Syracuse Orange @ Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
51–55Final · Jan 31, 2018
SYR 51 GT 55 Final
| 1 | 2 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SYR15-7 | 21 | 30 | 51 |
| GT11-11 | 24 | 31 | 55 |
· Line: SYR -1 (O/U 122)
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The scoring timeline.
Every scoring moment, when the official feed stamped it — and when FirstBuzzer's in-venue spotters buzzed it first. Times are ET.
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Josh Okogie made Dunk. Assisted by Brandon Alston.
0–2 -
Brandon Alston made Layup. Assisted by Ben Lammers.
0–4 -
Oshae Brissett made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Marek Dolezaj.
3–4 -
Jose Alvarado made Free Throw.
3–5 -
Jose Alvarado made Free Throw.
3–6 -
Tyus Battle made Free Throw.
4–6 -
Tyus Battle made Free Throw.
5–6 -
Tadric Jackson made Layup. Assisted by Jose Alvarado.
5–8 -
Josh Okogie made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tadric Jackson.
5–11 -
Jose Alvarado made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tadric Jackson.
5–14 -
Frank Howard made Jumper. Assisted by Tyus Battle.
7–14 -
Ben Lammers made Layup.
7–16 -
Ben Lammers made Free Throw.
7–17 -
Tyus Battle made Three Point Jumper.
10–17 -
Marek Dolezaj made Free Throw.
11–17 -
Tadric Jackson made Layup. Assisted by Jose Alvarado.
11–19 -
Frank Howard made Jumper.
13–19 -
Marek Dolezaj made Layup. Assisted by Tyus Battle.
15–19 -
Ben Lammers made Jumper.
15–21 -
Oshae Brissett made Jumper.
17–21 -
Oshae Brissett made Free Throw.
18–21 -
Tadric Jackson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Josh Okogie.
18–24 -
Frank Howard made Three Point Jumper.
21–24 -
Josh Okogie made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Brandon Alston.
21–27 -
Tyus Battle made Jumper. Assisted by Marek Dolezaj.
23–27 -
Tyus Battle made Free Throw.
24–27 -
Tyus Battle made Free Throw.
25–27 -
Josh Okogie made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jose Alvarado.
25–30 -
Josh Okogie made Dunk. Assisted by Jose Alvarado.
25–32 -
Frank Howard made Free Throw.
26–32 -
Oshae Brissett made Dunk. Assisted by Tyus Battle.
28–32 -
Ben Lammers made Free Throw.
28–33 -
Ben Lammers made Free Throw.
28–34 -
Bourama Sidibe made Free Throw.
29–34 -
Tadric Jackson made Layup. Assisted by Brandon Alston.
29–36 -
Tadric Jackson made Layup. Assisted by Ben Lammers.
29–38 -
Bourama Sidibe made Free Throw.
30–38 -
Bourama Sidibe made Free Throw.
31–38 -
Marek Dolezaj made Dunk. Assisted by Frank Howard.
33–38 -
Oshae Brissett made Dunk. Assisted by Marek Dolezaj.
35–38 -
Tadric Jackson made Layup. Assisted by Ben Lammers.
35–40 -
Brandon Alston made Layup. Assisted by Josh Okogie.
35–42 -
Tyus Battle made Jumper.
37–42 -
Tadric Jackson made Layup. Assisted by Ben Lammers.
37–44 -
Tyus Battle made Free Throw.
38–44 -
Tyus Battle made Free Throw.
39–44 -
Tyus Battle made Free Throw.
40–44 -
Josh Okogie made Dunk.
40–46 -
Oshae Brissett made Free Throw.
41–46 -
Josh Okogie made Free Throw.
41–47 -
Josh Okogie made Free Throw.
41–48 -
Josh Okogie made Free Throw.
41–49 -
Paschal Chukwu made Dunk. Assisted by Tyus Battle.
43–49 -
Ben Lammers made Layup. Assisted by Tadric Jackson.
43–51 -
Tyus Battle made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Frank Howard.
46–51 -
Tyus Battle made Free Throw.
47–51 -
Tyus Battle made Free Throw.
48–51 -
Ben Lammers made Two Point Tip Shot.
48–53 -
Josh Okogie made Dunk. Assisted by Jose Alvarado.
