DUBUQUE - Paige Hendrickson scored 17 points Friday night as Kennedy clipped Dubuque Hempstead, 44-33, in a Mississippi Valley Conference girls basketball game in Dubuque.

Madison Meier contributed 11 points for the Cougars (9-7, 6-4).

Ashley Dolan led Hempstead (8-9, 4-7) with 12 points.

KENNEDY (44): Meier 2 5-7 11, Holmes 1 1-4 3, B.Vis 1 2-2 4, Hendrickson 8 1-2 17, Botkin 4 1-2 9, Zinser 0 0-2 0. Totals 16 10-19 44.

HEMPSTEAD (33): Doty 1 0-0 3, Dolan 5 2-7 12, Koerperich 2 0-0 4, Van Cleave 1 4-4 7, Brown 1 0-1 2, Wagner 2 0-0 5. Totals 12 6-12 33.

Halftime - Kennedy 20, Hempstead 19. 3-point goals - Kennedy 2 (Meier 2), Hempstead 2 (Doty 1, Van Cleave 1).