Montana State Bobcats @ Southern Utah Thunderbirds
| 1 | 2 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MTST11-15 | 27 | 35 | 62 |
| SUU11-16 | 32 | 29 | 61 |
· Line: SUU -4.5
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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Jackson Stevenett made Jumper. Assisted by A.J. Hess.
0–2 -
Blake Brumwell made Layup.
2–2 -
Jackson Stevenett made Jumper. Assisted by Damon Heuir.
2–4 -
Jackson Stevenett made Free Throw.
2–5 -
Jackson Stevenett made Free Throw.
2–6 -
Christian Moon made Layup. Assisted by Flavien Davis.
4–6 -
Cal Hanks made Jumper. Assisted by Damon Heuir.
4–8 -
Xavier Blount made Free Throw.
5–8 -
Xavier Blount made Free Throw.
6–8 -
Damon Heuir made Layup. Assisted by Jordan Johnson.
6–10 -
Xavier Blount made Free Throw.
7–10 -
Xavier Blount made Free Throw.
8–10 -
Paul Egwuonwu made Jumper. Assisted by Christian Moon.
10–10 -
Chris Nsenki made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jordan Johnson.
10–13 -
Paul Egwuonwu made Free Throw.
11–13 -
Paul Egwuonwu made Free Throw.
12–13 -
Jaren Jeffery made Layup. Assisted by Damon Heuir.
12–15 -
Jayson Cheesman made Free Throw.
12–16 -
Jaren Jeffery made Layup. Assisted by A.J. Hess.
12–18 -
Paul Egwuonwu made Tip Shot.
14–18 -
A.J. Hess made Free Throw.
14–19 -
A.J. Hess made Free Throw.
14–20 -
Antonio Biglow made Layup.
16–20 -
Chris Nsenki made Three Point Jumper.
16–23 -
Jackson Stevenett made Free Throw.
16–24 -
Jackson Stevenett made Free Throw.
16–25 -
Christian Moon made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Antonio Biglow.
19–25 -
A.J. Hess made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Chris Nsenki.
19–28 -
Paul Egwuonwu made Layup. Assisted by Antonio Biglow.
21–28 -
Blake Brumwell made Layup. Assisted by Antonio Biglow.
23–28 -
Jordan Johnson made Free Throw.
23–29 -
Jordan Johnson made Free Throw.
23–30 -
Antonio Biglow made Jumper.
25–30 -
Antonio Biglow made Free Throw.
26–30 -
Antonio Biglow made Free Throw.
27–30 -
Jackson Stevenett made Jumper. Assisted by Chris Nsenki.
27–32 -
Jackson Stevenett made Jumper.
27–34 -
Marcus Colbert made Layup.
29–34 -
Xavier Blount made Three Point Jumper.
32–34 -
Jayson Cheesman made Jumper. Assisted by Damon Heuir.
32–36 -
Jayson Cheesman made Free Throw.
32–37 -
Christian Moon made Layup.
34–37 -
Flavien Davis made Layup. Assisted by Marcus Colbert.
36–37 -
Damon Heuir made Layup.
36–39 -
Xavier Blount made Free Throw.
37–39 -
Xavier Blount made Free Throw.
38–39 -
Jaren Jeffery made Layup.
38–41 -
Jackson Stevenett made Layup.
38–43 -
Christian Moon made Free Throw.
39–43 -
Christian Moon made Free Throw.
40–43 -
Jayson Cheesman made Layup. Assisted by Jackson Stevenett.
40–45 -
Xavier Blount made Layup. Assisted by Antonio Biglow.
42–45 -
Jayson Cheesman made Jumper. Assisted by Jackson Stevenett.
42–47 -
Antonio Biglow made Layup.
44–47 -
Xavier Blount made Layup. Assisted by Calen Coleman.
46–47 -
Jayson Cheesman made Tip Shot.
46–49 -
Paul Egwuonwu made Jumper. Assisted by Christian Moon.
48–49 -
Jayson Cheesman made Free Throw.
48–50 -
Paul Egwuonwu made Layup. Assisted by Xavier Blount.
50–50 -
Jackson Stevenett made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Damon Heuir.
