TOLEDO, Ohio – The Toledo women's basketball team won its sixth consecutive game thanks to double-figure scoring from Khera Goss, Sammi Mikonowicz, Nan Garcia and Kendall Carruthers in its 75-54 victory over Akron at Savage Arena on Saturday.
 
Tied 27-27 in the second half, the Rockets (18-5, 9-3 MAC) out-scored the Zips (9-16, 3-9 MAC) 28-18 in the third quarter and 20-9 in the fourth. 
 
Quoting Head Coach Ginny Boggess
"We knew it was going to be a dogfight. Akron is a really well-coached team. I'm really proud of our effort in the second half and our response. We knew they were going to make it hard and they definitely did. Great minutes off the bench from Nan Garcia, Evalyse Cole, Faith Fedd-Robinson and Destiny Robinson. We're starting to figure things out and are playing really good basketball together heading into a very big game (vs. Ball State) on Wednesday."
 
Top Rocket Performers

• Khera Goss – 16 PTS, 5-of-8 FG, 3-of-6 3-PT FGs, 2 STL, 2 BLK
• Sammi Mikonowicz – 16 PTS, 4-of-9 FG, 8-of-8 FT, 5 REB, 2 STL
• Nan Garica – 13 PTS, 5-of-10 FG, 3-of-4 3-PT FGs
• Faith Fedd-Robinson – 6 PTS, 3-of-7 FGs, 6 REB, 2 BLK

Top Akron Performer

• Ni'Rah Clark – 16 PTS, 5-of-11 FG, 6-of-8 FT, 4 REB

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Zips took a 6-0 lead in the first quarter at the 6:05 mark of the first quarter, before the Rockets responded with five-straight of their own to get on the board.
• Akron grabbed a 16-12 lead at the end of the first, scoring the last five points of the period.
• The Rockets pulled ahead, 21-18 with a 9-2 run to start the second quarter.
• Toledo and Akron battled back-and-forth and went into halftime even at 27-27. The Rockets' defense held the Zips to 1-of-8 from three-point range.
• The Rockets took the lead for good at the 7:14 mark of the third quarter thanks to a Kendall Carruthers layup. 
• Toledo then exploded to take a 10-point lead with 1:19 remaining in the third period and maintained the 55-45 advantage going into the fourth quarter. Toledo shot 9-of-16 (56.3%) in the third quarter.
• Khera Goss hit a pair of threes to further extend the Rockets' lead to 61-47 with 8:36 left to play in the fourth quarter. Toledo's lead was never below double digits in the fourth quarter. Threes from Destiny Robinson and Evalyse Cole were the exclamation-point buckets in the final minutes.

Game Notes

• The Rockets out-shot Akron 45.5%-36.0% on the afternoon. Toledo shot 61.6% (16-of-26) in the second half.
• UT won the turnover battle, with 12 turnovers committed compared to 17 from Akron. The Rockets dominated in points off turnovers, 26-6.
• Toledo's bench out-scored Akron, 29-10.
• The Rockets' defense held its fifth-straight opponent under 60 points.
• Toledo tied a season high with six blocks as a team.
• A crowd of 5,227 came out to watch the victory, the second-largest home crowd for Toledo this season.

UP NEXT
Toledo will face league-leader Ball State (20-5, 12-0 MAC) at Savage Arena on Wednesday, Feb. 19. Tipoff from is set for 7:00 p.m. on ESPN+, with radio broadcasts on WCWA 1230 AM and The Varsity Network app.