The hard times continued for the Xavier boys basketball team Friday night.

Cedar Rapids Prairie torched the Saints for 29 points in the fourth  quarter and rallied to a 70-66 victory in a Mississippi Valley  Conference game at Prairie.

The Saints (2-6) led by eight points heading into the final stanza,  but the Hawks (6-3) surged to victory.

Matt Mims popped in five 3-pointers and led Xavier with 29 points. Max  Techau proved 21 points for the Saints.

Max Smith Drahos topped Prairie with 21 points. Jake Eilers nailed  five 3-pointers and scored 15. Keegan Murray hit four triples and  scored 14 points for the Hawks and Griff Clark netted 13.

XAVIER (66): Lux 0 0-0 0, Mims 10 3-4 28, Butkowski 0 0-0 0 Joens 4  1-1 11, Q.Schulte 0 0-0 0, Techau 9 3-3 21, Johnson 1 0-0 2, B.Schulte  2 0-4 4. Totals 26 7-12 66.

PRAIRIE (70): Eilers 5 0-0 15, Serbousek 2 1-1 5, Smith Drahos 5 11-12  21, Ke.Murray 5 0-0 14, Clark 2 8-11 13, Usher 1 0-0 2, Kr.Murray 0  0-0 0, Lorenz 0 0-0 0, Kilpatrick 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 20-24 70.

Halftime - Xavier 32, Prairie 29. 3-point goals - Xavier 7 (Mims 5,  Joens 2), Prairie 10 (Eilers 5, K.Murray 4, Clark 1).