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Bison Women Conclude Four Game Home Stand Sunday Against Mid-Major No. 23 Maine
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NDSU Women's Basketball Concludes Home Stand Sunday Against Mid-Major No. 23 Maine
The North Dakota State University women's basketball team will conclude its season-opening four game home stand with a non-conference game against Mid-Major No. 23 ranked Maine on Sunday, Nov. 22, at noon at the Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse.
Series History:
Sunday's game against the University of Maine Black Bears will be the second meeting in the all-time series. The Bison lost the first meeting in the series in Bangor, Maine, during the 2013-14 season, 64-59.
Scouting Maine
The University of Maine Black Bears enter Sunday's contest with the Bison at 1-2 overall after falling at the University of Minnesota on Friday, 91-64. Maine is ranked 23rd in this week's CollegeInsider.com Women's Mid-Major Top 25 Poll. Through three games, Sigi Koizar leads the team in scoring with 15.7 points per game, while Liz Wood has a team-best 6.7 rebounds per game. As a team, Maine is averaging 58.7 points per game, but giving up 66.3 points per game to its opponents. The Black Bears are being outrebounded, on average, 35.3 to 33.3. Maine was picked to finish second out of nine teams in the America East Conference preseason coaches' poll. The Black Bears are under the direction of fifth season head coach Richard Barron.
Catching Up with The Herd
The North Dakota State Bison are 2-1 overall entering Sunday's game against Maine after claiming an 85-77 win over Valley City State University on Thursday, Nov. 19. Through three games, Marena Whittle leads NDSU offensively with 22 points and three steals per game, while Taylor Thunstedt is averaging 20.3 points per game and shooting a team-best 53.8 percent from three-point range, going 14-for-26. Emily Spier is averaging 11.7 points per game and a team-high 1.3 blocks per game, and Brianna Jones is averaging 10 points and a team-high 12 rebounds per game. As a team, the Bison are averaging 80.7 points and 40.3 rebounds per game while holding their opponents to 74.7 points and 38.3 boards.
Last Time Out: NDSU Defeats Valley City State, 85-77
Marena Whittle tallied a double-double with a game-high 32 points and 10 rebounds to help the North Dakota State University women's basketball team defeat the Valley City State Vikings, 85-77, inside the Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse on Thursday, Nov. 19.
Whittle, a native of Vermont South, Victoria, Australia, went 10-for-18 from the floor, 3-for-4 from three-point range and 9-for-12 at the free-throw line to finish just one-point shy of her career-high of 33 while also recording a game-high three steals.
Taylor Thunstedt netted 17 points, while Emily Spier posted 16 points and matched her career-high with four assists. Brianna Jones scored 11 points and snagged eight rebounds to round out the NDSU players in double figures.
NDSU shot 46 percent from the floor and 46 percent from three-point range in the contest but struggled from the charity stripe, going just 21-of-32 at the line for 66 percent.
The Bison edged the Vikings on the boards, 38-35, and were able to turn 16 VCSU turnovers into 19 points.
The Last Time NDSU and Maine Met: Bison Women's Basketball Falls to Maine, 64-59
The North Dakota State Bison women's basketball team (1-1) fell to the Maine Black Bears (1-0), 64-59, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013 at the new Cross Insurance Center in Bangor, Maine.
NDSU was 21-for-58 from the field (36-percent) and 4-for-12 from three (33-percent) in the game. The Bison went 13-of-18 from the free-throw line (72-percent).
Brooke LeMar led the Bison with 12 points in the game, all coming in the first half. Bree Whatman was the other Bison to reach double-figures, scoring 11.
Maine went 20-for-62 from the field (32-percent) and were 7-for-21 from three (33-percent). The Black Bears shot 17-of-25 from the foul line (68-percent).
Maine out-rebounded NDSU, 46-38, in the contest.
Whittle Crashing the Boards
Marena Whittle holds the career record for defensive rebounding average at NDSU through two games with 5.1 boards per game and ranks eighth in overall career rebounding average with 7.2 per game.
