‘Yote Notes –
Jan. 8, 2004
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Mike Safford Jr.
– Sports Info. Director
msafford@albertson.edu
GENERAL ATHLETIC NEWS:
COYOTES TO HOST 2005 SKI
NATIONALS: The
United States Ski and Snowboard Association has awarded Albertson College the
host site for the 2005 National Championships. Nearly 400 competitors from 25
schools will descend on McCall from March 7-12, 2005 for the event.
Alpine and snowboard events will be conducted at Brundage Mountain Resort,
while cross country events will be held at Ponderosa Park. This will be the fourth time that
Albertson has hosted the championships. The Coyotes held the 1985 and
1995 at Brundage, and the 2001 meet at Bogus Basin. Albertson has won combined 26
individual and national titles during the last 25 years, and the Coyote women
are the defending Western Region champions. The USCSA is comprised of 154
schools across the nation and is, "The sports federation for
collegiate team ski racing and snowboard competition in America.
CHANGE IN C.A.A. DINNER DATE: The next Coyote Athletic Association booster dinner will be at 6:30 p.m., January 19, in the Simplot Dining Hall. The date was moved a week later due to conflicts with the Albertson basketball teams.
MEN’S BASKETBALL (11-4, 4-0 CCC): No. 5
ranked Coyotes look to break recent trend in trip to No. 19 Eastern Oregon
LAST WEEK: won at Warner Pacific, 68-63; won at Cascade,
63-62.
COMING UP: at No. 19 Eastern Oregon, Saturday, 7:30 p.m.
(PST); at No. 25 Concordia, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. (PST)
RADIO: All 29 regular-season contests will be broadcast
live on radio during the 2003-04 season with Mike Safford Jr. calling the
action for the third-consecutive year.
Join him this week as the Coyotes conclude their four-game road trip
with games at Eastern Oregon and Concordia.
Catch all of play-by-play on the “Home of the Coyotes”, 1490 KCID-AM.
INTERNET AND LIVE STATS: Due to conflicts with the Albertson College
server, the Eastern Oregon and Concordia men’s basketball games will not be
broadcast on the internet. However,
Saturday’s game at Eastern Oregon will have live stats available online at www.eou.edu/athletics, and Tuesday’s
game at Concordia will have a live internet broadcast available at www.gocugo.com. Things will be fixed in time for the next home game on Jan. 16.
A JUMP TO #5 IN THE POLLS: Riding a four-game win streak and toting an 11-4
record, the Albertson men’s basketball team climbed from No. 10 in the final
NAIA Division II national poll of 2003 to No. 5 in the first installment of
2004. The ranking represents the
highest ranking for the Coyotes since Mark Owen became head coach, and
is the loftiest mark since the 1999-2000 season. The ‘Yotes have been ranked higher than No. 5 on numerous
occasions – including a No. 1 ranking in the 1991 preseason poll.
FAMILIAR FOES RANKED ABOVE
‘YOTES: The four teams separating
Albertson and the No. 1 spot in the poll are all familiar to the Coyotes. Top-ranked Jamestown (N.D.) defeated the
‘Yotes 74-65 in last season’s NAIA Tournament, while No. 2 Taylor (Ind.) was
knocked off by Albertson, 53-44 in the same tourney. Third-ranked Siena Heights (Mich.) was defeated by the Coyotes,
96-88, in the 2001 NAIA Tournament, with No. 4 William Jewell having their last
loss of this season coming at the hands of the ‘Yotes, 67-65, in Las Vegas.
COYOTES SIT ATOP LEAGUE
STANDINGS: Four games down, 14 to go –
that is what the Albertson men’s basketball team has in front of starting the
second week of 2004. The Coyotes sit
alone atop the Cascade Conference at 4-0, their best loop start since the
1999-2000 season when they opened up 5-0 and 11-1. No. 19 ranked Eastern Oregon and a much improved Southern Oregon
team are at 3-1, with No. 25 ranked Concordia at 2-1.
