Matthew Mims had 20 points to lead the Xavier boys basketball team to a 66-46 win over Prairie Tuesday in a Mississippi Valley Conference game at Prairie.

Max Techau scored 15 points for the Saints (6-1). Mitchell Burger and Jackson Joens added 14 points apiece. Burger had five steals.

Mims and Joens both hit four 3-pointers. Xavier put the game away with a 21-11 run in the third quarter.

Cal Clark scored 14 points for the Prairie Hawks (4-4) and Jalen Rima added 10.

XAVIER (66): Burger 5 2-2 14, Mims 8 0-0 20, Butkowski 0 0-0 0, Fettkether 0 0-0 0, Whitten 0 0-0 0, Joens 5 0-0 14, Stulken 0 0-0 0, Schulte 1 0-0 2, Techau 6 3-3 15. Totals 25 5-5 65.

PRAIRIE (46): Copeland 3 2-4 9, Lorenz 0 0-0 0, Clark 4 5-6 14, Eilers 0 1-2 1, Rima 3 3-4 10, Hook 2 0-1 5, Kilpatrick 1 1-2 2, Oxley 2 0-0 4, Johnson 0 0-0 0. Totals 15 12-20 46.

Halftime – Xavier 27, Prairie 20. 3-point goals – Xavier 10 (Mims 4, Joens 4, Burger 2), Prairie 4 (Copeland, Clark, Rima, Hook).