MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. - Quinesha Lockett scored 24 points and Sophia Wiard added 16 as the Toledo women's basketball team rolled to its fifth-consecutive victory, a 93-68 triumph over Central Michigan in Mount Pleasant, Mich. on Wednesday.
 
          Soleil Barnes added a season-high 14 points for the Rockets, who shot 32-of-59 (54.2%) from the field and a season-high 58.3% (14-of-24) from three-point range. The 25-point margin of victory tied for Toledo's largest ever on CMU's home court, matching a 92-67 margin in 1997. The 93-point total was the second-best for Toledo this year and the most in a MAC game since 2015.
 
          The Rockets led by as many as 21 points early in the second half before Central rallied to cut the lead to 69-59 early in the fourth quarter. Toledo responded with a 16-0 run to put the contest on ice.
 
          "We had four players in double figures tonight and almost six, so that's a great recipe for success for us," said Head Coach Tricia Cullop. "I was proud of how locked in we were the whole game. They cut it to 10 late in the third quarter and we responded. I was really proud of our focus from the beginning of the game until the end. I think our depth paid off."
 
          The victory moves Toledo (17-4, 10-1 MAC) into a tie for first-place with Ball State (20-3, 10-1 MAC), which lost at Northern Illinois in overtime on Wednesday.
 
          Lockett's 24 points were her most since she poured in 25 vs. Cincinnati on Nov. 19. She scored 18 points in the first half and made a pair of triples to lead a three-point shooting barrage that gave Toledo a comfortable 50-36 halftime lead. Toledo made 10-of-15 from long range. Barnes (4-of-4 from three) and Wiard (3-of-4) did most of their damage from behind the arc. Khera Goss (10 points), Nan Garcia (9 points) and Sammi Mikonowicz (9 points) rounded out the scoring leaders for UT.
 
          Toledo hosts ULM on Saturday (Noon/ESPN+) in a MAC-Sun Belt Challenge game.
           
1^st Quarter

•  Toledo knocked down four of its first six three-point attempts to jump out to an 14-7 lead at the first media timeout.
•  CMU closed out the quarter on an 11-5 run to trim the Toledo lead to 19-18 at the quarter break.
•  Soleil Barnes led the Rockets with nine points on 3-of-3 from long range. As a team, Toledo made 5-of-9 from behind the arc.

2^nd Quarter

•  Sophia Wiard hit a pair of three-pointers and Quinesha Lockett hit a triple and a layup as Toledo scored the first 11 points of the quarter to extend its lead to 30-18, forcing CMU to call timeout just two minutes into the period.
•  After the Chippewas cut the lead to 32-26, Toledo went on a 14-7 run capped by Barnes' fourth three-pointer at the 2:29 mark to push the lead out to 46-33.
•  Toledo shot a sizzling 17-of-28 (60.7%) from the field and 10-of-15 (66.7%) from three-point range to take a 50-36 lead into the locker room.
•  Lockett led all scorers with 18 points on 7-of-11 shooting from the floor. Barnes made all four her attempts from three-point range to add 12 points. Wiard chipped in with 11 points on 4-of-5 shooting.

3^rd Quarter

•  Nan Garcia made a pair of three-pointers to open the second half to give Toledo a 20-point cushion, 58-38.
•  Toledo led by as many as 21 points until Central finished the quarter on a 17-8 run to cut the lead to 69-57 heading into the final period.

4^th Quarter

•   Lockett hit a pair of layups to push the UT cushion to 73-59 and force a CMU timeout with 8:12 left.
•  Coming out of the timeout, Toledo promptly scored 10 consecutive points to extend the lead to an insurmountable 83-59.

NOTES

• Toledo's 93-point total was its second-highest of the year, just one shy of the 94 it put up vs. Hillsdale on Dec. 30. It's the most the Rockets have ever scored vs. CMU in a regular-season game, matching the 93 they put up in vs. the Chippewas in the 1991 MAC Tournament. It is the most Toledo has scored vs. a MAC opponent since a 102-101 loss to Akron in 2015.

• Toledo shot 54.2% from the field, its third-highest percentage of the season.
• The Rockets are now 56-36 all-time vs. CMU and have won the last five meet­ings.
• The Rockets are now 22-3 on the road in MAC games over the past three seasons.