OPENING TIPl UTEP (4-0) plays in the championship game of the DIRECTV Wooden Legacy tournament on Sunday in Anaheim, Calif. The Miners will face Washington (5-0) at 8 p.m. MT/7 p.m. PT.l ESPN2 will have national coverage with Roxy Bernstein and Corey Williams calling the action.l The Miners and the Huskies will be matching up for the eighth time, and the first time since the 2001-02 season when UTEP won 74-62 at the Haskins Center. The Miners have won the last four meetings to take a 4-3 lead in the series led-ger. This is the third time UTEP and Washington have met in a tournament setting; the Huskies won 54-49 in the San Diego Classic on Dec. 28, 1976 and 82-53 in the preseason NIT on Nov. 22, 1985 in Denver.l UTEP’s Tim Floyd has a 3-6 record in his coaching career against Washington and is 3-5 versus Lorenzo Romar. Floyd recorded his 300th collegiate coaching victory versus the Huskies on Feb. 7, 2008 in Seattle.l UTEP is seeking its first championship of an in-season tournament outside of its own Sun Bowl Invitational since December of 1984, when it won the Saluki Shootout in Carbondale, Ill. with victories over Western Illinois and Southern Illi-nois.

HOW THEY GOT HEREl The Miners topped Princeton (62-56) and Xavier (77-73) earlier in the tournament. l Vince Hunter is averaging 17.5 ppg and 12.0 rpg in the Wooden Legacy. He has scored 29 of his 35 points in the second half of the two games.

2014-15 SCHEDULENov. 14 Washington State W 65-52Nov. 22 NM State W 77-76Nov. 27 vs. Princeton^ W 62-56Nov. 28 vs. Xavier^ W 77-73Nov. 30 vs. Washington^ 8 p.m.Dec. 3 at Colorado State 7 p.m.Dec. 6 at NM State 7 p.m.Dec. 8 Incarnate Word 7 p.m.Dec. 16 Southeastern Louisiana 7 p.m.Dec. 19 Arizona 9 p.m.Dec. 21 Alcorn State+ 7 p.m.Dec. 22 Kent State/North Dakota State+ TBDJan. 2 at North Texas* 6 p.m.Jan. 4 at Rice* 1:30 p.m.Jan. 8 Louisiana Tech* 7 p.m.Jan. 10 Southern Miss* 7 p.m.Jan. 17 at UTSA* 1 p.m.Jan. 22 at Western Kentucky* 7 p.m.Jan. 24 at Marshall* 1 p.m.Jan. 29 UAB* 7 p.m.Jan. 31 Middle Tennessee* 7 p.m.Feb. 5 at Florida Atlantic* 6 p.m.Feb. 7 at FIU* 3:30 p.m.Feb. 12 Charlotte* 7 p.m.Feb. 14 Old Dominion* 7 p.m.Feb. 21 UTSA* 7 p.m.Feb. 26 at Louisiana Tech* 6 p.m.Feb. 28 at Southern Miss* 6 p.m.March 5 North Texas* 7 p.m.March 7 Rice* 2 p.m.March 11-14 at Conference USA Championship# TBD

Home games in bold^ Wooden Legacy (Fullerton & Anaheim, Calif.)+ WestStar Bank Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational* Conference USA game# Birmingham, Ala.All times Mountain

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GAME NOTES

UTEP MINERS (4-0) WASHINGTON HUSKIES (5-0)

Category4-0 W-L 5-070.2 PPG 74.864.2 OPP PPG 60.4.434 FG% .446.432 FG% DEF .344.393 3PT% .325.370 3PT% DEF .278.650 FT% .638.655 OPP FT% .64038.5 RPG 42.8+5.7 RB MARGIN +5.214.5 ASSISTS PG 16.612.5 TURNOVERS PG 11.03.8 BLOCKS PG 8.05.5 STEALS PG 4.6

