Wednesday, February 25
Toledo, Ohio
7:00 p.m.
University of Toledo
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Central Michigan
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Junior Kendall Carruthers leads Toledo offensively with 11.8 points and 2.7 assists per game.
Rockets Host Central Michigan in Top-Six MAC Matchup
2/24/2026 2:04:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Sixth-place Toledo welcomes fourth-place Central Michigan in only regular season meeting
TOLEDO, Ohio – The Toledo women's basketball team returns to Savage Arena to begin its second-to-last week of the regular season, facing Central Michigan on Wednesday, Feb. 25 at 7:00 p.m. The game will air on ESPN+ and the Rocket Radio Network.
The Rockets (14-11, 8-6 MAC) split their road trip to UMass and Bowling Green last week, defeating the Minutewomen, 60-52, before falling to the Falcons, 61-52. Graduate student Patricia Anumgba led Toledo with 22 points on 7-of-11 from the field and 4-of-7 from three. She also came up with a career-high seven steals. Toledo is sixth in the MAC standings and can clinch its spot in the MAC Tournament with a win and an Eastern Michigan loss against Miami.
The Chippewas (16-10, 10-5 MAC) fell to UMass, 69-50 at home on Saturday. CMU is fourth in the MAC standings, having already clinched a spot in the MAC Tournament.
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Wednesday will be the first and only meeting of the regular season. The two sides' last meeting was in the MAC Tournament quarterfinals, where Toledo erased a 10-point deficit in the second half for a 76-58 victory.
Toledo vs. Central Michigan
Wednesday, Feb. 25 | 7:00 p.m.
Toledo, Ohio | Savage Arena
Watch:Â ESPN+ | Live Stats | Tickets
Listen: 1370AM WSPD/Varsity App
Promotion: Spring Break at Savage – beach-themed student section with giveaways of leis and fanny packs
Opening Tips
The Rockets (14-11, 8-6 MAC) split their road trip to UMass and Bowling Green last week, defeating the Minutewomen, 60-52, before falling to the Falcons, 61-52. Graduate student Patricia Anumgba led Toledo with 22 points on 7-of-11 from the field and 4-of-7 from three. She also came up with a career-high seven steals. Toledo is sixth in the MAC standings and can clinch its spot in the MAC Tournament with a win and an Eastern Michigan loss against Miami.
The Chippewas (16-10, 10-5 MAC) fell to UMass, 69-50 at home on Saturday. CMU is fourth in the MAC standings, having already clinched a spot in the MAC Tournament.
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Wednesday will be the first and only meeting of the regular season. The two sides' last meeting was in the MAC Tournament quarterfinals, where Toledo erased a 10-point deficit in the second half for a 76-58 victory.
Toledo vs. Central Michigan
Wednesday, Feb. 25 | 7:00 p.m.
Toledo, Ohio | Savage Arena
Watch:Â ESPN+ | Live Stats | Tickets
Listen: 1370AM WSPD/Varsity App
Promotion: Spring Break at Savage – beach-themed student section with giveaways of leis and fanny packs
Opening Tips
- Toledo is 10-3 at home this season, including 6-1 in home MAC games. Last time out in a MAC home game, Toledo defeated Eastern Michigan, 62-51 in the Rockets for the Cure game.
- UT can clinch a fifth-straight MAC Tournament appearance with a win and an Eastern Michigan loss on Wednesday.
- Toledo's defense has averaged 54.7 points allowed over its last three games and held opponents under 40% shooting in all three contests.
- The Rockets have held seven MAC opponents under 55 points this season, and are 7-0 in such instances.
- Toledo comes into the week as one of the top rebounding teams in the league, out-rebounding 20 of its 25 opponents thus far, including in nine-straight games.
- UT out-rebounded Bowling Green by 10, 40-30 on Saturday. Toledo has out-rebounded opponents by 10-or-more 13 times this season.
- Kendall Carruthers leads the Rockets on the scoresheet with 11.8 points per game. She has scored at least 10 points in 15 games this season, including each of her last three
- Graduate student Patricia Anumgba reached 1,000 career points with her 22-point effort against UMass last week. Anumgba has six games of at least 20 points this season, all coming in a 10-game span.
- Junior Ella Weaver had a double-double against Ohio on Feb. 10 with a career-high 10 rebounds. She was one away from that against Bowling Green with a team-leading nine boards.
- Toledo is 32nd in Division I in attendance, averaging 4,023 fans per home game. The Rockets brought their second-biggest crowd of the season in its last home game with 4,361 fans.
- Toledo is third in scoring defense, allowing just 62.8 points per game. This includes allowing just 59.4 points per game to conference opponents, second-best in the league.
- The Rockets lead the league in rebounds allowed to its opponents (29.8) and is third in team defensive rebounds (25.9) and rebound margin (+7.8). These marks include 26.9 defensive rebounds/game and a +9.8 rebounding margin in conference contests.
- From the floor, Miriam Diala remains fourth in the league with a 55.1% field goal percentage.
- Patricia Anumgba is 11th from three-point range with 1.6 threes made per game. Anumgba is also 14th with a 35.3% three-point clip.
- Defensively, Anumgba is 10th in the league with 1.8 steals/game.
- Kendall Carruthers is 16th in the MAC with 2.7 assists/game.
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