Men turn attention to Western Illinois

GAME 25: South Dakota State (16-8, 7-2) at Western Illinois (5-14, 2-7)

When	Saturday, Feb. 1 \| 7 p.m.
Where	Western Hall \| Macomb, Ill.
Live Audio / Radio	Jackrabbits All-Access \| Jackrabbit Sports Network I WNAX 570 AM \| Tyler Merriam
Television / Live Video	ESPN3
Live Stats	GoLeathernecks.com
Game Notes	South Dakota State
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Previewing the Game
South Dakota State wraps up a two-game road trip this Saturday, taking on Western Illinois in Macomb, Illinois. Tipoff from Western Hall is set for 7 p.m.

SDSU (16-8, 7-2 Summit League) sits first in the Summit League standings entering the final month of the regular season, winning seven of its last eight games while averaging 82.2 points per game in all Summit League contests.

WIU (5-14, 2-7 Summit League) has dropped its last four games, including a 70-49 setback Thursday against North Dakota State.

The Jackrabbits lead the all-time series with the Fighting Leathernecks, 27-5, and have claimed seven of the last eight matchups. That run includes a 91-56 victory at Frost Arena earlier this season. Five Jackrabbits reached double figures in the win: Douglas Wilson (19 points), David Wingett (15), Matt Dentlinger (14), Alex Arians (12) and Noah Freidel (10). Arians added 11 rebounds for his first double-double of the season.

About South Dakota State
The final race to the Summit enters its final month as South Dakota State heads for Western Illinois. The Jackrabbits have seen immense growth through the first 24 games of the season, blending together seven newcomers, nine underclassman, six returning letterwinners and a first-year head coach. The Jackrabbits secured a winning nonleague record for the third year in a row and went 7-1 in January, thanks in part to a plus-.500 field goal percentage in all nine league contests thus far.

The Jackrabbits' defensive unit has limited opponents to 69.9 points per game on the year, holding teams under 60 in seven contests. SDSU has allowed 80 or more points in just three games.

Offensively, the Jackrabbits are shooting 48.6 percent with 177 3-pointers, fourth-most among Summit League teams. SDSU has buried 309 of its 442 free throw attempts and is 13-1 in games where it shoots more free throws than its opponent.

Douglas Wilson is one of three Jackrabbits averaging double figures, leading the team with 17.6 points and 6.4 rebounds per contest. The Des Moines, Iowa native has seven 20-plus scoring performances and four double-doubles, sinking 10 or more field goals in five games. He is second in the Summit League in scoring. The two-time NJCAA All-American and 2018-19 NJCAA Player of the Year is shooting 61.5 percent from the field and last week dropped 31 points at Denver. Wilson missed the South Dakota (1/19/20) contest due to injury but returned to the starting lineup the following game.

Matt Dentlinger, second on the team with 11.6 points and 5.8 rebounds per contest, has turned in a trio of double-doubles, most recently in a 12-point, 10-board performance against Idaho. A 61.6 percent shooter, Dentlinger put together a monster effort at South Dakota, pouring in 26 points on 13-of-18 shooting to go with seven assists and six rebounds. He followed that with 21 points against North Dakota State. The Arcadia, Iowa native sank 13 consecutive field goal attempts between the Arizona, Mississippi Valley State and Samford contests (going 8-for-8 against MVSU) earlier this year, and has reached double figures in 14 games, including seven of the last eight.

Noah Freidel broke into double figures this week and sits at 10.1 points per game. The Tea, South Dakota native has posted six double-digit scoring games in league play, including three 20-plus efforts at Omaha (28 with six 3-pointers), against, and at, Oral Roberts (23 with four 3-pointers on Jan. 2, and 22 with four 3-pointers on Jan. 29). Freidel, the 2019 Argus Leader Class A Player of the Year, sits third on the team in scoring and second in 3-pointers (45) while shooting 44.9 percent from the field. He has buried five or more 3s in two games this year and has come up with 16 steals and 31 assists.

Alex Arians has started all 24 games and is fifth on the team in scoring at 8.7 points per game, sinking 25 3-pointers to go with 142 rebounds (5.9 per game), 40 assists and 20 steals. The Madison, Wisconsin guard has scored 10 or more in 10 games this year, including a 16-point showing at South Dakota. He played 39 minutes in a win over North Dakota State and tallied 14 points, 11 rebounds and six assists, and did not commit a turnover in his second double-double performance of the year.