PROJECTED STARTERS

F GGF GVINCE HUNTER32 / SO / 6-8 / 20518.0 PPG / 12.5 RPG / 1.8 APG.491 FG% / .594 FT%

JULIAN WASHBURN4/ SR / 6-8 / 2109.0 PPG / 4.3 RPG / 3.3 APG.308 FG% / .800 FT%

OMEGA HARRIS2 / FR / 6-2 / 1706.3 PPG / 3.0 RPG / 1.8 APG.348 FG% / .625 FT%

CEDRICK LANG31 / SR / 6-10 / 25512.3 PPG / 8.3 RPG / 1.0 APG.667 FG% / .650 FT%

C.J. COOPER5 / SR / 6-0 / 19011.8 PPG / 2.3 RPG / 4.8 APG.522 FG% / .700 FT%

l Cedrick Lang is averaging 13.0 ppg and 10.0 rpg in the tournament with a .643 (9-for-14) field goal percentage. lC.J. Cooper is averaging 16.0 ppg in the event, shooting .583 (7-for-12) from three-point land. Cooper has scored 24 of his 32 points in the second half.lWashington bested San Jose State (78-56) and Long Beach State (80-70) to reach the final led by Nigel Williams-Goss who tallied 34 points, 13 rebounds and 20 assists in the two games. Williams-Goss is averaging 14.4 ppg, 6.0 rpg and 7.8 apg.

UTEP NOTEBOOKl The Miners are 4-0 for the first time since the 2009-10 season when they opened 5-0. l This is Tim Floyd’s first 4-0 squad since the 1996-97 Iowa State Cyclones that won their first 10 games.lHunter has six career double-doubles, and Lang has five.

2014-15 Season ................... Under Tim FloydOverall .......................................................................................... 4-0 ...................................... 85-52Playing at home ............................................................................ 2-0 ...................................... 59-18Playing on the road....................................................................... 0-0 ...................................... 18-26Playing on a neutral court ............................................................. 2-0 .......................................... 8-8Playing during the day .................................................................. 2-0 ........................................ 19-7Playing at night ............................................................................. 2-0 ...................................... 66-45Playing C-USA foes ...................................................................... 0-0 ...................................... 45-28Playing C-USA home games ........................................................ 0-0 ...................................... 27-10Playing C-USA road games .......................................................... 0-0 ...................................... 16-17Playing C-USA neutral games ...................................................... 0-0 .......................................... 2-1Playing non-conference foes ........................................................ 4-0 ...................................... 40-24Playing non-conference home games .......................................... 2-0 ........................................ 32-8Playing non-conference road games ............................................ 0-0 .......................................... 2-9Playing non-conference neutral games ........................................ 2-0 .......................................... 6-7Playing on Mondays ..................................................................... 0-0 .......................................... 4-3Playing on Tuesdays .................................................................... 0-0 .......................................... 4-3Playing on Wednesdays ............................................................... 0-0 ...................................... 16-14Playing on Thursdays ................................................................... 1-0 ........................................ 12-8Playing on Fridays ........................................................................ 2-0 .......................................... 4-8Playing on Saturdays.................................................................... 1-0 ...................................... 35-15 Playing on Sundays ...................................................................... 0-0 ........................................ 10-1Playing in November .................................................................... 4-0 ...................................... 16-14Playing in December .................................................................... 0-0 ........................................ 22-6Playing in January ........................................................................ 0-0 ...................................... 19-10Playing in February....................................................................... 0-0 ...................................... 17-14Playing in March ........................................................................... 0-0 .........................................11-8Playing in April .............................................................................. 0-0 .......................................... 0-0Playing in the Central time zone ................................................... 0-0 ...................................... 15-15Playing in the Eastern time zone .................................................. 0-0 .......................................... 5-9Playing in the Mountain time zone................................................ 2-0 ...................................... 60-25Playing in the Pacific time zone .................................................... 2-0 .......................................... 3-2Playing in the Hawaii time zone.................................................... 0-0 .......................................... 2-1Shooting 50% or better ................................................................. 0-0 ........................................ 39-3 Shooting 40% or better ................................................................. 3-0 ...................................... 76-38Shooting less than 40% ................................................................ 1-0 ........................................ 9-14Opponent shoots 50% or better.................................................... 1-0 ........................................ 1-12Opponent shoots 40% or better.................................................... 2-0 ...................................... 34-46 Opponent shoots less than 40%................................................... 2-0 ........................................ 51-6 Shooting better than opponent ..................................................... 2-0 ...................................... 77-16Shooting equal or worse than opponent ....................................... 2-0 ........................................ 8-36Scoring first................................................................................... 3-0 ...................................... 54-26Opponent scores first ................................................................... 1-0 ...................................... 31-26 Outrebounding opponents ............................................................ 3-0 ........................................ 52-8 Tied or outrebounded ................................................................... 1-0 ...................................... 33-44 Ahead at halftime.......................................................................... 2-0 ...................................... 65-13 Behind at halftime ......................................................................... 2-0 ...................................... 16-36Tied at halftime ............................................................................. 0-0 .......................................... 4-3Ahead with 5:00 to play ................................................................ 3-0 ........................................ 73-5Behind with 5:00 to play ............................................................... 1-0 ...................................... 10-44Tied with 5:00 to play .................................................................... 0-0 .......................................... 2-3Committing same or less turnovers .............................................. 2-0 ...................................... 42-31 Committing more turnovers .......................................................... 2-0 ...................................... 43-21Having 10 or more steals.............................................................. 1-0 .......................................... 9-2Shooting better than 70% from the line ........................................ 0-0 ...................................... 34-21Scoring less than 70 points .......................................................... 2-0 ...................................... 43-43 Scoring between 70-79 points ...................................................... 2-0 ........................................ 27-8 Scoring between 80-89 points ...................................................... 0-0 ........................................ 14-0Scoring between 90-99 points ...................................................... 0-0 .......................................... 1-1Scoring 100 points or more .......................................................... 0-0 .......................................... 0-0Games decided by five points or less ........................................... 2-0 ...................................... 15-21Games decided by 6-10 points ..................................................... 1-0 ...................................... 26-14Games decided by 11-19 points ................................................... 1-0 ...................................... 30-12Games decided by 20+ points ...................................................... 0-0 ........................................ 14-5Bench outscores opponent’s bench ............................................. 1-0 ...................................... 37-15Bench is tied or outscored by opponent’s ..................................... 3-0 ...................................... 48-37

