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},
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"ref": "2016 April 13, Brady McAtamney, “GVSU's Bishop sits fourth in single season assists”, in Grand Valley Lanthorn",
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"ref": "2016 April 13, Daniel Lewis, “And We Bid You Goodnight: Kick rocks, Denver Nuggets”, in Hardwood Paroxysm",
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