NASSAU, Bahamas — The 2021-22 Toledo Rockets are a young basketball team.
All one needs to do is look at their bench, and the first people off of it.
Through three games, true freshmen Kooper Jacobi and Elijah Wilson have been the sixth and seventh men for UT, offering reinforcements on both ends of the court, a trend the Rockets hope will continue at noon Monday against Charlotte in the Baha Mar Nassau Championship.
“I think both guys have been really good,” Toledo coach Tod Kowalczyk said. “Kooper is a guy who understands winning. He came from a state championship program.