Central Michigan vs. Toledo: Recap and Stats

Central Michigan 72

(8-7, 3-6 away)

Toledo 76

(6-7, 4-1 home)

Venue: Savage Hall

7:00PM ET / 4:00PM PT, January 12, 2013

Box Score

	1st	2nd	Final
Central Michigan	29	31	72
Toledo	26	34	76

Top Performers

	Points	Rebounds	Assists
Central Michigan	K Randall 17	J Simons 5	C Fowler 5
Toledo	R Pearson 19	R Pearson 6	J Brown 5

On Saturday, January 12th, Toledo topped Central Michigan 76-72 in overtime. Julius Brown played well for the Rockets and put up a team-high 21 points and nine assists. Rian Pearson had 20 points and added four rebounds. Kyle Randall got a game-high 24 points and four assists for the Chippewas. Toledo (6-7, 2-0 MAC) gets Western Michigan (8-7, 0-2 MAC) on the road on Wednesday, January 16th.

Toledo Game Notes

Toledo started 6-7 during the 2004 and 2001 seasons (since 1996).
Toledo has played in 2 overtime games this season. Over the last 5 seasons, the Rockets have played in 7 overtime games with a record of 3-4.
This season Toledo has won 83% of the time (5-1) when Rian Pearson has 20 points or more and 80% of the time (4-1) when Dominique Buckley has 4 field goals made or more.
The Rockets set a season high for assists.
The last time Toledo recorded at least 19 assists was Mar 13, 2012 against McNeese State.
Toledo set a season low for turnovers.
This is the 2nd win of the season where the Rockets came back after being down at halftime.
Dominique Buckley recorded a team season high in three pointers attempted with 10.
The top two scorers (Julius Brown and Rian Pearson) accounted for 53.9% of the points.
The top two rebounders (Julius Brown and Nathan Boothe) accounted for 40.6% of the rebounds.
Julius Brown has led the team in scoring in 5 out of 13 games this season.
This marks the 7th 20-point game of Julius Brown's career.
Julius Brown had career highs with 7 rebounds and 7 defensive rebounds.
This marks the 18th 20-point game of Rian Pearson's career.
Rian Pearson has 12 straight double-digit point games.

Central Michigan Game Notes

Kyle Randall recorded a team season high in field goals made with 9.
Chris Fowler tallied a team season high in assists with 9.
Kyle Randall accounted for 33.3% of the team's points.
The top two rebounders (Blake Hibbitts and John Simons) accounted for 40.5% of the rebounds.
The bench recorded more rebounds (18) than the starters (17).
Kyle Randall has led the team in scoring 11 times in 15 games this season.
Blake Hibbitts has led the team in rebounding 4 times in 15 games this season.
This marks the 6th 20-point game of Kyle Randall's career.
Kyle Randall has 10 straight double-digit point games.

CMU Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A	Kyle Randall	39	24	2	4	0	0	4
B+	John Simons	30	9	6	4	1	0	1
B+	Chris Fowler	23	3	2	9	0	0	1
B+	Blake Hibbitts	26	9	9	0	1	1	0
B	S. Krannitz	10	6	2	0	1	0	0
B-	Austin Stewart	13	6	1	1	0	0	0
C+	O. Mbaigoto	24	8	6	1	0	1	4
C+	Finis Craddock	23	4	4	1	0	0	1
D	Austin Keel	21	2	1	0	0	0	0
D	D. Richardson Jr.	16	1	2	0	1	0	3

TOL Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A+	Julius Brown	41	21	7	9	1	0	1
A	Rian Pearson	40	20	4	1	2	0	0
B+	D. Buckley	40	13	2	4	3	0	1
B	Nathan Boothe	34	8	6	1	0	2	1
C+	Matt Smith	26	9	3	1	0	0	0
C	Reese Holliday	28	5	5	2	0	0	4
-	Josh Lemons	9	0	0	1	2	0	0
-	Richard Wonnell	7	0	2	0	0	0	0