College basketball glance: 2-18

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Western Michigan at Toledo

Time: Noon

Records: WMU is 6-19, 3-9 MAC; UT is 17-7, 10-2

Radio: 1230 AM

TV: SportsTime Ohio

Series: UT leads 45-19

Notes: UT is hosting its fourth-annual "Rockets For the Cure" to benefit the Susan G. Komen foundation for breast cancer awareness. Last year's effort raised $14,366. Fans are encouraged to wear pink for the occasion. ... UT fell to WMU in both team's MAC opener, 70-67, on Jan. 5. in Kalamazoo. UT sophomore guard Andola Dortch scored a career-high 28 points, but the Rockets shot just 34 percent from the field. ... UT has won nine straight games and is tied atop the West division with Eastern Michigan. The Rockets will hit the road Tuesday for a matchup at EMU that might determine the division winner. ... WMU has dropped nine of 10 games. ... Maria Iaquaniello leads the Broncos in scoring (13.3) and is shooting 52 percent from the field. ... UT has won the rebounding margin in seven consecutive games and 13 of the last 14 contests. ... UT's version of Linn-sanity -- senior Haylie Linn is averaging 12.7 points over the last six games and is shooting 51.9 percent. ... UT has won seven of eight over WMU.

Bowling Green at Akron

Time: 2 p.m.

Records: BGSU is 21-4, 11-1 MAC; Akron is 12-14, 6-6

Radio: 88.1 FM

Series: BGSU leads 47-2

Notes: The Falcons are on the road for three of their final four MAC games, starting with this contest against the Zips. … BG has dominated the series overall and won the last 18 games between the two teams, but the last two meetings have produced scares. … Last season the Falcons hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to claim a 47-45 win at Akron, and in the first meeting this year BG trailed by 15 at one points before winning 62-58 at the Stroh Center. … The Zips lead the MAC in scoring with 73.8 points per game but are last in the 12-team league points allowed per contest (74.1). … Akron's pre-season All-MAC pick Rachel Tecca suffered a season-ending knee injury 10 games into the season. … Sophomore Sina King leads the remaining Zips in points (12.7) and rebounds (6.4) per game. … With a win, the Falcons would clinch at least a share of the MAC's East Division title. BG already has secured a bye into the quarterfinals of the MAC tournament.

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Toledo at Sam Houston State

Time: 1 p.m.

Records: UT is 12-14; SHS is 11-15

Radio: 1370 AM

Series: First meeting

Notes: UT takes a break from Mid-American Conference play for a Sears BracketBuster game in Huntsville, Tex. ... The Bearkats are coached by Jason Hooten, who is 26-25 in two years with the program and directed the team to their third straight Southland Conference West division championship last season. They were picked to finish fifth in the six-team division this season. ... Four of SHU's starters average in double figures scoring, led by guard Konner Tucker's 12.2 points. Forward Steven Werner averages 11.2 points and 6.5 rebounds in 22 minutes. ... SHU makes just 29 percent of its 3-point field goals ... UT junior guard Curtis Dennis has scored at least 15 points in each of the past three contests, including a 17-point effort in Wednesday's 63-55 win at Ball State. ... UT sophomore center Richard Wonnell has started the past four games, pushing forward Reese Holliday to a reserve role. ... SHU has won three of its past four games after losing four straight. ... UT returns to MAC action Wednesday with a home game against Central Michigan.

Morehead State at Bowling Green

Time: 2 p.m.

Records: Morehead State is 15-13, BGSU is 13-12

Radio: 99.1 FM, 1470 AM

Series: BGSU leads 4-3

Notes: The Falcons step out of Mid-American Conference play to host the Eagles in a Sears BracketBuster contest. … The two teams also played a BracketBuster game in 2006, and BG won that contest 90-72 in Morehead, Ky. … Morehead State, which advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament last season, lost leading scorer Terrance Hill to a season-ending knee injury Dec. 31. … The Eagles have won six of their last eight games, with four of those wins coming on the road. MSU has beaten Austin Peay and Ball State while losing at Kent State -- same as the Falcons. … Sophomore Drew Kelly, a transfer from Miami University, leads the Eagles in scoring (9.9) and rebounds (4.9) per game. … BG's Scott Thomas needs 15 rebounds to move into the school's top 10 career list in that category. … Senior Dee Brown needs just 28 points to reach the 1,000-point plateau for his career.