DUBUQUE - The struggles continued for the Linn-Mar girls basketball team Tuesday night.

Dubuque Hempstead handed the Lions their sixth straight defeat, 49-40, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game in Dubuque.

Hempstead (4-8, 2-7) snapped a five-game losing streak. Linn-Mar (6-7, 3-6) has not won a game since topping Cedar Falls on Dec. 13.

Hannah Yearling led Linn-Mar with eight points. The Lions trailed, 20-11, at halftime.

LINN-MAR (40): Yearling 3 1-2 8, Brandt 2 1-2 7, Strauel 2 2-3 6, Harms 1 2-4 4, Eiles 2 0-0 5, Major 2 0-0 6, Nietert 1 1-2 3, Libenguth 0 1-4 1. Totals 13 8-17 40.

HEMPSTEAD (49): Tauke 3 2-2 10, Lattner 0 0-0 0, Van Cleve 4 5-6 13, Doty 0 9-10 9, Koerperich 0 1-2 1, Dolan 2 0-2 4, Brown 3 1-2 10, Graves 1 0-0 2. Totals 13 18-24 49.

Halftime - Hempstead 20, Linn-Mar 11. 3-point goals - Linn-Mar 6 (Brandt 2, Major 2, Yearling 1, Eiles 1), Hempstead 5 (Brown 3, Tauke 2).