Lela Sellers had 17 points as the Kennedy girls basketball team beat Dubuque Hempstead 53-44 Friday at Kennedy.

Sydney Hayden and Steph Botkin each had 13 points for the Cougars (6-3).

Jess Brown had 17 points for the Mustangs (1-7).

DUBUQUE HEMPSTEAD (44): Bybee 2 1-1 6, Bitter 1 0-0 3, Kluesner 1 0-0 3, Brown 6 3-5 17, Beringer 1 0-1 2, O’Hare 1 2-2 5, Megan Goneau 0 0-0 0, Rileu 3 0-0 6. Totals 15 6-9 44.

KENNEDY (53): Hayden 5 1-2 13, Sellers 7 1-2 17, Runels 0 3-5 3, Botkin 6 0-0 13, Hamilton 1 2-2 4, Dolphin 1 0-0 2, Dye 0 0-0 0, Timmerman 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 7-11 53.

Halftime – Kennedy 29, Dubuque Hempstead 23. 3-point goals – Dubuque Hempstead 6 (Brown 2, Bybee, Bitter, Kluesner, O’Hare), Kennedy 5 (Hayden 3, Sellers 2, Botkin).