It was there for the taking for No. 11 Westport boys basketball team.

Clingling to a one-point lead against No. 2 Hopedale with 10.8 seconds in Tuesday's Final Four game, the Wildcats needed just one last stop to secure their second trip to the state final game since 2005.

That's when Blue Raiders senior Patrick Madden came in and snatched away victory from Westport.

Madden's driving, acrobatic lay-in with 3.6 second remaining helped lift Hopedale to a thrilling 57-56 win over the Wildcats before a large gathering inside the Rabouin Field House on the campus of Taunton High School.

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