l Hunter is the first UTEP player to register dou-ble-doubles in the first four games of a season since All-American Jim Barnes had 26 consecu-tive to start 1963-64.lHunter is averaging 18.0 points and 12.5 re-bounds. The last Miner to average a double-double for a season was Terry White in 1981-82 (10.1 ppg/10.2 rpg).l Cedrick Lang has scored in double figures in three straight games for the first time since March of 2013 versus Memphis, SMU and Hous-ton. This matches his career-long streak.l Julian Washburn is ranked 15th in school his-tory with 1,222 points. He needs only four points to pass Jason Williams into 14th place. Wash-burn is also 14th in school history with 477 field goals made.l Washburn is off to another slow start offen-sively, shooting 30.8 percent from the field. Last year he shot 35.6 percent over the first 10 games before finding his stride.l C.J. Cooper is tied for seventh place in school history with 119 three-point field goals.l Cooper has 19 assists and four turnovers in four games. Over his last eight contests dating back to the end of the 2013-14 season, Cooper has dished out 38 dimes with only eight give-aways.l The Miners have won 10 games versus teams from power conferences under coach Tim Floyd, including Washington State and Xavier this sea-son. UTEP’s other victims under Floyd were Michigan & Texas Tech (2010-11 season), Clem-son & Auburn (2011-12), Oregon & Nebraska (2012-13), and Tennessee & Washington State (2013-14).l UTEP hasn’t been outrebounded this season and had a 40-31 edge on the boards against Xavier on Friday. The Miners have a 49-33 ad-vantage on the offensive glass in 2014-15.l UTEP has made more free throws (67) than its opponents have attempted (58). COACH TIM FLOYDl Tim Floyd is in his 21st season as a collegiate head coach.l Floyd has posted a 413-232 mark during stints at Idaho (1986-88), New Orleans (1988-94), Iowa State (1994-98), USC (2005-09) and UTEP (2010-present).l His UTEP record is 85-52 in his fifth season.l Floyd is second in school history in wins. Hall of Famer and Floyd mentor Don Haskins has 719.l Floyd was also head coach of the Chicago Bulls (1998-2002) and the New Orleans Hornets (2003-04) in the NBA.l Floyd has enjoyed 18 winning seasons in 20 years as a collegiate head coach. His teams have made eight NCAA Tournament appearanc-es and four trips to the NIT.l Only Haskins (1,073 games) and Marshall Pennington (146) have coached more games at UTEP than Floyd (137).l Floyd has three former Division I head coach-es on his staff in Phil Johnson (San Jose State), Bob Cantu (USC) and Bobby Braswell (Cal State Northridge).

