FHSU Athletics
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Fort Hays State's Talexa Weeter has again been named MIAA Women's Basketball Athlete of the Week, announced Monday (Dec. 1) by the league office. It is the second time in three weeks that the junior has garnered the award.
The Goodland, Kan. native averaged a double-double in a pair of wins over former RMAC rivals last week, putting up 33.5 points and 10.0 rebounds per game against UCCS and MSU Denver.
Weeter opened the trip to Denver with 33 points and 11 rebounds against the Mountain Lions, including a pair of free throws with seven seconds remaining to give FHSU the lead for good. She followed that up with 34 points and nine rebounds in a come-from-behind win over the Roadrunners the following day, including 28 points on 12-of-17 shooting in the second half.
She has scored 25 or more points in five of six games so far this season, leading Division II and ranking second across all NCAA divisions with an average of 29.0 points per game. She also ranks second in the conference in rebounding (8.8 rebounds per game) and shooting percentage (51.2 percent).
Weeter and the rest of the fourth-ranked Tiger squad will open conference play Thursday (Dec. 4, 5:30 p.m.) when they travel to Warrensburg, Mo. to take on Central Missouri.