Xavier Girls Basketball

No. 15 Washington girls top Saints

Anne Visser collected 20 points and five rebounds Friday night as the 15th-ranked Washington Warriors defeated Xavier, 70-53, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game at Washington.

The Warriors raised their records to 12-6 overall and 6-4 in the MVC. The Saints fell to 8-10 overall and 4-6 in the league.

Washington led at halftime, 37-18.

Payton Bruner contributed 12 points and six rebounds for Washington. Joniqua Clark stuffed the boxscore with 10 points, five rebounds, five assists and five steals. Jayla Johnson had 10 points and five rebounds. Jessica Puk contributed seven rebounds.

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No. 15 Washington girls top Saints

Anne Visser collected 20 points and five rebounds Friday night as the 15th-ranked Washington Warriors defeated Xavier, 70-53, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game at Washington.

The Warriors raised their records to 12-6 overall and 6-4 in the MVC. The Saints fell to 8-10 overall and 4-6 in the league.

Washington led at halftime, 37-18.

Payton Bruner contributed 12 points and six rebounds for Washington. Joniqua Clark stuffed the boxscore with 10 points, five rebounds, five assists and five steals. Jayla Johnson had 10 points and five rebounds. Jessica Puk contributed seven rebounds.

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No. 12 Lions hold off Xavier

Just a few short years ago, Tom Lilly battled against Jamie Printy when she was a star player for the Linn-Mar Lions.

Now Lilly is battling against Jamie (Printy) Brandt in her new role as the young girls basketball coach of the Lions, continuing their rivalry and friendship on a different level.

Brandt and the Lions won their latest confrontation with Lilly and the Xavier Saints, 47-41, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game Friday night at Linn-Mar.

When it was over, Lilly congratulated Brandt on a job well done and they both left the floor with smiles.

Lilly has won more than 500 games and four state titles at Xavier, and now he's competing against a new generation of coaches like Brandt, who comes from a successful basketball family.

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Joens leads Xavier girls by Waterloo

Meagan Joens scored 17 points to lead the Xavier girls basketball team to a 60-19 win over struggling Waterloo East in a Mississippi Valley Conference game Friday at Xavier.

McKenna Andersen scored 15 points for the Saints (7-8) and Amelia Ivester added 11.

The Trojans (1-14) made just six field goals in the game.

WATERLOO EAST (19): Sisk 0 1-2 1, Clark 0 4-4 4, Niyimpaye 0 0-0 0, Roberts 4 0-0 8, Anderson 0 0-0 0, Sims 0 0-2 2, Dickens 0 0-0 0, Watson 2 1-2 5, Shannon 0 1-2 1. Totals 6 7-10 19.

XAVIER (60): Noonan 3 3-4 9, Joens 7 3-3 17, Ivester 5 1-2 11, Dickes 0 0-0 0, Andersen 5 4-4 15, Bastian 0 0-0 0, Stanek 1 0-0 2, Steffen 0 0-0 0, Kadlec 1 0-0 2, Stovie 0 0-2 0, Helms 0 1-2 1, Jasper 0 3-4 3. Totals 22 15-21 60.

Halftime – Xavier 32, Waterloo East 9. 3-point goals – Waterloo East 0, Xavier 1 (Andersen).