WATERLOO -- Dale Jones scored 24 points to lead Waterloo West past Prairie, 56-54, Tuesday night in a Mississippi Valley Conference boys basketball game at West.

Kentrel Smith scored 13 points, Matt MacDougall 12 and Tom Eilers 11 for Prairie (4-2, 1-1 MVC).

Prairie battled back from a 36-26 halftime deficit. The Hawks rained in 12 3-pointers. Smith had four.

Prairie played without senior guard Jacob Aune, who suffered a concussion in the Hawks' game last Friday against Washington.

PRAIRIE (54): Brooks Kehoe 3 0-0 9, Jace Hanna 4 0-1 9, Kentrel Smith 4 1-2 13, Bryce Meeker 0 0-0 0, Matt MacDougall 5 1-1 12, Tom Eilers 3 2-2 11. Totals 19 4-6 54.

WATERLOO WEST (56): Dequan Moore 3 4-6 10, Malik Green 2 0-2 6, DiMarco Mallett 2 0-0 4, Carderrius Smith 0 1-2 1, Tyshawn Roby 1 1-2 3, Alex Young 1 0-0 2, Dale Jones 8 4-4 24, Xavier Hightower 3 0-2 6. Totals 20 10-18 56.

Halftime -- Waterloo West 36, Prairie 26. 3-point goals -- Prairie 12 (Kehoe 3, Hanna 1, Smith 4, MacDougall 1, Eilers 3), West 6 (Green 2, Jones 4). Totals fouls -- Prairie 18, Waterloo West 13.