TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - Rian Pearson netted a career-high 30 points as Toledo topped Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 80-68 Wednesday night in a nonconference game.
Pearson hit 16 of 20 free-throw attempts, while going 6 of 9 from the field and 2 for 2 on 3-pointers. He also had eight rebounds.
Julius Brown pitched in 16 points and six assists for Toledo (2-4), while Reese Holliday had 12 points and a team-high eight rebounds.
Johnathan Jordan led the Islanders (1-4) with 22 points, including a 12 of 14 showing from the line.
The Rockets pulled away early to an 18-9 advantage on Reese Holliday's jumper with 11:44 left in the half and led 27-17 on Dominique Buckley's 3-pointer with 7:45 left. Richard Wonnell made a layup with 2 seconds left to give Toledo a 44-30 lead at the break.
Toledo extended the lead as large as 22 points, 59-37, in the second half.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (1-4) | 30 | 38 | 68 |
| Toledo (2-4) « | 44 | 36 | 80 |
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| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders | |||||||
| M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS | |
| W. Nelson, F | 33 | 2-8 | 3-5 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| N. Maxey, F-C | 11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| J. Jordan, G | 33 | 5-9 | 12-14 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 22 |
| H. Ali, G | 25 | 3-10 | 2-2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| K. Dvorak, G | 10 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Williamson, G-F | 31 | 4-9 | 1-2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| Z. Knowles, F | 22 | 2-4 | 5-7 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| B. Pye, G | 9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. King, G | 8 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| D. Francis, F | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| J. Currie, G | 5 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| C. Martinez, G | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Wang, C | 3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 20-52 | 24-32 | 35 | 8 | 35 | 68 | |
| 38.5% | 75.0% | ||||||
| Toledo Rockets | |||||||
| M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS | |
| M. Smith, F | 25 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| N. Boothe, C | 16 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| R. Pearson, G | 35 | 6-9 | 16-20 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 30 |
| J. Brown, G | 33 | 5-9 | 5-8 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| D. Buckley, G | 33 | 2-7 | 3-3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| R. Holliday, F | 28 | 2-10 | 8-8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| R. Wonnell, C | 14 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| J. Lemons, G | 12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| J. Ewing, F | 2 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| A. Mathew, G | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 20-48 | 35-46 | 34 | 10 | 24 | 80 | |
| 41.7% | 76.1% | ||||||
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