BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – Fifth-year senior Isaiah Adams and sophomore Sonny Wilson each scored a game-high 18 points and the Toledo men's basketball team (11-8, 5-2 MAC) knocked down 12 three-pointers in an 84-71 victory over arch-rival Bowling Green (7-12, 2-5 MAC) on Friday night in the Stroh Center.

"I'm really proud of our guys to come on the road and win a rivalry game," said Head Coach Tod Kowalczyk after the Rockets won for the sixth time in last seven meetings vs. the Falcons. "We played with energy and purpose. I knew they were going to zone us and we handled it pretty well for the most part. It was a very efficient game from start to finish."

Also scoring in double digits for the Rockets were sophomores Sam Lewis (14 pts.) and Bryce Ford (12 pts.). Ford topped UT's perimeter assault with four three-pointers, while Lewis buried a trio of triples.

Sophomore Javan Simmons nearly recorded a double-double, finishing with eight points and a team-high nine rebounds. Simmons' work on the glass helped UT to a 37-30 rebounding advantage.

Toledo shot 48.3% from the field, 50.0% from three-point range and 82.4% (14-of-17) at the free-throw line. Bowling Green posted a 42.9 FG% and a 27.3 three-point FG% (6-of-22).

Marcus Johnson topped the Falcons with 28 points.

HOW IT HAPPENED

FIRST HALF

• Toledo jumped out to a 7-0 lead with Isaiah Adams knocking down a triple and two-pointer.
• Marcus Johnson scored eight points in a 14-6 run that gave the Falcons their first lead, 14-13, with 13:38 left in the half.
• Adams and Seth Hubbard hit three-pointers in a 9-2 Rocket run that helped Toledo regain the lead, 22-16.
• Johnson hit three consecutive inside buckets in a 9-2 Falcon run that evened the score at 27-27 at the 6:40 mark.
• Toledo outscored BG 8-2 in the final two minutes, with Adams hitting a mid-range jumper at the horn to give the Rockets a 43-38 halftime lead.
• Adams led Toledo with 12 points, while Johnson paced the Falcons with 16.
• Toledo shot an even 50.0% (15-of-30) from the floor in the first half, including a sizzling 7-of-11 (63.6%) from three-point range. BG was 13-for-29 (44.8%) from the field.

 
SECOND HALF

• Back-to-back three-pointers by Sam Lewis and Bryce Ford upped Toledo's lead to 52-42, forcing BG to call a timeout at the 16:36 mark.
• Toledo's lead hovered between seven and 12 points over the next several minutes until a three-point play by DaJion Humphrey trimmed the Rockets' lead to 62-57 with 8:57 left.
• BGSU could not gain more ground as Toledo answered Falcon runs with big three-pointers by Lewis and Ford, the last triple extending the lead to 70-61.
• A three-pointer by Johnson cut Toledo's led to 73-67 but the Rockets answered with an easy dunk by Adams on a feed by Javan Simmons to make it a 75-67 game headed into the last media timeout.
• Moments later Adams knocked down a mid-range jumper to increase the lead to 79-68 and the Falcons never seriously challenged after that.

 UP NEXT
The Rockets will conclude a stretch of playing four out of five games on the road with a trip to Athens, Ohio to face Ohio on Tuesday, Jan. 28 at 7:00 p.m. Toledo will then return home to host Northern Illinois on Saturday, Feb. 1.