TOLEDO, OH – Senior forward Steve Taylor, Jr. scored 17 points and tied his own Savage Arena record with 23 rebounds but that wasn't enough as Toledo dropped a 61-56 decision to Western Michigan in overtime on Tuesday evening. The overtime game for UT was its eighth of the season, a total that ties the national record held by Western Kentucky (1978), Portland (1984) and Valparaiso (1993).
The Rockets (14-14, 7-8 MAC), who saw a 15-point second-half lead slip away for a second-straight game, fell two games behind Ball State (18-10, 9-6 MAC) in the Mid-American Conference West Division standings with the defeat.