David Wingett (8.7 points per game) has started the last 11 contests and made the most of the opportunity. He leads the team with 46 3-pointers on the season and has buried three or more from deep in seven games. The Winnebago, Nebraska native lit up the nets for a career-best 24 points (with six 3s) at Purdue Fort Wayne and had 13 with a trio of 3-pointers at South Dakota.

Baylor Scheierman, who earned his first career start at South Dakota, has 17 3-pointers and 46 assists in his first collegiate season, averaging 6.2 points over 19.8 minutes per contest. The Aurora, Nebraska guard has also pulled down 4.5 boards on average, helping SDSU to a plus-4.4 rebounding margin at 38.6 boards per contest.

Brandon Key (8.8 points per game) was a catalyst at the point in the first half of the season, posting four or more assists in 11 nonleague games, including five straight to end that portion of the schedule. He returned to the lineup after missing the first six league games due to injury and played nine minutes at South Dakota with a pair of 3-pointers. The Milwaukee, Wisconsin guard has six double-digit scoring games with 73 total assists this season, dishing 4.3 per contest. Key holds a 1.59 assist-to-turnover mark.

About Western Illinois
Western Illinois has dropped seven of its last eight games, averaging 71.7 points in Summit League games while allowing 82.7 per game against league opponents.

Four Leathernecks are averaging double-figure scoring, led by Kobe Webster's 15.9 points per game. Webster is shooting 42.9 percent from the field with 32 3-pointers, adding a team-best 72 assists.

Zion Young (14.0 points per game), Ben Pyle (12.6 ppg) and C.J. Duff (10.1 ppg) are in double figures as well. Young has buried 34 3-pointers and is a 44.4 percent shooter. Pyle leads the team with 47 treys and is a 91.9 percent free throw shooter. Duff has 16 steals on the year and 28 treys.

Pyle (5.1 rebounds per game) is second on the team with 96 boards, sitting just shy of James Claar's 111 total rebounds (and 5.8 rebounding average). Young is third on the boards at 4.9 rebounds per contest.

Billy Wright is in his sixth season leading the Leathernecks and holds a 53-107 record on the bench.

A South Dakota State Win Would ...
Make SDSU 17-8 on the year, 8-2 in Summit League play and 28-6 all-time against the Fighting Leathernecks ... hand the Jacks their second win of the season over WIU ... give the Jacks a 1,552-1,048-1 program mark.

A South Dakota State Loss Would ...
Drop the Jackrabbits to 16-9 on the year and 7-3 in Summit League play ... move SDSU to 27-6 in the all-time series with WIU ... give the Jacks a 1,551-1,049-1 program mark.

Trending Up
The past 12 games have shown a noticeable uptick in several statistical areas for the Jackrabbits, most notably the team's scoring and overall shooting percentage.

After sinking just 79 3-pointers through the first 12 games of the season (at a clip of 29 percent), SDSU is 98-of-239 from deep dating back to its Dec. 13 contest with Nebraska-Kearney. The Jacks have shot 41 percent as a team in that span with six players sinking five or more treys.
SDSU has taken better shot selection of late, leading to an increase of more than six points per game (74 to 80.5). Additionally, SDSU is shooting 52.5 percent of its last 12 contests compared to 44.8 percent through the first 12 games.
In line with better shot selection, SDSU has seen an uptick in assists per game (12.8 to 14.9) and a decrease in turnovers per contest (14.8 to 11.2).
After averaging 7.5 and 6.2 points through 12 games, respectively, Noah Freidel and Alex Arians have posted scoring averages of 12.8 and 11.3 points in the last 12 games.
David Wingett (28 3-pointers), Freidel (26 3s) and Arians (16 3s) have lit up the nets from deep in that span.

Wilson Honored by Summit League
Douglas Wilson was selected as the Summit League's Men's Basketball Athlete of the Week, announced Nov. 11.

Wilson posted a monster debut week for the Jackrabbits, averaging 21 points and 8.7 rebounds per contest with a trio of double-figure scoring performances. Wilson helped SDSU to a 3-0 record to begin the year, scoring 24, 13 and 26 against UTRGV, Peru State and CSU Bakersfield, respectively. Wilson tallied his first-career double-double in the win over CSU Bakersfield with a game-high 13 rebounds.

