The Toledo women’s basketball team was 18-15 a year ago and could not recapture the magic of 2016-17, when the Rockets won the MAC and advanced to the NCAA tournament. This year’s Rockets squad loses only one starter from a year ago in Jay-Ann Bravo-Harriott, but all five of the players below started at least 12 games a season ago.
G Mariella Santucci (5-6, Jr.): Pass-first Italian point guard averaged 6.4 points and 4.1 assists per game her sophomore season while starting 21 games.
G Sara Rokkanen (5-10, Jr.): Combo guard from Finland made 29 3-pointers as a sophomore and is expected to step into a larger role in her junior season after starting 12 games a year ago.