With four games left in the regular season, Toledo is back where it has been most of the past three years: alone atop the Mid-American Conference standings.
On Saturday afternoon, the Rockets gave an animated home crowd plenty to cheer about, cruising past Ball State 70-48 in a first-place showdown.
UT (21-4, 12-1) exacted its revenge after losing by 12 at Ball State in January.
Sammi Mikonowicz scored a career-high-tying 24 points on 10-of-14 shooting with two 3s, five rebounds, four steals, three assists, one block, and one turnover in 32 minutes. She had a team-best plus-minus of plus-24.