Six Rockets scored in double digits on Dec. 7 to lead the Toledo men's basketball team (6-3) to a 111-49 victory over Defiance College in Savage Arena. The Rockets' 111 points is their most since defeating Oakland 112-90 on Nov. 16, 2022.
"We needed a game like this after not playing well our last two games," Head Coach Tod Kowalczyk said. "Prior to those two games, we had won five in a row and were playing great. I liked the way we shared the basketball, and that showed with having 25 assists and just five turnovers. We needed to get our edge back, and I thought we started to do that today."
The largest lead of the game for Toledo was 62 points, when freshman Jaylen Murphy broke away and dunked with ten seconds left in play.
Sophomore Sam Lewis scored a career-high 18 points, making all seven of his shots from the field, 1-for-1 on three points, and 3-for-4 of his free throws. Sophomore Javan Simmons (16 points), sophomore Sonny Wilson (16 points), freshman Jaylan Ouwinga (13 points), sophomore Grgur Brcic (13 points) and sophomore Bryce Ford (13 points) joined Lewis in double digit points for the game.
Brcic also had a career-high nine rebounds to help lead the Rockets to 52 total rebounds. Simmons grabbed eight rebounds while Lewis grabbed five. Fifth-year senior Isiah Adams tallied nine points, six rebounds, and a career-high ten assists.
Toledo travels to Youngstown State for a 1 p.m. game on Saturday, Dec. 14.
