BASKETBALL BORDER WAR

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True Gritt Charity Stripe Young Guns Former CSU star returns as Senior Tiel Daniels showing Freshman guards Nixon, Paige graduate assistant improvement at the line playing big minutes for men’s team PAGE 4 PAGE 12 PAGE 8-9 PHOTO BY ABBIE PARRCOLLEGIAN Go Rams! BEAT the Cowboys!! 2 S SPORTS Friday, February 19, 2016

“As far as the win-streak, it’s nice, but its not like a championship or anything. It’s just a win-streak. I mean, it’s a little history, but a championship is a lot better. That’s just our mindset right now.” KEYORA WHARRY SENIOR GUARD CSU women’s hoops still focused on season goals heading into Border War

By Sam Lounsberry @samlounz

Nothing has been won yet. Though the CSU women’s hoops team is on a record-break- ing win-streak, the Rams know they still have a long way to go before achieving their goals for this season.

CSU vs. WYOMING Where: Arena Auditorium Laramie, Wyoming When: Saturday, 2 p.m. Watch: csurams.com/videos

After falling as favorites in the quarterfinal of the Mountain West Tournament last year and missing out on the NCAA Tour- nament as a result, CSU clearly stated its goals from the begin- ning of the season. Most import- ant among them, return to the MW Tournament and emerge as champions to secure an auto- matic bid to the Big Dance. “Obviously, we want to get better,” senior guard Keyora Wharry said. “As far as the win- Colorado State players Elin Gustavsson (22), and Gritt Ryder (11), defend a Wyoming player during a previous game against Wyoming. streak, it’s nice, but its not like a COLLEGIAN FILE PHOTO championship or anything. It’s just a win-streak. I mean, it’s a lit- tle history, but a championship is 63-42 Jan. 30 at Moby Arena, cerned with not beating them- tum for the team. This has been all about that, we trust ourselves a lot better. That’s just our mind- head coach Ryun Williams is ex- selves. Williams does not want noticed in the past three games and we believe we’re going to set right now.” pecting some di˜erent strategies his team to become the least bit especially with how well CSU make it.” A goal the Rams have added from UW coach Joe Legerski. satisfied with entering the record has shot the 3-ball. The Rams Right now, the Rams also be- since starting out the season 23-1 “Joe is a great coach,” Wil- books, and to instead keep focus have made at least 12 3-pointers lieve they are on the right track and 13-0 in the MW is ending un- liams said. “I’m sure they’ll on perpetual improvement. in each of their past three games, toward a third straight confer- defeated in conference play. make some adjustments. We’ve “Well, we have a lot of season going 37-for-71 from deep for a ence championship and all their Standing in their way Sat- seen some zone lately. They’ll left, so we have to keep improv- shooting clip of 52 percent. other goals, including complet- urday is Wyoming (12-12, 5-9 do things di˜erently, but we’ve ing,” Williams said. “That’s just “Every time you win a game, ing a season sweep of Wyoming MW). Though the Cowgirls’ seen a lot of di˜erent approach- our charge everyday in practice. it gives you extra energy, it gives on Saturday. conference record certainly es in our 24 games so far. I feel If you take your foot o˜ the gas you extra confidence,” forward “We’re still focused up here doesn’t look intimidating, they like we’ve seen a lot, and our pedal right now, everything that Elin Gustavsson said. “I feel like and have the right mentality,” have a weapon CSU still has to kids have done a great job of you want and that’s ahead of you we’re building up. When I pass Gustavsson said. contain in Marquelle Dent. The recognizing, getting organized can be negated.” to Jamie (Patrick), when I pass Tipo˜ against the Cowgirls is guard averages 16.8 points per and executing against really While such a long win-streak to my teammates, I trust them. set for 2 p.m. in Laramie at Arena game and a league-best 5.5 as- whatever has been thrown at might make it seem like the In my mind, I’m like, ‘they’re Auditorium. sists. them.” Rams are due for a loss, it has going to make it,’ even though Sam Lounsberry can be Since CSU beat the Cowgirls But, the Rams are more con- also built some serious momen- I go for the rebound. I think it’s reached at [email protected]. 3 S SPORTS Friday, February 19, 2016 Colorado State looking to turn the corner against rival Wyoming in Border War matchup

