JOHNSTON - Elle Brown popped in 20 points Saturday afternoon as Johnston defeated the Xavier Saints, 64-37, in a battle of ranked girls basketball teams in Johnston.

Johnston is ranked No. 2 in Class 5A and Xavier is ranked No. 11 in Class 4A.

Meghan Joens led the Saints (1-1) with six points.

XAVIER (37): Bastian 1 0-0 2, Stanek 0 0-0 0, Helms 1 0-0 2, Andersen 1 2-6 4, Cooling 0 0-0 0, Noonan 2 1-3 5, Dickes 1 2-2 4, Brown 1 0-0 2, Kadlec 2 1-1 5, Callahan 0 0-0 0, Steffen 1 1-2 3, Stovie 0 0-0 0, Ivester 2 0-0 4, Joens 3 0-0 6. Totals 15 7-15 37.

JOHNSTON (64): Ness 0 0-0 0, Sieren 2 0-0 5, Wilmes 1 0-0 2, Brown 7 4-4 20, Beswick 0 1-2 1, Towers 0 0-0 0, Stubbs 0 0-0 0, Corell 0 0-0 0, Hurn 0 0-0 0 Johnson 2 0-0 4, Hinders 7 0-0 15, Knuth 7 3-3 17. Totals 26 8-9 64.

Halftime - Johnston 31, Xavier 14. 3-point goals - Xavier none, Johnston 4 (Brown 2, Sieren 1, Hinders 1).