Virginia Tech Hokies @ Clemson Tigers
| 1 | 2 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|
| VT18-5 | 29 | 22 | 51 |
| CLEM15-8 | 33 | 26 | 59 |
· Line: CLEM -3 (O/U 129)
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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Kerry Blackshear Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ty Outlaw.
3–0 -
Nickeil Alexander-Walker made Jumper.
5–0 -
Elijah Thomas made Jumper. Assisted by Marcquise Reed.
5–2 -
Shelton Mitchell made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Elijah Thomas.
5–5 -
Shelton Mitchell made Free Throw.
5–6 -
Shelton Mitchell made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Marcquise Reed.
5–9 -
Shelton Mitchell made Jumper.
5–11 -
Shelton Mitchell made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by David Skara.
5–14 -
Ty Outlaw made Layup. Assisted by Kerry Blackshear Jr..
7–14 -
Ahmed Hill made Layup. Assisted by Ty Outlaw.
9–14 -
Ahmed Hill made Layup. Assisted by Wabissa Bede.
11–14 -
Kerry Blackshear Jr. made Free Throw.
12–14 -
Kerry Blackshear Jr. made Free Throw.
13–14 -
Aamir Simms made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by David Skara.
13–17 -
Kerry Blackshear Jr. made Jumper.
15–17 -
Marcquise Reed made Free Throw.
15–18 -
Marcquise Reed made Free Throw.
15–19 -
Shelton Mitchell made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Marcquise Reed.
15–22 -
Nickeil Alexander-Walker made Three Point Jumper.
18–22 -
Jonathan Kabongo made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ty Outlaw.
21–22 -
Marcquise Reed made Free Throw.
21–23 -
Marcquise Reed made Free Throw.
21–24 -
Marcquise Reed made Free Throw.
21–25 -
Ahmed Hill made Layup.
23–25 -
Shelton Mitchell made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Marcquise Reed.
23–28 -
Aamir Simms made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shelton Mitchell.
23–31 -
Ahmed Hill made Free Throw.
24–31 -
Ahmed Hill made Free Throw.
25–31 -
Nickeil Alexander-Walker made Jumper. Assisted by Wabissa Bede.
27–31 -
Ty Outlaw made Free Throw.
28–31 -
Ty Outlaw made Free Throw.
29–31 -
Hunter Tyson made Layup.
29–33 -
Elijah Thomas made Jumper. Assisted by Aamir Simms.
29–35 -
Ty Outlaw made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Wabissa Bede.
32–35 -
Aamir Simms made Jumper.
32–37 -
Nickeil Alexander-Walker made Free Throw.
33–37 -
Nickeil Alexander-Walker made Free Throw.
34–37 -
Shelton Mitchell made Jumper.
34–39 -
Kerry Blackshear Jr. made Dunk.
36–39 -
Elijah Thomas made Dunk. Assisted by Shelton Mitchell.
36–41 -
Nickeil Alexander-Walker made Free Throw.
37–41 -
Nickeil Alexander-Walker made Free Throw.
38–41 -
Kerry Blackshear Jr. made Jumper.
40–41 -
Marcquise Reed made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by David Skara.
40–44 -
Hunter Tyson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shelton Mitchell.
40–47 -
Kerry Blackshear Jr. made Jumper.
42–47 -
Kerry Blackshear Jr. made Free Throw.
43–47 -
Kerry Blackshear Jr. made Free Throw.
44–47 -
Marcquise Reed made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Elijah Thomas.
44–50 -
David Skara made Three Point Jumper.
44–53 -
Nickeil Alexander-Walker made Free Throw.
45–53 -
Nickeil Alexander-Walker made Free Throw.
46–53 -
Kerry Blackshear Jr. made Free Throw.
47–53 -
Kerry Blackshear Jr. made Free Throw.
48–53 -
Marcquise Reed made Jumper.
48–55 -
Shelton Mitchell made Free Throw.
48–56 -
Shelton Mitchell made Free Throw.
48–57 -
Marcquise Reed made Free Throw.
48–58 -
Marcquise Reed made Free Throw.
