In an effort to make up for some games that were cancelled during the last couple of weeks due to the weather, the Galesburg girls basketball team took a long road trip to Serena for a non-conference match-up with the Huskers Tuesday night. It was a battle between two 21-win teams going into the game, with the Silver Streaks coming away with the win, 63-38.
The Silver Streaks dominated the boards with 42 rebounds, including 20 on the offensive end. A good shooting night overall with Galesburg making 38% of their shots from the field. Kiarra Kilgore was the scoring leader with 30 points and notched another double-double with 11 rebounds, as well as 6 steals and 2 assists.
Galesburg played a strong defensive game as well, including a very disruptive full court press. A big part of that effort was freshman Ella Herchenroder who wreaked havoc on Serena's offense, getting 5 steals in the game, and was named the Dave's Auto Body Crunch-Time Player of the Game.
Next up is Senior Night for the Galesburg girls at John Thiel Gym on Thursday (2/01) night when they take on the Geneseo Maple Leafs. Pregame coverage with Tom Meredith and Erik Gibson will begin at about 6:40 Thursday night on 93.7 FM and 1400 AM WGIL and wgil.com.
