CLEVELAND, OH - No. 4 seed Toledo (17-12) will begin its journey to claim the 2016 Mid-American Conference Tournament crown on Wednesday, March 9 when it battles No. 5 seed Akron (18-12) in Quicken Loans Arena. Tip-off time is slated for approximately 2:30 p.m. and can be seen on ESPN3.
The Rockets enter the postseason tourney having won eight of their last 11 games to secure a bye to the quarterfinals.
Most recently, Toledo suffered a 68-58 setback to Ball St. on Saturday in its regular-season finale before 4,267 fans in Savage Arena.
2015-16 first-team All-MAC selection senior Brenae Harris paced the Rockets with a contest-tying best 22 points on 'Senior Day' against the Cardinals (21-8), followed by honorable mention all-league honoree sophomore Jay-Ann Bravo-Harriott with 12 points and a career-tying high eight boards.