Jones Controlling the Glass
Brianna Jones led the Bison in rebounding in two of the first three games this season. The Indianapolis native snagged 19 boards in the season opener against New Mexico State, the most rebounds in a single game since Marena Whittle pulled down 20 boards at Omaha last season, to go along with nine against College of St. Mary and eight against Valley City State. Jones leads the Bison and The Summit League through three games with 12 rebounds per game.
Double-Double Performances
Marena Whittle posted the first double-double of the season for North Dakota State after scoring a game-high 32 points and snagging 10 rebounds in NDSU's win over Valley City State. It was the 11th double-double of her career.
Success Beyond-the-Arc
Through three games, the Bison are shooting 44 percent from three-point range, going 24-for-54. Taylor Thunstedt leads NDSU from beyond-the-arc so far this season, making 14 of 26 attempts for 54 percent, while Marena Whittle is shooting 42 percent from long range, going 5-for-12.
Defending the Perimeter
The Bison are holding opponents to 34 percent shooting from three-point range through three games.
Getting to the Line
North Dakota State has reached the free-throw line a Summit League-high 70 times this season. The Bison rank second in the league in free-throw shooting, going 48 of 70 from the charity stripe for 68.6 percent.
Thunstedt Ascending the NDSU Career Record Books
Taylor Thunstedt already ranks second in career three-point field goal percentage at North Dakota State as a sophomore, going 69 of 165 for 41.8 percent.
NDSU Women's Hoops Inks Seven High School Standouts on National Signing Day
North Dakota State University women's basketball head coach Maren Walseth announced on Wednesday, Nov. 11, that high school seniors Rylee Nudell (Buffalo, N.D./Maple Valley HS), Tyrah Spencer (Oakdale, Minn./Bloomington Kennedy HS), Anna Goodhope (Sioux Falls, S.D./Sioux Falls Washington HS), Autumn Ogden (Marshall, Wis./Monona Grove HS), Liz Bulver (Belton, Mo./Belton HS), Sarah Jacobson (Fargo, N.D./Shanley HS) and Reilly Jacobson (Waukee, Iowa/Waukee HS) have signed National Letters of Intent to continue their education and play women's basketball for North Dakota State beginning in the fall of 2016.
The 2016 class brings a tremendous amount of prep success to the Bison. Seven total championships and multiple runner-ups highlight the class and each player's ability to elevate their team's success.
The 2016 class of Bison will be the first recruiting class to play in the newly renovated Sanford Health Athletic Complex beginning in the fall.
NDSU in The Summit League Statistics (as of Nov. 20)
Team:
Points - 3rd (80.7/game), Rebounds - T-3rd (40.3/game), Assists - 3rd (15.3/game), Steals - 5th (8.7/game), Blocks - T-6th (3.0/game), Field-Goal Percentage - 3rd (.438), Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage - 2nd (.444), Free-Throw Percentage - 2nd (.686), Turnovers - 7th (16.0/game)
Individual:
Marena Whittle - Points: 2nd (22.0/game), Free-Throw Percentage: 5th (.813), Rebounds: 4th (8.3/game), Turnovers: 3rd (3.3/game), Steals: T-2nd (3.0/game); Taylor Thunstedt - Points: 3rd (20.3/game), Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 7th (.538), Assists: T-3rd (5.0/game), Turnovers: T-4th (3.0/game); Brianna Jones - Rebounds: 1st (12.0/game), Turnovers: T-4th (3.0/game); Emily Spier - Blocks: T-6th (1.3/game), Turnovers: T-4th (3.0/game); Brooke Yaggie - Assist-to-Turnover Ratio: 6th (3.5), Free-Throw Percentage: 6th (.800)
Bison Women Sixth in Summit League Preseason Poll; Johnson Named Preseason All-League
The North Dakota State University women's basketball team was picked to finish sixth in The Summit League preseason poll unveiled Wednesday night, Oct. 14, by the league office on "Inside The Summit League."
The Bison tallied 250 points in the poll.
Senior forward Holly Johnson, an honorable mention All-Summit League selection last season, was named to the preseason all-league second team after averaging 12.2 points and 7.0 rebounds per game in 2014-15. The Minot, N.D., native enters 2015-16 ranked fourth in NDSU career defensive rebounding average with 3.9 boards per game and tied for ninth in career defensive rebounds with 336.
