In front of a raucous Saturday afternoon crowd, the University of Toledo overcame a sluggish start to beat Akron 75-54, the Rockets’ sixth-consecutive win.
It took nearly four minutes before Toledo scored its first basket, and the Rockets shot 31 percent in the first half. But Akron ran out of answers after Kendall Carruthers helped UT reclaim a 33-32 lead in the third quarter.
Toledo shot 56 percent in the third quarter, including a stretch of five straight made baskets and six of seven. The Rockets outscored Akron 28-18 in the quarter, breaking a 27-all tie at halftime with authority.