FHSU Athletics
#6 Fort Hays State (23-2, 14-2 MIAA)
at Missouri Southern (17-7, 11-4 MIAA)
Thursday, February 19, 2026 • 5:30 p.m.
Joplin, Mo. • Robert Ellis Young Gymnasium
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The sixth-ranked Fort Hays State women's basketball team will open its final road trip of the season Thursday (Feb. 19) when the Tigers take on Missouri Southern. First tip from Joplin, Mo. is set for 5:30 p.m.
The Tigers (23-2, 14-2 MIAA) enter the matchup one-half game up on second place in the MIAA standings with three games to play. The Lions (17-7, 11-4) are tied for third in the league standings, two games behind FHSU and UCM in the loss column.
Due to a $5 million ongoing renovation project inside the Leggett & Platt Athletic Center, the Lions are playing home games inside Robert Ellis Young Gymnasium this season. The building was the home of the Lions until the LPAC was completed in 1999.
Quick Hits
- Now with a Division II-best 697 points this season, Talexa Weeter is 100 points away from tying the MIAA record for points in a season (797, Jennifer Harris, Washburn, 2005-06). Three more points will give the junior just the fifth 700-point season in MIAA history and the first in 20 years.
- Brooke Loewe leads all NCAA basketball, men and women spanning all divisions, with 257 assists this season. She is 14 shy of tying the MIAA record for assists in a season (271, Jennifer Perine, ESU, 1998-99).
- FHSU has claimed seven of the 13 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.
- 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 have dropped each of their last two road games at Missouri Southern and are 10-16 all-time on the road in Joplin.
- The Tigers are 16-7 on the road in Missouri under head coach Talia Kahrs. Nearly half (7-of-15) of FHSU's losses over the last three seasons have taken place in the Show-Me State.
- Talexa Weeter has scored in double figures in 35-straight games.
- FHSU and MSSU have played three times on February 19. The Tigers are 2-1, but the Lions won the last meeting.
- Ellie Stearns ranks 10th in FHSU history in made 3-pointers (131) and sixth in 3-point attempts (448).