On the Line
The Jackrabbits have seen a trend develop through 24 games of its 2019-20 schedule related to the free throw line.

SDSU is shooting 69.9 percent as a team at the charity stripe, and the Jackrabbits are 13-1 in games where they attempt more free throws than their opponent. Additionally, State is 3-7 in the 10 games where opponents have gotten to the line more.

SDSU has held opponents to single-digit attempts five times this season, including back-to-back games against Nebraska-Kearney (four attempts) and Florida Gulf Coast (eight attempts).

Basketball Coaches Show Every Monday
The Jackrabbit Basketball Coaches Show is live at Cubby's Sports Bar and Grill in downtown Brookings Monday evenings at 6 p.m. The hour-long show covering the 2019-20 basketball season tips off every Monday through March 2.

Hosted by Tyler Merriam, the weekly look at the South Dakota State basketball teams features interviews with head men's coach Eric Henderson and head women's coach Aaron Johnston, as well as segments with Jackrabbit student-athletes and members of the coaching staff.

Fans can attend in person and will be eligible for weekly drawings.

The show also airs live on flagship radio station WNAX 570 AM and Jackrabbit Sports Network affiliates, and can be heard live or on-demand for free via Jackrabbits All-Access and the Jackrabbit App.

Summit League Food Fight
The 13th annual Summit League Food Fight is underway, with South Dakota State Athletics looking to defend its title.

The friendly competition between league schools focuses on supporting local organizations in the fight against hunger and food insecurity through the donation of non-perishable food items. Besides food donations, cash and Hobo Dough are accepted. A $5 donation equals 13 pounds of food.

SDSU's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) will be collecting donations at a variety of events, including all home athletic competitions inside Frost Arena. SAAC members will also be collecting at the University Student Union Jan. 23 and Feb. 19, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. both days, and at various community events.

Local law enforcement, schools and business are joining the Jackrabbits in the Food Fight. Jackrabbit student-athletes will serve customers and bus tables at the Brookings Culver's Jan. 21 (5-9 p.m.), and Cubby's will host SDSU SAAC and a Food Fight event in conjunction with the Jackrabbits Basketball Coaches Show Feb. 17.

Additionally, Jackrabbit student-athletes will collect donations with local law enforcement at Hy-Vee Feb. 21 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

In addition to the Food Fight events, cash donations or checks made payable to the Brookings Food Pantry can be dropped off at the Jackrabbit Ticket Office inside the Stanley J. Marshall Center during weekday business hours (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.) and at the Dykhouse Student-Athlete Center (Room 114). Jackrabbits fans can also donate online.

SDSU has won six of the last seven Summit League Food Fight titles, including five consecutive from 2013 and 2017. The Jackrabbits collected 40,607.43 pounds of food during last year's competition, claiming the top prize for the seventh time overall. The Jacks have set a goal of 45,000 pounds for this year's competition.

More information can be found on GoJacks.com.

#FearFrost

The Jacks own a 115-6 record at Frost Arena over the last nine seasons dating back to 2011-12, which includes perfect home records in five seasons during that span, which includes two home winning streaks of 30 or more games and three of 25 or more.
SDSU's .954 home winning percentage over the past five years (back to 2015-16) is also the nation's best mark in that span.
The Jackrabbits' current home winning streak of 20 games is tied for third-longest in NCAA Division I.
Since 2011-12, South Dakota State has won 95 percent of its home games, a mark that top all Division I programs in that span. South Dakota State won 34 consecutive games from Jan. 30, 2014 to Dec. 28, 2016. It ended as the nation's second-longest active streak.
The Jackrabbits won 30 consecutive home games from Jan. 29, 2011 to Nov. 14, 2013.
SDSU won 26 consecutive home games from Dec. 31, 2016 to Dec. 22, 2018.
South Dakota State won 34 consecutive home nonconference games inside Frost Arena from Dec. 31, 2016 to Dec. 22, 2018. That mark was the fourth-longest active streak when it ended.
SDSU put together undefeated seasons inside Frost Arena the following years: 1984-85 (18-0), 2002-03 (17-0), 2011-12 (14-0), 2012-13 (13-0), 2014-15 (13-0), 2015-16 (12-0) and 2017-18 (15-0).

