The Galesburg boys basketball team traveled to Geneseo Monday night and came away with their first win in the Western Big 6 conference this season, defeating the Maple Leafs, 69-34. The Silver Streaks are now 6-18 on the season.
Tyree Taylor was named the Dave's Auto Body Crunch-Time Player of the Game for the energy level and the tone he set for the team in the game. He finished with a career high 23 points along with 10 rebounds, 5 assists and 7 steals.
Overall Galesburg ended up with 30% shooting from the field, but set a season-high from the free throw line making 80% of their shots. The Silver Streaks grabbed 41 rebounds and only turned over the ball 8 times during the game. Gino Williams had a double-double off the bench with 11 points and 10 rebounds. Jace Keith scored 6 points and had 10 rebounds.
Next up for Galesburg is another Western Big 6 road trip match-up Tuesday (1/02) night when they travel to Alleman to take on the Pioneers. Brad Bennewitz and Jason Wessels will bring you the action starting with the pregame at 6:40 Tuesday night on 93.7 FM & 1400 AM WGIL, as well as streaming on wgil.com.