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GAMEDAY: Norfolk State

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Norfolk State at Toledo

Time: 7 p.m.

Records: NSU is 7-5; UT is 7-3.

Radio: 1370 AM in Toledo.

Series: First meeting

Notes:

• Toledo concludes a four-game homestand with a matchup against Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference foe Norfolk State, which is winless in three road contests.
• The Rockets snapped a two-game losing streak Saturday with an 86-77 win over Youngstown State. Junior G Dominique Buckley tied a career-high with 21 points to lead four Rockets in double figures.
• The Spartans are coming off a 68-36 loss at Illinois State on Sunday. Senior C Kyle O'Quinn is averaging a double-double with a team-high 14.0 points and 10.1 rebounds per game but was limited to just two points and two boards because of foul trouble against the Redbirds.
• UT has already surpassed its win totals from the 2009-10 and '10-11 seasons when it posted matching 4-28 records and can top its 7-25 ledger during the 2008-09 campaign with a victory tonight.

GAMEDAY: Youngstown State

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Youngstown State at Toledo

Time: 7 p.m.

Records: YSU is 6-3; UT is 6-3.

Radio: 1370 AM in Toledo.

Series: UT leads 6-2.

Favorite: YSU by 1.

Notes:

• Toledo has lost two straight following a six-game winning streak. The Rockets are coming off a 57-55 loss to Loyola Chicago on Saturday at Savage Arena after the Ramblers hit a game-winning jumper at the buzzer.
• UT will add a new player to its lineup, as junior G Curtis Dennis becomes eligible to play with the recent conclusion of the fall semester. Dennis has sat out the past year after transferring from New Mexico last January.
• Sophomore G Rian Pearson leads four Rockets scoring in double figures with 17.6 points per game. He also averages a team-high 8.1 rebounds per game.
• Youngstown State is 3-3 on the road this season and is looking to rebound from an 80-72 loss at Buffalo on Saturday.
• In the two teams' last meeting, the Penguins handed UT a 73-67 defeat last year in Youngstown.

GAMEDAY: No. 21 Wisconsin-Green Bay

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

No. 21 Wisconsin-Green Bay at Toledo

Time: 7 p.m.

Records: UWGB is 7-0; UT is 5-2.

Radio: 1230 AM in Toledo.

Series: UWGB leads 2-1.

Notes:

• This is the second game in a home-and-home series between the two teams this season, with the Phoenix claiming an 84-68 win over UT in Green Bay on Nov. 16.
• The Rockets are riding a 22-game home winning streak and are 4-0 at home this season. In three-plus seasons under coach Tricia Cullop, UT is 47-4 at Savage Arena.
• The Phoenix have won 27 consecutive regular season games dating back to last season when they advanced to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA tournament.
• UW-Green Bay is coming off a 75-67 victory over Northern Iowa on Sunday. Senior F Julie Wojita led the team with her fourth double-double of the season, recording a career-best 26 points and a game-high 13 rebounds.

GAMEDAY: Temple

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Temple at Toledo

Time: 7 p.m.

Records: Temple is 4-2; UT is 6-1.

Radio: 1370 AM in Toledo.

Series: Temple leads 3-0.

Notes:

• Toledo begins a four-game home stand having won six straight, its longest winning streak since the 2006-07 season. The Rockets are also off to their best start since posting a 7-1 record at the outset of the 2003-04 season.
• Temple is 2-1 against MAC opponents this season, with its lone defeat coming in a 67-64 loss at Bowling Green on Nov. 27. The Owls beat Western Michigan 69-55 on Nov. 17 and Central Michigan 86-74 on Sunday.
• UT has four players averaging in double figures, led by sophomore G Rian Pearson with 17.4 points per game. As a team, the Rockets lead the conference with 78.6 points per contest.
• Senior G Ramone Moore paces the Owls with 17.8 points per game. Temple is currently without its top rebounder, senior F Micheal Eric, who is injured his right knee in practice late last month.
• Temple handed UT a 82-49 loss last season in Philadelphia.

GAMEDAY: Iona

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Iona at Toledo

Time: 11 a.m.

Records: Iona is 4-2; UT is 3-2.

Radio: 1230 AM in Toledo

Series: UT leads 2-0.

