Mattituck played well in the Town of Brookhaven Summer League small schools boys' basketball game, but with only six players available, the Tuckers appeared to wear down and lost, 52-39, to a talented Comsewogue team. The win left Comsewogue sharing 2-0 records atop the league along with the Hampton Bays Baymen and Miller Place Panthers. Mattituck dropped to 0-2.
After a putback by Mattituck's Cody Huntley leveled the score at 38-38, Comsewogue put the game away by scoring the next 12 points. The first points of that decisive run came from a rare four-point play by Zachary Krischer. Keith Vigorito and A.J. Uhl followed that up with back-to-back three-point shots of their own; then a steal and a layup by Vigorito made it 50-38.
Krischer, who passed out five assists, finished with 14 points, as did Uhl. Uhl drained four three-pointers and Krischer dropped three as the Warriors shot 9 for 15 from three-point range. Krischer had struck for 25 points in Comsewogue's season-opening win over the Greenport Porters two nights earlier.
Steven Ascher of Mattituck, the game's high scorer with 19 points, canned four three-pointers. The Tuckers also received some good ball-handling from Thomas Ascher, Steven's brother, and nice rebounding from Huntley. Huntley came down with eight rebounds to go with his eight points, two steals and two blocks.
Although Mattituck led for much of the first 22-minute half -- twice by as many as 10 points -- Comsewogue showed the fortitude to charge back. A conventional three-point play by Ken Scotland enabled the Warriors to tie the score at 22-22 by halftime.
Comsewogue then started the second half in fine fashion, opening up with a 9-2 run for a 31-24 lead. But Steven Ascher scored 11 of Mattituck's next 13 points to put the Tuckers back in the game.