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Strong Fourth Quarter Lifts Rockets To Championship Over Huskies

2017 MAC Women's Basketball Championship

No. 6 Toledo 82, No. 4 Northern Illinois 71
Box Score

Cleveland, Ohio – No. 6 seed Toledo's strong fourth quarter lifted the Rockets to a 82-71 win over No. 4 seed NIU in the Mid-American Conference Women's Basketball Tournament Championship Game at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland on Saturday, March 11. The win marked the Rockets first MAC Women's Basketball Championship since 2001.

The Rockets outscored the Huskies 34-22 in the fourth quarter to win the programs first MAC Championship in 16 years.

The teams were tied at the half, 30-30.