Rockets Wrap Up Regular Season with Matchup at Kent State on Saturday

Saturday, March 8

Kent, Ohio

1:00 p.m.

University of Toledo

Kent State

Faith Fedd-Robinson and the Rockets look to win their fourth-straight game to close the regular season at Kent State on Saturday.

Photo by: Haley Boehm

Rockets Wrap Up Regular Season with Matchup at Kent State on Saturday

3/7/2025 12:41:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Toledo plays its final regular-season game after clinching No. 2 seed in MAC Tournament

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.