Streator boys basketball coach Beau Doty acknowledged Friday’s contest against conference foe Peotone was not the prettiest game.

But the Bulldogs were able to come away with a 46-37 win in their home opener at Pops Dale Gymnasium by playing solid defense, he said.

“It’s probably not the prettiest picture of a game in terms of turnovers and fouls,” Doty said. “But I thought we set the tone with our physicality on the defensive end and that’s something we have to hang our hat on early. We’re a young team, experience-wise on the varsity level, and we’re going to get nothing but better as far as taking care of the ball and learning to execute our offense, but the thing we have to hang our hat on is our half court defense and it showed up in a big way (Friday).”

After the Bulldogs (2-2,

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