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UTEP’S RECORD WHEN ...

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TEAM GAME-BY-GAME LEADERSDate Opponent Result Attendance High Points High Rebounds High Assists High Steals High BlocksNovember (4-0)Nov. 14 Washington State W 65-52 10,419 Hunter (14) Hunter (16) Cooper (5) Washburn (3) Hunter/Morris (2)Nov. 22 NM State W 77-76 11,127 Hunter (23) Hunter (10) Cooper (7) Cooper/Washburn (1) N/ANov. 27 vs. Princeton% W 62-56 2,241 Hunter (18) Hunter (12) Washburn (5) Hunter/Washburn (2) Vint (2)Nov. 28 vs. Xavier% W 77-73 2,430 Cooper (22) Hunter (12) Cooper (4) Three players (1) Four players (1)Nov. 30 vs. Washington%

December (0-0)Dec. 3 at Colorado State Dec. 6 at NM State Dec. 8 Incarnate Word Dec. 16 Southeastern Louisiana Dec. 19 Arizona Dec. 21 Alcorn State% Dec. 22 Kent State/North Dakota State%

January (0-0)Jan. 2 at North Texas* Jan. 4 at Rice* Jan. 8 Louisiana Tech* Jan. 10 Southern Miss* Jan. 17 at UTSA* Jan. 22 at Western Kentucky* Jan. 24 at Marshall* Jan. 29 UAB* Jan. 31 Middle Tennessee*

February (0-0)Feb. 5 at Florida Atlantic* Feb. 7 at FIU* Feb. 12 Charlotte* Feb. 14 Old Dominion* Feb. 21 UTSA* Feb. 26 at Louisiana Tech* Feb. 28 at Southern Miss*

March (0-0)March 5 North Texas* March 7 Rice* March 11 TBA^ March 12 TBA^ March 13 TBA^ March 14 TBA^

% DirecTV Wooden Legacy (Fullerton & Anaheim, Calif.)# WestStar Bank Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational* Conference USA game^ Conference USA Championship (Birmingham, Ala.)

LARGEST LEAD/LARGEST DEFICITDate Opponent Result LargestLead LargestDeficit TimesTied LeadChangesNov. 14 Washington State W 65-52 14 (55-41, 5:01 2nd) N/A 1 0Nov. 22 NM State W 77-76 8 (75-67, 2:30 2nd) 15 (40-25, 2:02 1st) 0 5Nov. 27 vs. Princeton% W 62-56 11 (60-49, 0:33 2nd) N/A 0 0Nov. 28 vs. Xavier% W 77-73 8 (68-60, 4:34 2nd) 7 (14-7, 13:14 1st) 7 8Nov. 30 vs. Washington% Dec. 3 at Colorado State Dec. 6 at NM State Dec. 8 Incarnate Word Dec. 16 Southeastern Louisiana Dec. 19 Arizona Dec. 21 Alcorn State# Dec. 22 Kent State/North Dakota State# Jan. 2 at North Texas* Jan. 4 at Rice* Jan. 8 Louisiana Tech* Jan. 10 Southern Miss* Jan. 17 at UTSA* Jan. 22 at Western Kentucky* Jan. 24 at Marshall* Jan. 29 UAB* Jan. 31 Middle Tennessee* Feb. 5 at Florida Atlantic* Feb. 7 at FIU* Feb. 12 Charlotte* Feb. 14 Old Dominion* Feb. 21 UTSA* Feb. 26 at Louisiana Tech* Feb. 28 at Southern Miss* March 5 North Texas* March 7 Rice* March 11 vs. TBA^ March 12 vs. TBA^ March 13 vs. TBA^ March 14 vs. TBA^

% Wooden Legacy (Fullerton/Anaheim, Calif.)# WestStar Bank Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational* Conference USA game^ Conference USA Tournament (Birmingham, Ala.)

