Saint Mary's Gaels @ Gonzaga Bulldogs
| 1 | 2 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMC14-9 | 26 | 29 | 55 |
| GONZ25-0 | 44 | 34 | 78 |
· Line: GONZ -18.5 (O/U 141.5)
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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Matthias Tass made Jumper. Assisted by Tommy Kuhse.
2–0 -
Andrew Nembhard made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Drew Timme.
2–3 -
Joel Ayayi made Layup.
2–5 -
Drew Timme made Free Throw.
2–6 -
Corey Kispert made Layup.
2–8 -
Joel Ayayi made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jalen Suggs.
2–11 -
Judah Brown made Jumper.
4–11 -
Corey Kispert made Free Throw.
4–12 -
Corey Kispert made Free Throw.
4–13 -
Jalen Suggs made Jumper.
4–15 -
Tommy Kuhse made Jumper.
6–15 -
Drew Timme made Layup.
6–17 -
Logan Johnson made Jumper.
8–17 -
Logan Johnson made Layup.
10–17 -
Corey Kispert made Free Throw.
10–18 -
Corey Kispert made Free Throw.
10–19 -
Kyle Bowen made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Logan Johnson.
13–19 -
Drew Timme made Jumper.
13–21 -
Drew Timme made Layup.
13–23 -
Joel Ayayi made Layup. Assisted by Drew Timme.
13–25 -
Dan Fotu made Three Point Jumper.
16–25 -
Corey Kispert made Layup. Assisted by Drew Timme.
16–27 -
Drew Timme made Layup. Assisted by Jalen Suggs.
16–29 -
Matthias Tass made Jumper.
18–29 -
Joel Ayayi made Layup.
18–31 -
Andrew Nembhard made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jalen Suggs.
18–34 -
Mitchell Saxen made Layup.
20–34 -
Tommy Kuhse made Layup.
22–34 -
Drew Timme made Layup. Assisted by Corey Kispert.
22–36 -
Tommy Kuhse made Layup.
24–36 -
Jalen Suggs made Layup. Assisted by Corey Kispert.
24–38 -
Drew Timme made Layup. Assisted by Andrew Nembhard.
24–40 -
Andrew Nembhard made Jumper.
24–42 -
Drew Timme made Layup. Assisted by Andrew Nembhard.
24–44 -
Tommy Kuhse made Jumper.
26–44 -
Corey Kispert made Layup. Assisted by Drew Timme.
26–46 -
Matthias Tass made Layup. Assisted by Tommy Kuhse.
28–46 -
Logan Johnson made Layup.
30–46 -
Logan Johnson made Free Throw.
31–46 -
Jalen Suggs made Layup.
31–48 -
Jalen Suggs made Three Point Jumper.
31–51 -
Jalen Suggs made Jumper.
31–53 -
Corey Kispert made Layup.
31–55 -
Drew Timme made Layup.
31–57 -
Drew Timme made Free Throw.
31–58 -
Mitchell Saxen made Layup.
33–58 -
Mitchell Saxen made Free Throw.
34–58 -
Jalen Suggs made Layup.
34–60 -
Andrew Nembhard made Jumper.
34–62 -
Corey Kispert made Layup.
34–64 -
Dan Fotu made Jumper.
36–64 -
Tommy Kuhse made Layup.
38–64 -
Matthias Tass made Layup. Assisted by Tommy Kuhse.
40–64 -
Logan Johnson made Free Throw.
41–64 -
Logan Johnson made Free Throw.
42–64 -
Joel Ayayi made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Aaron Cook.
42–67 -
Logan Johnson made Layup.
44–67 -
Logan Johnson made Free Throw.
45–67 -
Logan Johnson made Free Throw.
46–67 -
Joel Ayayi made Jumper.
46–69 -
Anton Watson made Dunk. Assisted by Joel Ayayi.
46–71 -
Jalen Suggs made Layup.
46–73 -
Kyle Bowen made Two Point Tip Shot.