48–55 -
Frank Howard made Three Point Jumper.
51–55
Play-by-play
- P1 Frank Howard Turnover.
- P1 Abdoulaye Gueye Steal.
- P1 Josh Okogie missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Marek Dolezaj Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Paschal Chukwu missed Dunk.
- P1 Jose Alvarado Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Josh Okogie Turnover.
- P1 Oshae Brissett Steal.
- P1 Foul on Oshae Brissett.
- P1 Oshae Brissett Turnover.
- P1 Ben Lammers missed Jumper.
- P1 Josh Okogie Offensive Rebound.
- P1 Josh Okogie missed Jumper.
- P1 Tyus Battle Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Tyus Battle Turnover.
- P1 Josh Okogie Steal.
- P1 Josh Okogie made Dunk. Assisted by Brandon Alston. 0–2
- P1 Frank Howard missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Brandon Alston Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Brandon Alston missed Layup.
- P1 Marek Dolezaj Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Frank Howard Turnover.
- P1 Josh Okogie Steal.
- P1 Brandon Alston made Layup. Assisted by Ben Lammers. 0–4
- P1 Oshae Brissett made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Marek Dolezaj. 3–4
- P1 Abdoulaye Gueye missed Dunk.
- P1 Marek Dolezaj Block.
- P1 Tyus Battle Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Tyus Battle missed Layup.
- P1 Ben Lammers Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Foul on Paschal Chukwu.
- P1 Official TV Timeout
- P1 Jose Alvarado made Free Throw. 3–5
- P1 Jose Alvarado made Free Throw. 3–6
- P1 Oshae Brissett missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Abdoulaye Gueye Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Josh Okogie missed Jumper.
- P1 Oshae Brissett Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Foul on Jose Alvarado.
- P1 Frank Howard missed Jumper.
- P1 Ben Lammers Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Brandon Alston missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Frank Howard Block.
- P1 Bourama Sidibe Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Frank Howard missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Abdoulaye Gueye Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Tadric Jackson missed Jumper.
- P1 Tyus Battle Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Foul on Abdoulaye Gueye.
- P1 Tyus Battle made Free Throw. 4–6
- P1 Tyus Battle made Free Throw. 5–6
- P1 Jose Alvarado missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Tyus Battle Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Tyus Battle missed Layup.
- P1 Abdoulaye Gueye Block.
- P1 Tadric Jackson Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Tadric Jackson made Layup. Assisted by Jose Alvarado. 5–8
- P1 Bourama Sidibe Turnover.
- P1 Official TV Timeout
- P1 Josh Okogie made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tadric Jackson. 5–11
- P1 Tyus Battle missed Jumper.
- P1 Jose Alvarado Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Jose Alvarado made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tadric Jackson. 5–14
- P1 Frank Howard missed Layup.
- P1 Ben Lammers Block.
- P1 Ben Lammers Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Ben Lammers missed Jumper.
- P1 Matthew Moyer Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Frank Howard made Jumper. Assisted by Tyus Battle. 7–14
- P1 Jose Alvarado missed Layup.
- P1 Abdoulaye Gueye Offensive Rebound.
- P1 Georgia Tech Turnover.
- P1 Oshae Brissett missed Layup.
- P1 Paschal Chukwu Offensive Rebound.
- P1 Paschal Chukwu Turnover.
- P1 Josh Okogie Steal.
- P1 Ben Lammers missed Jumper.
- P1 Abdoulaye Gueye Offensive Rebound.
- P1 Abdoulaye Gueye missed Layup.
- P1 Ben Lammers Offensive Rebound.
- P1 Ben Lammers made Layup. 7–16
- P1 Foul on Marek Dolezaj.
- P1 Ben Lammers made Free Throw. 7–17
- P1 Tyus Battle made Three Point Jumper. 10–17
- P1 Josh Okogie missed Layup.
- P1 Oshae Brissett Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Foul on Ben Lammers.
- P1 Official TV Timeout
- P1 Marek Dolezaj missed Free Throw.
- P1 Syracuse Deadball Team Rebound.
- P1 Marek Dolezaj made Free Throw. 11–17
- P1 Ben Lammers missed Layup.
- P1 Bourama Sidibe Block.
