FHSU Athletics
#7 Fort Hays State (22-2, 13-2 MIAA)
vs. Newman (7-17, 1-14 MIAA)
Saturday, February 14, 2026 • 2 p.m.
Hays, Kan. • Gross Memorial Coliseum
Radio: KJLS (103.3) CLICK HERE TO LISTEN
Video: MIAA Network: CLICK HERE TO WATCH ($)
Game Sponsor: Cancer Council of Ellis County
National Anthem: Brent & Ginger Williams
Promotions: Senior Day, Wear pink in support of breast cancer awareness, Seniors 55+ get tickets for just $5
The seventh-ranked Fort Hays State women's basketball team will host the Newman Jets on Saturday (Feb. 14) beginning at 2 p.m. inside Gross Memorial Coliseum. The Tigers will honor Sarah Lawless, Brooke Loewe and Ellie Stearns before the game for Senior Day.
With just four games remaining in the regular season, the Tigers (22-2, 13-2 MIAA) sit a half-game up on second place in the MIAA standings. Central Missouri enters the weekend 18-5 overall and 12-2 in the MIAA, while Pittsburg State and Missouri Southern are one game behind the Jennies at 11-3 in league action.
Quick Hits
- The Tigers are averaging 2,206 fans per game at home this season, tops in Division II. That average would be tied with DePaul for 76th in Division I and is more than three Big 12 schools (Cincinnati, UCF, Houston).
- Fort Hays State has now won 20 or more games in 15-straight seasons, extending the longest active streak in Division II. It is fifth-longest across all NCAA Divisions behind only UConn, Baylor, Florida Gulf Coast & Louisville.
- Talexa Weeter leads Division II and ranks second across all NCAA divisions with an average of 27.7 points per game. For reference, the MIAA record for single season scoring average is 25.4 ppg (Melissa Grider, MSSU, 1995-96).
- Brooke Loewe averages 10.3 assists per game and is the only NCAA athlete, male or female spanning all divisions, currently averaging in double figures in assists. Her 17 assists at UNK are the most across all divisions of NCAA women's basketball.
- Now with a school-record 247 assists, Loewe needs just 24 assists to break the MIAA record for assists in a season (271, Jennifer Perine, ESU, 1998-99).
- FHSU has claimed seven of the 12 MIAA Player of the Week honors given out this season, including five for Talexa Weeter and two for Brooke Loewe. No other school or individual has more than one.
- Loewe put together FHSU's first triple-double since 2014 on Thursday, totaling 11 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists.