Balanced Attack Leads Dedham Boys Hoops to Upset Playoff Win

Ed Hickey’s boys basketball team pulled off a 49-48 upset win Wednesday evening against fourth-seeded Rockland in a game they led virtually wire to wire.

The Marauders led throughout the first three quarters with Rockland tying the game briefly with 3 minutes to go in the game, coach Hickey said.

Down a point with about 30 seconds left, Rockland had four chances to score a go-ahead basket – but missed all four attempts and the Marauders hung on to advance to the MIAA Division 3 South quarterfinals.

Senior Cam Clifford led the balanced scoring attack with 12 points.

Dedham will travel to play fifth-seeded Bishop Feehan at 4 p.m. on Saturday.

 “I’m not asking the kids do anything they aren’t capable of doing. When they play hard and they don’t make mental mistakes […] if we do the things we’ve been working on all year, we’ll be competitive,” Hickey said. “We can compete with anybody.”