50–53 -
A.J. Hess made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Damon Heuir.
50–56 -
Christian Moon made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Antonio Biglow.
53–56 -
Paul Egwuonwu made Tip Shot.
55–56 -
Jackson Stevenett made Jumper.
55–58 -
Christian Moon made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Antonio Biglow.
58–58 -
Damon Heuir made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Chris Nsenki.
58–61 -
Christian Moon made Jumper. Assisted by Antonio Biglow.
60–61 -
Antonio Biglow made Layup.
62–61
Play-by-play
- P1 Jayson Cheesman missed Jumper.
- P1 Xavier Blount Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Flavien Davis missed Jumper.
- P1 Jaren Jeffery Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Jackson Stevenett made Jumper. Assisted by A.J. Hess. 0–2
- P1 Marcus Colbert missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Blake Brumwell Offensive Rebound.
- P1 Blake Brumwell made Layup. 2–2
- P1 Jackson Stevenett Turnover.
- P1 Christian Moon Steal.
- P1 Xavier Blount missed Layup.
- P1 Jaren Jeffery Block.
- P1 Flavien Davis Offensive Rebound.
- P1 Flavien Davis missed Layup.
- P1 Jaren Jeffery Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Foul on Xavier Blount
- P1 Damon Heuir Turnover.
- P1 Foul on Damon Heuir
- P1 Flavien Davis missed Layup.
- P1 Blake Brumwell Offensive Rebound.
- P1 Blake Brumwell missed Layup.
- P1 A.J. Hess Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Jackson Stevenett made Jumper. Assisted by Damon Heuir. 2–4
- P1 Xavier Blount missed Layup.
- P1 Jaren Jeffery Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Jayson Cheesman Turnover.
- P1 Foul on Jayson Cheesman
- P1 Christian Moon missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Southern Utah Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Jackson Stevenett missed Jumper.
- P1 Flavien Davis Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Official TV Timeout.
- P1 Flavien Davis missed Jumper.
- P1 Blake Brumwell Offensive Rebound.
- P1 Blake Brumwell missed Jumper.
- P1 Jackson Stevenett Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Foul on Flavien Davis
- P1 Jackson Stevenett made Free Throw. 2–5
- P1 Jackson Stevenett made Free Throw. 2–6
- P1 Christian Moon made Layup. Assisted by Flavien Davis. 4–6
- P1 Cal Hanks made Jumper. Assisted by Damon Heuir. 4–8
- P1 Flavien Davis missed Layup.
- P1 Jackson Stevenett Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Damon Heuir missed Jumper.
- P1 Flavien Davis Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Xavier Blount missed Jumper.
- P1 Montana State Offensive Rebound.
- P1 Antonio Biglow missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Flavien Davis Offensive Rebound.
- P1 Foul on Jayson Cheesman
- P1 Paul Egwuonwu missed Jumper.
- P1 Jordan Johnson Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Cal Hanks missed Jumper.
- P1 Paul Egwuonwu Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Foul on Jackson Stevenett
- P1 Xavier Blount made Free Throw. 5–8
- P1 Xavier Blount made Free Throw. 6–8
- P1 Foul on Calen Coleman
- P1 Damon Heuir made Layup. Assisted by Jordan Johnson. 6–10
- P1 Foul on Jordan Johnson
- P1 Xavier Blount made Free Throw. 7–10
- P1 Xavier Blount made Free Throw. 8–10
- P1 Cal Hanks missed Jumper.
- P1 Paul Egwuonwu Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Paul Egwuonwu made Jumper. Assisted by Christian Moon. 10–10
- P1 Damon Heuir missed Layup.
- P1 Paul Egwuonwu Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Paul Egwuonwu Turnover.
- P1 Jaren Jeffery Steal.
- P1 Cal Hanks missed Jumper.
- P1 Cal Hanks Offensive Rebound.
- P1 Chris Nsenki made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jordan Johnson. 10–13
- P1 Foul on Cal Hanks
- P1 Official TV Timeout.
- P1 Paul Egwuonwu made Free Throw. 11–13
- P1 Paul Egwuonwu made Free Throw. 12–13
- P1 Foul on Antonio Biglow
- P1 Jaren Jeffery made Layup. Assisted by Damon Heuir. 12–15
- P1 Foul on A.J. Hess
- P1 Paul Egwuonwu missed Free Throw.
