The battle of unbeatens was ruled by the color green Tuesday night.

Mason High Schools boys basketball team never trailed and got double-digit scoring from Kyle Lamotte (15), Spencer Cline (13) and Matt King (11) in a 60-49 triumph at Fairfield.

It was the first loss for first-year FHS coach John Cecere, who watched his squad shoot 39.6 percent from the floor.

Losing hurts, no doubt about that, said Cecere, whose team is 3-1 overall and 2-1 in the Greater Miami Conference. Its a good indicator of where we are right now, but its not where were going to end up.

Mason was outstanding tonight. Youve got to tip your hat to them. But I like my group. They work hard every single day in practice. Were going to get better as a staff, and the players are going to get better too.

The Comets man-to-man defense set the tone and didnt allow the hosts to find an offensive rhythm until late in the contest.

Were not trying to fool anybody, Mason coach Greg Richards said. Weve been doing that for a long time, and we feel like thats what we hang our hat on. We do that in practice every day.

In the first half, I thought we played as well as we can play defensively. We tried to take things away because their weapons are tough. We tried to keep the ball out of spots where they could hurt us. I think we did that in the first half. The second half got a little touchy.

T.C. Wells and Qawi Rucker paced the Indians with 15 points apiece. Wells fired in 11 points in the fourth quarter, when Fairfield chopped a 48-31 deficit to 54-46 with 2:35 left.

We ran a couple iso plays for me, and it started opening up, said Wells, who didnt have a field goal in the first three stanzas. I got open looks, so I took them.

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Comets top Fairfield in battle of unbeatens