CEDAR FALLS - The Xavier Saints lost to fifth-ranked Cedar Falls, 51-45, in a Mississippi Valley Conference girls basketball game in  Cedar Falls Tuesday night.

Lexi Noonan led Xavier (2-3) with 16 points. Kiana Stanek hit three 3-pointers and scored nine points for the Saints.

Cynthia Wolf topped Cedar Falls (3-0) with 15 markers.

XAVIER (45): Stanek 3 0-0 9, Hoffman 0 0-0 0, Daniels 2 0-0 5, Diebold  0 0-0 0, Brown 2 0-0 4, Noonan 7 2-4 16, Steffen 0 0-0 0, Ivester 3  1-2 7, Jasper 2 0-2 4. Totals 19 3-8 45.

CEDAR FALLS (51): Green 2 4-7 8, Johnson 0 0-0 0, Remmert 1 0-2 2,  Johnson 1 0-0 3, Becker 0 0-0 0, Conrad 3 3-3 10, Bermel 1 0-0 3,  Barney 3 4-4 10, Paup 0 0-0 0, Wolf 5 5-7 15. Totals 16 15-22 51.

Halftime - Cedar Falls 21, Xavier 19. 3-point goals - Xavier 4 (Stanek  3, Daniels 1), Cedar Falls 4 (Conrad 2, Johnson 1, Bermel 1).