The Galesburg boys basketball team started off their day at the Martin Luther King Tournament at John Thiel Gym with an early Saturday morning win over the Danville Vikings, 53 - 47. It's three straight wins for the Silver Streaks who are now 11 - 8 on the season.

The GHS boys prevailed on the strength of a 3rd quarter comeback. They were tied at 13 at the end of the 1st quarter. Danville then outscored the Streaks 17 - 8 in the 2nd quarter and led by 9 at the half. Galesburg roared back in the 3rd quarter to outscore Danville 22 - 4, holding them to 1 basket and a couple of free throws. The Streaks pulled down a whopping 21 rebounds in the 3rd quarter alone. Danville outscored Galesburg in the 4th quarter, but not enough, as the Silver Streaks held on for the win.

The Silver Streaks were led in scoring once again by Eden Mayala with a career-high 25 points, Keigen Crummer finished with 10, Cesaire Bile had 8, and Jaxon Wyatt scored 4 points. Overall Galesburg finished with 40% shooting in the game with 20 of 50 from the field, only 1 of 12 from three point range, and 12 of 18 from the free throw line. They pulled down 36 rebounds, but only outrebounded Danville by 1.

For the 2nd game in a row, Eden Mayala was named the Dave's Auto Body Crunch Time Player of the Game. The crunch time was the 3rd quarter when the Streaks rallied from 9 down coming out of the half, and Eden had the biggest offensive impact and rebounding in that quarter. He finished with a double-double, 25 points (including 9 of 11 from the free throw line) and 12 rebounds.

For their second game in the Martin Luther King Tournament the Silver Streaks take on Gary Comer College Prep at 7:30 tonight (1/17). Brad Bennewitz and Jason Wessels will have live coverage starting with the pregame at 7:10pm on 93.7 FM and 1400 AM WGIL and wgil.com.

GHS boys basketball team vs Danville at the 2026 Martin Luther King Tournament

 
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