SENIOR STEPS UP AT RIGHT TIME:
The Coyotes had just watched a 13-point
second half lead evaporate before their eyes when Mark Owen called a crucial
timeout. Pulling guard Andy Harper (Idaho
Falls, Idaho / Columbia Basin CC) aside, the chief told the student, “You
are a senior – it is time to step up and make some baskets.” The pep talk worked, as Harper drained a
trey with two minutes left to put Albertson up 61-60, then hit a game-winning
eight-footer in the paint to cap the 63-62 win. He had 11 points and four rebounds on the night, raising his
career point total to 735.
CONSISTANT EFFORT FROM
ALL-AMERICAN: Forward Tom Perkes (Spokane,
Wash. / Big Bend CC) just gets the job done. The senior All-America candidate averaged 18 points and seven
rebounds in the two wins, including 13-of-16 shooting from the foul line. For the season, Perkes ranks eighth in the
CCC in scoring average (16.1), seventh in blocked shots (0.80 per game), tenth
in free throw percentage (.797), and 11th in field goal percentage (5.12).
TALE OF TWO HALVES: This headline could not be more appropriate in
describing Friday’s game at Warner Pacific.
Albertson built a 24-point first half lead on the strength of 75-percent
shooting from the floor. However, the
Coyotes managed just four second half field goals and hung on for a 68-63
victory. It was the best shooting, and
worst shooting periods of the season.
SECOND-HALF DULDRUMS: The second half of games have not been the Coyotes
friend over the last month. Ever since
Albertson hung a 57-26 second half rout on Rocky Mountain at the Golden Rule
Shoot-Out, the ‘Yotes have struggled after halftime. In the past five games (including two overtime periods),
Albertson is shooting just 50-of-133 (.376 percent) from the floor after
halftime, and just 16-of-51 (.314 percent) from outside the arc – and averaging
just 30 points in the second half.
RASMUSSEN, HANSEN SEE MOST
MINUTES OF YEAR: Junior Zach
Rasmussen (Boise, Idaho / Bishop Kelly HS) saw his most action of
the 2003-04 season on Saturday night – spelling the Coyote big men that were
mired in foul trouble. Rasmussen hit a
pair of first half three-pointers and finished with eight points in 20 minutes
of action. One night earlier, Lance
Hansen (Blackfoot, Idaho / Casper JC) saw 12 minutes of action – and
was on the floor at the end of the game, in the ‘Yotes win at Warner
Pacific. Although he did not score,
Hansen was key in the defensive effort of the Coyotes.
DEAN’S LIST: Of the 150 Albertson College students that were
named to the Dean’s List for the fall term, 15 were student-athletes. Two men’s basketball players – Andy Harper
and Lance Hansen, were among those selected.
HIP-HIP-HORRAY FOR BUS DRIVER
STEVE: One of the silent supporters
of the Coyotes over the past two seasons has been Steve Cuellar, the team’s bus
driver from the Caldwell Transportation Company. Along with being an avid ‘Yote fan, it is Cuellar’s job to get
the men’s and women’s basketball team’s to-and-from road destinations. Last weekend was a hairy experience for all,
as a 13-hour trek west on I-84 to Portland through white-out conditions was
followed by an 11-hour trip home through ice and snow. Those of us on the bus, along with parents
and fans, thank you for your job well done!
SPEAKING OF A STEVE: Speaking of another Steve, center Steve
Humphreys (Reno, Nev. / Lassen CC) continues to recuperate from a
late November knee injury. The junior
has been practicing for the past two weeks with a protective knee brace and all
signs are pointing towards a return to the court this weekend. Before the injury, Humphreys was averaging
nine points and five rebounds, and continues to rank No. 4 in the CCC in
blocked shots (1.0 per game).
