CEDAR RAPIDS — Seven good minutes.
Four at the beginning of the game, three at the start of the second half.
Seven good minutes was good enough.
Class 4A ninth-ranked Cedar Rapids Xavier opened each half strong and recorded a sleepy 39-30 victory over Davenport West in a non-conference girls’ basketball game Friday night at Ron Thillen Gymnasium.
“We’re getting good starts, but then we’re getting into substitution patterns, and those people need to pick it up,” Xavier Coach Tom Lilly said after the Saints improved to 2-0.
Xavier shot to a 9-2 lead through four …