Quick Hits

10 different Jackrabbits have posted double-digit scoring performances this season.
Five Jackrabbits have scored in double figures three times this season: at CSU Bakersfield, versus Western Illinois and at Denver.
Douglas Wilson led the team in points (25), rebounds (10), steals (two) and blocks (four), and was tied for the lead in assists (four) against Oral Roberts Jan. 2.
Noah Freidel led the team in points (22), assists (six) and steals (two) and was tied for the lead in rebounds (seven) at Oral Roberts Jan. 29.
The Jackrabbits have trailed for less than one minute in seven games this season, including three straight to end nonleague play. State did not trail against Purdue Fort Wayne (1/11) or North Dakota State (1/22) in league play.
SDSU is third nationally with 926 rebounds on the year, tallying 40 or more boards in 10 games.
Douglas Wilson is seventh nationally with 168 field goals this season, ranking 16th in field goal percentage and 46th in total points. This is the fourth season in a row a Jackrabbit has ranked in the top 50 in total points (Mike Daum, 2016-19).
South Dakota State has played five games against opponents this year it had not previously met.
The Jackrabbits held Mississippi Valley State to 17 first-half points on Nov. 24, 2019. That is the fewest since South Dakota State held Chadron State to 12 first-half points on Nov. 24, 2014.
SDSU's 93-91 victory over CSU Bakersfield saw five Jackrabbits reach double figures for the first time in 2019-20. The feat last happened Jan. 31, 2019 against Oral Roberts.
State posted back-to-back 50-rebound games to open the season. The last time an SDSU program had 50-plus rebounds in consecutive games was Dec. 15 and 27, 2002 against Finlandia (60) and Fort Lewis (58). The Jacks also had three-straight games with 50-plus rebounds that season (2002): Nov. 23, 29 and 30.
Douglas Wilson's 24 points on Nov. 5 are the most in a Jackrabbit debut dating back to 2000-01, when game-by-game statistics were readily available.
SDSU went 13-0 when holding opponents under 70 points last season (11-9 when not) and scored 70-plus points in 32 of 33 contests. The Jackrabbits were 12-0 when holding opponents under 70 points in 2017-18. The Jacks have accomplished the feat 12 times this year and are 11-1 in those contests, with the lone loss coming at Indiana.
At least one Jackrabbit has scored in double figures over the last 398 games dating back to Jan. 12, 2008 at IUPUI when Anthony Cordova had nine points to lead the Jacks.
State has made at least one 3-pointer in 428 consecutive games. The last time the Jackrabbits did not make a 3-point field goal was Jan. 25, 2007
South Dakota State is 94-18 all-time in home openers (where records available). Dating back to 2004-05, SDSU's first year of DI transition, the Jacks are 12-4 in those games.
SDSU is 75-39 in season-openers all-time. The Jacks are 8-8 in season-opening games at the Division I level. The Jackrabbits are 7-6 in Summit League openers.

Jackrabbits Featured on All-Decade Teams
Former Jackrabbits Mike Daum and Nate Wolters were featured on All-Decade Teams, announced Dec. 31 as 2019 came to an end.

CollegeInsider.com featured Daum and Wolters on the Lou Henson Award team, while Daum also earned Lute Olson Award All-Decade team honors from the organization.

Mid-Major Madness also tabbed Daum as one of 10 selections to its all-decade squad.

Daum posted a 22.4 career scoring average and poured in 3,067 points, closing his time as Division I's No. 7 all-time scorer. He was a 2018-19 consensus All-American and a three-time Summit League Player of the Year.

Wolters wreaked havoc on defenses and closed his career with 2,352 points, 668 assists and 601 rebounds. He was a two-time Associated Press All-American, earning third-team honors as a senior, and picked up a second team NABC All-American nod in 2013.

Mfum Enrolls Early; Will Redshirt
Jackrabbit men's basketball signee William Mfum has enrolled at South Dakota State for the spring 2020 semester and will redshirt with the team. He is eligible to practice throughout the semester, and will look to make his debut in the 2020-21 season.

