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Desrosiers hits winner for Central Catholic in D1 title game

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By Evan MacDonald, Globe Correspondent

WORCESTER -- Central Catholic senior Carson Desrosiers is generally an unselfish player, deferring to his teammates throughout his career.

But with the state championship on the line during yesterday’s Div. 1 state final, he wanted to end his career with the ball in his own hands.

Desrosiers scored 19 points in the second half, including the game-winning shot with five seconds left, as the Raiders downed defending state champion St. John’s of Shrewsbury, 56-55, to win the Div. 1 state title last night at the DCU Center.

The 6-foot-11 Desrosiers had a triple double with 26 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 blocks, capping a sterling career with his second state championship before heading to Wake Forest next fall.

The Raiders (26-1) also defeated the Pioneers for the state championship in 2008.

The Raiders trailed by a point with 16 seconds left, but they fed Desrosiers the ball in the middle of the paint. He said he went to a favorite move for the winning shot. “I was going to go middle, like I’d been doing all night, but they took it away nicely,” Desrosiers said. “So I kind of went to my go-to move from last year, you could say. A fade-away
from the right shoulder, and I kissed it off the glass.”

Review the in-game chat below.

<a href="http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php/option=com_mobile/task=viewaltcast/altcast_code=3bb167ac53" >Division 1 boys' basketball state final (St. John's vs. Central Catholic) at DCU Center</a>

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