South Dakota State was selected to capture the 2015-16 Summit League women's basketball championship after winning The Summit League tournament last season. The Jackrabbits collected 17 first-place votes and 508 points in a vote of the league's head coaches, SIDs and select media. South Dakota's Nicole Seekamp was tabbed as the preseason Player of the Year.
South Dakota, last season's regular season champion, earned 15 first-place votes and 502 points to place second in the poll. IUPUI was picked third with 379 points followed by Oral Roberts in fourth with one first-place vote and 317 points. Western Illinois came in fifth followed by the Bison in sixth and Omaha in seventh. Denver and Fort Wayne rounded out the poll in eighth and ninth.
Five NDSU Women's Basketball Games to be Televised During 2015-16 Regular Season
The North Dakota State women's basketball team will be featured on television five times during the 2015-16 regular season, NDSU athletics and The Summit League announced Friday, Nov. 6.
NDSU's Summit League contest against South Dakota State at Scheels Arena on Jan. 3 will be televised regionally on MeTV. The television network is available via over-the-air channels in Bismarck (5.2), Minot (10.2), Williston (8.2) and Dickinson (7.2) as well as through additional providers.
The Bison's Feb. 20 league contest at Scheels Arena against Denver will air live in high definition on NBC North Dakota and ESPN3, and NDSU's league game at Western Illinois Feb. 25 will be televised on WIUTV and ESPN3.
North Dakota State will also have a pair of Summit League contests carried on Midco Sports Network and ESPN3 through the league's television package. The game on Jan. 30 at South Dakota and the contest on Feb. 6 at South Dakota State will be broadcast.
Head Coach Maren Walseth
Maren Walseth is in her second season as the head coach of the North Dakota State University women's basketball team.
In her inaugural season at NDSU, she helped guide the Bison to an 11-17 overall record and a 7-9 Summit League mark. North Dakota State finished sixth in The Summit League, the highest finish for NDSU women's basketball since the 2011-12 season.
Walseth helped coach the Bison to several milestone victories during the 2014-15 season. The first occurred on Jan. 2, when NDSU claimed a 77-64 triumph over Oral Roberts at Scheels Arena, marking the first win for the Bison over the Golden Eagles since the 2009-10 season. The win also snapped a five-game losing skid to ORU. Just two days later on Jan. 4, the Bison stunned the then defending Summit League regular season champion South Dakota State Jackrabbits, defeating SDSU in front of 1,782 spectators at Scheels Arena, 83-78. The victory was the first over the Jacks since 2010-11 and the first at home since 2004-05.
North Dakota State also captured the Florida Atlantic Thanksgiving Tournament title with wins over Northeastern (Mass.) and NJIT Nov. 28-29 in Boca Raton, Fla.
Under Walseth's leadership, three student-athletes were named All-Summit League, the most since NDSU joined the league in 2007. Senior point guard Brooke LeMar was selected first team all-league, junior Holly Johnson was named honorable mention all-league, and freshman Taylor Thunstedt was voted to the all-newcomer team.
Walseth joined the Bison in April, 2014, after spending seven years as an assistant coach at Big Ten power Penn State University in State College, Pa., where she helped the Lady Lions to three Big Ten championships, four NCAA tournament appearances and two NCAA Sweet 16 appearances.
Prior to becoming an assistant at Penn State, Walseth spent three years as an assistant coach at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. While at Navy, she assisted with recruiting as well as on-court player development and scouting, and was also the academic liaison for the Midshipmen.
A native of Bloomington, Minn., Walseth was a two-time All-Big Ten selection and a three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree as a forward at Penn State from 1997-2002. She was also a key member of the 2000 Lady Lion team that advanced to the Final Four and claimed the Big Ten conference championship. Walseth also was a member of the 1998 WNIT championship team. She graduated from Penn State in 2002 with a bachelor's degree in communications.
Walseth was drafted by the Sacramento Monarchs in the third-round of the 2001 WNBA draft and spent four years playing professionally. She played for the Washington Mystics of the WNBA in 2002 before spending two years playing professionally in France. Walseth also spent a season with the Women's National Basketball League's (NWBL) Colorado Chill.