48–59 -
Ty Outlaw made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ahmed Hill.
51–59
Play-by-play
- P1 Jump Ball won by Virginia Tech
- P1 Ty Outlaw Turnover.
- P1 Marcquise Reed Steal.
- P1 Shelton Mitchell missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Nickeil Alexander-Walker Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Kerry Blackshear Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ty Outlaw. 3–0
- P1 Aamir Simms missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Wabissa Bede Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Nickeil Alexander-Walker made Jumper. 5–0
- P1 Marcquise Reed missed Jumper.
- P1 Kerry Blackshear Jr. Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Nickeil Alexander-Walker Turnover.
- P1 Aamir Simms Steal.
- P1 Marcquise Reed missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Kerry Blackshear Jr. Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Nickeil Alexander-Walker missed Jumper.
- P1 Elijah Thomas Block.
- P1 Virginia Tech Offensive Rebound.
- P1 Ahmed Hill missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Aamir Simms Block.
- P1 Clemson Defensive Rebound.
- P1 David Skara missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Shelton Mitchell Offensive Rebound.
- P1 Elijah Thomas made Jumper. Assisted by Marcquise Reed. 5–2
- P1 Nickeil Alexander-Walker missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Marcquise Reed Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Official TV Timeout
- P1 Shelton Mitchell made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Elijah Thomas. 5–5
- P1 Foul on Nickeil Alexander-Walker.
- P1 Official TV Timeout
- P1 Official TV Timeout
- P1 Official TV Timeout
- P1 Shelton Mitchell made Free Throw. 5–6
- P1 Wabissa Bede missed Jumper.
- P1 Elijah Thomas Block.
- P1 Wabissa Bede Offensive Rebound.
- P1 Foul on Marcquise Reed.
- P1 Ahmed Hill missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Clyde Trapp Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Shelton Mitchell made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Marcquise Reed. 5–9
- P1 Foul on Clyde Trapp.
- P1 Nickeil Alexander-Walker missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Ty Outlaw Offensive Rebound.
- P1 Isaiah Wilkins missed Jumper.
- P1 Elijah Thomas Block.
- P1 Elijah Thomas Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Foul on Kerry Blackshear Jr..
- P1 Shelton Mitchell made Jumper. 5–11
- P1 Ty Outlaw missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Clyde Trapp Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Shelton Mitchell made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by David Skara. 5–14
- P1 Virginia Tech Timeout
- P1 Ty Outlaw made Layup. Assisted by Kerry Blackshear Jr.. 7–14
- P1 Clyde Trapp Turnover.
- P1 Ty Outlaw Steal.
- P1 Ahmed Hill made Layup. Assisted by Ty Outlaw. 9–14
- P1 Marcquise Reed Turnover.
- P1 Kerry Blackshear Jr. Steal.
- P1 Ahmed Hill made Layup. Assisted by Wabissa Bede. 11–14
- P1 Marcquise Reed missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Nickeil Alexander-Walker Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Foul on Elijah Thomas.
- P1 Official TV Timeout
- P1 Kerry Blackshear Jr. made Free Throw. 12–14
- P1 Kerry Blackshear Jr. made Free Throw. 13–14
- P1 Aamir Simms made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by David Skara. 13–17
- P1 Wabissa Bede missed Jumper.
- P1 Elijah Thomas Defensive Rebound.
- P1 David Skara missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Elijah Thomas Offensive Rebound.
- P1 Elijah Thomas missed Jumper.
- P1 Nickeil Alexander-Walker Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Nickeil Alexander-Walker missed Jumper.
- P1 Shelton Mitchell Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Elijah Thomas Turnover.
- P1 Kerry Blackshear Jr. made Jumper. 15–17
- P1 Foul on Kerry Blackshear Jr..
- P1 Foul on Ty Outlaw.
- P1 Foul on Isaiah Wilkins.
- P1 Marcquise Reed made Free Throw. 15–18
- P1 Marcquise Reed made Free Throw. 15–19
- P1 Foul on John Newman III.
- P1 Ahmed Hill missed Jumper.