48–73 -
Joel Ayayi made Two Point Tip Shot.
48–75 -
Tommy Kuhse made Free Throw.
49–75 -
Julian Strawther made Two Point Tip Shot.
49–77 -
Tommy Kuhse made Jumper.
51–77 -
Logan Johnson made Free Throw.
52–77 -
Logan Johnson made Free Throw.
53–77 -
Oumar Ballo made Free Throw.
53–78 -
Matt Van Komen made Dunk. Assisted by Dan Fotu.
55–78
Play-by-play
- P1 Jump Ball won by Saint Mary's
- P1 Matthias Tass made Jumper. Assisted by Tommy Kuhse. 2–0
- P1 Andrew Nembhard made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Drew Timme. 2–3
- P1 Tommy Kuhse missed Layup.
- P1 Drew Timme Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Joel Ayayi made Layup. 2–5
- P1 Logan Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Corey Kispert Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Corey Kispert Turnover.
- P1 Kyle Bowen missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Corey Kispert Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Foul on Logan Johnson.
- P1 Drew Timme made Free Throw. 2–6
- P1 Drew Timme missed Free Throw.
- P1 Dan Fotu Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Kyle Bowen missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Andrew Nembhard Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Corey Kispert made Layup. 2–8
- P1 Logan Johnson missed Jumper.
- P1 Corey Kispert Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Foul on Joel Ayayi.
- P1 Joel Ayayi Turnover.
- P1 Kyle Bowen Turnover.
- P1 Corey Kispert missed Layup.
- P1 Matthias Tass Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Judah Brown missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Jalen Suggs Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Joel Ayayi made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jalen Suggs. 2–11
- P1 Tommy Kuhse missed Layup.
- P1 Jalen Suggs Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Official TV Timeout
- P1 Jalen Suggs Turnover.
- P1 Judah Brown made Jumper. 4–11
- P1 Foul on Judah Brown.
- P1 Corey Kispert made Free Throw. 4–12
- P1 Corey Kispert made Free Throw. 4–13
- P1 Logan Johnson missed Jumper.
- P1 Anton Watson Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Jalen Suggs made Jumper. 4–15
- P1 Tommy Kuhse made Jumper. 6–15
- P1 Drew Timme made Layup. 6–17
- P1 Foul on Tommy Kuhse.
- P1 Drew Timme missed Free Throw.
- P1 Matthias Tass Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Logan Johnson made Jumper. 8–17
- P1 Corey Kispert missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Logan Johnson Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Logan Johnson made Layup. 10–17
- P1 Corey Kispert Turnover.
- P1 Kyle Bowen Steal.
- P1 Tommy Kuhse Turnover.
- P1 Andrew Nembhard Steal.
- P1 Foul on Logan Johnson.
- P1 Corey Kispert made Free Throw. 10–18
- P1 Corey Kispert made Free Throw. 10–19
- P1 Kyle Bowen made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Logan Johnson. 13–19
- P1 Drew Timme made Jumper. 13–21
- P1 Logan Johnson Turnover.
- P1 Jalen Suggs Steal.
- P1 Aaron Cook missed Layup.
- P1 Logan Johnson Block.
- P1 Gonzaga Offensive Rebound.
- P1 Official TV Timeout
- P1 Andrew Nembhard missed Jumper.
- P1 Alex Ducas Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Alex Ducas missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Drew Timme Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Drew Timme made Layup. 13–23
- P1 Logan Johnson missed Layup.
- P1 Drew Timme Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Joel Ayayi made Layup. Assisted by Drew Timme. 13–25
- P1 Tommy Kuhse Turnover.
- P1 Saint Mary's Timeout
- P1 Drew Timme Turnover.
- P1 Dan Fotu Steal.
- P1 Dan Fotu made Three Point Jumper. 16–25
- P1 Corey Kispert made Layup. Assisted by Drew Timme. 16–27
- P1 Foul on Aaron Cook.
