DAVENPORT - The Xavier boys basketball team won a state title last year, but the Saints are struggling so far this season.

Davenport Assumption trimmed Xavier, 62-60, Tuesday night in Davenport, leaving the Saints with a 2-5 record.

Matt Mims returned from a sprained ankle and led Xavier with 19  points, three assists and three steals. Max Techau collected a  double-double with 15 points and 12 rebounds. Jackson Joens and Bryce Schulte scored 10 points apiece for the Saints.

Xavier trailed 47-38 after three quarters and made a surge in the final stanza before falling two points short. The Saints launched 21 3-point shots in the game, but made only four of them.

Liam Robbins, a 6-foot-11 center, poured in 24 points for Assumption (5-3).

XAVIER (60): Mims 7 3-3 19, Butkowski 2 0-2 4, Joens 4 0-0 10,  Q.Schulte 1 0-0 2, Techau 7 1-2 15, B.Schulte 3 4-6 10, Dempleworth 0  0-0 0. Totals 24 8-13 60.

ASSUMPTION (62): Peeters 3 1-1 7, Fennelly 2 2-2 6, Wallace 2 0-0 4, Fitzpatrick 4 2-2 11, Thrapp 2 1-1 6, Greiner 1 1-1 3, Robbins 10 4-4 24. Totals 24 12-12 62.

Halftime - Assumption 34, Xavier 27. 3-point goals - Xavier 4 (Mims 2, Joens 2), Assumption 2 (Fitzpatrick 1, Thrapp 1).