Xavier moved up three spots to No. 5 and Prairie jumped into this week's Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union Class 4A basketball poll.

Xavier (9-2) replaced Cedar Rapids Washington at No. 5. The Saints handed Davenport Assumption its first loss Tuesday, dropping the Knights from No. 2 to No. 3 in the Class 3A poll.

Washington (5-1) fell to No. 9 after an overtime loss to Waterloo West on Tuesday at Washington.

Prairie (6-3) jumped into the poll at No. 11. The Hawks have won three straight games, including a 20-point rout of then-No. 10 Linn-Mar and a 19-point win over Class 3A No. 12 Marion.

Despite three straight losses that dropped its record to 6-4, Linn-Mar fell only two spots to No. 12. The Lions were beaten by Prairie last Friday, lost to Illinois top-ranked Quincy Notre Dame on Saturday and were beaten by No. 1 Iowa City West on Tuesday.

Despite the loss to Prairie, Marion (7-1) is still ranked No. 12 in Class 3A.

Several Metro girls ranked among the top statistical performers over the past week. Kennedy's Courtney Strait scored 30 points against Iowa City High on Friday, Washington's Dani Franklin had 27 points Tuesday against Waterloo West, and Xavier's Alex Bartz had a state-high 13 blocks Tuesday against Assumption.

IGHSAU GIRLS BASKETBALL POLLS

CLASS 4A                   W-L     Pvs
1. Iowa City West        9-0        1
2. SE Polk                   9-0        2
3. Ames                     9-0        3
4. Ankeny                  8-1        4
5. CR Xavier                9-2        8
6. Waukee                 5-3        6
7. Mason City              9-1        7
8. Iowa City High         8-2      12
9. CR Washington        5-1       5
10. WDM Valley           8-1       9
11. CR Prairie              6-3       NR
12. Linn-Mar               6-4       10
13. Lewis Central        6-1       14
14. Cedar Falls            7-3       15
15. Muscatine             7-2       11

CLASS 3A                      W-L      Pvs
1. South Tama               10-0       1
2. Benton                       9-0       3
3. Dav. Assumption          6-1       2
4. MOC-Floyd Valley          8-0       4
5. Glenwood                   8-0       5
6. SC Heelan                   7-0       6
7. Dubuque Wahlert        7-2        7
8. Sgt. Bluff-Luton           6-1       8
9. Bondurant-Farrar          9-0       9
10. Union                       8-1      10
11. Washington               7-1      11
12. Marion                      7-1      12
13. Williamsburg             10-2      13
14. Waverly-Shell Rock     5-3      NR
15. New Hampton           6-1      NR

CLASS 2A                      W-L     Pvs
1. OA-BCIG                   10-0       1
2. Estherville-LC             10-0       2
3. IKM-Manning               7-1       3
4. West Hancock             9-0       4
5. FD St. Edmond            9-0       7
6. Mediapolis                   9-0       8
7. Gilbert                       9-0       8
8. Western Christian        8-0      10
9. Carroll Kuemper          6-3       5
10. Lawton-Bronson       5-3      11
11. Pella Christian           5-1      13
12. Panorama                8-1      14
13. North Linn             11-0      NR
14. Monticello               9-1       6
15. Van Buren              8-1      12

CLASS 1A                   W-L      Pvs
1. North Mahaska          9-0       1
2. Bedford                 10-0       2
3. Ar-We-Va                6-0       3
4. North Butler            7-1       4
5. LeMars Gehlen         8-0       5
6. West Sioux             8-0       7
7. Lynnville-Sully        10-1       9
8. Central Lyon           8-1      12
9. Newell-Fonda          5-3       6
10. Villisca                  8-1      10
11. Exira/EHK             8-1      13
12. North Tama          8-2       8
13. Adair-Casey           9-1      14
14. Burlington ND       6-2      11
15. Marcus-M-C           6-2      15