{"id":72080,"date":"2022-03-09T17:09:20","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T21:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/?p=72080"},"modified":"2022-03-10T09:03:18","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T13:03:18","slug":"rockets-tame-bobcats-80-67-in-mac-quarterfinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/03_09_2022\/rockets-tame-bobcats-80-67-in-mac-quarterfinals","title":{"rendered":"Rockets Tame Bobcats, 80-67, in MAC Quarterfinals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Junior guards\u00a0Sophia Wiard\u00a0and\u00a0Quinesha Lockett\u00a0scored 19 points each to lead No. 1 seed Toledo to an 80-67 victory over No. 8 seed Ohio in quarterfinal action of the MAC Women’s Basketball Tournament at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Wiard was one rebound shy of a triple double, adding 10 assists and nine rebounds in 40 minutes of play. Lockett scored 10 of her 19 points in the final 10 minutes to help the Rockets seal the victory in what had been a close contest through three quarters.<\/p>\n

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Sophia Wiard finished with 19 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds in Toledo’s 80-67 win over Ohio in the quarterfinals of the MAC Tournament on Wednesday.<\/p><\/div>\n

Sophomore forward\u00a0Sammi Mikonowicz\u00a0added 11 points and nine rebounds, while sophomore guard\u00a0Khera Goss\u00a0chipped in with 10 points. Toledo made 29-of-60 shots from the field (48.3%) and outrebounded the Bobcats, 46-37.<\/p>\n

Toledo (26-4) held a 34-32 halftime lead and led Ohio (15-14) by just five points headed into the fourth quarter. The Rockets outscored the Bobcats 22-14 in the fourth quarter to advance to the semifinals. Toledo will play No. 5 Ball State on Friday at 10:00 a.m. after the Cardinals beat No. 4 Northern Illinois 60-54 on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Head Coach\u00a0Tricia Cullop\u00a0said she was relieved to get past Ohio, the only MAC team to defeat Toledo in the regular season.<\/p>\n

“I thought going into this game that Ohio was the best eight-seed in the country,” said Cullop, who was named MAC Coach of the Year on Tuesday. “We knew it was going to be extremely tough. I’m very, very proud of our kids. I thought\u00a0Sophia Wiard\u00a0put together one of the best performances of her career in a Toledo uniform. And when\u00a0Quinesha Lockett\u00a0was in foul trouble, I thought\u00a0Khera Goss\u00a0played exceptionally well. Quinesha, in the final quarter, was just tremendous and helped us put the game away.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"<\/a>

Toledo will play No. 5 Ball State at 10 a.m. on Friday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":836,"featured_media":72081,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,56,1,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72080"}],"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\/836"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72080"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72085,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72080\/revisions\/72085"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}