William Mfum graduated in December from Spring Creek Academy (Plano, Texas). Mfum will redshirt this semester and practice with the team after leaving Spring Creek on a high note, earning All-Texas Christian Athletic League and All-City First Team honors as a junior. Mfum averaged 19.7 points, 6.4 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game in 2018-19, burying 34 3-pointers and hitting 47 percent from the field. The 6-2 guard scored 20 or more points in nine games a year ago and had one double-double. Originally from Columbus, Ohio, Mfum is the son of Stella Nyarko and Seth Adjei and plans to major in business management.

New Faces, New Roles
South Dakota State's lineup will feature new roles and new faces throughout the season, as the Jackrabbits return only 16.9 percent of their scoring from 2018-19, and 10.7 percent of their 3-point makes. SDSU's 15.8 points per game returning ranks sixth-lowest nationally, and the 16.9 percent back is the third-lowest margin (according to available records).

Jackrabbits in Two Scheduling Agreements
Summit League teams are in year two of scheduling agreements with the Western Athletic Conference and Big Sky, and this year claimed a 5-3 win in the WAC series.

The Jackrabbits took on Grand Canyon last year in the first year of the Summit League/WAC challenge, defeating the Lopes in the 2018-19 season opener. Year two of the challenge sent SDSU to face CSU Bakersfield Nov. 9, where the Jacks claimed a 93-91 double-overtime win.

The scheduling agreement with the Big Sky is a four-year contract. The Jackrabbits will play the following games as part of the deal:

2018-19: Montana (home; L, 74-85), Eastern Washington (away; W, 74-64)
2019-20: Idaho (home; W, 85-57), Montana State (away; L, 70-77)
2020-21: Eastern Washington (home), Montana (away)
2021-22: Montana State (home), Idaho (away)

Tough Tests
South Dakota State played four Power Five (ACC, SEC, Big 12, Big Ten, PAC-12) opponents in the 2019-20 nonleague season, facing USC, Nebraska, Arizona and Indiana in November. Though the Jacks went winless in those games, they led for a majority of the contest at Arizona, and held Indiana (a top-10 scoring offense) to a season-low 64 points.

South Dakota State has seven wins over Power Five programs since joining The Summit League in 2007, picking up victories over Iowa State (2008), Iowa (2010 and 2017), Washington (2011), TCU (2015), Minnesota (2015) and Ole Miss (2017).

SDSU's wins over Iowa and Ole Miss in 2017-18 came in the shortest time frame of any Summit League team since 1998 (seven days). The Jackrabbits are the fifth league team to post a win over separate Power Five conferences in the same regular season, and the first to do it since 2009.

Jacks Picked Fifth in Preseason Poll
South Dakota State men's basketball earned two first-place votes and was tabbed fifth in the 2019-20 Summit League men's basketball preseason poll, released in October.

The poll is voted on by league coaches, sports information directors and select media.

Jackrabbits' Last Time Out
TULSA, Okla. -- A strong second half and 22-point effort from Noah Freidel carried the South Dakota State men's basketball team to a 76-61 victory over Oral Roberts Wednesday night.

Ahead four at the break, South Dakota State (16-8, 7-2 Summit League) outscored the Golden Eagles by 11 in the second half to pull away down the stretch and secure the road win.

The Jackrabbits shot 55.4 percent and buried 8-of-20 from deep as three scored in double figures: Freidel, Douglas Wilson (14) and Matt Dentlinger (12).

Freidel, who sank four 3-pointers, also led the team with seven rebounds and six assists.
Wilson, Dentlinger and Baylor Scheierman each had five rebounds, while David Wingett finished with eight points and matched Freidel with seven boards.

SDSU's defensive effort was suffocating all night, holding ORU to its second-lowest field goal percentage this season while snapping the Golden Eagles' 10-game home winning streak. The Jacks were plus-one in rebounding, and despite allowing 19 offensive rebounds managed to outscore Oral Roberts in second-chance points, 14-9.

"I'm certainly proud of our guys for coming on the road and winning in a tough environment," head coach Eric Henderson said. "Our guys hung in there and stayed together. That's what it's about when you go on the road."

The Jackrabbits found themselves trailing 7-3 four minutes into the game, but a Dentlinger layup at 15:46 started South Dakota State on a 12-2 run over the next four minutes as the Jacks took control. Wingett's 3-pointer with 14:36 on the clock gave State its first lead of the night (10-7), and the advantage hit double digits (19-9) on another Dentlinger bucket near the 12-minute mark.

