FHSU Athletics
#8 Fort Hays State (20-2, 11-2 MIAA)
at Arkansas-Fort Smith (4-17, 3-9 MIAA)
Saturday, February 7, 2026 • 1 p.m.
Fort Smith, Ark. • Gayle Kaundart Arena at the Stubblefield Center
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The eighth-ranked Fort Hays State women's basketball team will play in the state of Arkansas for the first time in team history Saturday when the Tigers take on Arkansas-Fort Smith. First tip is set for 1 p.m. inside the Stubblefield Center in Fort Smith, Ark.
Quick Hits
- This is the program's first ever game played in the state of Arkansas. The
Tigers are 3-0 all-time against Arkansas-based schools (1-0 vs. Arkansas-Fort Smith, Arkansas Tech and Harding).
- 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.
- The Tigers currently have a half-game lead in front of second place in the MIAA standings. With three-and-a-half weeks remaining in the regular season, there are still six teams within two games of first place in the loss column.
- Fort Hays State has more wins (10-0) without a loss when ranked No. 8 in the WBCA DII Coaches Poll than any other position in the rankings.
- Talexa Weeter is 26th player in program history to reach 1,000 career points. She needed 62 games to reach that threshold, second-fastest in team history (Annette Wiles - 57 gms, Shauna Porter - 65 gms).
- Weeter leads Division II and ranks second across all NCAA divisions with an average of 27.5 ppg,
- Brooke Loewe averages 10.4 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 WBB.
- Loewe needs five assists to tie her own school record of 233 assists in a season.
- FHSU has claimed six of the 11 MIAA Player of the Week honors given out this season. No other school has more than one.
20 Wins Now the Norm
- Fort Hays State has reached the 20-win plateau for a 15th-consecutive season, extending the longest active streak of 20-win seasons in Division II. FHSU's streak is tied for the fifth-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 four DI programs have longer active stretches of 20-win seasons, including UConn (33), Baylor (26), Florida Gulf Coast (21) Louisville (16), while FHSU is tied with South Carolina (15).
National/MIAA Rankings
- Fort Hays State leads Division II in assists per game (19.8 apg) while ranking third in defensive rebounds per game (31.5 drpg), fourth in field goal percentage (47.8 percent), fifth in assist/turnover ratio (1.27), sixth in fewest fouls per game (13.0 fpg), sixth in winning percentage (90.9 percent), 13th in 3-point percentage (36.0 percent), 20th in scoring offense (76.4 ppg), 24th in scoring margin (plus-14.3) and 32nd in field goal percentage defense (35.8 percent). FHSU ranks first in the MIAA in each of the aforementioned categories.
- While the Tigers are first in the country in defensive rebounding, FHSU is last in the MIAA in offensive rebounding (9.0 per game). Overall the Tigers rank fourth in the league with an average of 40.6 rebounds per night.
- Brooke Loewe's 10.4 assists per game are the most across all NCAA divisions. In fact, she is the only NCAA student-athlete, male or female, currently averaging in double figures n assists.
- Talexa Weeter leads Division II and ranks second across all NCAA divisions with an average of 27.5 points per game.- Loewe's 17 assists against Nebraska-Kearney are the most in a game across all NCAA divisions of women's basketball this season and second-most across all divisions including men's basketball (Arkansas-Pine Bluff's Quion Williams had 18 assists vs. Champion Christian).
- Loewe has recorded 14 or more assists six times this season. Only two other DII athlete have done so once (Brielle Minor - Cal Poly Pomona, Micaela Hanning - Vanguard).
- Weeter's 45 points against Northwest Missouri State are tied for second-most by a DII athlete this season.
- Weeter ranks fourth in the MIAA in rebounds (8.7 per game) and second in the MIAA in field goal percentage (52.3 percent).
- Olivia Mortensen ranks third in the MIAA with a field goal percentage of 49.6 percent.
On This Date
- The Tigers are 10-6 in recorded history on February 7, most recently falling to Northeastern State on the road in 2022.
- That game was played on a Monday at 2 p.m. and was the third road game in a span of five days for the team. The game was originally scheduled for New Year's Day in 2022 but was postponed due to COVID-19 protocols within the RiverHawk program.