The fifth-ranked Washington Warriors won their 13th game in 16 tries Tuesday night in convincing fashion over Dubuque Hempstead, 70-43, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game at Washington.

“I thought overall it was a pretty good performance,” Washington Coach Frank Howell said. “We didn’t start the third quarter the way we wanted to, but we started the game very well and led 15-6 after the first quarter.”

Howell’s squad moved to 13-3 overall and 10-2 in the MVC. Hempstead dropped to 5-11 overall and 3-8 in league play.

Three players hit double-figure scoring for the Warriors. Janay Pritchett had a team-high 12 points, Ashley Piper added 11 and Tia Dawson had 10.

The Mustangs were led by Brittani Graves with a game-high 15 points.

Washington led at halftime, 36-15.

Washington was 26-of-80 from the floor (32 percent), 6-for-22 from 3-point range (27 percent) and 12-for-19 from the foul line (63 percent).

The Warriors won the rebounding battle, 33-32.

“I was encouraged by the way we played tonight,” Howell said. “We did a good job establishing the tempo of the game. We got out and ran really well and looked for each other.”

HEMPSTEAD (43) Stephanie Tauke 0 0-0 0, Megan Kluesner 0 4-4 4, Haley Van Cleave 2 1-2 6, Megan Doty 1 2-2 4, Stephanie Cox 4 0-1 9, Ashley Dolan 0 0-0 0, Megan Donohue 0 2-2 2, Alaina Donovan 0 2-2 2, Brittani Graves 6 3-4 15, Haley Reiter 0 1-2 1. Totals 13 15-19 43.

WASHINGTON (70) Jazz Royster 1 3-6 5, Tia Dawson 3 4-4 10, Jordon Pilcher 3 1-1 8, Alissa Oney 1 2-2 4, Ashley Piper 4 0-0 11, Janay Pritchett 4 2-2 12, Madison Kramer 3 0-0 6, Tasha Roundtree 1 0-2 2, Layloni Beard 3 0-0 6, Gail Barnum 0 0-2 0, Chelsey McMahon 1 0-0 2, Abby Herb 1 0-0 2, Brooke Foreman 1 0-0 2, Callie Stone 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 26 12-19 70.

Halftime – Washington 36, Hempstead 15. 3-point goals -- Hempstead 2 (Van Cleave 1, Cox 1), Washington 6 (Piper 3, Pritchett 2, Pilcher 1).