Galesburg Boys Basketball Team Gets First Conference Win Of The Season

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.