Lexi Noonan scored 15 points and McKenna Andersen added 12 as the Xavier girls basketball team beat Dubuque Hempstead, 39-29, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game Tuesday at Xavier.

The Saints improved to 7-6.

Calee O’Hare scored 10 points for the Mustangs (3-10). Hempstead scored only 10 points in the first half.

DUBUQUE HEMPSTEAD (29): Paulsen 0 0-0 0, Bitter 0 0-0 0, Kluesner 0 0-0 0, Schaul 1 0-0 2, Snitker 0 4-4 4, Fleckenstein 0 2-4 2, Kallaher 1 0-0 3, O’Hare 4 0-0 10, Krug 3 0-0 8, Doyle 0 0-0 0, Groneau 0 0-0 0. Totals 9 6-8 29.

XAVIER (39): Noonan 6 3-3 15, Joens 1 1-2 3, Ivester 0 0-0 0, Dickes 2 0-2 4, Andersen 3 4-4 12, Stanek 2 0-0 5, Callahan 0 0-0 0, Steffen 0 0-0 0, Kadlec 0 0-0 0, Stovie 0 0-0 0, Helms 0 0-0 0, Cooling 0 0-0 0, Hoffman 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 8-11 39.

Halftime – Xavier 17, Dubuque Hempstead 10. 3-point goals – Dubuque Hempstead 5 (O’Hare 2, Krug 2, Kallaher), Xavier 3 (Andersen 2, Stanek).