- P1 A.J. Hess Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Foul on Xavier Blount
- P1 Jayson Cheesman made Free Throw. 12–16
- P1 Jayson Cheesman missed Free Throw.
- P1 Paul Egwuonwu Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Christian Moon missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Jackson Stevenett Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Damon Heuir Turnover.
- P1 Calen Coleman Steal.
- P1 Foul on Damon Heuir
- P1 Antonio Biglow missed Free Throw.
- P1 Jayson Cheesman Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Jaren Jeffery made Layup. Assisted by A.J. Hess. 12–18
- P1 Calen Coleman missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Paul Egwuonwu Offensive Rebound.
- P1 Paul Egwuonwu made Tip Shot. 14–18
- P1 Foul on Flavien Davis
- P1 A.J. Hess made Free Throw. 14–19
- P1 A.J. Hess made Free Throw. 14–20
- P1 A.J. Hess missed Free Throw.
- P1 Paul Egwuonwu Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Antonio Biglow made Layup. 16–20
- P1 Damon Heuir Turnover.
- P1 Foul on Damon Heuir
- P1 Official TV Timeout.
- P1 Christian Moon missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Cal Hanks Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Chris Nsenki made Three Point Jumper. 16–23
- P1 Antonio Biglow missed Layup.
- P1 Cal Hanks Block.
- P1 Jordan Johnson Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Foul on Calen Coleman
- P1 Jackson Stevenett made Free Throw. 16–24
- P1 Jackson Stevenett made Free Throw. 16–25
- P1 Christian Moon made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Antonio Biglow. 19–25
- P1 A.J. Hess made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Chris Nsenki. 19–28
- P1 Paul Egwuonwu made Layup. Assisted by Antonio Biglow. 21–28
- P1 Jackson Stevenett Turnover.
- P1 Antonio Biglow Steal.
- P1 Christian Moon missed Layup.
- P1 Jackson Stevenett Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Jordan Johnson Turnover.
- P1 Michael Dison Steal.
- P1 Blake Brumwell made Layup. Assisted by Antonio Biglow. 23–28
- P1 Foul on Michael Dison
- P1 Jordan Johnson made Free Throw. 23–29
- P1 Jordan Johnson made Free Throw. 23–30
- P1 Christian Moon missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Blake Brumwell Offensive Rebound.
- P1 Blake Brumwell missed Layup.
- P1 Antonio Biglow Offensive Rebound.
- P1 Antonio Biglow made Jumper. 25–30
- P1 Montana State Full Timeout.
- P1 A.J. Hess missed Layup.
- P1 Paul Egwuonwu Block.
- P1 Michael Dison Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Michael Dison missed Layup.
- P1 A.J. Hess Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Jaren Jeffery missed Jumper.
- P1 Paul Egwuonwu Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Foul on Jordan Johnson
- P1 Official TV Timeout.
- P1 Antonio Biglow made Free Throw. 26–30
- P1 Antonio Biglow made Free Throw. 27–30
- P1 Jackson Stevenett missed Jumper.
- P1 Paul Egwuonwu Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Antonio Biglow missed Layup.
- P1 Michael Dison Offensive Rebound.
- P1 Marcus Colbert missed Layup.
- P1 Jordan Johnson Block.
- P1 Jackson Stevenett Defensive Rebound.
- P1 A.J. Hess missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Paul Egwuonwu Block.
- P1 Jordan Johnson Offensive Rebound.
- P1 Jordan Johnson missed Layup.
- P1 Antonio Biglow Block.
- P1 Jordan Johnson Offensive Rebound.
- P1 Chris Nsenki missed Three Point Jumper.
- P1 Paul Egwuonwu Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Paul Egwuonwu Turnover.
- P1 Foul on Paul Egwuonwu
- P1 Southern Utah Full Timeout.
- P1 Jackson Stevenett missed Jumper.
- P1 Marcus Colbert Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Michael Dison missed Jumper.
- P1 Jaren Jeffery Defensive Rebound.
