YPSILANTI, Mich. – Toledo cruised to its ninth straight victory Tuesday night with an 86-66 triumph at Eastern Michigan (8-12, 3-6 MAC). The 20-point win kept the Rockets (18-4, 10-1 MAC) a game ahead of second-place Ohio (17-3, 8-1 MAC) in the league standings.
"We didn't play well tonight even though we did some really good things," Head Coach Tod Kowalczyk said. "We need to play better. There were too many turnovers and defensive mistakes, and we need to clean some things up."
Junior JT Shumate led Toledo with 24 pts and was joined in double digits by sophomore Ryan Rollins (19 pts.