The Xavier Saints got off to a good start against No.6 Waterloo West Saturday in a Mississippi Valley Conference girls basketball game at Xavier.

The Saints led 15-10 after the first quarter, but then the roof caved in and they scored only 13 points the rest of the game.

Waterloo West prevailed, 46-28.

Xavier (7-9) scored two points in the second quarter and another two points in the third quarter. Erin Drahozal was their leading scorer with six points.

Blair Thomas led the Wahawks (14-2) with 15 points. Kate Letkewicz had 14.

WATERLOO WEST (46): Puk 4 2-2 12, Letkewicz 5 2-2 14, Sproul 0 0-0 0, S.Robinson 1 0-0 3, A.Robinson 0 0-0 0, Trenkamp 0 0-0 0, Thomas 7 1-1 15, Stokes 1 0-0 2, Jones 0 0-0 0, Fisher 0 0-0 0, Campbell 0 0-0 0, McFarland 0 0-0 0. Totals 18 5-5 46.

XAVIER (28): Breitbach 0 0-0 0, Bailey 2 0-0 5, Deutmeyer 2 1-2 5, Dickes 0 2-3 2, Watson 2 0-0 4, Bertsch 1 0-1 2, Nelson 1 2-2 4, Drahozal 2 0-0 6. Totals 10 5-8 28.

Halftime - Waterloo West 22, Xavier 17. 3-point goals - Waterloo West 5 (Puk 2, Letkewicz 2, S.Robinson 1), Xavier 3 (Drahozal 2, Bailey 1).