In just over a week, the Galesburg boys basketball team once again played the Sterling Golden Warriors Friday night and lost, 79-44. Last week at the Taylorville Holiday Tournament, Galesburg ended up playing Sterling in a non-conference bracket match-up that Sterling also won.
Galesburg was 17 out of 40 from the field, 4 of 11 from three-point range, and 6 of 12 from the free throw line. The Streaks had 15 turnovers in the game while Sterling only had 6. Jace Keith led the way in the scoring for the Silver Streaks with 19 points and Tyree Taylor had 11. Nico Battaglia led the Golden Warriors with 27 points, and that's without playing much at all in the 4th quarter.
Senior Jace Keith was named the Dave's Auto Body Crunch-Time Player of the Game, not only for the points he scored, but also for his strong defensive play as well. He gave it his all throughout the game, but especially in the 1st half when he went 5 for 7 from the field and 3 for 4 from the free throw line.
The Silver Streaks are now 5 - 13 on the season and 0 - 5 in the Western Big 6 Conference.
Next up for the Galesburg boys is another conference game Tuesday (1/09) night at Geneseo High School. Brad Bennewitz and Jason Wessels will bring you the action starting with the pregame at 6:40 PM on 93.7 FM & 1400 AM WGIL, as well as streaming on wgil.com.