By Keegan Pope Josh Adams, a Colorado native and keep him from getting into a @ByKeeganPope The only hope for either of bo and others to step up if CSU these teams making the NCAA who wasn’t heavily recruited rhythm, they’ll have a good shot has a chance to beat the Cow- Tournament this year is to win by the Rams. If it weren’t for at slowing down the Pokes’ at- boys. Three years ago, the Colora- the conference title, but it could the emergence of New Mexico’s tack. do State men’s basketball team go a long ways in deciding where Elijah Brown, Adams would be Get the home crowd involved dominated rival Wyoming in the teams are seeded in the up- the runaway choice for Moun- Work for good shots The crowds at Moby have both of its meetings during the coming Mountain West tour- tain West Player of the Year. But This seems a like a no-brain- been disappointing this season, 2012-13 season by an average of nament. Currently, CSU sits in ,while Adams is most multi-tal- er, but all too often CSU gets to say the least. But, there always 20.5 points per game. sixth place, while Wyoming is in ented player the Cowboys have, comfortable settling for contest- seems to be a little extra energy CSU was on its way to a sec- ninth, but the teams are separat- their biggest concern should be ed 3-pointers, much like they did in the building when Wyoming ond-consecutive NCAA Tourna- ed by just two games with five to the 3-point shooting of Jason against Utah State Wednesday comes to town. Albeit, part of ment berth, while the Cowboys play. McManamen. night. CSU is at its best when that comes from the contingent finished their season the low- Following a pair of losses to The Torrington, Wyoming the Rams involve every option of Wyoming fans who come er-level College Basketball Invi- UNLV and Utah State in which native has been on a tear recent- on o˜ense instead of waiting for down from Laramie. However, tational. But, since then, Wyo- the Rams weren’t particularly ly, and CSU fans should remem- Antwan Scott or John Gillon to if CSU can get the home crowd ming has owned the Border War, impressive, CSU now looks to get ber him well for putting a dagger make plays. involved, unlike it did last year winning the last four matchups, back on track in one of its biggest in the Rams last year when these Balance is key for this CSU during the loss to the Cowboys, including a season sweep a year games of the year. Here’s how the two teams played at Moby Are- team, and they can’t rely on it could be a huge help in getting ago when the Cowboys stole Rams can do it: na. He’s considered by many to any single player to carry their some momentum going. And, CSU’s spot in the NCAA Tourna- be the best pure shooter in the o˜ense. Antwan Scott has been how does CSU do that? By get- ment. Protect the 3-point line league, and should command a a huge part of the CSU o˜ense ting defensive stops and making There’s still no love lost be- Wyoming has maybe the lot of CSU’s defensive attention. since the loss of Gian Clavell, shots. tween these teams, but to put it most dynamic player in the If the Rams are able to run Mc- but CSU will need Gillon, Joe Keegan Pope can be reached simply, it hasn’t been much of a Mountain West in senior guard Manamen o˜ the 3-point line De Ciman, Emmanuel Omog- at [email protected]. rivalry as of recent. Neither team is anywhere near where it was last year, talent or record-wise, but that doesn’t mean this one shouldn’t be just as heated, espe- cially after the Cowboys disman- tled the Rams in Laramie earlier this year. 4 S SPORTS Friday, Febraury 19, 2016 Gritt Ryder’s real injury pushed her to return to CSU By Sam Lounsberry @samlounz 2014, she sat out the next game been a total disappointment for Nystrom “That just tells you how about what-ifs because what a week later. By the start of MW Ryder, as she has enjoyed her re- mentally tough she is.” happened, happened,” Nystrom play against Boise State Dec. 31, turn to CSU’s program in a grad If Ryder had been at full said. “I just hope she can con- Former Colorado State though, Ryder was back in ac- assistant role. strength, it is hard to imag- tinue to play professionally. ... It women’s hoops star Gritt Ryder tion. “I’m so happy Coach (Wil- ine Fresno State’s Alex Sheedy was just fun playing with her, re- could be playing basketball pro- But, she shouldn’t have been. liams) o˜ered me this position would have been included to ally fun. She’s a great player and I fessionally somewhere in Eu- Ryder’s injury was not a because I love being here, even share Player of the Year honors hope she gets to where she wants rope right now. pulled hamstring, but a broken though it was a hard adjustment with her, and maybe the 23-8 re- to be.” Instead, she is working as a bone in her leg where the ham- at first,” Ryder added. cord the Rams posted en route to Both Ryder’s current MBA graduate assistant for CSU coach string attaches. No wonder her The broken bone makes her a second