- P1 Jackson Stevenett made Jumper. Assisted by Chris Nsenki. 27–32
- P2 Jackson Stevenett made Jumper. 27–34
- P2 Paul Egwuonwu Turnover.
- P2 Jaren Jeffery Steal.
- P2 Jaren Jeffery Turnover.
- P2 Marcus Colbert made Layup. 29–34
- P2 Jayson Cheesman missed Jumper.
- P2 Flavien Davis Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Paul Egwuonwu missed Layup.
- P2 Jayson Cheesman Block.
- P2 Jayson Cheesman Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Jaren Jeffery missed Layup.
- P2 Flavien Davis Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Xavier Blount made Three Point Jumper. 32–34
- P2 Jayson Cheesman made Jumper. Assisted by Damon Heuir. 32–36
- P2 Marcus Colbert Turnover.
- P2 Foul on Marcus Colbert
- P2 Foul on Blake Brumwell
- P2 Jayson Cheesman made Free Throw. 32–37
- P2 Jayson Cheesman missed Free Throw.
- P2 Flavien Davis Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Marcus Colbert missed Jumper.
- P2 Damon Heuir Block.
- P2 Flavien Davis Offensive Rebound.
- P2 Flavien Davis Turnover.
- P2 Cal Hanks Turnover.
- P2 Foul on Cal Hanks
- P2 Xavier Blount missed Three Point Jumper.
- P2 Christian Moon Offensive Rebound.
- P2 Christian Moon made Layup. 34–37
- P2 Jackson Stevenett missed Layup.
- P2 Blake Brumwell Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Flavien Davis made Layup. Assisted by Marcus Colbert. 36–37
- P2 Damon Heuir made Layup. 36–39
- P2 Christian Moon missed Three Point Jumper.
- P2 Marcus Colbert Offensive Rebound.
- P2 Foul on Jayson Cheesman
- P2 Official TV Timeout.
- P2 Xavier Blount made Free Throw. 37–39
- P2 Xavier Blount made Free Throw. 38–39
- P2 Jackson Stevenett missed Jumper.
- P2 Paul Egwuonwu Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Paul Egwuonwu Turnover.
- P2 Jaren Jeffery Steal.
- P2 Jaren Jeffery made Layup. 38–41
- P2 Xavier Blount missed Three Point Jumper.
- P2 Southern Utah Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Jackson Stevenett made Layup. 38–43
- P2 Antonio Biglow missed Jumper.
- P2 Christian Moon Offensive Rebound.
- P2 Foul on Jordan Johnson
- P2 Christian Moon made Free Throw. 39–43
- P2 Christian Moon made Free Throw. 40–43
- P2 Foul on Antonio Biglow
- P2 Jayson Cheesman made Layup. Assisted by Jackson Stevenett. 40–45
- P2 Xavier Blount made Layup. Assisted by Antonio Biglow. 42–45
- P2 Jordan Johnson Turnover.
- P2 Calen Coleman missed Layup.
- P2 A.J. Hess Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Official TV Timeout.
- P2 Jayson Cheesman made Jumper. Assisted by Jackson Stevenett. 42–47
- P2 Antonio Biglow made Layup. 44–47
- P2 Jackson Stevenett missed Three Point Jumper.
- P2 Paul Egwuonwu Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Calen Coleman missed Layup.
- P2 Jayson Cheesman Block.
- P2 Calen Coleman Offensive Rebound.
- P2 Xavier Blount made Layup. Assisted by Calen Coleman. 46–47
- P2 Foul on Calen Coleman
- P2 Southern Utah Full Timeout.
- P2 Damon Heuir missed Layup.
- P2 Damon Heuir Offensive Rebound.
- P2 Jackson Stevenett missed Layup.
- P2 Jayson Cheesman Offensive Rebound.
- P2 Jayson Cheesman made Tip Shot. 46–49
- P2 Christian Moon missed Layup.
- P2 Jayson Cheesman Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Jordan Johnson missed Layup.
- P2 Christian Moon Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Paul Egwuonwu made Jumper. Assisted by Christian Moon. 48–49
- P2 Foul on Christian Moon
- P2 Official TV Timeout.
