FHSU Athletics
#8 Fort Hays State (24-3, 15-3 MIAA)
vs. Nebraska-Kearney (14-15, 7-11 MIAA)
Thursday, February 26, 2026 • 5:30 p.m.
Hays, Kan. • Gross Memorial Coliseum
Radio: KJLS (103.3) CLICK HERE TO LISTEN
Video: MIAA Network: CLICK HERE TO WATCH ($)
Game Sponsor: Nex-Tech
National Anthem: FHSU student Lilly Jones
Promotions: FHSU Cheer routine at halftime, Association of Diagnostic Medical Sonography 50/50 raffle, Student Loyalty Program giveaways, Teacher Appreciation
The eighth-ranked Fort Hays State women's basketball team wraps up the regular season Thursday (Feb. 26) when the Tigers host rival Nebraska-Kearney. First tip is set for 5:30 p.m. inside Gross Memorial Coliseum.
With just one game remaining in the regular season, the Tigers (24-3, 15-3 MIAA) sit one-game out of first place in the MIAA standings. A win Thursday would keep the Tigers chances of a share of the MIAA title alive. They have already wrapped up the two-seed in the MIAA Championship Tournament, giving the Tigers a quarterfinal game on Thursday, March 5.
The Lopers (14-15, 7-11 MIAA) are firmly on the bubble of qualifying for the tournament. UNK is currently tied for 10th in the standings with Rogers State who defeated the Lopers in their lone regular season meeting.
Quick Hits
- Fort Hays State is ranked second in the latest release of the NCAA Division II Central Region rankings, announced Wednesday.
- The Tigers are 5-2 against regionally ranked teams this season, including wins over Concordia-St. Paul, Central Missouri, Washburn, Colorado-Colorado Springs and Eastern New Mexico.
- The Tigers are now 13-1 coming off a loss under head coach Talia Kahrs, losing back-to-back games only once (at MWSU and NWMSU, 2/1-3/24).
- Now with a Division II-best 748 points this season, Talexa Weeter is 49 points away from tying the MIAA record for points in a season (797, Jennifer Harris, Washburn, 2005-06).
- Weeter is just the fifth player in MIAA history and the second at FHSU to score 700 points in a season. It is the first-such campaign by an MIAA athlete in 20 years.
- Brooke Loewe leads all NCAA basketball, men and women spanning all divisions, with an MIAA-record 280 assists this season. She broke a 27-year-old MIAA record on Saturday (271, Jennifer Perine, ESU, 1998-99).
- Loewe's 280 assists are tied for 22nd-most in a single season in NCAA Division II history.
- After recording the first FHSU triple-double in 4,076 days two weeks ago against ESU, Loewe needed just nine days to record another one, tallying 12 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists in the overtime win over PSU. She is one of three DII players and one of eight across all NCAA women's basketball with multiple triple-doubles.
- The Tigers and Lopers have played twice on February 26 in series history, with FHSU winning at home on this date in 2025 and 2006.