EASTERN RANKED FOR FIRST-TIME
IN 11 YEARS: Mark Owen will be the first to
tell anyone that the Albertson men have the toughest time, year-in and
year-out, playing in Quinn Coliseum at Eastern Oregon. This year’s match-up on Saturday has the
Mountaineers (7-3, 3-1 CCC) ranked No. 19 in the nation, Eastern’s first
national ranking since 1993. Art
Furman’s club has put up big numbers this season (averaging 85 points a night),
and has four players averaging at least 14 points a game (Larry Smith 19.7,
Bryan Rabas 15.6, Trevor Exline 14.1, Tyree Jones 14.1). The Albertson-Eastern rivalry is the longest
continued rivalry that the Coyotes have currently (the two schools have played
every season since 1929), with Albertson leading the series 74-35 (since
1950). However, the ‘Yotes have lost
three of their last four trips to La Grande, including a 75-72 loss on the
final day of the regular-season, sending Albertson on the road for the CCC
Tournament.
ROAD TRIP FINALLY ENDS AT
CONCORDIA: The stretch of four
consecutive and 21-of-25 games on the road for the Coyotes will end with a rare
Tuesday tilt in Portland against No. 25 ranked Concordia. The first of two Tuesday games for the
‘Yotes in the Willamette Valley, the Cavaliers (10-5, 2-1) are one of the
premier teams in the CCC, despite dropping a 68-54 decision to Western Baptist
last Friday. Brad Barbarick had his
team one win away from a national tournament berth last season, but it was the
Coyotes who handed Concordia a 79-60 loss – knocking the Cavs out of the playoffs. The nucleus of that team is back, led by
All-Conference players Andre Johnson (14.4 ppg) and Nate Ferrier (11.9 ppg, 7.1
rpg). Second-year player Brandon
Erlandson (15.5 ppg) has been a big help to the Cavalier attack that is
shooting a CCC-best .401 percent from outside the arc. Concordia took two-of-three from the Coyotes
last season, but it is Albertson with a 34-8 series edge, dating back to 1980.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
T O T A L 3-POINTERS R E B O U N D SP L A Y E R GP-GS MIN--AVG FG-FGA PCT FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF-DEF TOT--AVG PF-FO A TO BLK ST PTS - AVG---------------------- ----- --------- ------------- ------------- ------------ ----------------- ----- -------------- ---------32 Tom Perkes 15 15 460 30.7 88 172 .512 6 26 .231 59 74 .797 24 59 83 5.5 43 2 18 32 12 16 241 16.114 Andy Harper 15 15 507 33.8 80 175 .457 27 79 .342 37 43 .860 10 42 52 3.5 32 1 41 25 2 20 224 14.924 E.J. Costello 15 15 464 30.9 64 161 .398 37 95 .389 27 31 .871 8 27 35 2.3 22 0 29 24 0 16 192 12.834 Steve Humphreys 9 3 190 21.1 35 75 .467 0 0 .000 15 22 .682 14 32 46 5.1 24 1 3 20 9 3 85 9.410 Derek Brown 15 2 333 22.2 38 65 .585 17 24 .708 33 40 .825 8 35 43 2.9 41 1 38 34 3 18 126 8.442 Justin McCarthy 15 10 410 27.3 44 85 .518 1 3 .333 28 40 .700 22 44 66 4.4 49 3 29 31 10 14 117 7.820 Joe Green 15 15 532 35.5 25 75 .333 18 44 .409 11 15 .733 6 41 47 3.1 31 1 60 22 5 52 79 5.305 Eric Howard 12 0 74 6.2 7 26 .269 1 8 .125 10 20 .500 6 12 18 1.5 12 0 7 14 6 3 25 2.122 Zach Rasmussen 11 0 58 5.3 5 16 .313 3 12 .250 4 6 .667 1 6 7 0.6 10 0 2 6 2 2 17 1.512 Lance Hansen 8 0 41 5.1 3 8 .375 3 7 .429 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0.1 1 0 2 2 0 2 9 1.130 Matt Barclay 5 0 12 2.4 2 2 1.00 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0.840 Mark Black 4 0 9 2.3 0 3 .000 0 2 .000 1 2 .500 3 0 3 0.8 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.350 Neil Stutzman 3 0 6 2.0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0.3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.044 Drew Visser 2 0 4 2.0 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0TEAM REBOUNDS.................................................................... 16 30 46 8------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Albertson 15 3100 391 864 .453 113 301 .375 225 293 .768 120 329 449 29.9 268 9 229 218 51 147 1120 74.7------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Opponents 15 3100 413 894 .462 92 284 .324 183 265 .691 182 388 570 38.0 270 229 265 35 83 1101 73.4------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MORE INFORMATION ON THE COYOTES: For game stories, statistics, and information
regarding the Albertson men’s basketball program, head to the official site
Coyote Basketball: www.collegeofidaho.edu/athlete/mensbasketball.htm.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (4-7, 2-2 CCC): Lady
‘Yotes sit in middle of CCC pack as trip to Eastern Oregon awaits
LAST WEEK: lost at Northwest Nazarene, 82-62; lost at Warner
Pacific, 72-65; won at Cascade, 73-55.
