Rockets to Host Marshall in Saturday Matinee

TOLEDO, Ohio – The Toledo males’s basketball workforce will play its second straight house recreation when it hosts Marshall (1-0) on Saturday, Nov. 8 in Savage Arena. Tip-off time is ready for two:00 p.m. with streaming on ESPN+. The Rockets (0-1) will likely be seeking to bounce again from Monday’s 76-74 house setback to South Alabama in its season opener. The Thundering Herd are coming off a season-opening 78-72 win at UMass on Monday.

Senior Kyler Vanderjagt and freshman Leroy Blyden Jr. led the Rockets towards the Jaguars with 17 factors. VanderJagt knocked down 4-of-6 photographs from past the arc and was an ideal 3-for-3 from the free throw line. Blyden offered a prompt the bench, nailing 5 three-pointers to associate with a game-high 9 assists and two blocked photographs.

Trailing by 13 at halftime, the Rockets got here out of the locker room and outscored the Jaguars 48-37 within the second half to almost erase a 19-point deficit. Toledo had a shot to win the sport on the buzzer however Blyden’s three-pointer rimmed out.

The Rockets shot 47.3% from the sector, together with a 60.7 mark within the second half. UT posted a forty five.5 3PTFG% (15-of-33) and was 12-of-17 behind the arc within the remaining 20 minutes.

Marshall was projected to complete sixth within the Sun Belt Conference Coaches Preseason Poll, with guard Jalen Speer named to the Preseason All-Sun Belt First Team.

The Thundering Herd shot 60.0% within the second half and held a 38-27 rebounding benefit in Monday’s win at UMass. Senior Wyatt Frick led Marshall with 16 factors of the bench. 

SATURDAY’S PROMOTIONS

The first 300 UT college students will obtain a “TodFather” t-shirt. Non-UT college students can pre-order a shirt for $25.00 HERE. Shirts should be ordered by Nov. 14 and might be picked up on the Rockets’ recreation on Dec. 1 vs. Central State.

One fortunate scholar may also have the chance to win $5,000 by making a halfcourt shot. In addition, the Rocket marching band will likely be acting at halftime.

PARKING

Free parking for the sport is on the market in Lots 1, 2, and 19. Lots 3, 4, 5, 6 and 10 require parking passes with Lot 18 primarily reserved for handicapped passes.

DETAILING SATURDAY’S MATCHUP

• Toledo is dealing with Marshall in a non-conference contest for a tenth straight season. The Rockets dropped the primary two conferences (111-105 (OT) in 2016 & 93-87 in 2017) on this decade-long stretch earlier than successful seven of the final eight matchups. The two groups confronted one another twice within the 2019-20 marketing campaign.

• Toledo holds an all-time file of 26-5 vs. Marshall within the Glass City in a sequence that dates again to Jan. 8, 1940.

• Five Rockets scored 15 or extra factors to in Toledo’s wire-to-wire 90-80 victory at Marshall final yr. Isaiah Adams and Sam Lewis led UT with 17 factors apiece. Toledo was environment friendly offensively, taking pictures 52.5% from the sector and committing simply 9 turnovers. The Rockets restricted Marshall to 40.3 FG% and 28.1 mark (9-of-32) from behind the three-point arc.

• Both Toledo and Marshall tallied 20 or extra assists of their season openers. Leroy Blyden Jr. topped the Rockets with 9 assists, whereas Noah Otshudi dished out 9 helpers for the Thundering Herd.

 

POSTGAME NOTES FROM MONDAY’S SEASON OPENER

• Leroy Blyden Jr.’s 17 factors had been essentially the most by a Rocket freshman in a season opener vs. a Division I opponent since Julius Brown scored 17 vs. Texas State on Nov. 18, 2011. Blyden’s level complete was additionally essentially the most by a Rocket in his debut since Setric Millner Jr. scored 17 vs. Bradley on Nov. 25, 2020.

• Blyden’s 5 three-pointers had been essentially the most by a Rocket since Dante Maddox Jr. buried six vs. Bowling Green on Jan. 27, 2024.

• Toledo’s 15 three-point discipline targets on Monday vs. South Alabama had been its most in a recreation since hitting 15 vs. Miami on Feb. 16, 2021.

• Sonny Wilson tied his profession excessive with three treys en path to a 15-point outing. Wilson’s double-digit contest prolonged his streak of scoring in double figures to 18 video games relationship again to final season.

• The Rockets’ 21 assists had been their most towards a Division I opponent since tallying 22 vs. Northern Illinois on Feb. 27, 2024.

• Toledo misplaced its house opener for the primary time in 15 years in Monday’s 76-74 loss to South Alabama. The final time UT had misplaced a house opener beforehand was a 57-51 loss to UIC on Nov. 19, 2010 in Coach Kowalczyk’s first yr on the Toledo bench.

ON THE HORIZON

Toledo will go to Wright State on Tuesday, Nov. 11 at 7:00 p.m. earlier than returning house to play its subsequent two contests in Savage Arena. The Rockets will host Detroit Mercy on Saturday, Nov. 15 at 1:00 p.m. and Youngstown State on Wednesday, Nov. 19 at 7:00 p.m.