Walseth's sister, Annika, played for NDSU during the 2007-08 season.
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NDSU Women's Basketball Concludes Home Stand Sunday Against Mid-Major No. 23 Maine
The North Dakota State University women's basketball team will conclude its season-opening four game home stand with a non-conference game against Mid-Major No. 23 ranked Maine on Sunday, Nov. 22, at noon at the Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse.
Series History:
Sunday's game against the University of Maine Black Bears will be the second meeting in the all-time series. The Bison lost the first meeting in the series in Bangor, Maine, during the 2013-14 season, 64-59.
Scouting Maine
The University of Maine Black Bears enter Sunday's contest with the Bison at 1-2 overall after falling at the University of Minnesota on Friday, 91-64. Maine is ranked 23rd in this week's CollegeInsider.com Women's Mid-Major Top 25 Poll. Through three games, Sigi Koizar leads the team in scoring with 15.7 points per game, while Liz Wood has a team-best 6.7 rebounds per game. As a team, Maine is averaging 58.7 points per game, but giving up 66.3 points per game to its opponents. The Black Bears are being outrebounded, on average, 35.3 to 33.3. Maine was picked to finish second out of nine teams in the America East Conference preseason coaches' poll. The Black Bears are under the direction of fifth season head coach Richard Barron.
Catching Up with The Herd
The North Dakota State Bison are 2-1 overall entering Sunday's game against Maine after claiming an 85-77 win over Valley City State University on Thursday, Nov. 19. Through three games, Marena Whittle leads NDSU offensively with 22 points and three steals per game, while Taylor Thunstedt is averaging 20.3 points per game and shooting a team-best 53.8 percent from three-point range, going 14-for-26. Emily Spier is averaging 11.7 points per game and a team-high 1.3 blocks per game, and Brianna Jones is averaging 10 points and a team-high 12 rebounds per game. As a team, the Bison are averaging 80.7 points and 40.3 rebounds per game while holding their opponents to 74.7 points and 38.3 boards.
Last Time Out: NDSU Defeats Valley City State, 85-77
Marena Whittle tallied a double-double with a game-high 32 points and 10 rebounds to help the North Dakota State University women's basketball team defeat the Valley City State Vikings, 85-77, inside the Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse on Thursday, Nov. 19.
Whittle, a native of Vermont South, Victoria, Australia, went 10-for-18 from the floor, 3-for-4 from three-point range and 9-for-12 at the free-throw line to finish just one-point shy of her career-high of 33 while also recording a game-high three steals.
Taylor Thunstedt netted 17 points, while Emily Spier posted 16 points and matched her career-high with four assists. Brianna Jones scored 11 points and snagged eight rebounds to round out the NDSU players in double figures.
NDSU shot 46 percent from the floor and 46 percent from three-point range in the contest but struggled from the charity stripe, going just 21-of-32 at the line for 66 percent.
The Bison edged the Vikings on the boards, 38-35, and were able to turn 16 VCSU turnovers into 19 points.
The Last Time NDSU and Maine Met: Bison Women's Basketball Falls to Maine, 64-59
The North Dakota State Bison women's basketball team (1-1) fell to the Maine Black Bears (1-0), 64-59, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013 at the new Cross Insurance Center in Bangor, Maine.
NDSU was 21-for-58 from the field (36-percent) and 4-for-12 from three (33-percent) in the game. The Bison went 13-of-18 from the free-throw line (72-percent).
Brooke LeMar led the Bison with 12 points in the game, all coming in the first half. Bree Whatman was the other Bison to reach double-figures, scoring 11.
Maine went 20-for-62 from the field (32-percent) and were 7-for-21 from three (33-percent). The Black Bears shot 17-of-25 from the foul line (68-percent).
Maine out-rebounded NDSU, 46-38, in the contest.
Whittle Crashing the Boards
Marena Whittle holds the career record for defensive rebounding average at NDSU through two games with 5.1 boards per game and ranks eighth in overall career rebounding average with 7.2 per game.
Jones Controlling the Glass
Brianna Jones led the Bison in rebounding in two of the first three games this season. The Indianapolis native snagged 19 boards in the season opener against New Mexico State, the most rebounds in a single game since Marena Whittle pulled down 20 boards at Omaha last season, to go along with nine against College of St. Mary and eight against Valley City State. Jones leads the Bison and The Summit League through three games with 12 rebounds per game.
