Wednesday night, the 8th ranked East Peoria Raiders came into John Thiel Gymnasium and snapped the Galesburg boys basketball team's five game win streak, 66 - 51.
The 1st quarter was about as entertaining as they come with four lead changes and a couple of ties. The Silver Streaks led after the 1st, 16 - 14, but a 10 - 0 run by the Raiders late in the 2nd quarter gave them a 12-point lead at the half and the Streaks trailed the rest of the way. The two Division 1 future players from East Peoria led the charge for the Raiders. Quinton Kitt, bound for the University of Illinois, scored 22 points, and Cole Dubois finished with 20.
Cesaire Bile was our Dave's Auto Body Crunch Time Player of the Game as he led the Streaks in scoring with 19 points. Keigen Crummer finished with 12 points, Rahkim McCellen scored 6 off the bench, and Eden Mayala and Tobi Kivunina both finished with 5 points. Overall, Galesburg shot 21 of 44 from the field, 5 of 14 from three-point range, and 4 of 7 from the free throw line. They pulled down 25 rebounds, had 13 assists, and committed 14 turnovers while forcing only 6 turnovers by East Peoria.
Next up for the Silver Streaks is conference play as Alleman comes to John Thiel Gym Friday night. Live coverage with Brad Bennewitz and Jason Wessels begins at 6:40pm with the pregame on 93.7 FM and 1400 AM WGIL and wgil.com.