consecutive conference studies and graduate assistant Ryun Williams’ program this pain lingered all season last year. performance last year, which championship would have had position with the Rams will help year while she pursues a master’s She only found out about earned her Co-Mountain West even a few more tallies in the win her in the start to her career, no matter what she ends up pur- suing. She says she still has a lot of decisions to make, including whether to enter the business world or stay around basketball to explore coaching. “I’m looking at going into business somehow, or going into coaching, because it is fun and I would love to still be around bas- ketball,” Ryder explained. “But, I don’t know. One day I want to do this, one day I want to do that, and then I want to stay in the U.S. and then I want to go back home, so I’m still a mess with de- cisions.” Williams, her former coach- turned-boss, said she could find success in coaching. “Gritt would be a great coach,” Williams said. “Her basketball IQ was real- ly solid, she’s a team player, she knows the importance of roles, she knows when she should speak and not speak, she knows to give me the clipboard during timeouts,” he added with a smile. “She’s doing a good job.” Though Ryder’s senior sea- son was certainly no disappoint- ment, there are still times she wishes she were on this year’s team that is on a historic win- streak and undefeated in the MW through 13 games. “I think it’s so unique how they (CSU’s current players) Former CSU women’s hoops star Gritt Ryder works as a graduate assistant in the year following her senior season. Ryder came back to work for the play together and how they care program after discovering an injury that prevented her from playing professionally overseas right out of CSU. PHOTO BY KEVIN OLSON COLLEGIAN about each other, but I’m just happy I’m still a part of it,” Ryder degree in Business Administra- the injury with an MRI scan last Player of the Year, quite stun- column. said. “Because also, even though tion from the University. spring, well after CSU’s season ning. As a senior in 2014-15, Ry- But, Ryder and her former sometimes it’s of course hard to But, coming back to the had ended and she had already der averaged 34.8 minutes per teammates avoid wondering say, ‘I wish I could still play,’ but program as a GA this year after signed with an agent in hopes of game, and played all 40 minutes what last season would have just still to be a part of this run leading the Rams to back-to- landing a spot on a roster over- in six contests, including a four- looked like had she been healthy. they’re making right now is a lot back regular season Mountain seas. game stretch during which she “That’s something I do not of fun.” West championships the last two “I think I’m at 90 percent never once saw the bench. Those like to think about,” Ryder said. For now, Ryder will help the seasons was not her first choice. now, but I actually broke the kind of minutes had to take a toll “It’s kind of hard to think about Rams continue improving in Rather, it was her fallback plan. bone where the hamstring at- on her body. what could have been if that practice as they near the end of Playing professionally in Eu- taches back in December last Yet in MW play, the point hadn’t happened. But, I’m just the regular season. rope was the Denmark native’s year, so I played through that guard still averaged 10.3 points happy with my years here at CSU, “She can give some good ad- true aspiration following her the whole year,” Ryder said. “We per game, 3.6 rebounds and 4.5 and I’m happy to have this (GA) vice, even though she’s not an as- college career, but Ryder discov- just didn’t know that was it. So, assists (third in the league). She opportunity, too.” sistant coach; she’s a grad assis- ered a serious injury she actual- when I got the news back that was the most versatile player on Nystrom echoed that senti- tant coach,” Nystrom said. “But, ly played with nearly all of her that’s actually what happened, I the league’s top team. ment, and hopes Ryder can get if you need her she helps you out. 2014-15 senior season before she was of course shocked, because “Even though she ran on one back on track toward a playing She just does a lot of little things. was able to sign with a pro club. I thought I was going to go play leg, she was still MW Player of career. She’s a very smart player so you When Ryder appeared to (professionally).” the Year, so that’s kind of impres- “We still had a great year, can learn a lot from her.” pull a hamstring last season Yet, the injury preventing sive,” said Ryder’s former team- and she still played very well, and Sam Lounsberry can be against Florida Atlantic Dec. 14, the start of her pro career has not mate and current CSU star Ellen I don’t think you should think reached at [email protected]. collegian.com The Rocky Mountain Collegian | Friday, February 19, 2016 5 HEY FRESHMAN It’s time to live Lokal.

