TOLEDO, Ohio - The Toledo women's basketball team welcomes Detroit Mercy to Savage Arena for a matinee matchup on Sunday, Nov. 16. Tipoff is at 2:00 p.m. on ESPN+.

The Rockets (0-2) begin a stretch of three-straight contests against Horizon League opponents. Toledo also has upcoming road contests against Northern Kentucky (Nov. 19) and Youngstown State (Nov. 25). The Rockets went down to the wire in a thrilling matchup against Gonzaga, falling 72-69 to the Bulldogs. The Titans (1-0) defeated Valparaiso, 78-48 in their only game of the season thus far.

Toledo leads the all-time series, 22-9 and has won five straight dating back to 2016. Toledo last faced UDM on Dec. 5, 2020, winning 75-65 in Savage Arena.

Sunday is Rocket Scholar Day at Savage Arena, recognizing student-athletes' academic accomplishments, and will feature a halftime scrimmage from Holgate Youth Basketball.

Toledo vs. Detroit Mercy
Sunday, Nov. 16 | 2:00 p.m. ET
Toledo, Ohio | Savage Arena
Watch: ESPN+
Listen: 1230AM WCWA/Varsity App
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Opening Tips

• The Rockets have won their last five matchups in a row against the Titans and are 9-1 in the series since 2007.
• Toledo (0-2) battled hard in their home opener against Gonzaga this past weekend, but came up just short, falling 72-69. Sophomore forward Evalyse Cole had a strong performance in the loss, tying her career-high 12 points and shooting 3-for-6 from beyond the arc.
• Cole has scored 12 points in each of her first two starts, becoming the first Rocket since Jessica Cook in 2021 to have double-digit scoring outings in each of their first two starts.
• Toledo's leading scorer through two games is junior guard Kendall Carruthers, averaging 13.0 points per game. Carruthers, a First Team Preseason All-MAC selection, now has 22 double-digit scoring games in a Rocket uniform, with at least 15 points in 12 of those contests.
• Sophomore guard Faith Fedd-Robinson has also had a strong start to the season, scoring 11 points on 5-of-7 shooting in her first start of the season against Gonzaga last Sunday.
• Miriam Diala, a sophomore forward/center transfer from George Washington, had her second double-digit performance of her career last Sunday against Gonzaga, scoring 14 points.

Recent Success Against the Horizon League, At Home

• Toledo has won 22 straight games against Horizon League opponents, a streak that dates back to March 20, 2015.
• The Rockets last played a Horizon League foe on Nov. 17, 2024, rallying from down 10 at halftime for a 76-73 victory over Northern Kentucky at Savage Arena. Nan Garcia's putback layup with 2.8 seconds left stood as the winning bucket.
• Despite the loss to Gonzaga, Toledo is 56-7 at home since the 2021-22 season.

Toledo, who has ranked in the top 40 nationally in attendance for the past 40 seasons, drew 4,127 fans for the home opener, its largest home opener crowd in three seasons.