TOLEDO, Ohio –Toledo suffered a tough 60-58 setback against Ball State on Wednesday before 3,179 fans in Savage Arena. With the loss, the Rockets fall to 11-11 overall, 6-5 in the Mid-American Conference.
It was a tightly-contested matchup between the MAC West Division rivals that featured eight times and nine lead changes.
The Rockets had a couple opportunities in the waning seconds of regulation to force overtime, but shots from junior Tatyana Davis and classmate Tanaya Beacham were off the mark to snap a three-game winning streak against BSU.
Senior Mariella Santucci paced Toledo a game-high 16 points and in the process became the 30th player in school history to score 1,000-career points.