A motivated Toledo women’s basketball team stomped into Savage Arena on Friday night and came away with a 61-51 win over Houston Baptist in the first round of the WNIT.
It’s not the tournament the Rockets aimed for, but it’s a destination that they’re now trying to seize. Step 1 was winning their first game. Now the fire has been reignited, with UT out to show that a 26-5 record in the regular season and 19-1 league record in the 11th-best conference in the country was deserving of an NCAA tournament bid.
“Twenty-seven now,” Toledo coach Tricia Cullop quipped.