DUBUQUE - Lela Sellers scored 26 points and Sydney Hayden popped in 20 Friday night as the fourth-ranked Kennedy Cougars topped Dubuque Hempstead, 65-57, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game in Dubuque.

Sellers grabbed 10 rebounds to finish with a double-double. She also had four assists and four steals.

Hayden canned six 3-pointers.

Kennedy won its eighth straight game and raised its record to 8-1.

KENNEDY (65): Langhurst 0 1-3 1, Hamilton 0 0-0 0, Hayden 6 2-2 20, Sellers 10 5-10 26, Hellweg 1 0-0 2, Dolphin 3 0-1 6, Runels 3 0-1 7, Meier 1 0-0 3. Totals 24 8-17 65.

Halftime - Kennedy 32, Hempstead 30. 3-point goals - Kennedy 9 (Hayden 6, Sellers 1, Runels 1, Meier 1).