On Senior Night at John Thiel Gym, the Galesburg boys basketball team just never could get the car out of 2nd gear as the Moline Maroons came out shooting hot and opening up a 23 - 9 lead by the end of the 1st quarter. Ultimately, they would expand the lead to 26 at the half, before finishing off a 65 - 53 victory over the Silver Streaks. On a night when Stone Thiel got to start in the game despite the knee injury that he suffered at the DeKalb Tournament, Stone got the first points of the night on his Senior Night and that was the only lead that the Streaks had during the evening.
Ultimately, Eden Mayala and Rahkim McCellan led Galesburg in scoring as both finished in double figures with 10 points, Cesaire Bile had 8, Tobi Kivunina scored 7, Keigen Crummer had 6, and both Demetrius Watson and Jaxon Wyatt off the bench each had 5 points. Overall, Galesburg shot 19 of 52 from the field, 7 of 22 from 3-point range, and 8 of 14 from the free throw line. They grabbed 31 rebounds, had 11 assists, and committed 12 turnovers while forcing 11 turnovers by the Maroons.
Senior Rahkim McCellan was named the Dave's Auto Body Crunch Time Player of the Game. In addition to scoring 10 points, Rahkim led the team in rebounds with 7, had 3 assists, and played a solid game defensively.
The Silver Streaks fall to 17 - 12 on the season and 6 - 7 in the Western Big 6 Conference. Moline got win number 20 and they remain tied with Rock Island for 1st place in the conference with one game to go.
Before the game, the 2026 GHS senior players, cheerleaders and Gadets were recognized, along with the Sweetheart Swirl Court. Click play to listen to the recognition ceremony:
Next up, the Galesburg boys basketball team wraps up the regular season on the road at Geneseo Tuesday night. Brad Bennewitz and Jason Wessels will have live coverage starting with the pregame at 6:40pm on 93.7 FM and 1400 AM WGIL and wgil.com.