Double-Double Performances
Marena Whittle posted the first double-double of the season for North Dakota State after scoring a game-high 32 points and snagging 10 rebounds in NDSU's win over Valley City State. It was the 11th double-double of her career.
Success Beyond-the-Arc
Through three games, the Bison are shooting 44 percent from three-point range, going 24-for-54. Taylor Thunstedt leads NDSU from beyond-the-arc so far this season, making 14 of 26 attempts for 54 percent, while Marena Whittle is shooting 42 percent from long range, going 5-for-12.
Defending the Perimeter
The Bison are holding opponents to 34 percent shooting from three-point range through three games.
Getting to the Line
North Dakota State has reached the free-throw line a Summit League-high 70 times this season. The Bison rank second in the league in free-throw shooting, going 48 of 70 from the charity stripe for 68.6 percent.
Thunstedt Ascending the NDSU Career Record Books
Taylor Thunstedt already ranks second in career three-point field goal percentage at North Dakota State as a sophomore, going 69 of 165 for 41.8 percent.
NDSU Women's Hoops Inks Seven High School Standouts on National Signing Day
North Dakota State University women's basketball head coach Maren Walseth announced on Wednesday, Nov. 11, that high school seniors Rylee Nudell (Buffalo, N.D./Maple Valley HS), Tyrah Spencer (Oakdale, Minn./Bloomington Kennedy HS), Anna Goodhope (Sioux Falls, S.D./Sioux Falls Washington HS), Autumn Ogden (Marshall, Wis./Monona Grove HS), Liz Bulver (Belton, Mo./Belton HS), Sarah Jacobson (Fargo, N.D./Shanley HS) and Reilly Jacobson (Waukee, Iowa/Waukee HS) have signed National Letters of Intent to continue their education and play women's basketball for North Dakota State beginning in the fall of 2016.
The 2016 class brings a tremendous amount of prep success to the Bison. Seven total championships and multiple runner-ups highlight the class and each player's ability to elevate their team's success.
The 2016 class of Bison will be the first recruiting class to play in the newly renovated Sanford Health Athletic Complex beginning in the fall.
NDSU in The Summit League Statistics (as of Nov. 20)
Team:
Points - 3rd (80.7/game), Rebounds - T-3rd (40.3/game), Assists - 3rd (15.3/game), Steals - 5th (8.7/game), Blocks - T-6th (3.0/game), Field-Goal Percentage - 3rd (.438), Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage - 2nd (.444), Free-Throw Percentage - 2nd (.686), Turnovers - 7th (16.0/game)
Individual:
Marena Whittle - Points: 2nd (22.0/game), Free-Throw Percentage: 5th (.813), Rebounds: 4th (8.3/game), Turnovers: 3rd (3.3/game), Steals: T-2nd (3.0/game); Taylor Thunstedt - Points: 3rd (20.3/game), Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 7th (.538), Assists: T-3rd (5.0/game), Turnovers: T-4th (3.0/game); Brianna Jones - Rebounds: 1st (12.0/game), Turnovers: T-4th (3.0/game); Emily Spier - Blocks: T-6th (1.3/game), Turnovers: T-4th (3.0/game); Brooke Yaggie - Assist-to-Turnover Ratio: 6th (3.5), Free-Throw Percentage: 6th (.800)
Bison Women Sixth in Summit League Preseason Poll; Johnson Named Preseason All-League
The North Dakota State University women's basketball team was picked to finish sixth in The Summit League preseason poll unveiled Wednesday night, Oct. 14, by the league office on "Inside The Summit League."
The Bison tallied 250 points in the poll.
Senior forward Holly Johnson, an honorable mention All-Summit League selection last season, was named to the preseason all-league second team after averaging 12.2 points and 7.0 rebounds per game in 2014-15. The Minot, N.D., native enters 2015-16 ranked fourth in NDSU career defensive rebounding average with 3.9 boards per game and tied for ninth in career defensive rebounds with 336.
