{"id":33466,"date":"2015-03-20T23:15:05","date_gmt":"2015-03-21T03:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utnews.utoledo.edu\/?p=33466"},"modified":"2015-03-20T23:15:05","modified_gmt":"2015-03-21T03:15:05","slug":"toledo-defeats-wright-state-in-first-round-of-wnit-72-64","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/03_20_2015\/toledo-defeats-wright-state-in-first-round-of-wnit-72-64","title":{"rendered":"Toledo defeats Wright State in first round of WNIT, 72-64"},"content":{"rendered":"

Junior Brenae Harris recorded the first triple-double in school history to lead Toledo to a 72-64 victory over Wright State Friday in the first round of the 2015 Postseason WNIT before 1,709 fans in Savage Arena. <\/p>\n

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Brenae Harris recorded the first triple-double in school history to lead Toledo to a 72-64 victory over Wright State Friday in the first round of the 2015 Postseason WNIT.<\/p><\/div>With the win, UT improves to 19-13 on the season.\u2028\u2028<\/p>\n

The 2011 Postseason WNIT Champion Rockets will host Big Ten member Michigan (17-14) in a second-round match-up Monday, March 23, at 7 p.m. The Wolverines defeated Cleveland State, 72-50, in the first round Wednesday in Ann Arbor.\u2028\u2028<\/p>\n

A former Wolverine, Harris finished with 16 points, a career-high 11 assists and a collegiate-best 11 rebounds to propel the Midnight Blue and Gold to the second round of the post-season tourney for the fifth-straight time. The first-year Rocket connected on 5 of 14 shots from the field, including 2 of 5 from three-point land, and a perfect 4 of 4 from the free-throw line to break out of a three-game shooting slump. The Marion, Ohio, native had totaled 16 points on 7 of 33 shooting from the floor over the previous three contests.\u2028 \u2028<\/p>\n

Freshman Jay-Ann Bravo-Harriott also remained dialed-in offensively and contributed a game-high five triples and a contest-best 19 points. Bravo-Harriott has made at least three treys on a team-high nine occasions this season.\u2028\u2028<\/p>\n

Senior Inma Zanoguera nearly added another triple-double for the victors, posting 12 points, eight boards and five helpers, while sophomore Janice Monakana had 10 points and seven caroms off the bench.\u2028\u2028<\/p>\n

Toledo was extremely efficient offensively all evening and recorded a whopping 20 assists on 25 field goals and also finished with a commanding 54-42 edge on the glass. Junior Ana Capotosto fueled the efforts on the boards, finishing with a career-best 14, followed by Harris, Zanoguera and Monakana. In total, the Rockets had five players with at least five rebounds.<\/p>\n

Horizon League Player of the Year Tay\u2019ler Mingo led the Raiders (25-9) with 18 points, while Courtney Boyd had 14.\u2028\u2028<\/p>\n

Tickets for Monday\u2019s second-round game go on sale Saturday, March 21, at 9 a.m. and will be $15 for adults and $7.50 for children for reserved seats (all seats in the lower bowl) and $12 for adults and $6 for children for general admission (all seats in the upper level). <\/p>\n

UT students will once again receive free admission with a valid ID. <\/p>\n

UT employees may purchase up to two half-price tickets at the UT Ticket Office with a valid UT employee ID. <\/p>\n

Elite, suite, loge, club and courtside seat holders\u2019 tickets will be placed on hold within their ticket account. Elite season ticket holders have until Saturday at 5 p.m. to purchase their tickets before they are released for general sales. Season-ticket holders may purchase their normal seats in one of the following ways: <\/p>\n

\u2028\u20281. Logging into your account at UTRocketstix.com<\/a> using your username and password. \u2028<\/p>\n

2. Calling 419.530.GOLD (4653) and providing your account information.\u2028<\/p>\n

3. Visiting the UT Ticket Office located in the Sullivan Athletic Complex during business hours. \u2028<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Rockets beat Wright State, 72-64, in the first round of the Postseason WNIT and will face the Michigan Wolverines Monday, March 23, at 7 p.m. in Savage Arena.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":310,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,5,1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33466"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/310"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33466\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}