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Speaker 1: lot of smart throws and we still had our shots.

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Speaker 1: One shot kind of led to a penalty that kind

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Speaker 1: of extended the drive. So Um, it was just it

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Speaker 1: was just a there's a smart performance by him, just

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Speaker 1: being really decisive and smart with the ball. No turnovers

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Speaker 1: Um and our defense took the ball away a lot

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Speaker 1: and you do that on Sundays you're you're in a

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Speaker 1: great position to win. Thank you. Thank you all