Missouri State Lady Bears (2-3) at Toledo Rockets (5-2)
Date and Time	Sunday, December 4 | 12 p.m. CT
Location	Savage Arena (7,014) | Toledo, Ohio
Tickets	Tickets
TV	ESPN+ (Mason Lowry, Rhett Boyd) | Watch
Radio	KWTO 93.3 FM (Tom Ladd, Lynne Miller) | Listen Live
Live Stats	Sidearm Stats
Missouri State	Game Notes | Women's Basketball Home Page
Toledo	Women's Basketball Home Page
Up Next	Friday, Dec. 9 at TCU, 6 p.m. | Fort Worth, Texas

Starting Five - Storylines for the Toledo Game
1) So far this season, Missouri State is hanging its hat on rebounding and its three-point percentage defense. The Lady Bears are 1st in the Missouri Valley Conference in offensive rebounds per game (16.2)  and three-point percentage defense (.264), which also respectively rank 17th and 72nd nationally. MSU's +7.0 rebounding margin is 71st in the country, while its rebounding offense (40.8), defense (33.8) and margin rank third in The Valley. 

2) MSU's trip to Toledo is its first true road contest of the season. The Lady Bears are 41-8 in their last 49 true road games. Missouri State has only made one trip to Toledo in the series history, with that matchup occurring on Nov. 20, 2010 as MSU defeated UT, 73-69. 

3) Missouri State has not lost back-to-back games in a season since 2018-19. The last time MSU suffered consecutive losses in a season was when the Lady Bears lost five in a row from Nov. 24-Dec. 16, 2018. MSU suffered a loss to Middle Tennessee in its last outing, so the Lady Bears will look to follow it up with a win at Toledo and keep the trend alive.

4) Fifth-year senior Sydney WIlson continues to move her way up the career victories list at MSU. With two wins so far this season, Wilson now has 101 for her Lady Bear career which is tied for fourth in program history alongside Jackie Stiles (1998-01). Next on the list is Tina Robbins (1991-94), who sits in third place with 102 career wins.

5) Point guard and fifth-year senior Aniya Thomas ranks 1st in the Missouri Valley Conference and 58th nationally with 4.8 assists per game. She has dished out 24 assists in five games this season and set a career high with 9 assists (to just one turnover) against UTSA on Nov. 25. 

Series History
    Missouri State leads the all-time against Toledo, 3-0. The Lady Bears have a win on a neutral court, on the road and at home against the Rockets. The first meeting in the series occurred on 3/17/01 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament held in Piscataway, N.J. as the Lady Bears defeated the Rockets, 89-71, to eventually advance to the NCAA Final Four.
    MSU's only meeting in Toledo saw the Lady Bears emerge victorious with a 73-69 victory. The last meeting between the two teams came last season in Springfield (12/21/21), as Missouri State defeated the Rockets 60-46. MSU's Sydney Wilson recorded 9 points and 10 rebounds in last season's contest. 

The Opponent 
    Toledo returns all five starters from last season's team that went 29-6 overall and finished first in the MAC with a 19-1 ledger in conference play. The Rockets are paced by Quinesha Lockett who averages 16.6 points per game and leads the team with 32 assists, while Sammi Mikonowicz pulls down a team-high 7.6 boards per game and owns 12 steals on the season.
    As a team, Toledo is averaging 71.0 ppg and has a +10.9 scoring margin. The Rockets are shooting .420 from the field and .333 from three-point range, while also dishing out 15.0 assists per game and owning a 1.3 assist-to-turnover ratio.