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#7 Fort Hays State Women's Basketball (9-1, 1-1 MIAA)
vs. Chadron State (0-8, 0-4 RMAC)
Friday, December 19, 2025 • 5:30 p.m.
Hays, Kan. • Gross Memorial Coliseum
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The seventh-ranked Fort Hays State women's basketball team wraps up non-conference play Friday evening when the Tigers host Chadron State. First tip is set for 5:30 p.m. inside Gross Memorial Coliseum.
Quick Hits
- The Tigers hit 31 free throws the last time they played Chadron State, three off the program's single game record.
- This is the fifth-straight season and the ninth time in the last 11 seasons that the Tigers are playing on December 19. FHSU is 11-2 all-time on this date, including a 7-1 record since 2015.
- Mikayla Pilley has hit multiple 3-pointers in each of the last two games.
- Brooke Loewe broke the school record in career assists on Saturday, now with 489 in 103 career games. The record she broke was more than 24 years old (478, Maisha Prewitt, 1997-01). The senior is tied for second amongst active DII players and ranks 12th across all NCAA Divisions in career assists, while this year she leads all NCAA Divisions with an average of 10.1 assists per game.
- Talexa Weeter leads all Division II and ranks second across all NCAA Divisions with an average of 28.0 points per game. She's scored 23 or more points in nine of 10 games this season, including four with 30-plus.
- Fort Hays State reached the 20-win plateau for the 14th-consecutive season last year. That is the longest active streak in Division II and is tied for sixth-longest across all NCAA divisions. In comparison, the next longest current streak in the MIAA is four (Missouri Western), while the next longest in DII is Drury with 12.
On This Date
- The Tigers are 11-2 in recorded history on December 19, most recently defeating Truman State 77-57 in Hawaii last season.
- FHSU has played on this date all but two years since 2015, including every year since 2021.
20 Wins Now the Norm
- Fort Hays State has now reached the 20-win plateau in each of the last 14 seasons, extending the longest active streak of 20-win seasons in Division II. FHSU's streak is tied for the sixth-longest active streak of 20-win seasons across all NCAA Divisions.
- FHSU reached the 20-win plateau just eight times over the first 42 years of the program before the current streak began in 2011-12, including no more than two consecutive 20-win campaigns during that time.
- The next-best active streak of 20-win seasons in the MIAA is four (MWSU), while the next-best streak in DII is Drury with 12.
- Only five DI programs have longer active stretches of 20-win seasons, including UConn (32), Baylor (25), Stanford (23), Florida Gulf Coast (21) and Louisville (15). Fort Hays State's run of 14-straight 20-win seasons is tied with South Carolina and South Dakota State for sixth-best in all NCAA women's basketball.
National Rankings
- FHSU leads in the country with 19.8 assists per game while ranking eighth in field goal percentage (47.0 percent) and 22nd in scoring offense (77.8 ppg).
- Brooke Loewe's 10.1 assists per game are the most across all NCAA Divisions. The DI lead is 9.5 assists per game, while the second-best average in DII is 7.4 (Lydia Haack, Concordia-St. Paul).
- Talexa Weeter leads Division II and would also rank first in DI with an average of 28.0 points per game. Only Alexa Charles of DIII school Hunter with 32.7 points per game averages more points per game across all NCAA Divisions.
- Loewe's 14 assists in a game, a feat she accomplished twice in five days, are the most in a game by a DII athlete this season.
- Loewe has five games with 10-plus assists, the most of any DII athlete. In fact, only two other DII student-athletes have had multiple 10-plus assist games this season (CSP's Lydia Haack - 4, UNK's Jillian Aschoff - 2).
- Ellie Stearns ranks fifth in the conference with 2.1 3-pointers made per game.
- Weeter ranks second in the MIAA in rebounds (8.8 per game) and second in the MIAA in field goal percentage (50.0 percent).
- Loewe ranks fifth in the MIAA with an average of 2.1 steals per game.
Fresh Start
- Olivia Mortensen is the 14th true freshman to start a season opener for the Tigers during the DII era (since 1991-92) and the first since Ellie Stearns in 2022.
Last Time Out
- The No. 7 Tigers cruised to a 75-37 win over Tabor earlier this week inside Gross Memorial Coliseum (12/16/25).
- Ten different Tigers scored in the win, including 23 points from Talexa Weeter and 10 points from Ellie Stearns.
- The Tiger defense forced 20 turnovers and limited the Bluejays to just 25 percent shooting for the game (15-of-60).
Scouting the Eagles
- Chadron State has struggled so far this season, turning in a record of 0-8.
- The Eagles rank third-to-last out of 290 DII teams with 26.6 turnovers per game and fifth-to-last in scoring with 49.6 points per contest.
- McKenzi Petersen leads the team with an average of 10.1 points per contest.
- Ella Moser hits 2.4 3-pointers per game, fourth-best in the RMAC.
Series History with Chadron State
- Fort Hays State is 25-11 all-time against Chadron State.
- The Tigers are 14-2 at home against the Eagles.
- FHSU has won three-straight overall and one-straight at home.
- The Tigers won the first 10 home games in the series between 1991 and 1999, but FHSU is just 4-2 at home against CSC since the turn of the century.
Last Meeting with the Eagles
- The No. 11 Tigers defeated Chadron State by 30 points early in the 2018-19 season, winning 89-59 in Kearney, Neb. (11/25/18)
- The Tigers hit 31-of-38 from the free-throw line, just three shy of the program's record for free throws in a game.
- Chadron State outshot the Tigers, hitting 48.1 percent from the floor compared to 41.0 percent for FHSU.
- The Eagles committed 28 turnovers, turning into 33 points for the Tigers.
- Lanie Page led the way with 16 points, with Tatyana Legette adding 14 points and Kacey Kennett chipping in 10 points.
Looking Ahead
- The Tigers will then return to conference play in the new year when they host Northwest Missouri State on New Year's Day beginning at 5:30 p.m.