FHSU Athletics
#3 Fort Hays State Women's Basketball (4-0)
vs. University of Colorado Colorado Springs (1-2)
Tuesday, November 25, 2025 • 5 p.m. (4 p.m. MT)
Denver, Colorado • Auraria Event Center
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at MSU Denver (0-4)
Wednesday, November 26, 2025 • 4 p.m. (3 p.m. MT)
Denver, Colorado • Auraria Event Center
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The third-ranked Fort Hays State women's basketball team wraps up a stretch of four games in six days this week with a pair of games against RMAC programs. The Thanksgiving week trip to Denver opens against the University of Colorado Colorado Springs on Tuesday (5 p.m./4 p.m. MT) before wrapping up against host MSU Denver on Wednesday (4 p.m./3p.m. MT).
The Tigers are off to a 4-0 start to the season, while the Mountain Lions, who were receiving votes in the most recent WBCA DII Coaches Poll, are 1-2 on the year and the Roadrunners are 0-4 so far this season.
Fort Hays State has played with a lead for much of the season, with the Tigers trailing for all of 28 seconds across four games. Their largest deficit has been just one point.
The Tigers are 16-0 in November and 4-0 in Colorado under head coach Talia Kahrs.
FHSU ranks first in the country with 23.5 assists per game while ranking fourth in field goal percentage (51.0 percent), fifth in 3-point percentage (41.0 percent) and seventh in assist/turnover ratio (1.32).
Brooke Loewe broke the school record with 14 assists against William Jewell on Saturday, the most in a game by a DII player this season. It was her second game with at least 10 assists this season and the eighth-such performance of her career. She is nearly averaging a double-double with 10.0 points and 9.8 assists per game.
Now with 427 assists in 96 career games, Loewe needs four assists to tie Jaden Hobbs for second-most in program history and is just 51 shy of Maisha Prewitt's all-time record of 478. Loewe's 9.8 assists per game are the most across all NCAA Divisions. The top DI athlete is Kentucky's Tonie Morgan who averages 8.9 assists per contest, while the second-best average in DII is 7.8 per game.
Talexa Weeter leads the MIAA and ranks fifth in the country with a team-high 26.8 points per game this season. The junior has scored 25-plus in three of the four games while also leading the team with 8.3 rebounds per night.
Colorado native Olivia Mortensen leads the team with a shooting percentage of 55.6 percent which is third-best in the MIAA. The freshman is averaging 15.0 points per game so far this year, giving the Tigers a trio of players who average in double figures in scoring.
Scouting UCCS
- UCCS is 1-2 to start the year, with both losses coming at home against nationally ranked opponents.
- The Mountain Lions were picked second in the RMAC Preseason Coaches Poll.
- Ayianna Johnson was the first RMAC Offensive Player of the Week after averaging 20.5 points and shooting 61.5 percent from the floor in her first two games of the season.
- Johnson is leading the team with 22.3 points and 8.0 rebounds per game, with Amyah Moore Allen adding 18.0 ppg.
Series History with the Mountain Lions
- Fort Hays State leads the all-time series with UCCS, 8-4.
- The Tigers have won each of the last five meetings, with the last loss coming in 2003.
- The teams have met on a neutral court only once, with FHSU beating the Mountain Lions in Kearney, Neb. in 2018.
- This is the first meeting between the teams since that 2018 neutral site contest.
Last Meeting with UCCS
- A big second quarter helped No. 11 FHSU past UCCS seven years ago in Kearney, Neb., winning 80-52 at the UNK Crossover Tournament (11/24/18).
- Belle Barbieri led the team with 14 points and nine rebounds, including eight points in the first quarter.
- A 10-0 run helped the Tigers outscore the Mountain Lions 21-9 in the second quarter, pushing the halftime lead to 40-21.
Scouting the Roadrunners
- The Roadrunners are off to an 0-4 start to the season, with all four games being played away from home.
-Mikylah Espinosa is averaging 10.3 points and 3.0 assists per game while shooting 50.0 percent from the floor.
- MSU Denver ranks 280th out of 287 DII schools with a rebound margin of -13.5.
Series History with MSU Denver
- The Tigers hold a 16-13 lead all-time against MSU Denver in a series that began in 1989.
- FHSU has won each of the last two matchups.
- The Roadrunners are 11-5 at home against FHSU. The Tigers' road win over MSU Denver two years ago snapped a five-game road losing streak against the Roadrunners.
Last Meeting with the Roadrunners
- Four Tigers scored in double figures in a 75-52 win over MSU Denver last season in Hays (11/16/24).
- Talexa Weeter tallied 12 points and 10 rebounds for her first career double-double.
- The Tigers outrebounded the Roadrunners by 12, 46-34.
Career Stats vs. the Roadrunners
- Talexa Weeter has played MSU Denver twice, averaging 7.0 points and 6.5 rebounds per game. She recorded her first-ever double-double against the Roadrunners last season.
- Brooke Loewe - 5.5 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 4.5 apg in 2 games
- Ellie Stearns - 3.5 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 1.0 apg in 2 games
- Avery Lowe - 3.0 ppg, 1.0 rpg in 1 game
- Sarah Lawless - 2.0 ppg in 1 game
- Maddy Powell - 1.0 apg in 1 game