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TEAM GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS Bench ReboundsOpponent W/L Pts 1st/2nd/OT Points FG-FGA FG% 3FG 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OF DE TOT PF A TO BLK S@UTEP W 65 32/33 23 22-63 .349 4-14 .286 17-26 .654 17 29 46 14 13 14 7 11Washington State 52 26/26 27 19-54 .352 6-21 .286 8-10 .800 7 30 37 21 10 22 5 5@UTEP W 77 30/47 53 27-58 .466 3-8 .375 20-31 .645 13 20 33 19 14 12 0 2NM State 76 42/34 28 30-55 .545 7-14 .500 9-16 .563 10 23 33 25 15 12 2 8UTEP W 62 23/39 9 21-46 .457 7-14 .500 13-20 .650 10 25 35 16 17 11 4 6vs. Princeton 56 20/36 15 19-52 .365 6-19 .316 12-17 .706 9 21 30 18 9 7 3 3UTEP W 77 33/44 17 26-54 .481 8-20 .400 17-26 .654 9 31 40 22 14 13 4 3vs. Xavier 73 38/35 24 28-61 .459 8-19 .421 9-15 .600 7 24 31 21 15 9 2 5UTEP vs. Washington UTEP @Colorado State UTEP @NM State @UTEP Incarnate Word @UTEP Southeastern La. @UTEP Arizona @UTEP Alcorn State @UTEP Kent State/North Dakota State UTEP @North Texas UTEP @Rice @UTEP Louisiana Tech @UTEP Southern Miss UTEP @UTSA UTEP @Western Kentucky UTEP @Marshall @UTEP UAB @UTEP Middle Tennessee UTEP @ Florida Atlantic UTEP @FIU @UTEP Charlotte @UTEP Old Dominion @UTEP UTSA UTEP @Louisiana Tech UTEP @Southern Miss @UTEP North Texas @UTEP Rice

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POINTS-REBOUNDS-ASSISTSOpponent Cooper Harris Hunter Lang Mbachu Morris Stallworth Vandivort Washington State 11-2-5* 3-4-2 14-16-1* 8-6-1* DNP 13-1-0 0-2-1 DNP NM State 4-2-7 13-3-0* 23-10-2 15-7-2 DNP 3-0-0* 3-0-1* DNP vs. Princeton 10-2-3* 9-3-3 18-12-3* 13-10-0* DNP 0-1-0 0-0-1 DNP vs. Xavier 22-3-4* 0-2-2* 17-12-1* 13-10-1* DNP 15-5-0 2-0-1 DNP vs. Washington at Colorado State at NM State Incarnate Word Southeastern Louisiana Arizona Alcorn State Kent State/North Dakota State at North Texas at Rice Louisiana Tech Southern Miss at UTSA at Western Kentucky at Marshall UAB Middle Tennessee at Florida Atlantic at FIU Charlotte Old Dominion UTSA at Louisiana Tech at Southern Miss North Texas Rice

Opponent Vint Washburn Willms Winn Washington State 0-3-0* 9-7-3* 7-3-0 DNP NM State 0-0-0 11-4-2 5-4-0* 0-0-0* vs. Princeton 0-1-0 8-1-5* 4-3-2* DNP vs. Xavier 0-0-1 8-5-3* 0-1-1 DNP vs. Washington at Colorado State at NM State Incarnate Word Southeastern Louisiana Arizona Alcorn State Kent State/North Dakota State at North Texas at Rice Louisiana Tech Southern Miss at UTSA at Western Kentucky at Marshall UAB Middle Tennessee at Florida Atlantic at FIU Charlotte Old Dominion UTSA at Louisiana Tech at Southern Miss North Texas Rice