South Dakota State was selected to capture the 2015-16 Summit League women's basketball championship after winning The Summit League tournament last season. The Jackrabbits collected 17 first-place votes and 508 points in a vote of the league's head coaches, SIDs and select media. South Dakota's Nicole Seekamp was tabbed as the preseason Player of the Year.
South Dakota, last season's regular season champion, earned 15 first-place votes and 502 points to place second in the poll. IUPUI was picked third with 379 points followed by Oral Roberts in fourth with one first-place vote and 317 points. Western Illinois came in fifth followed by the Bison in sixth and Omaha in seventh. Denver and Fort Wayne rounded out the poll in eighth and ninth.
Five NDSU Women's Basketball Games to be Televised During 2015-16 Regular Season
The North Dakota State women's basketball team will be featured on television five times during the 2015-16 regular season, NDSU athletics and The Summit League announced Friday, Nov. 6.
NDSU's Summit League contest against South Dakota State at Scheels Arena on Jan. 3 will be televised regionally on MeTV. The television network is available via over-the-air channels in Bismarck (5.2), Minot (10.2), Williston (8.2) and Dickinson (7.2) as well as through additional providers.
The Bison's Feb. 20 league contest at Scheels Arena against Denver will air live in high definition on NBC North Dakota and ESPN3, and NDSU's league game at Western Illinois Feb. 25 will be televised on WIUTV and ESPN3.
North Dakota State will also have a pair of Summit League contests carried on Midco Sports Network and ESPN3 through the league's television package. The game on Jan. 30 at South Dakota and the contest on Feb. 6 at South Dakota State will be broadcast.
Head Coach Maren Walseth
Maren Walseth is in her second season as the head coach of the North Dakota State University women's basketball team.
In her inaugural season at NDSU, she helped guide the Bison to an 11-17 overall record and a 7-9 Summit League mark. North Dakota State finished sixth in The Summit League, the highest finish for NDSU women's basketball since the 2011-12 season.
Walseth helped coach the Bison to several milestone victories during the 2014-15 season. The first occurred on Jan. 2, when NDSU claimed a 77-64 triumph over Oral Roberts at Scheels Arena, marking the first win for the Bison over the Golden Eagles since the 2009-10 season. The win also snapped a five-game losing skid to ORU. Just two days later on Jan. 4, the Bison stunned the then defending Summit League regular season champion South Dakota State Jackrabbits, defeating SDSU in front of 1,782 spectators at Scheels Arena, 83-78. The victory was the first over the Jacks since 2010-11 and the first at home since 2004-05.
North Dakota State also captured the Florida Atlantic Thanksgiving Tournament title with wins over Northeastern (Mass.) and NJIT Nov. 28-29 in Boca Raton, Fla.
Under Walseth's leadership, three student-athletes were named All-Summit League, the most since NDSU joined the league in 2007. Senior point guard Brooke LeMar was selected first team all-league, junior Holly Johnson was named honorable mention all-league, and freshman Taylor Thunstedt was voted to the all-newcomer team.
Walseth joined the Bison in April, 2014, after spending seven years as an assistant coach at Big Ten power Penn State University in State College, Pa., where she helped the Lady Lions to three Big Ten championships, four NCAA tournament appearances and two NCAA Sweet 16 appearances.
Prior to becoming an assistant at Penn State, Walseth spent three years as an assistant coach at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. While at Navy, she assisted with recruiting as well as on-court player development and scouting, and was also the academic liaison for the Midshipmen.
A native of Bloomington, Minn., Walseth was a two-time All-Big Ten selection and a three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree as a forward at Penn State from 1997-2002. She was also a key member of the 2000 Lady Lion team that advanced to the Final Four and claimed the Big Ten conference championship. Walseth also was a member of the 1998 WNIT championship team. She graduated from Penn State in 2002 with a bachelor's degree in communications.
Walseth was drafted by the Sacramento Monarchs in the third-round of the 2001 WNBA draft and spent four years playing professionally. She played for the Washington Mystics of the WNBA in 2002 before spending two years playing professionally in France. Walseth also spent a season with the Women's National Basketball League's (NWBL) Colorado Chill.
Walseth's sister, Annika, played for NDSU during the 2007-08 season.
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