Several thousand fans bought their popcorn for the Saturday matinee at Savage Arena, and didn’t realize the show would be a thriller.
Toledo — an 18-point favorite over 2-6 Canisius — trailed for most of the second half, and its top offensive threat fouled out with just under three minutes remaining.
Enter RayJ Dennis, this act’s protagonist. He put the Rockets on his back and lifted them to a 69-68 victory on a day UT scored its fewest points and had its worst shooting performance of the season.
“I wanted to win. Nothing else mattered,” said Dennis, who had a career-high 29 points, with 15 coming at the free-throw line.