COMING UP: at Eastern Oregon, Saturday, 5:30 p.m. (PST)
INTERNET BROADCASTS: Eleven Albertson women’s basketball games will be
broadcast live via the Albertson athletic website this winter. Join Jordan Komoto and Jake McClean for all
of the play-by-play at www.collegeofidaho.edu/webcam/athletics.asx
- the internet home of Lady ‘Yote Basketball.
The next scheduled internet game will be Jan. 16 vs. Oregon Tech.
LIVE STATS: Live play-by-play statistics of Saturday’s game at
Eastern Oregon can be accessed on the internet at www.eou.edu/athletics.
SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE: Two weeks into the 2003-04 Cascade Conference
season and the Albertson women’s basketball team is right where every team
began – sitting in the middle of the race.
The Lady ‘Yotes are tied for fifth-place, just one game out of the No. 2
spot, and two games back of front-running Oregon Tech. Between OIT and the Coyotes are three one-loss
teams – Eastern Oregon (Saturday’s opponent), along with Northwest and Warner
Pacific, whom the squad has dropped close games to.
WEEKLY CONFERENCE POLL: Each week for the remainder of the season, the ten
Cascade Conference coaches will ballot the top-five teams in the league – which
will base the rankings for CCC teams in the NAIA Division II national
poll. This week, six of the ten coaches
in the league voted, giving Oregon Tech the top spot. OIT was followed by Northwest, Eastern Oregon, Warner Pacific,
and Western Baptist. The Lady ‘Yotes
received votes in the poll, but was not among the top-five.
COTTERELL HAS OUTSTANDING
WEEK: A key to the Lady ‘Yotes
playing tough in all three games last week was the play of guard Dani
Cotterell (Nampa, Idaho / Nampa HS). The sophomore jumped into a tie for tenth in the CCC in scoring (11.8
ppg) by averaging over 17 points in the games against Northwest Nazarene,
Warner Pacific, and Cascade. Cotterell
made 14 three-pointers during the week, including a season-high six treys
against Warner Pacific. She currently
leads the conference in three-pointers made per game (3.07), ranks fifth in
three-point percentage (.436), and ninth in field goal percentage (.465).
HOOTER A REBOUND MACHINE: Spending four months earlier this year jumping to
spike or block balls has definitely helped Kasey Hooter (Nampa, Idaho
/ Walla Walla CC) prepare for the basketball season. One of four multi-sport athletes on the
team, the junior has been a terror on the glass since the volleyball season
ended in late November. Hooter has
recorded eight-or-more rebounds in each of the six games that she has played,
including ten-or-more boards in three consecutive games. She ranks second in the league in rebounds
per game (10.8), but more importantly, leads the loop in field goal percentage
(.694). Her top game this season was
against Warner Pacific, scoring 13 points and pulling down 14 rebounds.
SPEAKING OF MULTI-SPORT
ATHLETES: Other multi-sport athletes on
the Lady ‘Yotes roster include senior Carley Williams (Boise, Idaho /
Boise HS), who plays basketball and tennis; senior Alyssa Latham
(Walla Walla, Wash. / Walla Walla CC), who plays basketball, softball, and
is an All-American soccer player; and Angie Gribble (Boise, Idaho /
Bishop Kelly HS) who plays basketball and is the starting shortstop on the
Coyote softball team.