- P1 Frank Howard Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Frank Howard missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Abdoulaye Gueye Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Tadric Jackson missed Jumper.
- P1 Marek Dolezaj Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Bourama Sidibe missed Layup.
- P1 Abdoulaye Gueye Block.
- P1 Jose Alvarado Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Tadric Jackson made Layup. Assisted by Jose Alvarado. 11–19
- P1 Tyus Battle missed Jumper.
- P1 Josh Okogie Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Abdoulaye Gueye Turnover.
- P1 Foul on Tadric Jackson.
- P1 Tyus Battle missed Layup.
- P1 Abdoulaye Gueye Block.
- P1 Tyus Battle Offensive Rebound.
- P1 Oshae Brissett missed Jumper.
- P1 Georgia Tech Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Syracuse Timeout
- P1 Tadric Jackson missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Tyus Battle Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Frank Howard made Jumper. 13–19
- P1 Abdoulaye Gueye Turnover.
- P1 Syracuse Turnover.
- P1 Josh Okogie missed Layup.
- P1 Oshae Brissett Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Tyus Battle missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Oshae Brissett Offensive Rebound.
- P1 Frank Howard Turnover.
- P1 Official TV Timeout
- P1 Josh Okogie Turnover.
- P1 Marek Dolezaj made Layup. Assisted by Tyus Battle. 15–19
- P1 Josh Okogie missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Georgia Tech Offensive Rebound.
- P1 Ben Lammers made Jumper. 15–21
- P1 Frank Howard missed Jumper.
- P1 Syracuse Offensive Rebound.
- P1 Oshae Brissett made Jumper. 17–21
- P1 Foul on Brandon Alston.
- P1 Oshae Brissett made Free Throw. 18–21
- P1 Foul on Paschal Chukwu.
- P1 Tadric Jackson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Josh Okogie. 18–24
- P1 Syracuse Timeout
- P1 Frank Howard made Three Point Jumper. 21–24
- P1 Foul on Tyus Battle.
- P1 Georgia Tech Timeout
- P1 Foul on Frank Howard.
- P1 Jose Alvarado missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Georgia Tech Deadball Team Rebound.
- P2 Josh Okogie made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Brandon Alston. 21–27
- P2 Tyus Battle made Jumper. Assisted by Marek Dolezaj. 23–27
- P2 Ben Lammers missed Jumper.
- P2 Paschal Chukwu Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Foul on Jose Alvarado.
- P2 Frank Howard missed Three Point Jumper.
- P2 Josh Okogie Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Brandon Alston missed Jumper.
- P2 Oshae Brissett Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Foul on Josh Okogie.
- P2 Tyus Battle missed Three Point Jumper.
- P2 Abdoulaye Gueye Block.
- P2 Marek Dolezaj Offensive Rebound.
- P2 Oshae Brissett Turnover.
- P2 Jose Alvarado Steal.
- P2 Jose Alvarado missed Layup.
- P2 Marek Dolezaj Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Marek Dolezaj Turnover.
- P2 Jose Alvarado Steal.
- P2 Jose Alvarado missed Layup.
- P2 Tyus Battle Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Frank Howard missed Layup.
- P2 Syracuse Offensive Rebound.
- P2 Foul on Ben Lammers.
- P2 Tyus Battle made Free Throw. 24–27
- P2 Tyus Battle made Free Throw. 25–27
- P2 Josh Okogie made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jose Alvarado. 25–30
- P2 Oshae Brissett missed Layup.
- P2 Ben Lammers Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Josh Okogie made Dunk. Assisted by Jose Alvarado. 25–32
- P2 Syracuse Timeout
- P2 Official TV Timeout
- P2 Frank Howard Turnover.
- P2 Josh Okogie Steal.
- P2 Georgia Tech Timeout
- P2 Official TV Timeout
- P2 Abdoulaye Gueye missed Jumper.
- P2 Marek Dolezaj Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Oshae Brissett missed Three Point Jumper.
- P2 Brandon Alston Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Josh Okogie missed Three Point Jumper.
- P2 Ben Lammers Offensive Rebound.
- P2 Brandon Alston Turnover.
- P2 Frank Howard missed Three Point Jumper.
- P2 Jose Alvarado Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Josh Okogie missed Three Point Jumper.
- P2 Paschal Chukwu Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Tyus Battle missed Layup.
