With just under four minutes remaining in Toledo’s eventual loss to East Carolina at the Gulf Coast Showcase, UT guard Tyler Cochran slipped and fell to the floor inside Hertz Arena.
It was an unmemorable play that would have been forgotten had the Ball State transfer not limped to the bench and never returned to the game.
Cochran was in obvious pain and, while X-rays were negative, he did suffer a form of turf toe.
His absence is unwanted, but Toledo has fared well and course-corrected since its two-game skid.
In double-digit wins without Cochran — 82-69 over Northern Kentucky and 90-67 over Richmond — Toledo shot a combined 49.