Mitch Burger poured in 26 points and Adam McDermott added 21 to help Xavier rally past Jefferson for a 70-59 win Tuesday night in MVC boys basketball at Jefferson.

Jacob Olson tallied 24 points and Tyler Konigsmark 23 for Jefferson (5-13, 3-11).

Calvin Winker added 11 points for Xavier (11-7, 7-6).

Xavier outscored Jefferson 19-8 in the third quarter to turn a three-point halftime deficit into a 47-39 lead.

XAVIER (70): McDermott 6 6-6 21, Burger 9 4-7 26, Ramlo 0 2-2 2, Welch 1 1-1 3, Hill 1 0-0 3, Winker 3 5-5 11, Nelson 2 0-1 4, Bisenius 0 0-1 0. Totals 22 18-21 70.

JEFFERSON (59): Olson 8 8-8 24, Cardis 0 0-1 0, J.Van OOrt 1 1-2 3, Wiederin 4 0-1 9, Larson 0 0-1 0, A.Van Oort 0 0-0 0, Konigsmark 7 6-11 23. Totals 20 15-24 59.

Halftime - Jefferson 31, Xavier 28. 3-point goals - Xavier 8 (Burger 4, McDermott 3, Hill), Jefferson 4 (Konigsmark 3, Wiederin). Fouled out - J.Van Oort.