TOLEDO, Ohio — Kahiem Seawright not only did not know about the numbers, he did not want to hear about them, either.

The URI co-captain scored 16 points last night in his team’s 86-79 victory over Toledo, giving him 997 for his career. When someone asked him about it after the game, Seawright was unaware.

“What’s that?” he said.

Told it was his point total, he began shaking his head.

“Don’t even talk about it,” he said. “Don’t jinx me. I don’t want to talk about it. I want to get it over with.”

Seawright, who had nine rebounds last night, went over 700 in that department last week. He is about to become only the 10th player in school history to record more than 1,000 points and 700 rebounds.

“It would be a great accomplishment once I get it done,” he said. “A lot of the credit has to go to my teammates and my coaches for getting me the ball.”

Secret was soon out

Jimmy Baron had something unusual happen to him last night, at least for the start off the game.

Toledo came out and treated him like just another player. There were no special defenses, no chaser, nothing other than normal man-to-man defense on the Rhody co-captain.

Baron took advantage. He had 14 points in the game’s first eight minutes. That included four 3-pointers, including URI’s first three baskets on the team’s first three possessions. When the crowd started murmuring — URI made its first five shots in all — Toledo began paying more attention and Baron had only two more points the rest of the night.

“I don’t think that’s happened since my freshman year,” he said.

One of those nights

The game produced some unusual numbers. URI had only one turnover in the first half and just five on the game. Toledo forward Mahamed Lo had 17 rebounds. The Rockets were a woeful 5-for-18 from the foul line, 1-for-8 by Lo.

The most unusual play of the night, though, was turned in by URI’s Keith Cothran.

The Rams were on a fast break midway through the second half. Cothran had the ball on the right side. He spotted Lamonte Ulmer slashing to the hoop from the left and flipped what was supposed to be an alley-oop pass for an Ulmer dunk. The only problem was the ball went in.

The officials stopped the game to go to the tape. None of the three officials knew if Cothran had been outside or inside the 3-point line when he made the “pass.” After a review, it was determined to be a two-pointer.

Streak ends at 13

Will Martell, who got his second straight start at center, ran his streak of made field goals to 13 over three games by making his first three shots last night.

He missed a 15-footer with 4:35 left in the first half to snap the run.

“I was mad when I missed. Then I missed a hook shot, too,” he said.

Martell seems to have friends and family everywhere URI goes. He spent time both before and after the game meeting with friends from Michigan. Martell was born there, but moved to New Jersey when he was five.

Martell finished 6-for-9 on the night for 12 points. He also had six rebounds in 25 minutes, the most he has played this season.

A difficult loss

URI was without assistant coach Kevin Clark. His mother, who lived in Connecticut, died recently and Clark was with his family.

pkenyon@projo.com