Saturday, February 14
Bowling Green, Ohio
5:00 p.m.
University of Toledo
13-13,7-6MAC
70
at
80
Bowling Green
16-10,7-6MAC
1
2
F
Toledo
35
35
70
Bowling Green
37
43
80
Team Stats
UT
BGSU
FG%
.391
.475
3FG%
.417
.524
FT%
.769
.684
RB
40
36
TO
9
7
STL
6
7
Game Leaders
Pts
20
FGM
8
3FGM
2
FTM
2
Pts
13
FGM
5
3FGM
3
FTM
0
Pts
12
FGM
3
3FGM
2
FTM
4
Pts
10
FGM
3
3FGM
2
FTM
2
Players Mentioned
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Sonny Wilson scored a game-high 20 points and added seven rebounds against Bowling Green.
Photo by: Bree Bee
Rockets Fall to Falcons in Battle of I-75 Rematch
2/14/2026 7:32:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Sonny Wilson leads all scorers with 20 points
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – Sonny Wilson and Leroy Blyden Jr. combined for 33 points but an early second-half surge by Bowling Green proved to be the difference as the Falcons defeated Toledo, 80-70, in this season's second edition of the Battle of I-75 sponsored by Fremont Credit Union at the Stroh Center on Saturday..
Toledo won the first round, 73-72, in Savage Arena on Jan. 24.
The Rockets led by as many as six points in the first half and trailed by just a bucket, 37-35, at halftime. However, BGSU opened the second half on a 21-7 run that forced Toledo to play from behind the rest of the way. A Blyden jumper cut the margin to 64-55 with 7:45 to play, but the Rockets could get no closer.
QUOTING HEAD COACH TOD KOWALCZYK
"A lot of the credit goes to Bowling Green tonight. I thought they played really well. The first half was nip and tuck. We had a run at the end of the first half and could have tied it. I felt we had some really makeable shots around the basket that we didn't finish. That kind of took some confidence away from our post players. Then we had some open threes, too, that we didn't convert. But to me, the story of the game was how Bowling Green started the second half."
TOP PERFORMERS
UP NEXT
Toledo returns to Savage Arena on Saturday, Feb. 21 to host Eastern Michigan in a 5:00 p.m. tipoff.
Toledo won the first round, 73-72, in Savage Arena on Jan. 24.
The Rockets led by as many as six points in the first half and trailed by just a bucket, 37-35, at halftime. However, BGSU opened the second half on a 21-7 run that forced Toledo to play from behind the rest of the way. A Blyden jumper cut the margin to 64-55 with 7:45 to play, but the Rockets could get no closer.
QUOTING HEAD COACH TOD KOWALCZYK
"A lot of the credit goes to Bowling Green tonight. I thought they played really well. The first half was nip and tuck. We had a run at the end of the first half and could have tied it. I felt we had some really makeable shots around the basket that we didn't finish. That kind of took some confidence away from our post players. Then we had some open threes, too, that we didn't convert. But to me, the story of the game was how Bowling Green started the second half."
TOP PERFORMERS
- Sonny Wilson: 20 pts., 7 reb., 3 asst.
- Leroy Blyden Jr.: 13 pts., 4 reb., 5 asst.
- Sean Craig: 12 pts., 4 reb.
- Will James Jr: 10 pts., 5 reb., 2 stl
- Field-Goal %: Toledo 39.1%, Bowling Green 47.5%
- Three-Point FG%: Toledo 10-24 (41.7%), Bowling Green 11-21 (52.4%)
- Free Throws: Toledo 10-13 (76.9%), Bowling Green 13-19 (68.4%)
- Rebounds: Toledo 40, Bowling Green 36
- Assists/Turnovers: Toledo 14/9, Bowling Green 13/7
UP NEXT
Toledo returns to Savage Arena on Saturday, Feb. 21 to host Eastern Michigan in a 5:00 p.m. tipoff.
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