings after both teams also won on Wednesday night.

"Sammi had a great game, I thought she was all over the boards tonight," head coach Tricia Cullop said. "She just really attacked the boards tonight and we needed that. One of the biggest keys tonight was limiting their offensive rebounds. They lead the league in that category and we didn't want them to have too many opportunities on the offensive glass. I did think we had too many turnovers tonight and a few too many missed layups, but to go 9-for-10 from the free throw line and shoot 47% from the field means we shot it pretty well. Any time you get a road win it's a good win."

Mikonowicz led UT in both points and rebounds and had an efficient shooting night, making 9-of-13 shots. Seniors Quinesha Lockett (15 points) and Sophia Wiard (14 points) both reached double figures in scoring as well. Junior Khera Goss added eight points and four rebounds to help the cause.

Toledo shot 47.6% from the floor (30-for-63) and was 9-of-10 from the free throw line, and also won the rebounding battle by a 36-28 margin.

Central Michigan's leading scorer was Sydney Harris, who matched Mikonowicz with a 19-point night. Karrington Gordon scored 16 points off the bench and Rochelle Norris led the Chippewas with 12 rebounds and added eight points.

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.

• Both teams traded shots early in the game and the Chippewas held an 8-7 lead at the 6:15 mark.
• Mikonowicz scored the next six points to single handedly put the Rockets ahead 13-8, then Lockett's layup at the 2:53 mark put the lead at 15-8.
• CMU broke a five-minute scoreless drought with a basket with 1:34 to go in the quarter to put the score at 15-10.
• Toledo forced seven turnovers in the first quarter.

• Central Michigan hung around in the first five minutes of the second quarter, keeping it a one-possession game.
• Goss' layup at the 5:01 mark sparked a 15-6 run that helped the Rockets take a 36-24 lead into halftime.
• A 9-0 spurt, highlighted by a three-pointer by Wiard, turned a three-point lead into a double-digit lead in a span of two minutes.

• Wiard opened the scoring in the second half and Lockett followed with a quick three-pointer to push the lead to 41-24 and force CMU to call an early timeout.
• Junior Nan Garcia knocked down a three-pointer at the 6:02 mark to kick off a 12-0 run that brought the score to 57-31 with 3:45 to go in the quarter. The 26-point lead was Toledo's largest of the night.
• CMU's Gordon scored six of her team's final eight points of the quarter.
• The Rockets shot 57.9% (11-for 19) in the third quarter and brought a 63-39 lead into the final frame.

• The Chippewas scored the first seven points of the fourth quarter and 10 of the first 11 points to trim Toledo's lead to 15 points, 64-49, with 7:02 to play.
• Central Michigan shot 58.3% (7-for-12) from the floor and made all five of its free throw attempts in the fourth quarter to close the deficit a bit, but Toledo's lead never dipped below 13 points.
• When the Rockets' margin of victory settled at 14 points, 74-60, when the clock hit zeroes.