TOLEDO, Ohio – The Toledo women's basketball team took control early to secure the program's 900th all-time win in a 70-59 Mid-American Conference victory against Kent State at Savage Arena on Wednesday night.
 
The milestone victory also made Toledo the first MAC school to reach 900 all-time victories in women's basketball.
 
The Rockets (10-3, 2-1 MAC), built up a 12-point lead by the end of the first quarter, extending the advantage to as much as 20 in the second half to send the Golden Flashes (9-6, 2-1 MAC) to their first conference defeat.
 
"Everything starts for us on the defensive end," said Head Coach Ginny Boggess. "The MAC is a very high-scoring league and a high-powered league. When we come out with the defensive focus and intensity to execute the scout that we had tonight, then we put ourselves in a really good position. We were locked in against a very good team, and we played like it for the full 40 minutes."
 
The Rockets were led by graduate student Khera Goss with 12 points on 5-of-9 from the field. Senior Jessica Cook added 11 for her third game in double figures in her last four contests. Freshman Destiny Robinson set a new season high with 10 points. Sophomore Kendall Carruthers led on the assist board with four helpers while Robinson and freshman Evalyse Cole added three apiece.
 
Robinson also set a new season high with nine rebounds, putting her just one away from a double-double. Freshman Faith Fedd-Robinson added six boards to go with two blocks. Cook came up with three steals while Robinson added two.
 
First Quarter – Toledo 22, Kent State 10

• The Rockets jumped out to a 10-2 lead at the 5:23 mark, sparked by three-pointers from Destiny Robinson and Khera Goss. 
• Toledo then out-scored KSU 12-8 the rest of the quarter to make the game 22-10 at the break. 
• The Rockets shot 8-of-16 from the field including 5-of-10 from three-point range in the first 10 minutes. UT held Kent State to 4-of-11 from the floor and 0-for-2 from long range.  

Second Quarter – Toledo 40, Kent State 23

• Toledo opened the quarter with an 8-2 run to take a 30-12 lead at the 6:28 mark, its largest lead of the first half. 
• The Golden Flashes countered with an 11-6 spurt to cut the lead to 36-23 with 2:16 left in the half. 
• The Rockets ended the half with four consecutive free throws to take a 17-point lead into the locker room. 
• Toledo held Kent State to just 9-for-26 (34.6%) from the field in the first half. 
• Five Rockets had at least six points in the half, led by Destiny Robinson's eight.

Third Quarter – Toledo 57, Kent State 37

• Kent State scored the first two points of the quarter to cut the lead to 40-25 but did not draw any closer than 15.
• Nan Garcia and Ella Weaver each knocked down threes on back-to-back possessions to push Toledo's lead to 53-33 at the 1:52 mark, its biggest lead of the night.
• Khera Goss led the Rockets with five points in the third period, while six different Rockets scored. 

Fourth Quarter – Toledo 70, Kent State 59

• Kent State started the final period with a 13-4 run capped off by a Journey Hildebrand three-pointer to cut the Rockets lead to 61-50 at 5:39. 
• Two buckets by Kendall Carruthers and one by Sammi Mikonowicz pushed Toledo's lead back to 16, 67-51 at the 2:51 mark.
• Toledo shot 5-for-6 from the free throw line in the period.

Game Notes

• The Rockets have held their opponent under 60 points in four-straight games for the first time since Dec. 30, 2023-Jan. 13, 2024, when the Rockets did so five consecutive times.
• The Rockets held KSU to 11.1% (1-for-9) from three-point range, a Rocket opponent's fewest three-point makes and lowest percentage of the season.
• Robinson became the 10th Rocket to score in double figures this year.
• Toledo has now won eight straight games against Kent State in the all-time series.

UP NEXT
The Rockets are back on the road to close the week, taking on Central Michigan in Mt. Pleasant on Saturday, Jan. 11. Tipoff is at 1:00 p.m. on ESPN+.