- P2 Jayson Cheesman missed Free Throw.
- P2 Jayson Cheesman made Free Throw. 48–50
- P2 Paul Egwuonwu made Layup. Assisted by Xavier Blount. 50–50
- P2 Jaren Jeffery Turnover.
- P2 Antonio Biglow missed Three Point Jumper.
- P2 Jordan Johnson Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Damon Heuir missed Three Point Jumper.
- P2 Paul Egwuonwu Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Xavier Blount missed Layup.
- P2 Jordan Johnson Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Jackson Stevenett made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Damon Heuir. 50–53
- P2 Southern Utah Full Timeout.
- P2 Flavien Davis Turnover.
- P2 Jordan Johnson Steal.
- P2 A.J. Hess made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Damon Heuir. 50–56
- P2 Montana State Full Timeout.
- P2 Christian Moon made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Antonio Biglow. 53–56
- P2 Jordan Johnson Turnover.
- P2 Christian Moon Steal.
- P2 Xavier Blount missed Jumper.
- P2 Paul Egwuonwu Offensive Rebound.
- P2 Paul Egwuonwu made Tip Shot. 55–56
- P2 Jackson Stevenett made Jumper. 55–58
- P2 Christian Moon made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Antonio Biglow. 58–58
- P2 Damon Heuir missed Jumper.
- P2 Flavien Davis Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Antonio Biglow missed Layup.
- P2 Cal Hanks Block.
- P2 Montana State Offensive Rebound.
- P2 Official TV Timeout.
- P2 Antonio Biglow missed Jumper.
- P2 Jayson Cheesman Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Jackson Stevenett missed Jumper.
- P2 Christian Moon Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Christian Moon missed Three Point Jumper.
- P2 Jackson Stevenett Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Damon Heuir made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Chris Nsenki. 58–61
- P2 Christian Moon made Jumper. Assisted by Antonio Biglow. 60–61
- P2 Montana State Full Timeout.
- P2 Damon Heuir Turnover.
- P2 Antonio Biglow Steal.
- P2 Antonio Biglow made Layup. 62–61
- P2 Chris Nsenki missed Three Point Jumper.
- P2 Antonio Biglow Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Flavien Davis missed Jumper.
- P2 Southern Utah Defensive Rebound.
- P2 Foul on Paul Egwuonwu
- P2 Southern Utah Full Timeout.
- P2 Montana State Full Timeout.
- P2 Damon Heuir Turnover.
- P2 Antonio Biglow Steal.
- P2 Foul on Damon Heuir
- P2 Montana State Full Timeout.
- P2 Foul on Chris Nsenki
- P2 Foul on Chris Nsenki
- P2 Antonio Biglow Turnover.
- P2 Damon Heuir Steal.
- P2 End Game
Box score
MTST
| Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flavien DavisF | 24 | 2 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| Blake BrumwellC | 18 | 4 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Marcus ColbertG | 17 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Christian MoonG | 37 | 17 | 6-14 | 3-9 | 2-2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Xavier BlountG | 30 | 13 | 3-10 | 1-3 | 6-6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Calen ColemanF | 9 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Paul EgwuonwuC | 33 | 14 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 2 |
| Michael DisonG | 6 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Antonio BiglowG | 26 | 10 | 4-11 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Danny RobisonF | |||||||||||||
| Ryan ShannonF | |||||||||||||
| Eric NormanF | |||||||||||||
| Jeff BudinichF | |||||||||||||
| Jamie StewartG |
SUU
| Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaren JefferyF | 17 | 6 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jackson StevenettF | 38 | 19 | 7-15 | 1-2 | 4-4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Jayson CheesmanC | 21 | 11 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 3-6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| A.J. HessG | 30 | 8 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Damon HeuirG | 31 | 7 | 3-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Cal HanksC | 17 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Chris NsenkiG | 18 | 6 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jordan JohnsonG | 28 | 2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Julian ScottF | |||||||||||||
| John RenfroF | |||||||||||||
| Wade CollieG-F | |||||||||||||
| Tyson KoehlerF-C | |||||||||||||
| Drake ThomasG | |||||||||||||
| Zach GhormleyG | |||||||||||||
| Matt GardnerG |
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