{"id":97645,"date":"2026-03-13T03:45:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T07:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/?p=97645"},"modified":"2026-03-16T08:42:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:42:37","slug":"no-6-seed-toledo-faces-mac-semifinal-challenge-against-no-2-seed-ball-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/03_13_2026\/no-6-seed-toledo-faces-mac-semifinal-challenge-against-no-2-seed-ball-state","title":{"rendered":"No. 6 Seed Toledo Faces MAC Semifinal Challenge Against No. 2 Seed Ball State"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Toledo women’s basketball team will play in its fifth straight Mid-American Conference Tournament semifinals today, March 13. The No. 6 seed Rockets will face No. 2 seed Ball State from Rocket Arena in Cleveland.<\/p>\n

Tipoff for today\u2019s game will be approximately 30 minutes after the Miami-Ohio game, at about 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

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Sophomore Miriam Diala and the Rockets will face No. 2 Ball State on today, March 13, marking the program’s fifth-straight MAC Tournament semifinals appearance.<\/p><\/div>\n

The Rockets (16-14) took down No. 3 seed UMass in Wednesday’s quarterfinals in a 67-56 result. Tied at 44 in the fourth quarter, Toledo outscored the Minutewomen, 23-12, over the final 6:33, never losing the lead from that point on.<\/p>\n

The backcourt trio of\u00a0Patricia Anumgba,\u00a0Ella Weaver\u00a0and\u00a0Kendall Carruthers\u00a0combined for 51 points on the evening. Anumgba posted her first career double-double with 19 points and 12 rebounds. Toledo also out-rebounded the Minutewomen, 46-31.<\/p>\n

The Cardinals (26-6) eliminated No. 7 seed Bowling Green in a 75-63 result. Ball State got 25 points on 9-of-17 field goals from Grace Kingery and another 18 points from Bree Salenbein.<\/p>\n

The two sides played twice in the regular season, both single-digit Ball State victories. BSU won, 72-68 in Muncie, Indiana, on Jan. 7 and 78-71 in Toledo on March 7. Both teams also will meet in Cleveland for the second-straight season, after a 65-58 victory for Ball State in last year’s MAC championship game.<\/p>\n

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