FHSU Athletics
#7 Fort Hays State (21-2, 12-2 MIAA)
vs. Emporia State (12-11, 6-8 MIAA)
Friday, February 12, 2026 • 5:30 p.m.
Hays, Kan. • Gross Memorial Coliseum
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Game Sponsor: Buff Car Wash
National Anthem: Roosevelt Elementary
The seventh-ranked Fort Hays State women's basketball team returns home this week starting Thursday when the Tigers host Emporia State. First tip is set for 5:30 p.m. inside Gross Memorial Coliseum.
With five games remaining in the regular season, Fort Hays State (21-2, 12-2 MIAA) hold a half-game lead over second place in the MIAA standings, while the Lady Hornets (12-11, 6-8 MIAA) are one game clear of 10th.
Quick Hits
- The Tigers have won seven in a row against Emporia State, FHSU's longest winning streak in series history.
- Mikayla Pilley (11 points) and Kaitlin Schumann (12 points) both scored career-highs in the game at ESU last month.
- 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.
- Ellie Stearns hit five 3-pointers in the win at UAFS, giving the senior 128 for her career to tie for 10th at FHSU (Taylor Rolfs).
- 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 103 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 leads the nation with 236 assists this season, breaking her own school record of 233 set last season.
- FHSU has claimed seven of the 12 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.