Notes:

• Toledo will host Basketball Educational Day in conjunction with this morning's matchup at Savage Arena, with area school children invited to attend the game.
• The Rockets learned Monday evening that senior G Naama Shafir will miss the rest of the season with a torn ACL in her right knee. Shafir, a three-time All-MAC honoree, was averaging 12.3 points and a team-best 4.3 assists per game before her injury Friday in a 69-58 win at Indiana.
• UT is coming off a 64-56 loss at Arkansas State on Sunday. Senior G Courtney Ingersoll led the Rockets with 15 points and five rebounds in the defeat.
• UT won 68-60 at Iona last year in the championship game of the Iona Thanksgiving tournament.
• Senior F Kristina Ford leads the Gaels with 19.3 points and 8.7 rebounds per game this season.

GAMEDAY: UNC Wilmington

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North Carolina Wilmington at Toledo

Time: 7 p.m.

Records: UNCW is 0-4; UT is 4-1.

Radio: 1370 AM in Toledo.

Series: UNCW leads 2-1.

Notes:

• The Rockets have won four straight to match their win total in each of the last two seasons when they went 4-28 in 2009-10 and again last year.
• UT is coming off an 82-67 win over Illinois-Chicago on Saturday and is off to its best start since winning its first five games during the 2003-04 season.
• UNC Wilmington is still winless, although it has played a rigorous early schedule. The Seahawks opened their season with road losses at Maryland (71-62) and Dayton (74-49), then suffered home losses to Marshall (69-64) and Davidson (70-67).
• UNC Wilmington is led by second-year coach Buzz Peterson, who was a finalist for the opening at Toledo before the 2008-09 season. One of his assistants is Jamie Kachmarik, a Rossford and Bowling Green State University graduate.

GAMEDAY: at Ball State

Toledo at Ball State

Time: 2 p.m.

Records: UT is 7-4, 6-1 MAC; Ball State is 6-5, 4-3.

TV: ESPN3.com

Radio: 1370 AM in Toledo, 1300 AM in Cleveland, 1310 AM in Detroit, 99.1 FM in Fremont, 96.7 FM in Fostoria, 96.1 FM in Archbold.

Series: UT leads 18-17-1.

Favorite: UT by 14

Notes:

• The scenario is pretty simple for Toledo in its regular season finale -- beat Ball State and hope Northern Illinois loses to Eastern Michigan. If both occur, then UT would be the outright MAC West champion and earn a spot in the conference championship game Dec. 2 at Ford Field in Detroit. If not, then Northern Illinois would represent the West against East champion Ohio in the MAC title game.
• The Rockets have won two straight since losing to Northern Illinois 63-60 at the Glass Bowl on Nov. 1. They knocked off Western Michigan in a 66-63 shootout on Nov. 8 and rolled past Central Michigan 44-17 on Nov. 18.
• Ball State is coming off a last-second 41-38 loss at Northern Illinois and has lost two of its last three games.
• UT is averaging 54.8 points in its last four contests, with the 44 points it scored against the Chippewas last week ranking as the lowest output during that stretch.
• Junior WR Eric Page needs two TD receptions to pass Lance Moore (25 TD catches, 2001-04) and become UT's all-time leader in that category. Page is already the Rockets' all-time leading receiver with 277 catches and 3,242 receiving yards.
• Toledo has won two straight over the Cardinals, with both victories coming by narrow margins. UT defeated Ball State 31-24 last year at the Glass Bowl and scored a last-minute touchdown for a 37-30 victory in 2009 at Scheumann Stadium.

GAMEDAY: Albany

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Albany at Toledo

Time: 7 p.m.

Records: Albany is 2-2; UT is 1-1.

Radio: 1230 AM

Series: First meeting

Notes:

• Toledo is riding a 19-game home winning streak, the third-longest unbeaten stretch in school history.
• Albany was picked to finish fifth in the America East Conference and returns four starters from a squad that went 16-14.
• The Rockets are coming off an 84-68 loss at Wisconsin-Green Bay after opening the year with a 61-51 home win over Dayton.
• The Great Danes, who are coming off a 65-53 loss at Brown, are led by junior F Julie Forster, who averages 16.8 points and 12.3 rebounds.