- P2 Abdoulaye Gueye Block.
- P2 Tadric Jackson Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Foul on Frank Howard.
- P2 Josh Okogie Turnover.
- P2 Frank Howard Steal.
- P2 Foul on Abdoulaye Gueye.
- P2 Frank Howard Turnover.
- P2 Foul on Oshae Brissett.
- P2 Jose Alvarado missed Layup.
- P2 Bourama Sidibe Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Foul on Josh Okogie.
- P2 Frank Howard made Free Throw. 26–32
- P2 Frank Howard missed Free Throw.
- P2 Ben Lammers Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Tadric Jackson missed Jumper.
- P2 Bourama Sidibe Block.
- P2 Marek Dolezaj Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Oshae Brissett made Dunk. Assisted by Tyus Battle. 28–32
- P2 Foul on Bourama Sidibe.
- P2 Official TV Timeout
- P2 Ben Lammers made Free Throw. 28–33
- P2 Ben Lammers made Free Throw. 28–34
- P2 Oshae Brissett missed Jumper.
- P2 Bourama Sidibe Offensive Rebound.
- P2 Foul on Josh Okogie.
- P2 Bourama Sidibe missed Free Throw.
- P2 Syracuse Deadball Team Rebound.
- P2 Bourama Sidibe made Free Throw. 29–34
- P2 Ben Lammers missed Jumper.
- P2 Frank Howard Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Bourama Sidibe missed Jumper.
- P2 Ben Lammers Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Tadric Jackson made Layup. Assisted by Brandon Alston. 29–36
- P2 Frank Howard missed Jumper.
- P2 Ben Lammers Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Jose Alvarado missed Three Point Jumper.
- P2 Ben Lammers Offensive Rebound.
- P2 Tadric Jackson made Layup. Assisted by Ben Lammers. 29–38
- P2 Tyus Battle missed Layup.
- P2 Bourama Sidibe Offensive Rebound.
- P2 Foul on Tadric Jackson.
- P2 Bourama Sidibe made Free Throw. 30–38
- P2 Bourama Sidibe made Free Throw. 31–38
- P2 Josh Okogie missed Layup.
- P2 Frank Howard Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Marek Dolezaj made Dunk. Assisted by Frank Howard. 33–38
- P2 Jose Alvarado Turnover.
- P2 Marek Dolezaj Steal.
- P2 Oshae Brissett made Dunk. Assisted by Marek Dolezaj. 35–38
- P2 Foul on Frank Howard.
- P2 Ben Lammers missed Jumper.
- P2 Josh Okogie Offensive Rebound.
- P2 Tadric Jackson made Layup. Assisted by Ben Lammers. 35–40
- P2 Frank Howard missed Three Point Jumper.
- P2 Josh Okogie Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Brandon Alston made Layup. Assisted by Josh Okogie. 35–42
- P2 Tyus Battle made Jumper. 37–42
- P2 Tadric Jackson made Layup. Assisted by Ben Lammers. 37–44
- P2 Foul on Brandon Alston.
- P2 Official TV Timeout
- P2 Tyus Battle made Free Throw. 38–44
- P2 Tyus Battle made Free Throw. 39–44
- P2 Tyus Battle made Free Throw. 40–44
- P2 Tadric Jackson missed Three Point Jumper.
- P2 Frank Howard Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Tyus Battle missed Three Point Jumper.
- P2 Oshae Brissett Offensive Rebound.
- P2 Tyus Battle Turnover.
- P2 Jose Alvarado Steal.
- P2 Josh Okogie missed Layup.
- P2 Oshae Brissett Block.
- P2 Georgia Tech Offensive Rebound.
- P2 Josh Okogie missed Jumper.
- P2 Marek Dolezaj Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Tyus Battle Turnover.
- P2 Josh Okogie made Dunk. 40–46
- P2 Foul on Ben Lammers.
- P2 Oshae Brissett missed Free Throw.
- P2 Syracuse Deadball Team Rebound.
- P2 Oshae Brissett made Free Throw. 41–46
- P2 Foul on Bourama Sidibe.
- P2 Brandon Alston missed Three Point Jumper.
- P2 Tyus Battle Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Frank Howard missed Layup.
- P2 Ben Lammers Block.