THACKER ONE OFF SCHOOL RECORD:
Point-guard Krystal Thacker (Elko,
Nev. / BYU-Idaho) set a career-high with ten assists against Warner Pacific
on Friday night, just one dish off the single-game school record. It was the most assists by a Lady ‘Yote in
four years, and helped the senior move into third-place in the CCC in assists
per game (3.7).
LADY ‘YOTES ROUT CASCADE: A 73-55 win on paper looks pretty convincing, but
the way the Albertson women got out of the starting gates on Saturday night
showed how big of a debacle it truly was.
Heidi Goicoechea (Burley, Idaho / Burley HS) scored ten of
the Coyotes first 20 points, as Albertson built a 20-4 lead and never allowed
the T-Birds back in the game. Dani Cotterell
helped the visitors open the second half on a 14-4 run by hitting four
consecutive three-pointers on five trips down floor, and the rout was on. Sarah Wilkin (Twin Falls, Idaho /
Southwestern Oregon CC) shook off a tough first half to set a new career-high
with nine rebounds, to go along with seven points. The win ended a two-game losing streak to Cascade and handed the
Thunderbirds their 12th consecutive loss.
SCORELESS STRETCH DOOMS
ALBERTSON: After a 13-hour bus ride from
Caldwell to Portland on Thursday (thanks to 400 miles of snow-covered I-84 from
the Treasure Valley to the Rose City), Albertson took a 34-31 lead at halftime
against a solid Warner Pacific club.
However, after building a six-point second half lead, the Lady ‘Yotes
would watch their hosts go on a 19-1 run to take a 62-50 lead with just over
five minutes remaining. Albertson would
close to within two points late in the game, but could not get over the hump. Dani Cotterell led the team with 18 points,
while Heidi Goicoechea scored 17, all coming in the first half.
N.N.U. RIDES SECOND HALF TO
WIN: Albertson has not had much
success against their Canyon County rival since women’s basketball resumed play
in 1995. 2003 was no exception, as
Northwest Nazarene completed a sweep of the Lady ‘Yotes with a 82-62 victory in
Nampa last Monday. Albertson
kept it close in the first half, taking three point leads on four occasions and
trailed just 45-41 at the intermission. However, NNU scored the first
eight points of the second half and led by as many as 23 in the win. Dani Cotterell scored 14 of
her game-high 19 points for the Coyotes, while Michelle Dyreng (Fruit
Heights, Utah / Snow CC) registered her second double-double of the year
with 14 points and ten rebounds. However, Albertson was outscored 17-5 at
the foul line and made just 8-of-34 shots in the second half.
CONFERENCE STAT LEADERS: As a team, the Lady ‘Yotes lead the Cascade
Conference in three statistical categories as a team. Albertson leads the loop in rebounding margin (+8.6), lowest
opponents’ rebound average (33.6), and blocked shots per game (3.36). The Coyotes rank second in the league in
total rebounds per game (42.3) and assists per game (16.2), and third in field
goal percentage (.413) and three-point percentage (.356). Individually, Michelle Dyreng leads the CCC
in blocked shots per game (1.7), while Kasey Hooter is first in the league in
defensive rebounds (7.2) and second in offensive rebounds (3.6). Heidi Goicoechea is seventh in assists per
game (3.5) and is tied for tenth in scoring average (11.8).
RIVALRY WITH EASTERN: Possibly the biggest rival the Albertson women
have developed over the past couple of season’s has been with their neighbors
to the east, Eastern Oregon.
Since Reagan Rossi took over in 2001, the Albertson-Eastern
rivalry has taken on a new meaning – with large crowds watching close
games. Although the Mountaineers (9-2,
3-1 CCC) have won 4-of-5 against the Coyotes during that stretch, three of the
games have been one-possession games in the final minute of play. Albertson did win the most important of the
tilts, however, a 92-71 win at Quinn Coliseum in 2002 in a semifinal battle of
the CCC Tournament. The 2003-04 Eastern
squad swept its games in Portland last weekend, with their two losses on the
season coming against Northwest and Whitman.
