WATERLOO – Waterloo West knocked off the Class 3A second-ranked Xavier boys basketball team, handing the Saints a 97-86 loss in a Mississippi Valley Conference game Friday at West.

Mitchell Burger scored 27 points for Xavier (13-3, 9-2). Jackson Joens scored 16 points. Ryan Stulken and Max Techau scored 14 points and Nolan Butkowski added 13 points.

Waterloo West (6-10, 4-7) led by 20 points at halftime, 50-30.

XAVIER (86): Burger 10 5-7 27, Butkowski 4 1-2 13, Whitten 1 0-1 2, Joens 6 1-1 16, Stulken 6 1-3 14, Schulte 0 0-0 0, Houtakker 0 0-0 0, Techau 6 2-4 14. Totals 33 10-18 86.

Halftime – Waterloo West 50, Xavier 30. 3-point goals – Xavier 10 (Butkowski 4, Joens 3, Burger 2, Stulken).