Brandon Thompson walked into the hallway in the catacombs of the United Center with a fluffy, gray pillow tucked under his left arm. “We had to leave at 6:30 in the morning,” he explained unapologetically. The rest served the Galesburg High School boys basketball team well, as the Silver Streaks shook off an emotional loss to Rock Island the night before and a three-hour bus ride to Chicago for …

The Galesburg High School boys basketball team notched its 17th win — the most since the state runner-up season in 1997-98 — with a 52-42 victory over Blue Island Eisenhower at the United Center.

All right, admit it: The Blackhawks are in a bit of a funk.