Wednesday, February 26
Toledo, Ohio
7:00 p.m
University of Toledo
vs
Buffalo
Faith Fedd-Robinson is coming off 14 points against Bowling Green and has scored in double-figures four times this season.
Photo by: Bree Bee
Rockets Host Buffalo in Top-Three MAC Matchup on Wednesday
2/25/2025 12:28:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Toledo enters contests third in MAC standings while Buffalo is second
TOLEDO, Ohio – For the second time in three weeks, the Toledo women's basketball team will face Buffalo, taking on the Bulls at Savage Arena on Wednesday, Feb. 26. Tipoff is at 7:00 p.m. on ESPN+, with radio broadcasts on WCWA 1230 AM and The Varsity Network app.
The Rockets (19-6, 10-4 MAC) are in third place in the MAC standings, two games behind first-place Ball State. Toledo clinched a spot in the MAC Tournament on Saturday. Buffalo (22-4, 11-3 MAC) is in second place, one game behind Ball State. UB also clinched a spot in the conference tournament last week.
Toledo saw a seven-game winning streak snapped at Bowling Green, 81-72, on Saturday. Toledo was led by Nan Garcia with 18 points while Kendall Carruthers added 16. Toledo is 11-1 at home this season, having defeated Ball State, 70-66 in its last matchup at Savage Arena.
The Bulls defeated Miami, 68-54, in Oxford on Saturday. Chellia Watson recorded a double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds. Buffalo is winners of three straight and has a 10-2 road record this season.
Toledo leads the all-time series, 29-10, including a 58-55 victory at Buffalo on Feb. 5. The Rockets are 15-2 all-time at home in the series.
Toledo (19-6, 10-4 MAC) vs. Buffalo (22-4, 11-3 MAC)
Wednesday, Feb. 26 | 7:00 p.m. | Toledo, Ohio/Savage Arena | Live Stats | Tickets
WATCH: ESPN+ (Mason Lowry and Rhett Boyd)
LISTEN: The Varsity Network/WCWA 1230 AM (Jim Heller)
All-Time: Toledo, 29-10
Last Meeting: Toledo 58, Buffalo 55 – Feb. 5, 2025, Amherst, N.Y.
Rebounding Rockets
The Rockets (19-6, 10-4 MAC) are in third place in the MAC standings, two games behind first-place Ball State. Toledo clinched a spot in the MAC Tournament on Saturday. Buffalo (22-4, 11-3 MAC) is in second place, one game behind Ball State. UB also clinched a spot in the conference tournament last week.
Toledo saw a seven-game winning streak snapped at Bowling Green, 81-72, on Saturday. Toledo was led by Nan Garcia with 18 points while Kendall Carruthers added 16. Toledo is 11-1 at home this season, having defeated Ball State, 70-66 in its last matchup at Savage Arena.
The Bulls defeated Miami, 68-54, in Oxford on Saturday. Chellia Watson recorded a double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds. Buffalo is winners of three straight and has a 10-2 road record this season.
Toledo leads the all-time series, 29-10, including a 58-55 victory at Buffalo on Feb. 5. The Rockets are 15-2 all-time at home in the series.
Toledo (19-6, 10-4 MAC) vs. Buffalo (22-4, 11-3 MAC)
Wednesday, Feb. 26 | 7:00 p.m. | Toledo, Ohio/Savage Arena | Live Stats | Tickets
WATCH: ESPN+ (Mason Lowry and Rhett Boyd)
LISTEN: The Varsity Network/WCWA 1230 AM (Jim Heller)
All-Time: Toledo, 29-10
Last Meeting: Toledo 58, Buffalo 55 – Feb. 5, 2025, Amherst, N.Y.
Rebounding Rockets
- Toledo has established itself as one of the top rebounding teams in the country, ranking 22nd in Division I with a +7.8 rebounding margin.
- Toledo has out-rebounded 17 of its last 19 opponents dating back to Dec. 6.
- The Rockets out-rebounded BG, 32-23, on Saturday. Toledo allowed a season-low 23 rebounds to Bowling Green in both matchups.
- Toledo out-rebounded Buffalo, 45-22 in the Feb. 5 meeting, holding the Bulls to its lowest rebound total of the season.
- Toledo has won six-straight games at Savage Arena and is 11-1 at home this season.
- After last week's four-point victory over Ball State, Toledo has won four home games which were decided by fewer than five points.
- Toledo has averaged 4,350 fans this season, currently ranking as its second-highest average attendance in program history. That average is also 29th in Division I.
- Toledo has drawn over 4,000 fans in six-straight home games and nine times this season.
- Over her last five games, Nan Garcia is averaging 12.4 points and 5.2 rebounds per game.
- She set a season high and was two short of a career best with 18 points at Bowling Green. She shot 8-of-14, tying her career high in field goals made.
- The graduate student grabbed nine rebounds against Ball State, her second-highest total of the season.
- Garcia has also shot 7-of-14 (50%) from three-point range in her last four games, with three makes from distance against Old Dominion (Feb. 8) and Akron (Feb. 15).
- A win would clinch Toledo's fourth-straight 20-win season. Toledo last secured four straight seasons of 20-or-more wins from 2009-10 to 2012-13.
- Toledo's defense has allowed fewer than 60 points eight times in 14 conference games. Toledo held Buffalo to its lowest point total of the season in the Feb. 5 matchup.
- Toledo is 5-0 in games following a loss this season.
- Sammi Mikonowicz is fourth in the league in field goal percentage (49.8%), seventh in free throw percentage (82.9%) and tied for eighth in rebound average (6.4). Mikonowicz scored 23 points in the win over Ball State and is 13th in the MAC in scoring average (13.4).
- Kendall Carruthers sits eighth in the MAC in free throw percentage at 82.8%.
- As a team, Toledo has shot over 80% from the foul line with at least 10 makes in each of their last three games.
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