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The Galesburg Silver Streaks girls basketball team won their second game on Saturday for the Coles County Holiday Tournament. The Streaks put on a great defense performance in the first half allowing just 8 points to the host Mattoon and would ride that for a 56-27 victory. After a season high seventh straight victory, Galesburg is now 13-1 on the season and improve to 2-0 in the tournament.

Galesburg was led in scoring by Zaniyah Carter who had 16. Jozalyn Kilgore was the other Streak in double-figures with 10. Keerah Cooper had 6 points and 3 rebounds while adding a block as she was given the Dave's Auto Body Crunch Time Player of the Game for her fourth quarter performance. The Silver Streaks went 24 of 45 from the field, 3 of 9 from deep, and a perfect 5 for 5 from the free throw line. They finished with 29 rebounds, 12 assists, and 20 turnovers.

The Streaks will continue tournament play tomorrow. Mitch McVey will have the call starting with the pregame at 12:45pm on 93.7 FM and 1400 AM WGIL and wgil.com.

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.

The Galesburg Silver Streaks boys basketball team lost their second consecutive game in as many days when they fell to the Bettendorf Bulldogs, 62-31. The game was apart of the annual Illinois-Iowa shootout held on the campus of Augustana College. With the win, Bettendorf assured that Iowa schools would win the overall tournament for the tenth straight season as Iowa went to 4-0 against Illinois schools. The Silver Streaks have now lost 4 of their last 5 falling to 5-4 on the season.

Cesaire Bile led the Streaks in scoring with 11 points. Eden Mayala was named the Dave's Auto Body Crunch Time Player of the Game scoring 6 points, grabbing 7 rebounds, and adding 3 steals. Galesburg finished 14 of 45 from the field, went 3 of 23 from deep, and shot just 1 free throw. They grabbed 24 rebounds and had 4 assists to 12 turnovers.

The Silver Streaks will not return until after Christmas. Their next action will be for the Chuck Dayton Holiday Classic on December 27-28 in DeKalb.

The Galesburg Silver Streaks boys basketball team fell to the Quincy Blue Devils Friday night, 45-41. In this Western Big 6 showdown, Galesburg led for the entire game but missed multiple opportunities to build on their lead. A three-pointer from the Blue Devils would kickstart an 11-2 run that gave Quincy a lead they would not relinquish. The Streaks are 5-3 on the season and 1-3 in conference play.

No Silver Streak scored in double figures on the night. Jaxon Wyatt led in scoring with 9 points. Cesaire Bile and Keigen Crummer both added 7. Rahkim McCellan scored 7 points, pulled in 12 rebounds, added 2 assists and a steal, and was named the Dave's Auto Body Crunch Time Player of the Game. Galesburg finished the game 18 of 52 from the field, 4 of 20 from three-point range, and 1 of 2 from the line. They finished with 32 rebounds and 9 assists but committed 23 turnovers.

The Silver Streaks have a quick turn around as they play again tomorrow against Bettendorf on the campus of Augustana College. Brad Bennewitz and Jason Wessels will bring you the action starting with the pregame at 2:10 pm on 93.7 FM and 1400 AM WGIL as well as wgil.com.

It was a commanding Western Big 6 win for the Galesburg girls basketball team as they traveled to United Township on a snowy Saturday morning and came away with a 62 - 17 victory over the Panthers. The Silver Streaks are now 9 - 1 on the season and 4 - 1 in conference play.

A pair of sophomores led the way in scoring for Galesburg with Zaniyah Carter scoring 16 points and Ellie Johnson finished with 15 points. Both Lily Furrow and Ella Herchenroder scored 8 points, Taylor Herchenroder put up 5 points, and Jozalyn Kilgore finished with 4 points. Overall, the Streaks shot 25 of 58 from the field, 8 of 24 from three-point range, and 4 of 6 from the free-throw line. They grabbed 25 rebounds, had 11 assists, and committed only 7 turnovers while forcing 32 turnovers for United Township.

With her game off the bench, scoring in each quarter and stepped up doing a little bit of everything, Ellie Johnson was named the Dave's Auto Body Crunch Time Player of the Game. In addition to scoring 15 points, she pulled down 7 rebounds, swiped 2 steals, and had just a solid defensive effort.

Next up for the Galesburg girls is a Monday night match-up with Peoria Notre Dame at John Thiel Gym. Mitch McVey and Jason Wessels will have the call starting with the pregame at 6:45pm on 93.7 FM and 1400 AM WGIL and wgil.com.

Friday night, the Galesburg boys basketball team closed out a tough stretch of home games in the Western Big 6 with about as difficult of a loss  as they could imagine. The Silver Streaks lost a 10-point second half lead and falling down the stretch to the United Township Panthers, 46 - 43. Galesburg is now 4 - 2 overall and 1 - 2 in the Western Big 6.

Probably the biggest story of the game that went against Galesburg was ten 4th quarter turnovers and 21 total for the game. In fact when the Streaks had the ball with a chance to tie the score with a 3-pointer at the end of the game, they turned it over on that possession and never got off a shot.  Only seven total 4th quarter shots for the Silver Streaks as the Panthers rallied and outscored them by nine points to win it by three.

Galesburg's only player in double-figures was Cesaire Bile with 11 points. Stone Thiel was named the Dave's Auto Body Crunch Time Player of the Game. He finished with 9 points and two huge baskets in the 4th quarter. One was a three-pointer off balance from the top of the circle that got Galesburg within one when they were down four points. And then a 2-point basket on an in-bound play that tied the game. But the Streaks did not score again after that.

Up next for the Silver Streaks is Burlington at home Tuesday night. Brad Bennewitz and Jason Wessels will bring you the action starting with the pregame at 7:10pm on 93.7 FM and 1400 AM WGIL as well as wgil.com.