- P1 Marcquise Reed Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Foul on Aamir Simms.
- P1 Aamir Simms Turnover.
- P1 Official TV Timeout
- P1 Nickeil Alexander-Walker missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Clyde Trapp Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Shelton Mitchell made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Marcquise Reed. 15–22
- P1 Nickeil Alexander-Walker made Three Point Jumper. 18–22
- P1 John Newman III missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Ty Outlaw Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Nickeil Alexander-Walker missed Jumper.
- P1 Ty Outlaw Offensive Rebound.
- P1 Jonathan Kabongo made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ty Outlaw. 21–22
- P1 Clemson Timeout
- P1 Foul on Wabissa Bede.
- P1 Marcquise Reed made Free Throw. 21–23
- P1 Marcquise Reed made Free Throw. 21–24
- P1 Marcquise Reed made Free Throw. 21–25
- P1 Ahmed Hill made Layup. 23–25
- P1 Marcquise Reed Turnover.
- P1 Wabissa Bede Steal.
- P1 Wabissa Bede missed Jumper.
- P1 Aamir Simms Block.
- P1 Marcquise Reed Defensive Rebound.
- P1 David Skara missed Jumper.
- P1 David Skara Offensive Rebound.
- P1 Shelton Mitchell made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Marcquise Reed. 23–28
- P1 Ahmed Hill missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Elijah Thomas Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Marcquise Reed Turnover.
- P1 Ahmed Hill Steal.
- P1 Foul on Marcquise Reed.
- P1 Jonathan Kabongo missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Elijah Thomas Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Aamir Simms made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shelton Mitchell. 23–31
- P1 Foul on Aamir Simms.
- P1 Official TV Timeout
- P1 Ahmed Hill made Free Throw. 24–31
- P1 Ahmed Hill made Free Throw. 25–31
- P1 Clyde Trapp missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Wabissa Bede Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Nickeil Alexander-Walker missed Jumper.
- P1 Elijah Thomas Block.
- P1 Clemson Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Clyde Trapp Turnover.
- P1 Wabissa Bede Steal.
- P1 Nickeil Alexander-Walker made Jumper. Assisted by Wabissa Bede. 27–31
- P1 Clyde Trapp missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Ty Outlaw Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Jonathan Kabongo missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Ahmed Hill Offensive Rebound.
- P1 Ahmed Hill missed Jumper.
- P1 Elijah Thomas Block.
- P1 Virginia Tech Offensive Rebound.
- P1 Ahmed Hill missed Jumper.
- P1 Ty Outlaw Offensive Rebound.
- P1 Foul on Elijah Thomas.
- P1 Ty Outlaw made Free Throw. 28–31
- P1 Ty Outlaw made Free Throw. 29–31
- P1 Hunter Tyson missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Ty Outlaw Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Nickeil Alexander-Walker Turnover.
- P1 Hunter Tyson made Layup. 29–33
- P1 Nickeil Alexander-Walker missed Jumper.
- P1 Isaiah Wilkins Offensive Rebound.
- P2 Jump Ball won by Virginia Tech
- P2 Ahmed Hill missed Jumper.
- P2 Elijah Thomas Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Elijah Thomas made Jumper. Assisted by Aamir Simms. 29–35
- P2 Wabissa Bede missed Three Point Jumper.
- P2 Elijah Thomas Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Elijah Thomas missed Jumper.
- P2 Nickeil Alexander-Walker Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Nickeil Alexander-Walker missed Jumper.
- P2 David Skara Block.
- P2 Marcquise Reed Defensive Rebound.
- P2 David Skara missed Three Point Jumper.
- P2 Wabissa Bede Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Ty Outlaw made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Wabissa Bede. 32–35
- P2 Aamir Simms made Jumper. 32–37
- P2 Ahmed Hill missed Jumper.
- P2 Elijah Thomas Block.
- P2 Aamir Simms Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Foul on Ahmed Hill.
- P2 Shelton Mitchell missed Three Point Jumper.
- P2 Nickeil Alexander-Walker Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Foul on Aamir Simms.