- P2 Brandon Alston Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Foul on Bourama Sidibe.
- P2 Tadric Jackson missed Free Throw.
- P2 Georgia Tech Deadball Team Rebound.
- P2 Tadric Jackson missed Free Throw.
- P2 Georgia Tech Offensive Rebound.
- P2 Josh Okogie missed Three Point Jumper.
- P2 Tadric Jackson Offensive Rebound.
- P2 Josh Okogie missed Three Point Jumper.
- P2 Oshae Brissett Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Tyus Battle missed Jumper.
- P2 Josh Okogie Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Foul on Marek Dolezaj.
- P2 Technical Foul on Frank Howard.
- P2 Foul on Frank Howard.
- P2 Official TV Timeout
- P2 Josh Okogie missed Free Throw.
- P2 Georgia Tech Deadball Team Rebound.
- P2 Josh Okogie made Free Throw. 41–47
- P2 Josh Okogie made Free Throw. 41–48
- P2 Josh Okogie made Free Throw. 41–49
- P2 Paschal Chukwu made Dunk. Assisted by Tyus Battle. 43–49
- P2 Ben Lammers made Layup. Assisted by Tadric Jackson. 43–51
- P2 Tyus Battle made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Frank Howard. 46–51
- P2 Brandon Alston missed Jumper.
- P2 Tyus Battle Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Foul on Jose Alvarado.
- P2 Tyus Battle made Free Throw. 47–51
- P2 Tyus Battle made Free Throw. 48–51
- P2 Ben Lammers missed Layup.
- P2 Ben Lammers Offensive Rebound.
- P2 Ben Lammers missed Two Point Tip Shot.
- P2 Ben Lammers Offensive Rebound.
- P2 Ben Lammers made Two Point Tip Shot. 48–53
- P2 Tyus Battle missed Layup.
- P2 Paschal Chukwu Offensive Rebound.
- P2 Paschal Chukwu Turnover.
- P2 Jose Alvarado Steal.
- P2 Josh Okogie made Dunk. Assisted by Jose Alvarado. 48–55
- P2 Frank Howard made Three Point Jumper. 51–55
- P2 Syracuse Timeout
- P2 Foul on Marek Dolezaj.
- P2 Jose Alvarado missed Free Throw.
- P2 Oshae Brissett Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Tyus Battle missed Three Point Jumper.
- P2 Tadric Jackson Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Josh Okogie Turnover.
- P2 Georgia Tech Timeout
- P2 Frank Howard missed Three Point Jumper.
- P2 Syracuse Deadball Team Rebound.
Box score
SYR
| Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marek DolezajF | 38 | 5 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
| Oshae BrissettF | 40 | 11 | 4-10 | 1-3 | 2-3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Paschal ChukwuC | 21 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Tyus BattleG | 40 | 19 | 4-17 | 2-6 | 9-9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| Frank HowardG | 40 | 11 | 4-17 | 2-9 | 1-2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Matthew MoyerF | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bourama SidibeC | 19 | 3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Patrick HerlihyF | |||||||||||||
| Elijah HughesF | |||||||||||||
| Howard WashingtonG | |||||||||||||
| Ray FeatherstonG | |||||||||||||
| Braedon BayerG | |||||||||||||
| Ky FeldmanG | |||||||||||||
| Adrian AutryG | |||||||||||||
| Shaun BelbeyG | |||||||||||||
| Geno ThorpeG |
GT
| Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abdoulaye GueyeF | 27 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Ben LammersC | 40 | 11 | 4-13 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 |
| Jose AlvaradoG | 40 | 5 | 1-8 | 1-4 | 2-3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Josh OkogieG | 39 | 20 | 7-20 | 3-9 | 3-4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Brandon AlstonG | 27 | 4 | 2-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Tadric JacksonG | 27 | 15 | 7-12 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Moses WrightF | |||||||||||||
| Evan JesterF | |||||||||||||
| Evan ColeF | |||||||||||||
| Sylvester OgbondaF | |||||||||||||
| Avi SchaferC | |||||||||||||
| Malachi RiceG | |||||||||||||
| Jon BrownG | |||||||||||||
| Curtis Haywood IIG | |||||||||||||
| Justin MooreG | |||||||||||||
| Shembari PhillipsG |
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