TOLEDO, Ohio – The Toledo women's basketball team will look to extend its current six-game winning streak this weekend when it visits Miami. The Rockets (18-4, 9-2 MAC) and RedHawks (9-15, 4-7 MAC) will tip off on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. in Millett Hall on ESPN3.

Toledo is coming off a 91-73 home win vs. Buffalo on Wednesday, its sixth straight win which is tied for its longest winning streak this season. The win kept the Rockets one game out of first place in the Mid-American Conference standings. Bowling Green (10-1) and Ball State (10-1) have won 10 straight games and eight straight games, respectively, to keep their one-game cushion atop the conference. Toledo will play both Ball State (Feb. 25) and Bowling Green (March 4) near the end of the regular season.

In Wednesday's win vs. Buffalo, the Rockets led for nearly the entire game and turned in one of their best offensive performances of the season. They cracked the 90-point barrier for the third time and assisted on 23-of-31 field goals while committing a season-low five turnovers. Toledo was 15-of-33 from beyond the arc, the most made threes in a game since sinking 16 vs. Akron on Jan. 14, 2015. The five turnovers are the fewest since committing just three vs. Charlotte on March 30, 2011.

Quinesha Lockett was terrific vs. the Bulls, scoring 25 points while sinking a career-best seven three-pointers. Lockett's seven threes are one off the single-game record of eight, which is held by four different players.

Lockett ranks fourth in the MAC in scoring (17.7 PPG) and is averaging 20.5 PPG in MAC play. She is one of three Rockets averaging double figures in scoring against league competition, being joined by Sammi Mikonowicz (10.8 PPG) and Sophia Wiard (10.8 PPG).

The Rockets won the previous meeting with Miami on Jan. 25, 82-63. Lockett scored 22 points on 10-of-13 shooting in that game and dished out six assists. Khera Goss and Jessica Cook each scored 12 points against the RedHawks.

Toledo will visit Western Michigan on Wednesday, Feb. 15 before returning home on Saturday, Feb. 18 vs. Eastern Michigan at 2:00 p.m. That game will be UT's annual "Rockets for the Cure" game, which will help benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure of Northwest Ohio and the Eleanor N. Dana Cancer Center. The Rockets encourage everyone in attendance to wear pink that day in support of breast cancer research.

Fans can purchase tickets for $13 apiece with $5 of each sale donated to the Susan G. Komen and Eleanor N. Dana Cancer Center. Please visit utrockets.com/RFCtix to purchase tickets.

To purchase tickets to any Toledo women's basketball game, 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

• Sophia Wiard ranks fourth in the country and leads the MAC with a 2.91 assist/turnover ratio. Wiard has led Toledo in assists or shared the team lead in 14 of 22 games this season and has led the MAC in assist/turnover ratio each of the last two seasons.
• The Rockets are second in the MAC and 15^th in the country in assist-turnover ratio (1.26), and they also rank 15^th nationally and first in the league in fewest turnovers per game (12.6). In Wednesday's game vs. Buffalo, Toledo tallied a season-high 23 assists while committing just five turnovers.
• The Rockets are 30-3 over their last 33 regular-season conference games.
• UT is now 11-1 at home this year. Under head coach Tricia Cullop, Toledo has now won at least 11 home games 11 times over the past 15 seasons.
• Toledo is the best free throw shooting team in the league, ranking first in the MAC in free throw percentage (78.4%), free throws made per game (16.1), and free throw attempts (20.5). UT ranks 10^th nationally in free throws per game and 13^th in free throw percentage.
• The Rockets are shooting 80.3% from the free throw line in MAC play.
• UT has committed 12 or fewer turnovers in 14 of its 22 games, including five of the last six. Toledo has committed fewer than 10 turnovers in a game three times.
• As a team, the Rockets rank third in the MAC in scoring offense (74.1) and in scoring defense (62.7), the only team to rank in the top three in both categories. Toledo has held its opponents to fewer than 65 points in four of the last six games.
• The Rockets rank third in the MAC in scoring margin (+11.4) and have won five games by at least 20 points. UT has won 13 games by double digits.
• Quinesha Lockett enters Saturday's game with 1,774 career points, which ranks sixth all-time in and is 101 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 1,774 career points are the most among current MAC players, just ahead of Miami's Peyton Scott (1,743). Lockett ranks No. 35 among active D1 players in career points and has played in 112 career games, fewer than all but three of the players ranked ahead of her. Lockett and Scott are the only two MAC players in the Top 50 among active career scoring leaders.

 
About Miami
Miami is 9-15 with a 4-7 record in MAC play, and has gone 2-2 since the previous meeting on Jan. 25. In that time, the RedHawks have defeated Central Michigan and Western Michigan while losing to Buffalo and Bowling Green. Ivy Wolf, who scored 29 points in the last game vs. the Rockets, is third in the MAC in scoring (17.8 PPG) and one of three RedHawks averaging double figures in scoring. Maddi Cluse (14.4) and Peyton Scott (14.4 PPG) are both among the Top 15 scorers in the league, making Miami the only school with three players in the Top 15 in scoring in the MAC.