- P2 Nickeil Alexander-Walker made Free Throw. 33–37
- P2 Nickeil Alexander-Walker made Free Throw. 34–37
- P2 Shelton Mitchell Turnover.
- P2 Nickeil Alexander-Walker Steal.
- P2 Isaiah Wilkins missed Jumper.
- P2 Kerry Blackshear Jr. Offensive Rebound.
- P2 Kerry Blackshear Jr. missed Jumper.
- P2 Isaiah Wilkins Offensive Rebound.
- P2 Isaiah Wilkins missed Jumper.
- P2 Elijah Thomas Block.
- P2 Kerry Blackshear Jr. Offensive Rebound.
- P2 Isaiah Wilkins Turnover.
- P2 Official TV Timeout
- P2 Hunter Tyson Turnover.
- P2 Kerry Blackshear Jr. Steal.
- P2 Ty Outlaw Turnover.
- P2 Marcquise Reed Steal.
- P2 Shelton Mitchell made Jumper. 34–39
- P2 Kerry Blackshear Jr. made Dunk. 36–39
- P2 Foul on Isaiah Wilkins.
- P2 Elijah Thomas made Dunk. Assisted by Shelton Mitchell. 36–41
- P2 Wabissa Bede missed Jumper.
- P2 Hunter Tyson Defensive Rebound.
- P2 David Skara missed Three Point Jumper.
- P2 Kerry Blackshear Jr. Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Foul on Hunter Tyson.
- P2 Foul on Elijah Thomas.
- P2 Nickeil Alexander-Walker made Free Throw. 37–41
- P2 Nickeil Alexander-Walker made Free Throw. 38–41
- P2 Shelton Mitchell missed Jumper.
- P2 Kerry Blackshear Jr. Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Kerry Blackshear Jr. made Jumper. 40–41
- P2 Foul on Marcquise Reed.
- P2 Marcquise Reed Turnover.
- P2 Foul on Nickeil Alexander-Walker.
- P2 Nickeil Alexander-Walker Turnover.
- P2 Official TV Timeout
- P2 Clyde Trapp Turnover.
- P2 Wabissa Bede Steal.
- P2 Kerry Blackshear Jr. missed Jumper.
- P2 Javan White Block.
- P2 Shelton Mitchell Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Foul on Nickeil Alexander-Walker.
- P2 Shelton Mitchell missed Jumper.
- P2 Wabissa Bede Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Nickeil Alexander-Walker Turnover.
- P2 David Skara Steal.
- P2 Marcquise Reed made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by David Skara. 40–44
- P2 Ty Outlaw missed Three Point Jumper.
- P2 Javan White Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Foul on Kerry Blackshear Jr..
- P2 Official TV Timeout
- P2 Virginia Tech Timeout
- P2 Hunter Tyson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shelton Mitchell. 40–47
- P2 Wabissa Bede Turnover.
- P2 Marcquise Reed Steal.
- P2 Marcquise Reed missed Jumper.
- P2 Virginia Tech Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Foul on Elijah Thomas.
- P2 Foul on Aamir Simms.
- P2 Kerry Blackshear Jr. made Jumper. 42–47
- P2 Shelton Mitchell missed Jumper.
- P2 Kerry Blackshear Jr. Block.
- P2 Clemson Offensive Rebound.
- P2 Official TV Timeout
- P2 Marcquise Reed missed Three Point Jumper.
- P2 Nickeil Alexander-Walker Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Foul on Javan White.
- P2 Kerry Blackshear Jr. made Free Throw. 43–47
- P2 Kerry Blackshear Jr. made Free Throw. 44–47
- P2 Marcquise Reed Turnover.
- P2 Wabissa Bede Steal.
- P2 Nickeil Alexander-Walker missed Jumper.
- P2 David Skara Block.
- P2 Virginia Tech Offensive Rebound.
- P2 Isaiah Wilkins missed Three Point Jumper.
- P2 Marcquise Reed Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Marcquise Reed missed Jumper.
- P2 Aamir Simms Offensive Rebound.
- P2 Foul on Kerry Blackshear Jr..
- P2 Aamir Simms missed Three Point Jumper.
