Rachel Hinders scored 20 points and grabbed nine rebounds Saturday afternoon as Johnston trimmed Xavier, 51-45, in a non-conference girls basketball game at Xavier.

Johnston (2-0) is ranked No. 6 in Class 5A. Xavier (1-1) is ranked No. 14 in Class 4A.

Freshman Jennah Johnson snared 13 rebounds for Johnston.

Morgan Breitbach led Xavier with 13 points. Lizzy Bailey netted 11 points. McKenna Anderson finished with eight points and nine rebounds.

JOHNSTON (51): Sieren 0 0-1 0, Brown 2 8-10 13, Beswick 2 1-2 5, Towers 2 2-3 6, Wilmes 0 0-0 0, Johnson 2 3-5 7, Hinders 8 4-8 20. Totals 16 18-29 51.

XAVIER (45): Bastian 0 0-0 0, Bailey 3 3-5 11, Noonan 0 0-0 0, Andersen 4 0-0 8, Breitbach 5 3-4 13, Christianson 0 0-0 0, Dickes 0 2-2 2, Nelson 0 0-0 0, Drahozal 2 0-0 5, Ivester 1 0-0 2, Joens 2 0-1 4. Totals 17 8-12 45.

Halftime - Johnston 24, Xavier 16. 3-point goals - Johnston 1 (Brown 1),
Xavier 3 (Bailey 2, Drahozal 1).