YPSILANTI, Mich. - The Toledo men's basketball team rallied late but came up short in an 80-73 defeat on Saturday afternoon at Eastern Michigan. The Rockets (15-10, 8-4 MAC) trailed the Eagles (12-13, 5-7 MAC) by as many as 13 points in the first half but reduced their deficit to three with six minutes to play. EMU thwarted several other UT comeback bids down the stretch to pull out the win and end its eight-game losing streak against the Rockets.

Isaiah Adams scored all of his 13 points in the second half to lead five Rockets in double figures. Sam Lewis added 12 points, with Bryce Ford, Seth Hubbard and Sonny Wilson each contributing 10 points.

Jalen Terry and Da'Sean Nelson led the Eagles with 38 and 21 points, respectively.
 
QUOTING HEAD COACH TOD KOWALCZYK

"Jalen Terry and Da'Sean Nelson are both tough covers, but we let them get comfortable early on. Isaiah Adams getting into foul trouble early didn't help since he's our best defender against Da'Sean Nelson. We had some key turnovers and missed some open threes and free throws down the stretch. We just didn't have that one or two plays in us to get over the hump. We have to regroup because we have a good team in Ball State coming into Savage Arena on Tuesday night."
 
GAME RECAP:

• FIRST HALF: Eastern Michigan shot 65.4% from the field and 4-of-5 from three-point range and led by as many as 13 points. Jaylan Ouwinga's three-pointer with 3:33 left in the half brought the Rockets within 36-29. The Eagles took a 43-33 lead to the locker room.  Seth Hubbard led UT with eight points in the half.
   
• SECOND HALF: Toledo made its biggest run with a 7-0 spurt capped off by a Bryce Ford three-pointer that cut EMU's lead to 69-66 with 5:59 to play. Toledo had a chance to come within two late, but Sam Lewis couldn't convert a four-point play with 20 seconds left.

TEAM STATS
Toledo: 43.5 FG%, 36.4 3PTFG% (8-of-22), 68.8 FT% (11-of-16), 33 Reb., 12 Asst., 10 TO
EMU: 55.4% FG%, 64.3 3PTFG% (9-of-14), 90.0 FT% (9-of-10), 31 Reb., 7 Asst., 10 TO

ROCKET ROUNDUP

• Sam Lewis and Sonny Wilson have each scored in double digits in a team-high 23 games.
• Bryce Ford has scored in double digits in nine of 12 MAC games.
• Jaylan Ouwinga tied his MAC season high with seven points and tied his overall season best with five rebounds.
• Toledo's eight-game winning streak against the Eagles as well as its four-game winning streak in Ypsilanti came to an end.

UP NEXT
Toledo will return home to host Ball State (13-12, 6-6 MAC) on Tuesday, Feb. 18 and Bowling Green (10-15, 4-8 MAC) on Friday, Feb. 21.