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2014-15 UTEP OVERALL STATS2014-15 UTEP Men's Basketball

UTEP Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 28, 2014)All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRALALL GAMES 4-0 2-0 0-0 2-0CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0NON-CONFERENCE 4-0 2-0 0-0 2-0

Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds

## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg

32 HUNTER, Vince 4-3 119 29.8 26-53 . 4 9 1 1-4 . 2 5 0 19-32 . 5 9 4 14 36 50 12.5 12 0 7 12 3 5 72 18.031 LANG, Cedrick 4-3 115 28.8 18-27 . 6 6 7 0-0 . 0 0 0 13-20 . 6 5 0 13 20 33 8.3 15 1 4 9 1 1 49 12.305 COOPER, C.J. 4-3 129 32.2 12-23 . 5 2 2 9-16 . 5 6 3 14-20 . 7 0 0 1 8 9 2.3 8 0 19 4 0 3 47 11.804 WASHBURN, Julian 4-3 130 32.5 12-39 . 3 0 8 4-10 . 4 0 0 8-10 . 8 0 0 4 13 17 4.3 7 0 13 6 2 6 36 9.020 MORRIS, Earvin 4-1 69 17.3 11-27 . 4 0 7 4-11 . 3 6 4 5-8 . 6 2 5 1 6 7 1.8 8 0 0 5 3 2 31 7.802 HARRIS, Omega 4-2 84 21.0 8-23 . 3 4 8 4-7 . 5 7 1 5-8 . 6 2 5 4 8 12 3.0 9 0 7 3 0 3 25 6.341 WILLMS, Matt 4-2 79 19.8 7-12 . 5 8 3 0-0 . 0 0 0 2-4 . 5 0 0 5 6 11 2.8 6 0 3 6 3 2 16 4.013 STALLWORTH, Lew 4-1 44 11.0 2-10 . 2 0 0 0-4 . 0 0 0 1-1 1.000 0 2 2 0.5 3 0 4 2 0 0 5 1.312 WINN, Terry 1-1 2 2.0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.023 VINT, Hooper 4-1 29 7.3 0-7 . 0 0 0 0-4 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 2 2 4 1.0 2 0 1 3 3 0 0 0.0

Team 5 4 9Total.......... 4 800 96-221 . 4 3 4 22-56 . 3 9 3 67-103 . 6 5 0 49 105 154 38.5 71 1 58 50 15 22 281 70.2Opponents...... 4 800 96-222 . 4 3 2 27-73 . 3 7 0 38-58 . 6 5 5 33 98 131 32.8 85 - 49 50 12 21 257 64.2

TEAM STATISTICS UTEP OPPSCORING 281 257 Points per game 70.2 64.2 Scoring margin +6.0 -FIELD GOALS-ATT 96-221 96-222 Field goal pct . 4 3 4 . 4 3 23 POINT FG-ATT 22-56 27-73 3-point FG pct . 3 9 3 . 3 7 0 3-pt FG made per game 5.5 6.8FREE THROWS-ATT 67-103 38-58 Free throw pct . 6 5 0 . 6 5 5 F-Throws made per game 16.8 9.5REBOUNDS 154 131 Rebounds per game 38.5 32.8 Rebounding margin +5.8 -ASSISTS 58 49 Assists per game 14.5 12.3TURNOVERS 50 50 Turnovers per game 12.5 12.5 Turnover margin +0.0 - Assist/turnover ratio 1.2 1.0STEALS 22 21 Steals per game 5.5 5.3BLOCKS 15 12 Blocks per game 3.8 3.0ATTENDANCE 21546 2241 Home games-Avg/Game 2-10773 0-0 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 2-1120

Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalsUTEP 118 163 281Opponents 126 131 257

Date Opponent Score Att.11/14/14 WASHINGTON STATE W 65-52 1041911/22/14 NM STATE W 77-76 1112711/27/14 vs Princeton W 62-56 224111/28/14 vs Xavier W 77-73 0

* - Conference game

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