- P2 Ahmed Hill Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Kerry Blackshear Jr. missed Jumper.
- P2 Ty Outlaw Offensive Rebound.
- P2 Ahmed Hill Turnover.
- P2 Foul on Ty Outlaw.
- P2 David Skara missed Free Throw.
- P2 Ahmed Hill Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Wabissa Bede missed Three Point Jumper.
- P2 Shelton Mitchell Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Marcquise Reed made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Elijah Thomas. 44–50
- P2 Virginia Tech Timeout
- P2 Nickeil Alexander-Walker missed Three Point Jumper.
- P2 Shelton Mitchell Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Shelton Mitchell missed Three Point Jumper.
- P2 Ty Outlaw Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Foul on Javan White.
- P2 Nickeil Alexander-Walker missed Free Throw.
- P2 Aamir Simms Defensive Rebound.
- P2 David Skara made Three Point Jumper. 44–53
- P2 Foul on Shelton Mitchell.
- P2 Nickeil Alexander-Walker made Free Throw. 45–53
- P2 Nickeil Alexander-Walker made Free Throw. 46–53
- P2 Marcquise Reed missed Jumper.
- P2 Wabissa Bede Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Wabissa Bede missed Jumper.
- P2 Kerry Blackshear Jr. Offensive Rebound.
- P2 Foul on David Skara.
- P2 Kerry Blackshear Jr. made Free Throw. 47–53
- P2 Kerry Blackshear Jr. made Free Throw. 48–53
- P2 Shelton Mitchell missed Three Point Jumper.
- P2 Elijah Thomas Offensive Rebound.
- P2 Foul on Kerry Blackshear Jr..
- P2 Elijah Thomas missed Free Throw.
- P2 Clemson Deadball Team Rebound.
- P2 Elijah Thomas missed Free Throw.
- P2 Isaiah Wilkins Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Isaiah Wilkins missed Jumper.
- P2 Elijah Thomas Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Marcquise Reed made Jumper. 48–55
- P2 Foul on Nickeil Alexander-Walker.
- P2 Nickeil Alexander-Walker Turnover.
- P2 Foul on Nickeil Alexander-Walker.
- P2 Shelton Mitchell made Free Throw. 48–56
- P2 Shelton Mitchell made Free Throw. 48–57
- P2 Ahmed Hill Turnover.
- P2 Marcquise Reed Steal.
- P2 Foul on Isaiah Wilkins.
- P2 Marcquise Reed made Free Throw. 48–58
- P2 Marcquise Reed made Free Throw. 48–59
- P2 Virginia Tech Timeout
- P2 Ty Outlaw made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ahmed Hill. 51–59
Box score
VT
| Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerry Blackshear Jr.F | 26 | 17 | 5-8 | 1-1 | 6-6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Nickeil Alexander-WalkerG | 38 | 13 | 3-14 | 1-5 | 6-7 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| Wabissa BedeG | 39 | 0 | 0-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Ahmed HillG | 37 | 8 | 3-11 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Ty OutlawG | 38 | 10 | 3-5 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Jonathan KabongoG | 8 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaiah WilkinsG | 14 | 0 | 0-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| P.J. HorneF | |||||||||||||
| Tyrece RadfordG | |||||||||||||
| Landers Nolley IIG | |||||||||||||
| Chris ClarkeG | |||||||||||||
| Justin RobinsonG | |||||||||||||
CLEM
| Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aamir SimmsF | 25 | 8 | 3-5 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Elijah ThomasF | 25 | 6 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
| David SkaraF | 37 | 3 | 1-6 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Shelton MitchellG | 40 | 22 | 7-14 | 5-9 | 3-3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Marcquise ReedG | 36 | 15 | 3-10 | 2-5 | 7-7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Hunter TysonF | 11 | 5 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Javan WhiteF | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| John Newman IIIF | 8 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Clyde TrappG | 11 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Malik WilliamF | |||||||||||||
| Jonathan BaehreF | |||||||||||||
| Trey Jemison IIIC | |||||||||||||
| Parker FoxG | |||||||||||||
| Lyles DavisG |
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