TOLEDO, Ohio – The Toledo women's basketball team plays its 29th and final game of the regular-season schedule in a battle with Kent State on Saturday, March 8. Tipoff from the M.A.C. Center will be at 1:00 p.m. on ESPN+, WCWA 1230 AM and The Varsity Network app.
 
The Rockets (22-6, 13-4) are winners of 10 of the last 11 games and have clinched the No. 2 seed in next week's MAC Tournament in Cleveland. The Golden Flashes (19-11, 11-6 MAC) are fourth in the league standings, one game behind Buffalo and one game ahead of Miami and Bowling Green.
 
Toledo defeated Northern Illinois on Wednesday, 79-70 in DeKalb. The Rockets took the lead in the early minutes and extended the advantage to double digits for much of the second half. Sammi Mikonowicz led with 19 points on 7-of-13 from the field and added seven rebounds.
 
Kent State lost to Bowling Green on the road, 84-61 on Wednesday, which snapped a three-game winning streak. Jenna Batsch led KSU with 25 points and surpassed 500 for the season.
 
Toledo leads the all-time series, 51-35 and is 18-16 on the road. The Rockets took a 70-59 decision at Savage Arena back on Jan. 8.
 
Toledo (22-6, 13-4 MAC) at Kent State (19-11, 11-6 MAC)
Saturday, March 8 | 1:00 p.m. ET | Kent, Ohio | Live Stats
 
WATCH: ESPN+ (Matt Kiraly and Jacki Windon)
LISTEN: The Varsity Network/WCWA 1230 AM (Jim Heller)
 
All-Time: Toledo, 51-35
Last Meeting: Toledo 70, Kent State 59 – Jan. 8, 2025, Toledo, Ohio
 
Rocket Lock Up No. 2 Tourney Seed

• Toledo's win on Wednesday coupled with losses by Buffalo and Kent State have earned the Rockets the No. 2 seed in the MAC Tournament.
• Toledo will enter the tournament as a top-two seed for the fourth-consecutive season.
• The Rockets have won 65 MAC games over the past four seasons, with a combined 65-8 record.

Rebounding Rockets

• Toledo ranks 31st in the country with at +6.8 rebounds margin.
• Toledo has out-rebounded 19 of its last 22 opponents dating back to Dec. 6.
• The Rockets out-rebounded Kent State, 36-31 in the Jan. 8 matchup.

On Tour: The Sammi Mikonowicz Show

• Sammi Mikonowicz dazzled for 19 points against Northern Illinois, setting the tone with two threes as Toledo grabbed an early 9-2 lead.
• Mikonowicz reached 19 points for the fifth time this season, seven field goals for the sixth time and has grabbed at least seven rebounds 14 times on the year.
• Mikonowicz played 35 minutes, enough to pass Rocket great Sophia Wiard for the most all-time minutes played in program history. Mikonowicz has played 4,962 minutes in her Rocket career.
• The Rossford, Ohio native is just 18 rebounds from breaking the program's all-time rebound record, having collected 1,070 boards in her career. She is eighth in the league with 6.29 rebounds/game this season.

Of Note

• Toledo is 7-4 in true road games, 5-3 in MAC road contests and 9-5 overall away from Savage Arena this season.
• Toledo is 5-1 in return matchups this season, defeating Akron, Ball State, Buffalo, Central Michigan and Northern Illinois with a defeat to only Bowling Green. Toledo swept Akron, Buffalo and CMU in the regular season while splitting with Ball State, Bowling Green and NIU.
• Sammi Mikonowicz is fourth in the league in field goal percentage at 51.8% while Khera Goss is sixth at 48.9%. Goss is also sixth in three-point percentage at 38.8% while Kendall Carruthers is ninth at 37.8%.
• Mikonowicz is seventh in free throw percentage at 82.6% while Carruthers is eighth at 81.7%.
• Hannah Noveroske and Faith Fedd-Robinson have guarded the interior with 0.81 and 0.71 blocks/game, respectively. Those numbers rank eighth and tied for 10th in the MAC.
• As a team, Toledo's field goal percentage of 45.4% is second in the MAC and 39th in Division I.
• Toledo's .786 winning percentage is tied for 44th in Division I.