Bulls Ground The Rockets

It was not pretty but a sharp night from Nick Perkins, who matched his career high with 26 points, was enough to get the Bulls a very important win over the Toledo Rockets. Perkins hit four 3-pointers in the second half as the Bulls had to climb out of a hole they built for theselves to move to 10-2 in conference, a half game ahead of Bowling Green.

After a terrible first half shooting, 0 for 9 from three points, the Bulls went 7-12 in the second half. The later frame was their best performance beyond the arc in a long time.

Toledo rocked UB early, jumping up 10-0 and after that 17-4 in the first half. To make things worse CJ Massinburg was in foul trouble early picking up three in the first…