Thursday night at Quincy, the Galesburg Silver Streaks girls basketball team fought off a late comeback by the Blue Devils to win, 44-41. Galesburg held Quincy scoreless in the 3rd quarter, but the Blue Devils made a run in the 4th quarter to tighten up the score.
The Streaks are 1st in the Western Big 6 standings at 4-o in the conference, and 9-1 on the season overall.
The Streaks shot 17 of 42 from the field, 3 of 12 3-pointers, and 8 of 16 from the free throw line. A couple of those free throws were clutch late in the game to help clinch the win. Galesburg out rebounded Quincy, 30 to 19, and the Streaks had 18 turnovers to the Blue Devils' 20.
Jozalyn Kilgore led the charge for the Silver Streaks with 19 points and 10 rebounds along with a block. She played with determination from the start and never let up, even when things went Quincy's way at times. For all of that and solid defense on the conferences' leading scorer, Jozalyn was recognized as the Dave's Auto Body Crunch Time Player of the Game.