- P1 Kyle Bowen missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Alex Ducas Offensive Rebound.
- P1 Tommy Kuhse missed Layup.
- P1 Joel Ayayi Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Aaron Cook Turnover.
- P1 Alex Ducas Steal.
- P1 Foul on Andrew Nembhard.
- P1 Matthias Tass missed Jumper.
- P1 Aaron Cook Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Drew Timme made Layup. Assisted by Jalen Suggs. 16–29
- P1 Matthias Tass made Jumper. 18–29
- P1 Jalen Suggs missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Kyle Bowen Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Logan Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Joel Ayayi Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Joel Ayayi made Layup. 18–31
- P1 Foul on Logan Johnson.
- P1 Logan Johnson Turnover.
- P1 Official TV Timeout
- P1 Anton Watson missed Jumper.
- P1 Dan Fotu Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Tommy Kuhse missed Jumper.
- P1 Mitchell Saxen Offensive Rebound.
- P1 Dan Fotu missed Layup.
- P1 Jalen Suggs Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Andrew Nembhard made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jalen Suggs. 18–34
- P1 Quinn Clinton missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Mitchell Saxen Offensive Rebound.
- P1 Mitchell Saxen made Layup. 20–34
- P1 Foul on Quinn Clinton.
- P1 Corey Kispert missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Tommy Kuhse Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Foul on Joel Ayayi.
- P1 Foul on Jalen Suggs.
- P1 Tommy Kuhse made Layup. 22–34
- P1 Drew Timme made Layup. Assisted by Corey Kispert. 22–36
- P1 Foul on Mitchell Saxen.
- P1 Drew Timme missed Free Throw.
- P1 Alex Ducas Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Tommy Kuhse made Layup. 24–36
- P1 Corey Kispert missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Quinn Clinton Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Tommy Kuhse Turnover.
- P1 Official TV Timeout
- P1 Jalen Suggs Turnover.
- P1 Tommy Kuhse Steal.
- P1 Alex Ducas Turnover.
- P1 Anton Watson Steal.
- P1 Jalen Suggs made Layup. Assisted by Corey Kispert. 24–38
- P1 Quinn Clinton missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Gonzaga Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Drew Timme made Layup. Assisted by Andrew Nembhard. 24–40
- P1 Tommy Kuhse missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Drew Timme Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Andrew Nembhard made Jumper. 24–42
- P1 Quinn Clinton missed Jumper.
- P1 Anton Watson Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Drew Timme made Layup. Assisted by Andrew Nembhard. 24–44
- P1 Quinn Clinton Turnover.
- P1 Jalen Suggs Steal.
- P1 Drew Timme missed Layup.
- P1 Gonzaga Offensive Rebound.
- P1 Official TV Timeout
- P1 Corey Kispert missed Jumper.
- P1 Kyle Bowen Block.
- P1 Corey Kispert Offensive Rebound.
- P1 Gonzaga Turnover.
- P1 Foul on Aaron Cook.
- P1 Tommy Kuhse made Jumper. 26–44
- P2 Jump Ball won by Gonzaga
- P2 Corey Kispert made Layup. Assisted by Drew Timme. 26–46
- P2 Matthias Tass made Layup. Assisted by Tommy Kuhse. 28–46
- P2 Drew Timme missed Three Point Jumper.
- P2 Joel Ayayi Offensive Rebound.
- P2 Foul on Matthias Tass.
- P2 Corey Kispert missed Three Point Jumper.
- P2 Drew Timme Offensive Rebound.
- P2 Drew Timme missed Layup.
- P2 Matthias Tass Block.
- P2 Tommy Kuhse Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Logan Johnson made Layup. 30–46
- P2 Foul on Jalen Suggs.
- P2 Logan Johnson made Free Throw. 31–46
- P2 Joel Ayayi missed Jumper.
- P2 Drew Timme Offensive Rebound.
- P2 Andrew Nembhard missed Jumper.
- P2 Jalen Suggs Offensive Rebound.
