By BRIAN BASSETT

DHI Correspondent

sports@timesbulletin.com

CONVOY - The Ottoville Big Green and Crestview Knight boys basketball teams clashed Friday evening at Convoy to open up the new year with a non-conference bout.

In the end, the Knights continued their hot streak to open the season with a 50-37 win but it was anything but easy thanks to the Big Green defense.

“I was very impressed with Ottoville,” said Crestview coach Jeremy Best. “I thought defensively they had us guessing a lot - had us on our heels. That’s frustrating because I thought we had a good week of practice, offensively, attacking and making good decisions. But it didn’t carry to tonight. But Ottoville, their defense, had a lot to do with that.”