At the Panther Den Friday night, the 2nd quarter once again proved to be a killer for the Galesburg Silver Streaks boys basketball team. In that quarter, the United Township Panthers outscored the Streaks, 21 - 2, forced 8 turnovers, and limited Galesburg to only five shot attempts. Nearly half of the Panthers' points in the ga me came from the free throw line where they shot 30 of 39. UT went on to win the game, 70 - 55.
Galesburg is now 14 - 11 on the season and drop to 4 - 6 in the conference, which takes them out of any opportunity of finishing in 3rd place in the Western Big 6.
The Silver Streaks were led in scoring by Keigen Crummer with 14 points, Eden Mayala finished with another double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds, Jaxon Wyatt scored 10, Tobi Kivunina had 8, and Cesaire Bile had 7 points. Galesburg shot 20 of 47 from the field, 8 of 19 from beyond the arc, and 7 of 11 from the free throw line. They grabbed 27 rebounds, had 10 assists, but committed 20 turnovers while forcing 11 turnovers by the Panthers.
Senior Tobi Kivunina played hard, left it all on the court and was named the Dave's Auto Body Crunch Time Player of the Game. In addition to scoring 8 points, he had 3 rebounds, 3 assists, and 4 steals.
The final non-conference game of the season for the Galesburg Silver Streaks is Tuesday night as they travel to Normal West. Brad Bennewitz and Jason Wessels will bring you the action starting with the pregame at 6:40pm on 93.7 FM and 1400 AM WGIL and wgil.com.
