Xavier Girls Basketball

Stanek helps Xavier girls top Assumption

DAVENPORT - Kiana Stanek popped in five 3-pointers and scored 16  points Tuesday night as the Xavier Saints topped Davenport Assumption, 61-52, in a battle of ranked teams in Davenport.

Assumption (6-3) is ranked No. 9 in Class 3A and Xavier (7-3) is ranked No. 10 in Class 4A.

Amelia Ivester pitched in 12 points for the Saints. Caitlynn Daniels and Lexi Noonan scored 11 apiece in a balanced attack.

Jasmine Harris netted 17 points for Assumption.

XAVIER (61): Stanek 5 1-1 16, Daniels 2 6-8 11, Brown 1 0-2 2, Noonan 4 3-6 11, Steffen 3 3-4 9, Ivester 6 0-2 12, Jasper 0 0-0 0. Totals: 21 13-23 61.

ASSUMPTION (52): Brown 2 1-1 5, Gervase 0 0-0 0, Fennelly 3 0-0 6, Harris 5 5-6 17, King 0 0-0 0, C.Brown 4 0-1 9, Timmons 3 0-0 6,  Wislander 2 0-0 4, Jacobsen 2 0-0 5. Totals: 21 6-8 52

Halftime - Xavier 35, Assumption 30. 3-point goals - Xavier 6 (Stanek  5, Daniels 1), Assumption 4 (Harris 2, C.Brown 1, Jacobsen 1).

No. 11 Xavier girls tame Kennedy

Lexi Noonan poured in 24 points Tuesday night as the 11th-ranked Xavier girls basketball team defeated Kennedy, 52-37, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game at Kennedy.

Noonan made eight field goals and was a perfect 8-for-8 at the foul line as the surging Saints won their fourth straight game and raised their overall record to 6-3 heading into the holidays.

Kylie Brown pitched in 12 points for Xavier.

Xavier has defeated three Metro opponents in a row with triumphs over Linn-Mar, Jefferson and Kennedy. The Saints have held their nine  opponents to an average of just 39.8 points per game and nobody has scored more than 51 points against them all season.

Hailey Dolphin led Kennedy with 24 points, matching Noonan for game-scoring honors. The struggling Cougars lost for the fifth time in  their last six games and fell to 3-6 for the campaign.

The Saints held a slim 20-18 lead at halftime, but they outscored the Cougars 32-19 in the second half.

Read more...

No. 11 Xavier girls trim J-Hawks

Kiana Stanek tied a school record with six 3-pointers Friday night to help the 11th-ranked Xavier Saints edge Jefferson, 50-47, in a  Mississippi Valley Conference game at Jefferson.

Stanek scored all 18 of her points on 3-pointers and Kylie Brown notched 17 points as the Saints raised their record to 5-3. Caitlynn Daniels collected seven assists.

Stanek made five 3-pointers in the first half and had 15 markers by  intermission. The Saints led 29-17 at halftime and had to hold off the J-Hawks in the fourth quarter.

Kennedy Dighton scored 18 points for the J-Hawks (4-4) and Erica Oler finished with 15.

XAVIER (50): Stanek 6 0-0 18, Hoffman 0 0-0 0, Daniels 1 1-4 3,  Cooling 0 0-0 0, Brown 7 3-3 17, Noonan 4 0-1 8, Steffen 0 0-0 0,  Callahan 0 0-0 0, Stovie 0 0-0 0, Ivester 2 0-0 4, Jasper 0 0-0 0.  Totals 20 4-8 50.

JEFFERSON (47): Baxter 0 0-0 0, Donner 1 2-2 4, Wise 0 2-2 2, Guy 3  0-0 6, Er.Oler 6 3-5 15, Dighton 8 0-1 18, Em.Oler 1 0-0 2. Totals 19  7-11 47.

Halftime - Xavier 29, Jefferson 17. 3-point goals - Xavier 6 (Stanek  6), Jefferson 2 (Dighton 2).

Xavier girls dump Waterloo West

If you watch the Xavier girls basketball team play a few games in a  row, you realize the Saints play really good defense.

They did it again Tuesday night.

The Saints pestered Waterloo West with their long arms and quick feet and topped the Wahawks, 49-29, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game  at Ron Thillen Gymnasium.

Waterloo West (3-3) averaged 56.8 points in its first five games and  star guard Aliyah Robinson was getting 18.8 per contest, but the  Saints followed their defensive game plan to perfection.

Xavier prevented Robinson from driving to the basket and gave the visitors very few second-chance opportunities.

"We play a lot of help defense, especially at practice, and helping the helper," explained senior Lexi Noonan, who led the Saints with 13  points and was a force on defense. "We all help each other out and  make sure everyone is covered and we don't leave their best player  open."

Na'Tracia Ceasar, who was averaging 16.8 points, collected only seven points against the stingy Saints, who had a good scouting report on the visitors from Waterloo.

Read more...