TOLEDO, Ohio – Riding an eight-game winning streak, the Toledo women's basketball team hosts Eastern Michigan this Saturday, Feb. 18 at 2:00 p.m. The Rockets (20-4, 11-2 MAC) and Eagles (13-11, 5-8 MAC) will tip off at 2:00 p.m. inside Savage Arena.

Saturday's game is Toledo's annual "Rockets for the Cure" game which helps benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure of Northwest Ohio and the Eleanor N. Dana Cancer Center.

The Rockets will be wearing pink jerseys in the contest, and those jerseys are available to purchase via an online auction. All proceeds from the live online auction will benefit Susan G. Komen Northwest Ohio and the Eleanor N. Dana Cancer Center. The online auction is live and closes on Monday, February 20 at 12:00 p.m. The auction includes the special pink jersey the Rocket players will be wearing during the game and a variety of items. Visit utrockets.com/RFCAuction to bid on jerseys or other items.

Toledo is coming off a dominant 75-44 win at Western Michigan on Wednesday.  UT actually trailed Western Michigan (10-14, 5-8 MAC) 22-19 at the end of the first quarter, but outscored WMU 56-22 over the final three periods. The Rockets held the Broncos to single digits in each of the three final quarters. The win was Toledo's largest in a MAC game since March 5, 2014 (88-52 vs. Eastern Michigan) and the third 30-plus point victory of the year.

The Rockets also officially clinched their spot in the MAC Tournament with the win and reached the 20-win plateau for the 21st time in program history.

For the first time in weeks, there was movement at the top of the Mid-American Conference standings on Wednesday. Toledo's win paired with Ball State's (12-1) win keeps the Rockets one game behind the Cardinals and in a tie for second place in the conference standings. Bowling Green (11-2), however, saw its 11-game winning streak come to an end with its 85-81 loss to Northern Illinois. The Rockets and Falcons will face each other at Savage Arena on Saturday, March 4, the final day of the regular season.

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

• Toledo won the previous meeting against Eastern Michigan this season, a 79-73 come-from-behind overtime win in Ypsilanti. UT overcame a 12-point deficit with less than six minutes remaining in the fourth quarter to win the game.
• The Rockets lead the MAC and are among the national leaders in average attendance, ranking 26^th nationally (3,997). They rank third among mid-major teams, only trailing Gonzaga (4,980) and New Mexico (4,893).
• The Rockets are second in the MAC and 13^th in the country in assist-turnover ratio (1.27), and they also rank 16^th nationally and first in the league in fewest turnovers per game (12.5).
• UT has committed 12 or fewer turnovers in 16 of its 24 games, including seven of the last eight. Toledo has committed fewer than 10 turnovers in a game three times.
• As a team, the Rockets lead the MAC in scoring defense (61.8) and rank third in scoring offense (74.0), joining Bowling Green as the only teams in the MAC to rank in the top three in both categories. Toledo has held its opponents to fewer than 65 points in six of the last eight games.
• The Rockets rank third in the MAC in scoring margin (+12.3) and have won six games by at least 20 points. UT has won 15 games by double digits.
• Sophia Wiard ranks fifth in the country and leads the MAC with a 2.81 assist/turnover ratio. Wiard has led Toledo in assists or shared the team lead in 15 of 24 games this season and has led the MAC in assist/turnover ratio each of the last two seasons.
• Quinesha Lockett enters Wednesday's game with 1,815 career points, which ranks sixth all-time in and is 60 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 1,815 career points are the most among current MAC players, just ahead of Miami's Peyton Scott (1,790). Lockett ranks No. 34 among active D1 players in career points and has played in 114 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 Eastern Michigan
Eastern Michigan comes into Saturday's game with a record of 13-11 and a 5-8 ledger in MAC play. The Eagles nearly won the previous meeting this season before the Rockets overcame a 12-point deficit in the fourth quarter to win in overtime. Junior Ce'Nara Skanes leads EMU in both scoring (13.3 PPG) and rebounding (8.2 RPG), ranking fourth in the MAC in the latter category. Sophomore Lachelle Austin is averaging 12.7 PPG and senior Irekpitan Ozzy-Momodu averages 9.2 PPG and 6.0 RPG.