TOLEDO, Ohio – The Toledo women's basketball team cruised to a 114-30 victory over Defiance, setting a program record for scoring margin in Savage Arena on Saturday.
 
The Rockets (8-2) scored 36 points in the first quarter to establish a 26-point lead, continuing to expand the advantage over the Yellow Jackets (2-11) throughout the game. The 84-point margin of victory obliterated the previous record of 60 (87-27) against Findlay in the 1975-76 season.
 
"I'm proud of our veteran players and starters for coming in and setting the tone for us, along with the discipline they showed today," said Head Coach Ginny Boggess. "It's easy in a game like this to get selfish or try too much one-on-one, but you saw the selflessness of our team today. We were getting shots for one another and knocking them down, and I'm really pleased to see 32 assists. We continue to stack days and build every single day."
 
Freshman Faith Fedd-Robinson finished with a season-high 16 points on 7-of-10 from the field to lead Toledo. Three Rockets - graduate students Sammi Mikonowicz and Khera Goss along with sophomore Kendall Carruthers - each finished with 13 points on the afternoon. Senior Jessica Cook and sophomore Ella Weaver each finished with 10 points to round out the double-figure scoring. Freshman Destiny Robinson led on the assist board with a season-high seven, while Carruthers dished five.
 
Cook led the Rockets on the glass, grabbing a season-high nine. Freshman Evalyse Cole collected a season-high eight, while both Mikonowicz and Robinson had six. Cole also blocked a team-leading two shots. Graduate student Nan Garcia set a new career high with four steals on the day.
 
First Quarter – Toledo 36, Defiance 10

• Toledo went on a 22-2 run, holding Defiance to just three field-goal attempts and forcing 10 turnovers over a six-minute period to make the score 26-5 with 2:17 left.
• Toledo made 14-of-22 shots (63.6%) from the field in the first quarter, while holding the Yellow Jackets to 4-of-9 (44.4%) from the floor.
• Defiance's 10 turnovers led to 18 Rocket points.
• Kendall Carruthers and Khera Goss each scored nine points in the first 10 minutes.

Second Quarter – Toledo 57, Defiance 19

• Defiance scored the first bucket of the quarter, then Toledo reeled off nine straight points to increase its lead to 45-12 with 4:21 left in the half.
• The Rockets followed that up with a 12-2 run before the Yellow Jackets scored the final four points of the half to make it 57-19 at halftime.
• Toledo made 23-of-38 (60.5%) from the field and forced 18 Defiance turnovers in the first half.
• Goss led all scorers with 11 points in the opening 20 minutes.

Third Quarter – Toledo 90, Defiance 24

• After a Defiance bucket, Toledo answered with a 15-0 run to make the score 72-21 with 6:02 remaining.
• The Rockets out-scored the Yellow Jackets 33-5 in the third period to take a 90-24 lead into the final quarter.
• Toledo shot 14-22 (63.6%) from the floor and forced six Defiance turnovers.

Fourth Quarter – Toledo 114, Defiance 30

• Toledo cracked the 100-point mark on a three-pointer by Ella Weaver with 7:23 left to go.
• UT pushed its lead to 84, its biggest of the night with 1:30 left to play.
• Toledo took the quarter, 24-6, with Faith Fedd-Robinson and Ella Weaver each scoring seven points in the period.

Game Notes

• The Rockets set a Savage Arena record with 36 points in the first quarter, topping the previous mark of 31 against Ohio on Jan. 10, 2018.
• Toledo's 114 points scored were just five points from the program record of 119 against Akron on Feb. 9, 1994. Conversely, the 30 points allowed were just three more than the record of 27 set in the 1975-76 season against Findlay.
• Toledo reached 100 points for the 19th time in program history.
• UT was also just one assist away from matching the program record, which is 33 against Detroit Mercy on Dec. 3, 1990.
• Toledo won its 20th consecutive home game on Saturday, a streak that began on Dec. 6, 2023. The Rockets have won 20 straight home contests for the first time since winning 22 from 2010-11, which included six wins in Toledo's run to the 2011 WNIT championship.
• Defiance committed 28 turnovers, the most for a Toledo opponent since St. Francis (Pa.) committed 30 on Nov. 10, 2017.
• Saturday's attendance of 4,241 was UT's biggest women's basketball crowd this season.

UP NEXT
The Rockets will begin Mid-American Conference play with a home matchup against Northern Illinois on Wednesday, Jan. 1. Tip off will be at 4:00 p.m. with streaming on ESPN+.