TOLEDO, Ohio – The No. 2 seed Toledo women's basketball team begins its run at the 2025 Mid-American Conference Championship with a quarterfinal matchup against No. 7 Central Michigan at Rocket Arena in Cleveland. Toledo and Central Michigan will tip off at approximately 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday and will air on ESPN+, WCWA 1230 AM and The Varsity Network app.
 
The Rockets (22-7, 13-5 MAC) make their fourth-straight appearance in the MAC Tournament as a top-two seed, having reached at least the semifinals in their last three trips and winning the 2023 tourney. Central Michigan (14-16, 9-9 MAC) will play in its first tournament game since 2021.
 
Toledo won 10 of its last 12 games to close the regular season and clinched the No. 2 seed on Wednesday with a 79-70 win at Northern Illinois. The Rockets were defeated 69-62 by Kent State in the regular season finale. Nan Garcia had a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds at KSU.
 
The Chippewas won their final two games of the regular season, 69-66 (OT) against Miami and 70-61 against Akron. The Wednesday victory over the RedHawks clinched their spot in the tournament.
 
Toledo won both matchups in the regular season, 71-66 in Mt. Pleasant on Jan. 11 and 80-70 at Savage Arena on March 1. Toledo leads the all-time series, 58-36 and the two teams are tied, 3-3 in neutral site games. The Rockets and Chippewas last matched up in the MAC Tournament on March 11, 2020, a 78-71 Rocket victory.
 
Toledo (22-7, 13-5 MAC) vs. Central Michigan (14-16, 9-9 MAC)
Wednesday, March 12 | 4:00 p.m. ET* | Cleveland, Ohio/Rocket Arena | Live Stats | Tickets
*Start time subject to change
 
WATCH: ESPN+ (Dave Bacon and Jacki Windon)
LISTEN: The Varsity Network/WCWA 1230 AM (Jim Heller)
 
All-Time: Toledo, 58-36
Last Meeting: Toledo 80, Central Michigan 70 – March 1, 2025, Toledo, Ohio
 
Rockets Earn Four MAC Awards

• Toledo took four postseason MAC honors on Tuesday, including one of the league's five major honors.
• Nan Garcia earned the league's Sixth Player of the Year honor, her first MAC postseason honor of her career.
• Toledo has earned a major MAC honor four years in row, earning Sixth Player of the Year in 2021-22 (Hannah Noveroske) and 2024-25 (Garcia) and Player of the Year in 2022-23 (Quinesha Lockett) and 2023-24 (Sophia Wiard).
• Sammi Mikonowicz was named Second-Team All-MAC, Kendall Carruthers took an Honorable Mention All-MAC honor and Faith Fedd-Robinson was named to the All-Freshman Team.
• Mikonowicz took an All-MAC selection for the second-straight year (third team in 2023-24) while Carruthers was a first-team All-NEC honoree as a freshman at St. Francis (Pa.) last season.

Rockets in the MAC Tournament

• Toledo looks to win its 10th MAC Tournament title and second in three years.
• The Rockets have won their last four quarterfinal games with victories in 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. Toledo defeated Western Michigan, 72-61 in last season's quarterfinals.
• Toledo's senior class of Jessica Cook, Nan Garcia, Khera Goss, Sammi Mikonowicz and Hannah Noveroske holds a 5-2 record in MAC Tournament games.
• Toledo is 7-4 all-time in the MAC Tournament against CMU.

Rebounding Rockets

• Toledo ranks 28th in the country with a +6.9 rebounding margin.
• The Rockets have out-rebounded 20 of its last 23 opponents dating back to Dec. 6
• UT out-rebounded Kent State, 33-24 on Saturday.
• Mikonowicz is eighth in the league with a 6.3 rebounding average.

Of Note

• Toledo is 9-6 away from Savage Arena and 2-1 in neutral-site contests this season.
• Mikonowicz is fourth in the league with a 52.4% shooting percentage while Khera Goss is seventh with a 49.4% clip. Goss is also seventh with a 38.6% three-point percentage while Kendall Carruthers is ninth at 37.6%.
• Mikonowicz is seventh in free throw percentage at 82.6% while Carruthers is eighth at 82.3%.
• Hannah Noveroske and Faith Fedd-Robinson are eighth and tied for 10th in the league, respectively at 0.77 and 0.69 blocks per game. The duo has combined for 37 rejections this season.s
• As a team, Toledo's field goal percentage of 45.5% is second in the MAC and 36th in Division I.
• Head Coach Ginny Boggess is 4-2 all-time in conference tournament games in three seasons as the head coach at Monmouth (MAAC and CAA). This will be the fourth conference tournament of her career.