Xavier Boys Basketball

Xavier boys fall at Cedar Falls

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).

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Saints top Wahawks in OT, 59-55

Overtime games are always fun.

And the Xavier boys’ 59-55 squeaker at home Thursday night over Waterloo West was as entertaining as they get.

“For the fans, maybe,” said Saints assistant coach Brad Stovie. “But not for the coaches.”

The visiting Wahawks fell behind early and never led. When it looked like they might be blown away, they came back.

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Eilers sparks Prairie by Xavier

Making four 3-point field goals over the course of a game is considered admirable.

Making four in one quarter is simply feeling it.

Prairie’s Thomas Eilers drilled four 3-pointers in the first quarter and five in the game to propel Prairie past Xavier Tuesday night, 45-31, at Xavier’s gym.

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Linn-Mar boys too strong for Saints

The Linn-Mar Lions had a few things to prove when the basketball season began in November.

Matt Lassen had to prove he was fully recovered from a serious head injury and not afraid of contact around the basket.

Jimmy Roth had to prove he could fit seemlessly onto the team and be a leader after being suspended for the first four games of the season.

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