TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - Curtis Dennis scored 18 points and Toledo routed Northern Illinois 71-41 in a Mid-American Conference game Wednesday night to snap a three-game overall skid and a four-game losing streak in the series.
The Rockets' winning margin was their largest over a MAC team since an 88-58 win over Eastern Michigan on Jan. 26, 2006.
The Huskies' 41 points also were the fewest Toledo (9-9, 1-3) has allowed in a league game since beating Bowling Green 53-41 on Jan. 31, 1998.
Northern Illinois (2-14, 1-3) stayed close early, with four ties and four lead changes.
Toledo pulled ahead for good at 12-11 with 12:09 left until halftime, and built a 37-18 lead by intermission.
Reese Holiday added 11 points and Dominique Buckley 10 for Toledo.
The Huskies, coming off a 74-66 win over Central Michigan, had 23 turnovers and were led by Stian Berg and Keith Gray with eight points apiece.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Northern Illinois (2-14) | 18 | 23 | 41 |
| Toledo (9-9) « | 37 | 34 | 71 |
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| Northern Illinois Huskies | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Gray, F | 24 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| T. Toler, F | 19 | 2-7 | 2-2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| S. Berg, G | 28 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| A. Bolin, G | 26 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| A. Nader, G | 26 | 1-10 | 3-6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Gray | 17 | 2-4 | 4-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| T. Nixon | 17 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| A. Christian | 15 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Ford | 14 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| T. Storm | 8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Grady | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Jackson | 3 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 13-43 | 12-23 | 27 | 5 | 18 | 41 | |
| 30.2% | 52.2% | ||||||
| Toledo Rockets | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Holliday, F | 27 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| M. Smith, F | 27 | 4-5 | 1-1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| D. Buckley, G | 32 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| R. Pearson, G | 29 | 3-7 | 2-2 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| J. Brown, G | 26 | 3-9 | 2-4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Dennis | 27 | 6-10 | 3-3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 |
| A. Mathew | 14 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| R. Wonnell | 10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Dear | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| J. Ewing | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Z. Riddle | 2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 25-47 | 12-14 | 32 | 14 | 21 | 71 | |
| 53.2% | 85.7% | ||||||
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