CEDAR FALLS - Isaac Boettger scored 16 points Friday night as the Cedar Falls Tigers trimmed Xavier, 45-38, in a Mississippi Valley Conference boys basketball game in Cedar Falls.

Trey Sampson and Adam McDermott scored 11 points apiece for the Saints (8-7, 4-6). Both of them made three 3-pointers.

Kalehl Brown and Kalund Brown netted 10 points apiece for the Tigers (13-2, 9-2).

XAVIER (38): Winker 2 0-0 5, Sampson 4 0-0 11, McDermott 4 0-0 11, Bisenius 0 0-0 0, Nelson 2 2-2 6, Woods 0 0-0 0, Schulte 2 0-0 4, Thinnes 0 1-2 1. Totals 14 3-4 38.

CEDAR FALLS (45): Nichols 0 0-0 0, Kalehl Brown 3 4-4 10, Mickey 0 0-1 0, Deines 0 0-0 0, Kalund Brown 4 2-4 10, Bardal 1 0-0 3, Boettger 6 3-4 16, Harvey 2 0-0 4, Johnson 0 2-2 2. Totals 16 11-15 45.

Halftime - Xavier 21, Cedar Falls 19. 3-point goals - Xavier 7 (Sampson 3, McDermott 3, Winker 1), Cedar Falls 2 (Bardal 1, Boettger 1). Technical foul - Xavier bench.