Basketball Game Preview: Rock Island Rocks vs. Galesburg Silver Streaks

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Previous Games

01/24/25 - Home	73-50 W
12/06/24 - Away	76-37 W
01/19/24 - Away	79-48 W
12/01/23 - Home	87-35 W
02/22/23 - Neutral	63-53 W
+ 5 more games

Rock Island has gone 9-1 against Galesburg recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Rocks will head out on the road to square off against the Silver Streaks at 7:00 p.m. Both teams are still undefeated (Rock Island has three wins , while Galesburg has four dating back to last season).

Rock Island is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Quincy: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that the Rocks blew the Blue Devils out of the water with a 75-45 final score. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Rocks had established a 27-point advantage.

While Galesburg didn't have the best season last year (they finished 10-22), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. Everything went their way against Alleman on Friday as they made off with a 75-55 victory. Fans of the Silver Streaks have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.

Rock Island's win bumped their record up to 3-0. As for Galesburg, their victory bumped their record up to 4-0.

Rock Island took their win against Galesburg in their previous matchup back in January by a conclusive 73-50 score. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Rocks since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.