Sterling bounced back with a big win on Thursday night.

Nine days after a frustrating loss to Rock Island to open the season, the Golden Warriors beat previously undefeated Galesburg 47-42 in Western Big 6 Conference action at Musgrove Fieldhouse.

It took a complete team effort from Sterling (3-2, 1-1 Big 6) to hand the Silver Streaks (6-1, 1-1) their first loss of the season.

Nia Harris scored 12 of her game-high 16 points in the first half as Sterling built a 32-17 halftime lead. Galesburg answered with an 18-6 run in the third quarter to make things tight down the stretch, but Sterling held on.

“We battled with Rocky last week, and I think our main thing was protecting our home floor,” said Harris, who also grabbed 11 rebounds. “We took a tough loss early, and we just wanted to pr

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