Jackson Joens popped in 19 points and Nolan Butkowski added 18 Friday  night as the Xavier Saints topped Washington, 60-54, in a Mississippi  Valley Conference game at Washington.

The Saints snapped a three-game losing streak with the victory,  raising their records to 5-9 overall and 3-6 in the league.

Matt Mims dished out 10 assists for Xavier and scored nine points. Max  Techau snared 11 rebounds and scored seven points.

Collin Westmoreland scored 17 points for Washington (3-12, 1-9). Max  Campbell had 12 points and Donovan Beard had 11.

XAVIER (60): Lux 2 0-0 4, Mims 3 2-2 9, Butkowski 7 2-2 18, Joens 7  1-1 19, Demplewolf 0 0-0 0, Q.Schulte 1 1-2 3, Techau 2 3-8 7, Johnson  0 0-0 0, B.Schulte 0 0-0 0. Totals 22 9-15 60.

WASHINGTON (54): Westmoreland 4 7-8 17, Snitker 0 0-0 0, Jonasson 4  0-0 9, Christensen 2 1-2 5, McCurry 0 0-0 0, Beard 3 4-5 11, Campbell  5 2-3 12, McKinstry 0 0-0 0, Pernell 0 0-0 0. Totals 18 14-18 54.

Halftime - Washington 23, Xavier 22. 3-point goals - Xavier 7 (Joens  4, Butkowski 2, Mims 1), Washington 4 (Westmoreland 2, Jonasson 1,  Beard 1).