FHSU Athletics
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Fort Hays State's Brooke Loewe has again been named MIAA Athlete of the Week, announced Monday by the league office. The senior averaged a double-double last week, putting up 12.0 points, 11.0 assists, 4.0 rebounds and 3.5 steals per game in a pair of road wins over Northeastern State and Arkansas-Fort Smith to earn her second weekly honor from the league office.
Loewe opened the week with a 14-point, 14-assist double-double against the RiverHawks, surpassing 14 assists for the sixth time this season. To put that in context, entering this season the school record for assists in a game was 13. It was Loewe's ninth career double-double and her fifth of the season.
The Huxley, Iowa native then added 10 points, eight assists and three steals in a win over Arkansas-Fort Smith. She hit 81.3 percent from the charity line for the week (13-of-16), knocking down clutch free throws in the final minutes of both games to help the Tigers seal each victory.
Fort Hays State has earned seven of the 12 weekly honors given out by the conference office this season, more than the entire rest of the conference combined (five). No other school or individual has more than one award on the year, while Loewe now has two alongside five for Talexa Weeter.
The Tigers will be back at home this weekend starting Thursday (Feb. 12) when they host Emporia State beginning at 5:30 p.m.