ORU roared back to tie it at 27 with four minutes left in the half, but State responded with six straight and went to the locker room with a 33-29 halftime lead.

The Golden Eagles hung within striking distance as the Jackrabbits worked through a slow start in the second, but SDSU came to life at 13:55 as Freidel buried a 3-pointer to spark the Jacks on a 21-4 rally. The Tea, South Dakota native scored 10 total points in the scoring burst to help SDSU to a 61-40 lead the under-eight media timeout.

ORU stopped the run out of the reset, but could not mount a comeback as the Jackrabbits maintained their hold on first place in the league standings.

Opponent Last Time Out
MACOMB, Ill. – The Western Illinois men's basketball team began the second half of its Summit League schedule Thursday night (Jan. 30) with a 70-49 loss to North Dakota State.
It was a two-point game at halftime before the Bison outscored Western by 19 in the second half.

"For the most part, you couldn't call this a tale of two halves. We got great shots all night, whether it was at the rim or open threes that we normally make. They just didn't fall down," said head coach Billy Wright. "Our defense kept us in the game most of the first half, and then we couldn't keep them off the free throw line in the second."

Eight full minutes hadn't ticked off the clock, and Kobe Webster had already poured in 10 points. His coveted step back jumper pulled the Leathernecks within three before Zion Young evened the score on an old-fashioned 3-point play, but in an unlucky turn of events, the Bison quickly worked for a 10-0 run. The stretch was met by a 7-1 Leatherneck swing, and Webster nearly took his team into the halftime tied at 29-all.

His attempt rattled off the backboard as time expired, setting the score at 29-27 in favor of NDSU, and it marked the closest deficit for the rest of the night.

NDSU outscored Western 9-2 at the start of the second, and it was a stretch in which Western didn't recover.

Webster finished with a team-high 16 points trailed closely by Zion Young's 12.

Last Matchup: SDSU vs WIU (1/4/20)
South Dakota State men's basketball rolled past Western Illinois Saturday, 91-56, as all five starters scored in double figures at the 2020 Lamb Bonanza inside Frost Arena.

Douglas Wilson led the attack with 19 points, shooting 9-of-13 from the field. Alex Arians tallied his first double-double of the season with 12 points and 11 assists.

David Wingett finished with a career-high 15 points, thanks in part to a fast start that saw the Winnebago, Nebraska guard tally 10 points through the opening seven and a half minutes of action.

Matt Dentlinger dished out a team-leading four assists alongside 14 points, while Noah Freidel added with 10 points, four rebounds and two assists.

SDSU (11-7, 2-1 Summit League) broke 90 and shot better than 55 percent for the second-straight game, while tallying 10-plus 3-pointers for the fourth consecutive contest.

"It's been good to be back in Frost Arena for the last couple games and I'm certainly proud of our guys' effort tonight," head coach Eric Henderson said. "We didn't quite have the start that we were maybe looking for, but credit to our guys for hanging in there. Other than that first five minutes, I thought we really competed and battled. David Wingett really sparked that when he had seven points in that early run, and that got the crowd going which gave us energy. We're really proud of our guys that we were able to get the win tonight."

Even at 10 through the opening five minutes, a Wilson layup opened a run of 11 unanswered for the Jacks, who gained a 21-10 separation early thanks to Wingett's hot start.

SDSU endured a nearly three-minute scoreless drought midway through the half, but used a stout defensive effort to keep the Leathernecks down double digits. Trading scores the rest of the half, State took a 40-26 lead into the locker room.

Out of the break, the Jacks rattled off an 11-2 run on the way to their first 20-point lead of the day (57-37) on a Scheierman jumper at 13:47, but couldn't shake the Leathernecks, who fought back to within 15 (62-47) with a burst of eight unanswered near the under-12 media break.

The Jacks, however, put the game on ice with an 18-0 run of their own that started with a pair of Dentlinger free throws at 10:33 and closed with a Wingett free throw at 5:22.

Ahead 80-47 at that point, SDSU emptied its bench, continued the hot shooting, and closed out its 18th straight home victory.

-GoJacks.com-

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