The Galesburg Silver Streaks girls basketball team returned to the court after a week-long break to play their first game of the Coles County Holiday Tournament. After a fast start that saw them up by 23 at the end of the 1st quarter, the Streaks defeated the Danville Vikings by 41 points, 61-20. Galesburg has now improved to 12-1 for the season and continue a 6-game winning streak.
11 Silver Streaks found themselves on the scoreboard. Jozalyn Kilgore led with 14 points. Lily Furrow added 8 points. Khloe May and Eleanor Johnson both scored 7, and Zaniyah Carter and Grace Herchenroder finished with 6 points. The senior Olivia Springer scored 2 points, had 1 assist, 1 rebound, 1 steal and 2 blocks off the bench, and was named the Dave's Auto Body Crunch Time Player of the Game. The Streaks went 27 of 51 from the field, 3 of 14 from deep, and 4 of 6 at the charity stripe. Galesburg grabbed 29 rebounds, had 20 assists, and turned the ball over 14 times.
It is a quick turn around for the Streaks as they are back in action this afternoon against the host Mattoon Green Wave. Mitch McVey and Jason Wessels will have the call starting with the pregame at 4:15pm on 93.7 FM and 1400 AM WGIL and wgil.com.