- P2 Jalen Suggs made Layup. 31–48
- P2 Kyle Bowen missed Three Point Jumper.
- P2 Joel Ayayi Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Jalen Suggs made Three Point Jumper. 31–51
- P2 Dan Fotu missed Three Point Jumper.
- P2 Drew Timme Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Jalen Suggs made Jumper. 31–53
- P2 Logan Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
- P2 Drew Timme Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Andrew Nembhard missed Layup.
- P2 Dan Fotu Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Saint Mary's Timeout
- P2 Logan Johnson missed Jumper.
- P2 Anton Watson Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Corey Kispert made Layup. 31–55
- P2 Logan Johnson missed Jumper.
- P2 Andrew Nembhard Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Anton Watson Turnover.
- P2 Official TV Timeout
- P2 Alex Ducas missed Layup.
- P2 Kyle Bowen Offensive Rebound.
- P2 Jump Ball won by Saint Mary's
- P2 Saint Mary's Turnover.
- P2 Drew Timme made Layup. 31–57
- P2 Foul on Mitchell Saxen.
- P2 Drew Timme made Free Throw. 31–58
- P2 Mitchell Saxen made Layup. 33–58
- P2 Foul on Drew Timme.
- P2 Mitchell Saxen made Free Throw. 34–58
- P2 Jalen Suggs made Layup. 34–60
- P2 Tommy Kuhse Turnover.
- P2 Andrew Nembhard made Jumper. 34–62
- P2 Dan Fotu Turnover.
- P2 Drew Timme Steal.
- P2 Corey Kispert made Layup. 34–64
- P2 Dan Fotu made Jumper. 36–64
- P2 Julian Strawther missed Layup.
- P2 Matthias Tass Block.
- P2 Kyle Bowen Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Tommy Kuhse made Layup. 38–64
- P2 Jalen Suggs missed Three Point Jumper.
- P2 Alex Ducas Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Logan Johnson missed Layup.
- P2 Julian Strawther Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Andrew Nembhard missed Three Point Jumper.
- P2 Matthias Tass Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Matthias Tass made Layup. Assisted by Tommy Kuhse. 40–64
- P2 Drew Timme Turnover.
- P2 Official TV Timeout
- P2 Tommy Kuhse missed Layup.
- P2 Joel Ayayi Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Andrew Nembhard missed Jumper.
- P2 Kyle Bowen Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Foul on Julian Strawther.
- P2 Logan Johnson made Free Throw. 41–64
- P2 Logan Johnson made Free Throw. 42–64
- P2 Corey Kispert Turnover.
- P2 Matthias Tass Steal.
- P2 Logan Johnson missed Layup.
- P2 Corey Kispert Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Joel Ayayi made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Aaron Cook. 42–67
- P2 Tommy Kuhse missed Jumper.
- P2 Joel Ayayi Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Aaron Cook missed Layup.
- P2 Matthias Tass Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Alex Ducas missed Three Point Jumper.
- P2 Kyle Bowen Offensive Rebound.
- P2 Logan Johnson made Layup. 44–67
- P2 Foul on Matthias Tass.
- P2 Drew Timme Turnover.
- P2 Matthias Tass Steal.
- P2 Official TV Timeout
- P2 Foul on Aaron Cook.
- P2 Logan Johnson made Free Throw. 45–67
- P2 Logan Johnson made Free Throw. 46–67
- P2 Joel Ayayi made Jumper. 46–69
- P2 Alex Ducas missed Three Point Jumper.
- P2 Jalen Suggs Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Foul on Jalen Suggs.
- P2 Jalen Suggs Turnover.
- P2 Logan Johnson missed Layup.
- P2 Joel Ayayi Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Anton Watson made Dunk. Assisted by Joel Ayayi. 46–71
- P2 Foul on Joel Ayayi.
- P2 Jabe Mullins missed Three Point Jumper.
- P2 Jalen Suggs Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Corey Kispert missed Three Point Jumper.
