Xavier outscored Dubuque Wahlert 23-7 in the fourth quarter and strolled past the Golden Eagles, 59-45, Friday night in a Mississippi Valley Conference boys basketball game at Xavier.

Trey Sampson led Xavier with 17 point. Corbin Woods had 13 and Matt Nelson 10.

Xavier trailed 38-36 after three quarters, but used a 14-3 spurt to build a 50-41 lead with two minutes left.

Xavier improved to 7-4 overall and 3-3 in the MVC.

WAHLERT (45): Potts 0 1-2 1, Fricano 0 0-0 0, Varley 0 2-2 2, Nemmers 2 1-2 5, Ott 1-3 1, Walker 2 2-3 6, Lattner 1 2-2 5, Rauch 3 0-0 7, Burgmeier 0 1-3 1, Pemsl 5 4-7 15, Adams 1 0-0 2, Hoffman 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 14-24 45.

XAVIER (59): Matt Downey 0 0-0 0, John Peters 0 0-0 0, Calvin Winker 1 4-4 6, Trey Sampson 5 6-8 17, Patrick Mullin 0 0-0 0, Adam McDermott 1 0-0 2, Andrew Bisenius 1 4-4 7, Greg Foxhaven 0 0-0 0, Matt Nelson 4 2-2 10, Corbin Woods 5 2-2 13, Reggie Schulte 2 0-2 4, Robbie Thinnes 0 0-0 0, Quinton Scholer 0 0-0 0, Frank Hill 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 18-22 59.

Halftime - Wahlert 22, Xavier 20. 3-point goals - Wahlert 3 (Lattner, Rauch, Pemsl), Xavier 3 (Sampson, Bisenius, Woods).