REPLAY: GHS Silver Streaks boys basketball @ Normal West

Tuesday night in the final non-conference game of the regular season, the Galesburg boys basketball team led from start to finish on the road at Normal West. The Silver Streaks scored the first 5 points, put on a big 2nd quarter run, and held off the Wildcats, 60 - 47, for their 15th win of the season. Eden Mayala led Galesburg with a steady 17 points on the night and Cesaire Bile finished right behind him with 15.  Keigen Crummer and Tobi Kivunina both had 7 points, Demetrius Watson and Leslie Kelley both scored 5, and Rahkim McCellen off the bench had 4 points. Overall, the Silver Streaks shot 24 of 54 from the field, 7 of 18 from 3-point range, and 5 of 6 from the free throw line. They grabbed 31 rebounds, had 16 assists, and committed 19 turnovers while forcing 21 turnovers by the Wildcats. Senior Leslie Kelley was named the Dave's Auto Body Crunch Time Player of the Game. The lead for Galesburg was only 4 points at the end of the 1st quarter. As the Streaks poured it on in the 2nd quarter, Kelley made a big impact off the bench and was a steadying force as the lead grew to 16 points by the half and pretty much held the rest of the game. Kelley finished the night with 5 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, and 3 steals. The final games of the regular season for the Galesburg boys are all Western Big 6 Conference games, starting with Quincy Friday night. Brad Bennewitz and Jason Wessels will have all the action from John Thiel Gym starting with the pregame at 6:40pm on 93.7 FM and 1400 AM WGIL and wgil.com.