The Mounties lead the loop in scoring average (78.6 ppg) and boast four
players in double figures – led by All-America candidate Jaime Jo Cant (12.9
ppg). Albertson owns the all-time
series lead by a 13-5 margin.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
T O T A L 3-POINTERS R E B O U N D SP L A Y E R GP-GS MIN--AVG FG-FGA PCT FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF-DEF TOT--AVG PF-FO A TO BLK ST PTS - AVG---------------------- ----- --------- ------------- ------------- ------------ ----------------- ----- -------------- ---------24 Heidi Goicoechea 11 11 379 34.5 43 117 .368 17 52 .327 27 37 .730 22 42 64 5.8 17 2 38 33 2 18 130 11.814 Dani Cotterell 11 5 261 23.7 47 101 .465 34 78 .436 2 4 .500 12 14 26 2.4 15 0 14 16 0 9 130 11.834 Michelle Dyreng 10 10 321 32.1 45 109 .413 0 0 .000 13 30 .433 27 34 61 6.1 32 0 13 29 17 13 103 10.344 Kasey Hooter 6 5 150 25.0 25 36 .694 0 0 .000 5 12 .417 22 43 65 10.8 18 0 8 14 4 4 55 9.212 Krystal Thacker 11 11 307 27.9 30 86 .349 9 39 .231 11 16 .688 5 37 42 3.8 31 0 41 52 1 17 80 7.342 Tabatha Hyer 11 6 222 20.2 28 76 .368 11 30 .367 9 17 .529 13 26 39 3.5 23 0 14 31 3 4 76 6.913 Kim Strunk 11 0 117 10.6 11 24 .458 0 1 .000 18 23 .783 18 29 47 4.3 13 0 6 11 4 5 40 3.640 Sarah Wilkin 10 1 126 12.6 14 37 .378 0 0 .000 7 9 .778 10 23 33 3.3 22 1 7 20 4 0 35 3.533 Lindsey Karren 7 6 114 16.3 7 10 .700 0 0 .000 9 13 .692 11 19 30 4.3 20 1 9 7 1 6 23 3.323 Alyssa Latham 11 0 134 12.2 12 31 .387 5 10 .500 3 4 .750 4 11 15 1.4 12 0 26 26 0 8 32 2.911 Annie Roeser 2 0 4 2.0 0 2 .000 0 1 .000 1 3 .333 0 1 1 0.5 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.510 Carley Williams 8 0 41 5.1 1 5 .200 1 4 .250 0 0 .000 0 2 2 0.3 4 0 1 4 1 0 3 0.420 Tia Sinclair 4 0 15 3.8 0 3 .000 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 1 1 2 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.021 Angie Gribble 2 0 9 4.5 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 3 1 4 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0TEAM REBOUNDS.................................................................... 15 19 34 6------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Albertson 11 2200 263 637 .413 77 216 .356 105 169 .621 163 302 465 42.3 209 4 178 249 37 84 708 64.4------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Opponents 11 2200 258 656 .393 72 197 .365 149 216 .690 130 240 370 33.6 193 149 182 23 117 737 67.0------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------DEAN’S LIST: Of
the 150 students at Albertson College named to the Dean’s List this fall, 15
were Coyote student-athletes. Two of
them, sophomore Angie Gribble and freshman Annie Roeser (Homedale,
Idaho / Homedale HS) are members of the women’s basketball team.
NOTE CHANGES IN GAME TIME: Unlike last season, game time for the nine Cascade
Conference doubleheaders at the J.A. Albertson Activities Center have been
changed. Women’s games will begin at
5:30 p.m. this season (began at 6 p.m. last year), with the men’s contest to begin
at 7:30 p.m. (began at 8 p.m. last year)
Fans are to be reminded that their ticket for each night is good for
both the women’s and men’s games.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE LADY ‘YOTES: For up-to-date statistics, stories, and
information about the Albertson women’s basketball team, head to the official
website for the Lady ‘Yotes – www.collegeofidaho.edu/athlete/wmensbasketball.htm. For updated scores and standings from the Cascade
Conference women’s basketball season, head to www.collegeofidaho.edu/athlete/wbasketball/stats/standings.htm.
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