PRE-GAME

• Western Michigan trails the all-time series against Toledo, 53-76
• Western Michigan leads the all-time series against Toledo at home, 39-25; trails the all-time series on the road, 12-49 and is tied with Toledo in games played at a neutral site, 2-2
• A win over Toledo would give Western Michigan three-straight over the Rockets, matching the longest win streak against Toledo during the Steve Hawkins era
• Matt Stainbrook and Nate Hutcheson each reached career highs in scoring against Eastern Michigan with 17 and 16 points, respectively
• Three Broncos (Nate Hutcheson, Matt Stainbrook and Demetrius Ward) have scored in double figures 10 times so far this season
• A win over Toledo would give Western Michigan its first Mid-American Conference road win since defeating the Rockets, 61-41, on Feb. 24, 2010
• After Western Michigan's road game at Toledo, the Broncos will close out its first swing through the MAC West Division against Northern Illinois on Jan. 22, followed the open of the MAC East swing against Buffalo in back-to-back home games

FIRST HALF

• WMU held without a field goal for 5:29 of game, which allowed Toledo to turn a tied game into a 10-point lead (14-4)
• The Broncos answered with three-point FGs on consecutive possessions from Nate Hutcheson and Demetrius Ward
• WMU being out-rebounded 15-7 at the under-8 media time out (7:48)
• Three different Broncos had a block (Juwan Howard Jr., Matt Stainbrook, Ward)
• It is the fourth time in Ward's career he has had one block in a game
• Both teams made good on four of their three-point FG attempts
• Toledo outscored WMU 16-6 in the paint

SECOND HALF

• Ward and Flenward Whitfield scored the first seven points of the half for WMU
• Whitfield has scored 10 of his 13 points during this half (as of 3:56 mark)
• Stainbrook held scoreless in a game that he started for the first time this season
• WMU loses at Toledo for first time since Feb. 28, 2009