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Overall: (14 — 12) Conference: (6 — 7) Overall: (19 — 7) Conference: (12 — 1)

Overall: (15 — 12) Conference: (6 — 8) Overall: (16 — 10) Conference: (9 — 4)

Overall: (13 — 11) Conference: (5 — 8) Overall: (17 — 9) Conference: (8 — 5)

Overall: (11 — 15) Conference: (5 — 9) Overall: (16 — 9) Conference: (8 — 5)

Overall: (13 — 14) Conference: (4 — 10) Overall: (17 — 10) Conference: (8 — 6)

Overall: (8 — 18) Conference: (3 — 11) 8 9 S SPORTS Friday, February 19, 2016 Futures of young Colorado State guards look promising Paige and Nixon making big impact as freshmen for the Rams

By Sam Lounsberry @SamLounz receiving 15.6 minutes per game. In Essentially, the future looks bright fact, Nixon has also started fi ve games, for the Rams’ backcourt. Head coach as he has proven to be a solid ball han- Larry Eustachy also has high hopes very college bas- dler and an accurate shooter, hitting for 6-foot-8-inch sophomore forward ketball player 26 of 62 3-point attempts on the year Kimani Jackson to become more formi- wants to show up for a 42 percent clip. dable in the frontcourt. The junior col- on campus and “Prentiss, we just didn’t know what lege transfer averages only 9.4 minutes play big minutes we had with him,” senior forward Tiel per game this season. rightE away. Daniels said. “He injured his foot when “Kimani is just a sophomore,” Eu- But, that isn’t always how it he fi rst got here, so we didn’t know if he stachy said before CSU faced Wyoming works. You have to earn every bit was going to redshirt or not. And then, earlier this season. “If he were on Wy- of tick you get for a Division I bas- out of nowhere, he comes in and plays oming’s team, he’d probably be playing ketball program. hard, he’s scrappy, he doesn’t back down 25 minutes a game, but Tiel is playing so Just ask CSU guard JD Paige, from anybody and he can shoot the well.” who was redshirted last season. The ball.” Though Eustachy-coached teams of- former Rangeview High School star Daniels has nothing but optimism ten feature many junior college transfers out of Aurora did not expect to sit out for Paige’s potential growth over the next Rams fans only get to watch for a year or for a year when he arrived in Fort Collins. three years, too. two, they will be able to track Paige and “It was a shocker,” Paige said of being “We knew what Jeremiah was,” Dan- Nixon for the next three, as well as this asked to redshirt last year. iels said. “Coach wants him to play the year’s redshirts Anthony Bonner and Of course, there were a few guys way he needs to play, so sometimes that’s 6-foot-10 inch center Nico Carvacho for ahead of him by the names of Daniel why he wasn’t in games. When he fi nally the next four, granted they all stay in the Bejarano, Stanton Kidd and Gian bought in, he was in the games and help- program. Clavell, the guys who led the ing us out.” “You can see, you’re either a good Rams to a program record 27 Helping out might be an under- player or you’re not a very good play- wins alongside J.J. Avila last statement. Since Clavell was declared er,” Eustachy said late last month. season. out for this season with injuries, Paige “You can see that these are good play- “StuŽ happens and you has stepped up in a big way in some late- ers. Even the guys you can’t see that have to embrace it,” Paige game situations. are redshirting are good players, and added. “The main thing was First, against UNLV at Moby Arena they might have helped us win a game just accepting what hap- Jan. 6, Paige scored seven points in the or two more this year. There’s a real pened and moving on from fi nal 48 seconds en route to a comeback bright light there with a couple of it.” win. The next game at San Jose State on freshmen. I really like where we’re at. This season is a little Jan. 9, Paige made a steal at the last sec- In a long, roundabout way, I like the diŽ erent. Not only has ond of regulation and layed it in at the youth, the talent of the youth. Equal- Paige played in all 26 buzzer to force overtime, leading to a ly the mental makeup of the youth, games, averaging 16.5 CSU win. they’re tough kids.” minutes per game this “We defi nitely knew what we had CSU fans should be excited to fi nally year in his redshirt with him,” Daniels said of Paige. “You watch some talented freshmen enter the freshman season, but know, he’s long, he’s athletic, he can program and develop over their full col- a true freshman in shoot the ball, he’s real loose with it and lege careers. Prentiss Nixon has has a real nasty crossover. The kid can Sam Lounsberry can be reached at risen alongside him, just play.” [email protected].

