At halftime trailing by five, Crestwood head coach Mark Atherton challenged his guys to step up. The Comets answered the challenge with a 14-1 run to start the third quarter to take a 46-38 victory over Pittston Area. "I think we came out with more intensity. We did a better job trapping their guys." said Atherton. Matt Sklarosky had a team high 12 points and Ayden Agopito added 10 points.
Crestwood started off with a 4-0 lead with baskets by Derek Johnson and Mason Czapla. However, Pittston Area went on a 7-1 run to end the first quarter to lead 7-5. Ryan Sechleer tied the game up with a basket. Chris Scavo hit a three pointer to take back the lead. Back-to-Back baskets by Matt Sklarosky made it 11-10 Comets. After a back and forth with Crestwood leading 14-12, the Patriots went on a 7-2 run to end the quarter and lead 21-16 at halftime.
Crestwood started off the third quarter on a 14-1 run to make it 30-22 and led 32-26 at the end of the third quarter. A free throw by Chaz Wright and a basket by Aydan Agopito made it a nine point lead. Baskets by Matt Walter and Cieran Bilbow helped the Patriots cut the lead down to five. After a Sklarosky basket, Paul Jordan McGarry hit a pair of free throws and Walter hit a basket to cut the lead down to three. Sklarosky got another basket to increase the lead to five. Bilbow got the lead down to three but that was all Pittston Area could muster as Wright hit a free throw, Sechleer hit a basket and Sklarosky hit a pair of free throws with 2.1 seconds left as Crestwood took a 46-38 victory on the road at Pittston Area. Chris Scavo had 11 points for Pittston Area and Matt Walter added eight.
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