Monday night at John Thiel Gym, the Galesburg boys basketball team beat Geneseo for the third time this season and advanced in the Regionals. The Silver Streaks won, 57-39, and improve to 11-20 on the season. Galesburg will now play the defending 3A state champs, the Metamora Redbirds, Wednesday night in the Geneseo Regional Semifinals game.
Galesburg shot 42% from the field and 35% from 3-point range. The Silver Streaks won in the turnover battle, only giving up the ball 8 times to Geneseo's 14 turnovers. Galesburg is 7-1 when they commit fewer turnovers than their opponent. And with a win in their final game at John Thiel Gym this season, the Silver Streaks have a winning record on their home court at 8-6. They played less than half of their games at home this season.
The Streaks were led in scoring by Jackson Crock Sibbing with 19 points, including four 3-pointers, Jace Keith scored 16 points with 6 rebounds and 5 assists, Ethan Oxley had 8 points with 6 rebounds, Gino Williams finished with 7 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists, while Tyree Tayler scored 7 points with 4 rebounds.
In the 3rd quarter, Geneseo cut the lead down to 4 points at 29-25. But on the Maple Leafs' first missed shot of the quarter, Jackson Crock Sibbing got the rebound, and then on the other end drained a 3-point shot to end the Maple Leafs' scoring run at that point. For that clutch 3-pointer to swing the momentum back to Galesburg, and for achieving his career high in rebounds for a game, Jackson Crock Sibbing was named the Dave’s Auto Body Crunch-Time Player of the Game. JCS finished the night with 19 points and 8 rebounds.
Galesburg continues in the Regional playing next at Geneseo against the #1 ranked Metamora Redbirds in the semifinal game. Brad Bennewitz and Jason Wessels will bring you the action starting with the pregame at 5:40 Wednesday (2/21) night on 93.7 FM & 1400 AM WGIL, as well as streaming on wgil.com.
