The No. 6 Somerset Berkley boys basketball team had not won a state championship in 71 years.

On Sunday, the Raiders were not going to denied against No. 1 Malden Catholic.

"It feels great right now," a jubliant SBR senior co-captain Alex Crook said after the Raiders knocked off three-time state champion No. 1 Lancers, 65-44. "That has been our goal all season. That's all we've been talking about all year. We got it."

It was the third state championship in school history for SBR and first true basketball state championship for the school on 625 County Street. The Raiders won two state title — 1948 and 1954 — in Tech tournaments at Boston Garden that was opened to Eastern Mass. teams. Somerset defeated Oliver Ames, 53-26 in 1948 and Weston 56-52 in 1954.

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