DUBUQUE - Jace Hanna scored 17 points and Jacob Aune added 12 to lead Prairie past Dubuque Hempstead, 54-46, Tuesday in a Mississippi Valley Conference boys basketball game at Hempstead.

Prairie improved to 7-9 overall and 3-8 in the MVC.

Hempstead is 3-12, 2-8.

PRAIRIE (54): Aune 4 4-4 12, Mougin 0 0-0 0, Kehoe 0 0-0 0, Harper 3 0-0 6, Hanna 7 1-1 17, Smith 2 0-1 4, Rasmussen 0 0-0 0, Meeker 1 0-0 2, MacDougall 2 0-0 5, Eilers 0 0-0 0, Simpson 3 2-2 8. Totals 22 7-8 54.

HEMPSTEAD (46): Smith 6 3-4 17, Weber 3 0-0 6, Viertel 0 0-0 0, Breitbach 3 1-1 8, Dolson 1 0-1 2, Goerdt 6 1-2 13, Hermsen 0 0-0 0, Canfield 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 5-9 46.

Halftime - Hempstead 27, Prairie 26. 3-point goals - Prairie 3 (Hanna 2, MacDougall 1), Hempstead 3 (Smith 2, Breitbach 1).