SETTING THE SCENE
The Toledo men's basketball team (8-5) opens its 69th season of Mid-American Conference play on Friday, Jan. 3 when it travels to Muncie, Ind. to face West Division rival Ball State (7-6). The contest will be televised live nationally on the CBS Sports Network with a tip-off time of 7:00 p.m. in Worthen Arena.
The Rockets have lost three straight games during a season for the first time in 73 games (Nov. 22-28, 2017) following their 78-66 defeat at Bradley last Saturday.
Junior Marreon Jackson led the Rockets against the Braves with 14 points and a game-high six assists.