Silver Streaks Basketball: Let’s Talk About That Opener

The Silver Streaks opened the 2025-26 season Wednesday, Nov. 26, with an 86-60 thrashing of Limestone — a performance that left even veteran broadcaster Brad Bennewitz searching the record books. For the first time in at least 33 years, three Streaks scored 20+ points in the same game. Hall-of-Fame voice Brad Bennewitz (29th season) and color analyst Jason Wessels (former player and 4th-year broadcaster) join the podcast to discuss: Why this year’s team already feels “different” — especially on defense The emotional evening for new head coach Taylor Thiel and his son Stone How rare the three 20-point scorers performance truly was The three absolute musts for sustained success: balanced scoring, rebounding, and defensive effort Their thoughts on the coming shot-clock era (one loves it, one’s old-school) Broadcast-booth stories, pre-game rituals, and the best road-trip food in the Western Big 6 [caption id="attachment_690025" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Brad Bennewitz, Coach Taylor Thiel, and Jason Wessels break down the Silver Streaks’ season-opening win Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025, at John Thiel Gym. (WGIL)[/caption]