FHSU Athletics
#6 Fort Hays State (23-3, 14-3 MIAA)
at #25 Pittsburg State (18-7, 11-5 MIAA)
Saturday, February 21, 2026 • 1:30 p.m.
Pittsburg, Kan. • John Lance Arena/Whetzel Court
Radio: KJLS (103.3) CLICK HERE TO LISTEN
Video: MIAA Network: CLICK HERE TO WATCH ($)
TV: 38 the Spot MIAA TV Game of the Week
The sixth-ranked Fort Hays State women's basketball team will play its final regular season road game on Saturday when the Tigers take on Pittsburg State. First tip in the penultimate game of the regular season is set for 1:30 p.m. insdie john Lance Arena in Pittsburg, Kan.
The game will be broadcast on 38 the Spot in the Kansas City area as the MIAA TV Game of the Week.
With two games remaining in the regular season, the Tigers (23-3, 14-3) currently sit one-half game back of first place in the MIAA standings, while the Gorillas (18-7, 11-5 MIAA) are tied for fourth.
Quick Hits
- The Tigers are 12-1 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 714 points this season, Talexa Weeter is 83 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 268 assists this season. She is three 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.
- Talexa Weeter has scored in double figures in 36-straight games.
- The Tigers and Gorilla played on this date in 1986, with FHSU winning 83-71 at home.
- FHSU is 5-4 against ranked teams under head coach Talia Kahrs, including a 3-3 record when ranked themselves.
- Olivia Mortensen is averaging 22.5 points per game over the last two contests.
- Brooke Loewe has reached double figures in assists in each of the last three games and five of the last six contests.