DUBUQUE - Maddie Koolbeck scored 14 points to lead Jefferson, but the J-Hawks came up short against Dubuque Wahlert, 59-40, Tuesday night in a Mississippi valley Conference girls basketball game.

Dani Stromert, Maddie Blietz and Kiely Brathwaite added seven points apiece for the J-Hawks (6-9, 2-9).

JEFFERSON (40): Green 1 0-0 2, Davidson 1 1-2 3, Blietz 3 1-2 7, Stromert 2 2-3 7,l Koolbeck 6 2-3 14, Brathwaite 2 3-7 7. Totals 15 9-17 40.

WAHLERT (59): Walker 4 1-1 9, Lynch 3 0-0 8, Leytem 4 1-1 9, Smith 2 0-0 4, Nilles 2 0-0 4, Schmitt 3 3-3 10, Ochs 1 0-0 2, Cody 5 3-4 13. Totals 24 8-9 59.

Halftime - Wahlert 36, Jefferson 17. 3-point goals - Jefferson 1 (Stromert 1), Wahlert 3 (Lynch 2, Schmitt 1). Fouled out - Brathwaite.