JD PAIGE PRENTISS NIXON 16.5 minutes per game 15.8 minutes per game 4.8 points per game 5.5 points per game 48 total rebounds 44 total rebounds 32 total assists 23 total assists 16 total made 3-pointers 41.9 percent 3-point FG

JD Paige, freshman guard. PHOTO BY LUKE WALKER COLLEGIAN Prentiss Nixon shoots a jumper over a Nevada defender. PHOTO BY RYAN ARB COLLEGIAN Friday, February 19, 2016 Volume 125, No. 19 • collegian.com

Collectible Poster #1 PHOTO BY ABBIE PARR COLLEGIAN CSU vs. Wyoming | 15 | Tiel Daniels | Forward | Senior | 11 S SPORTS Friday, February 19, 2016 SHOOTING STARS Stats during conference play

Antwan Scott Josh Adams 18.0 Points Per Game 21.2 4.3 Rebounds Per Game 5.8 1.7 Assists Per Game 4.3 0.7 Steals Per Game 1.4 41 Total 3-pointers 32 43.0 Field Goal Percentage 40.4 2.0 Turnovers Per Game 3.5 31.5 Minutes Per Game 36.5 45-56 Free throws Made-Attempted 72-93 35 Season High Points 38

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By Emmett McCarthy A couple rough games at the in here for the first time in this @emccarthy22 line early in the season were situation… you’ve earned it.’” not enough to make him forget Against Boise State, he Tiel Daniels started 32 about all of the work he had put calmly drained two free throws games for Colorado State last in, both physically and mental- to put CSU up by in the final season, but he did not always ly. minute. And, no one was really finish them. Head coach Larry “Everytime I go to the line, surprised. Eustachy would often go with I just tell myself, I’ve been here “It changes his whole game John Gillon or Gian Clavell to before,” he said. “Countless when he can make free throws, close out games instead. hours that I’ve put in in the because he gets fouled so much,” Daniels’ 43.6 percent free gym… shooting and shooting, Eustachy said. “Equally import- throw percentage was a prob- muscles memory, repetition.” ant, we get to (the bonus) pretty lem. And, he knew it. So, when He even changed his mo- quick. He’s just hard to guard. It the season ended, he took two tion. Well, not his shooting form adds a whole new dimension to weeks o˜ to recover, and then specifically, but the motions he his game.” got to work. went through to set up his shots. Daniels is a brilliant pass- “I got in the gym, and I just Last season, he would set er in the post with underrated made my mind up that I’m bet- the ball, dip down, then come up moves on the low block. Now, ter than 42 percent, or whatev- to release it. This season, he dips he can actually take the time to er it was,” Daniels said. down, and then sets the ball on execute without worrying about The forward made 51 free the way up to release it. getting hacked whenever his throws (out of 117) as a junior. “It’s a little more smoother,” teammates feed him the ball. Over the summer, before his Daniels said. “It’s a little less of a He ranks third on the team senior year, he made more than pause, go up, then shoot. There’s in scoring during conference double that amount every day. a little hitch at the top, but it’s play at 11.8 points per game, “I would make 125, that was how I’ve been practicing and I’m more than double his average just the standard,” Daniels said. not going to change it.” in conference play last season “I would do that in the morning, It seems like a minor detail, (5.4). He has gone from just be- the afternoon, at night. Some but it’s made a big di˜erence. ing someone who rebounds and days, even more than that.” The 66.1 percent clip he has defends, to one of CSU’s most Once he had seen the ball go been shooting in conference reliable options. through the net enough time, play might not sound amazing, While free throws are just a he refined his approach. but it goes beyond the number. small part of his game, the im- “I was able to get to a point He’s not a liability. Eustachy provement it has caused in the where I wanted quality instead is able to play his best defender rest of his game is huge. of quantity,” Daniels said. “So, in crunch time without worry- “I can take my time down out of 50, I had to make at least ing about him being hacked. there,” Daniels said. “Fake right, 30. There would be times where “Against Air Force, it would go left. Fake left, go right. Really I would get to 29 out of 50, and have been time to take a bad get into a move I like. My con- so I would have to start over free throw shooter out, and he fidence is just through the roof again. I kept doing that, and I was in there,” Eustachy said. and that’s the biggest thing.” did that up until this point to- “He was in there in the press of- Emmett McCarthy can be day, I still do it.” fense. I said, ‘you notice you’re reached at [email protected]. Colorado State center Tiel Daniels attempts a free throw during a game earlier this season. COLLEGIAN FILE PHOTO

