TOLEDO: Jonathan Williams scored 21 points and tallied six assists, Steve Taylor Jr. added 20 points, and Toledo shot a season-high 65.2 percent from the field en route to a 78-58 Mid-American Conference win over Kent State on Saturday.
Williams made 7-of-10 from the field and Taylor 9-of-13, part of a Rockets effort that shot 79 percent in the first half (15-of-19), including 7-of-10 from beyond the arc.
Toledo (13-12, 6-6 Mid-American) led 44-34 at halftime and pushed its advantage to 16 (52-36) on Jordan Lauf’s layup with 15:35 remaining. Kent State scored six consecutive points to cut the deficit to 10, but two layups from Taylor and a 3-point play from Williams extended the lead to 17 and put the game out of reach.