Anne Visser collected 20 points and five rebounds Friday night as the 15th-ranked Washington Warriors defeated Xavier, 70-53, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game at Washington.

The Warriors raised their records to 12-6 overall and 6-4 in the MVC. The Saints fell to 8-10 overall and 4-6 in the league.

Washington led at halftime, 37-18.

Payton Bruner contributed 12 points and six rebounds for Washington. Joniqua Clark stuffed the boxscore with 10 points, five rebounds, five assists and five steals. Jayla Johnson had 10 points and five rebounds. Jessica Puk contributed seven rebounds.

McKenna Andersen poured in 22 points for Xavier. Lexi Noonan added 11 points for the Saints.

XAVIER (53): Bastian 0 1-2 1, Stanek 0 0-0 0, Hoffman 0 0-0 0, Helms 0 0-0 0, Andersen 7 6-6 22, Cooling 0 0-0 0, Noonan 5 1-2 11, Dickes 0 1-2 1, Brown 2 1-2 5, Kadlec 0 0-0 0, Callahan 0 0-0 0, Steffen 0 0-0 0, Stovie 0 0-0 0, Ivester 2 1-2 5, Joens 3 0-0 6, Jasper 1 0-0 2. Totals 20 11-16 53.

WASHINGTON (70): Clark 4 1-2 10, Carey 0 0-0 0, Visser 8 2-2 20, V.Eniola 3 0-0 6, O'Donnell 0 0-0 0 Bruner 5 2-2 12, Puk 2 2-2 6,Riley 1 0-0 3, Mia 0 1-2 1, Johnson 5 0-0 10, D.Eniola 1 0-0 2, Levy 0 0-0 0. Totals 29 8-10 70.

Halftime - Washington 37, Xavier 18. 3-point goals - Xavier 2 (Andersen 2), Washington 4 (Visser 2, Clark 1, Riley 1).