In the final game of the regular season, the Galesburg girls basketball team fell to the Alleman Pioneers, 51 -38, in a Western Big 6 conference match-up. The Silver Streaks finish the regular season 25-6 overall, and in 4th place in the conference at 10-4.
Scoring for the Silver Streaks was led by Kiarra Kilgore with 17 points, Alexis Edgerson had 10 points, Ella Herchenroder had 4 points, and Antonia Kisler and Taylor Herchenroder both finished with 2 points. Galesburg struggled to get the ball to go down, shooting just 32% from the field and going 5 of 18 for 3-pointers.
Alleman had a better shooting night at 43% and went 5 for 13 from 3-point range. Both teams took care of the ball keeping turnovers down, but Alleman took advantage of the turnovers that they forced and converted more of them into points on the other end.
Addison Peck was named the Dave’s Auto Body Crunch-Time Player of the Game for coming off the bench with a strong defensive game, including 2 blocked shots.
The Silver Streaks begin the postseason at home Monday (2/12) night as they host the Galesburg Regional and will take on Peoria Richwoods. Pregame coverage with Tom Meredith and Erik Gibson will begin at 7:10 Monday night on 93.7 FM and 1400 AM WGIL, as well as streaming on wgil.com.