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By Keegan Pope @ByKeeganPope Throw out the record books, and especially the recent results. Colorado State and Wyo- ming face o Saturday in Lara- mie in the annual Border War, and despite CSU’s 23-1 record and 20-game winning streak, the Rams are adamant they ar- en’t overlooking their northern rivals. CSU is fresh o of a 91-64 demolition of Utah State in which the Rams broke the school record for consecutive wins, which was previously held by the 1998-99 Becky Hammon-led team. The Cowgirls, on the oth- er hand, sit at 5-9 in league play and 12-12 overall, good for eighth place in the Mountain West standings. After major losses due to graduation and an injury to senior Jordan Kelley, Wyoming has fell on hard times and has now lost its last five meetings with CSU. Still though, players insist the recent history doesn’t mean anything. “It’s a special game,” junior forward Ellen Nystrom said. “There’s lot of emotion and it just gives more energy and gets us more hyped for the game. It’s always hard playing there, and Forward Elin Gustavsson, boxes out her Wyoming opponent for a rebound during a prevous game against Wyoming. COLLEGIAN FILE PHOTO. it’s always a tough place to play, but I think we’re ready and we’ve proved that. your game. You have to really go in there and concentrate and do things right. It really gives them “Hopefully someday an added advantage, and we have to be able to take that away.” they’re asking the For most of CSU’s roster, question of who rivals when they showed up, the Bor- the Rams’ atmosphere.” der War was just another game on the schedule. Of the Rams’ RYUN WILLIAMS 15 players, just two hail from the HEAD COACH state of Colorado and just six come from the United States. Maybe unlike any other fan But, as players have become ac- base in the Mountain West, Wy- customed to the rivalry, it has oming had a rabid interest in begun to take on more and more women’s hoops, and the Cowgirls meaning. It is no longer just rank near the top, or at the top, some game against Wyoming, it’s of the league each year in atten- the Border War, with an empha- dance. Though they’ve struggled sis on the war. this season, the Cowgirls still “When you first come in to manage to have the second-best the program, you see ‘Border home attendance in the league War’ on the schedule and you behind New Mexico. That kind wonder what it’s all about,” said of attendance, according to CSU senior guard Jamie Patrick, head coach Ryun Williams, is a transfer from Hutchinson why Wyoming is so hard to beat Community College. “Then at the Arena Auditorium. (your teammates) tell you “Laramie and New Mex- about it and before you even ico, they outdo the rest of the play them, you hate them be- league,” Williams said. “Hope- cause it’s the Border. That’s fully someday they’re asking the how it’s always been, and now question of who rivals the Rams’ that we are a part of CSU, it’s atmosphere. Those two environ- definitely a game we have a lot ments are just so di˜cult. You of respect for and take very se- don’t want those two places to riously.” get momentum and to get loud, Keegan Pope can be reached so that’s why you’ve got to be on at [email protected]. 14 S SPORTS Friday, February 19, 2016 Mountain West Women’s Basketball Standings

Overall: (13 — 11) Conference: (6 — 7) Overall: (23 — 1) Conference: (13 — 0)

Overall: (11 — 13) Conference: (6 — 7) Overall: (15 — 9) Conference: (11 — 2)

Overall: (12 — 12) Conference: (5 — 9) Overall: (16 — 9) Conference: (9 — 5)

Overall: (9 — 15) Conference: (4 — 9) Overall: (11 — 14) Conference: (9 — 5)

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