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HAYS, Kan. - The 12th-ranked Fort Hays State women's basketball team moved to 5-0 on the year after a wire-to-wire victory over Tabor College Tuesday evening inside Gross Memorial Coliseum, 93-39.
Nine different Tigers combined for 32 assists on 40 made baskets, the most assists in a game for the Tigers in five years (34 vs. St. Mary, 11/25/19). Seven different players recorded at least two assists, including 10 from Brooke Loewe and eight from Maddy Powell. Loewe's 10 dimes are the most for a Tiger since January 2022 (Jaden Hobbs, 10, vs. Lincoln, 1/8/22).
Fort Hays State shot 56.3 percent from the floor (40-of-71), its best shooting percentage in nearly two years (56.4 percent at Lincoln, 1/2/23). The Tigers' 93 points are their most in a game since they scored 100 against Rogers State four years ago (2/20/20).
One minute into the fourth quarter Katie DeGarmo collected her seventh rebound of the game, giving the graduate student her 1,000th career rebound in a Tiger uniform. She is just the second player in program history to surpass that milestone, and is also the second to surpass that plateau in both points and rebounds. Earlier in the night the Maize, Kan. native moved into third place on the all-time scoring list at FHSU, now with 1,800 career points.
Oliva Hollenbeck won the opening tip for the Tigers, giving DeGarmo the chance to open the scoring with a 3-pointer. Tabor later scored on its second possession to make it 3-2 before the Tigers pulled away, scoring the next 13 points to race in front 16-2. Hollenbeck scored six points during the run, with Kate Dilsaver adding five points including a 3-pointer.
The Tigers eventually led by 18 after 10 minutes, 26-8, before Telexa Weeter helped push the lead to 30 by halftime, 51-21. The sophomore scored 10 points in the final three minutes of the half, including a pair of 3-pointers to give her a team-high 16 points on 7-of-8 shooting in the first half.
Fort Hays State continued to pour it on, scoring 42 points in the second half while holding the Bluejays to just six field goals after the break. Hollenbeck was 6-for-6 in the second half, totaling 12 points and four steals in just eight minutes of action.
Weeter finished with a game-high 25 points, setting a new career high for a third-consecutive game. Hollenbeck contributed 24 points, six rebounds and five steals, giving FHSU multiple players with 20 or more points for the first time since January 2023. DeGarmo finished with 16 points, a game-high seven rebounds, three assists and three steals. Fort Hays State limited the Bluejays to just 24.1 percent from the floor (14-of-58).
UP NEXT
The Tigers will continue their run of three games in five days this weekend in Colorado when they travel to take on Regis on Friday (Nov. 29, 6 p.m./5 p.m. MT) and Colorado School of Mines on Saturday (Nov. 30, 4 p.m./3 p.m. MT).