- P2 Logan Johnson Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Jabe Mullins missed Jumper.
- P2 Jalen Suggs Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Jalen Suggs made Layup. 46–73
- P2 Kyle Bowen missed Three Point Jumper.
- P2 Corey Kispert Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Joel Ayayi missed Three Point Jumper.
- P2 Tommy Kuhse Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Tommy Kuhse missed Jumper.
- P2 Kyle Bowen Offensive Rebound.
- P2 Kyle Bowen made Two Point Tip Shot. 48–73
- P2 Anton Watson missed Layup.
- P2 Joel Ayayi Offensive Rebound.
- P2 Joel Ayayi made Two Point Tip Shot. 48–75
- P2 Foul on Jalen Suggs.
- P2 Tommy Kuhse made Free Throw. 49–75
- P2 Tommy Kuhse missed Free Throw.
- P2 Julian Strawther Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Anton Watson missed Dunk.
- P2 Aaron Cook Offensive Rebound.
- P2 Julian Strawther made Two Point Tip Shot. 49–77
- P2 Tommy Kuhse made Jumper. 51–77
- P2 Anton Watson missed Jumper.
- P2 Logan Johnson Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Mitchell Saxen Turnover.
- P2 Official TV Timeout
- P2 Dominick Harris missed Layup.
- P2 Mitchell Saxen Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Foul on Dominick Harris.
- P2 Logan Johnson made Free Throw. 52–77
- P2 Logan Johnson missed Free Throw.
- P2 Saint Mary's Offensive Rebound.
- P2 Logan Johnson missed Layup.
- P2 Logan Johnson Offensive Rebound.
- P2 Logan Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
- P2 Dominick Harris Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Aaron Cook missed Jumper.
- P2 Mitchell Saxen Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Saint Mary's Timeout
- P2 Logan Johnson Turnover.
- P2 Anton Watson Steal.
- P2 Foul on Julian Strawther.
- P2 Julian Strawther Turnover.
- P2 Foul on Aaron Cook.
- P2 Logan Johnson made Free Throw. 53–77
- P2 Logan Johnson missed Free Throw.
- P2 Martynas Arlauskas Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Dominick Harris missed Jumper.
- P2 Oumar Ballo Offensive Rebound.
- P2 Foul on Matt Van Komen.
- P2 Oumar Ballo made Free Throw. 53–78
- P2 Oumar Ballo missed Free Throw.
- P2 Matt Van Komen Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Matt Van Komen made Dunk. Assisted by Dan Fotu. 55–78
Box score
SMC
| Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle BowenF | 30 | 5 | 2-7 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Matthias TassF | 28 | 8 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Dan FotuF | 24 | 5 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Logan JohnsonG | 32 | 15 | 4-17 | 0-4 | 7-9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Tommy KuhseG | 34 | 13 | 6-14 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Judah BrownF | 7 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mitchell SaxenC | 10 | 5 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Matt Van KomenC | 2 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jabe MullinsG | 11 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex DucasG | 13 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Quinn ClintonG | 9 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Luke BarrettF | |||||||||||||
| Leemet BocklerG |
GONZ
| Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew TimmeF | 28 | 18 | 8-11 | 0-1 | 2-5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Corey KispertF | 31 | 14 | 5-12 | 0-5 | 4-4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Jalen SuggsG | 32 | 15 | 7-9 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| Andrew NembhardG | 29 | 10 | 4-9 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Joel AyayiG | 27 | 16 | 7-9 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| Anton WatsonF | 18 | 2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Oumar BalloC | 3 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dominick HarrisG | 4 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Julian StrawtherG | 7 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Martynas ArlauskasG | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Aaron CookG | 20 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Ben GreggF | |||||||||||||
| Abe EagleF | |||||||||||||
| Colby BrooksF | |||||||||||||
| Pavel ZakharovC | |||||||||||||
| Evan InglesbyG | |||||||||||||
| Will GravesG | |||||||||||||
| Matthew LangG |
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