Story byWMBD PeoriaKurt PeglerSat, December 6, 2025 at 5:15 AM UTC·1 min readPEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — The Morton Potters crashed the party Canton was holding for a legendary basketball player on Friday. On a night when Canton dedicated the court at Ingersoll Gymnasium to Dave Downey, the man widely considered school’s best player ever, Morton beat Canton, 59-40. Downey, a 1959 Canton graduate, went on to the University of Illinois where he graduated as the Illini career scoring leader. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementCollin Burns scored 18 and Alex McKie added 14 for the Potters.
