20 Kesha Brady
20 - Kesha Brady
Height: 5-7
Year: Sr.
Hometown: Smyrna, Tenn.
Position: G
Previous School: Smyrna HS
gp 25
pts/g 11.7
fg % 38.6
3pt % 24.1
ft % 77.6
reb/g 5.0
a/g 2.0

2019-20 (Junior): Appeared in all 30 games, making 29 starts and averaging a team second-best 29.7 minutes… named All-OVC First Team following a stellar junior campaign in which she led the team offensively, averaging 14.4 points per game… named OVC Player of the Week (Nov. 26) following Tech’s contests against Middle Tennessee (Nov. 21) and Samford (Nov. 24)… named TSWA Player of the Week (Jan. 21) after Tech’s pair of victories over SIUE (Jan. 16) and Eastern Illinois (Jan. 18)… shot 40.7 percent from the field and 37.1 percent from 3-point range… scored double-figures in 22 contests, including six contests with 20-plus points… posted a career-high 33 points, connecting on a career-high 11 made free throws and netting 21 points through the first half, marking the most for a Golden Eagle since Yaktavia Hickson against Belmont (Jan. 21, 2017), against Samford (Nov. 24).

2018-19 (Sophomore): Appeared in all 33 games, starting two contests and averaging 25.2 minutes per game… second-leading scorer on the team averaging 10.2 points per game while shooting 36.4 percent from the field, 31.7 percent from three, and 85.3 percent from the line… scored a career-high 23 points against UT-Martin while also grabbing nine rebounds, three assists, and three steals in the contest (Feb. 9)… scored double-figures in 17 games… averaged 3.5 rebounds per game… recorded her first double-double and a career-high 10 rebounds against Belmont (Jan. 5).

2017-18 (Freshman): Poised for a breakout debut campaign before suffering a season-ending injury minutes into Tech’s second conference game in late December… started all 13 games she appeared in… her first-ever collegiate game (against Tennessee Wesleyan on Nov. 10) was a good one, as she scored 21 points with two 3-pointers, shot 50 percent from the field and added six rebounds and four steals… she (along with teammate Jordan Brock, who scored 20 points), became the first Tech freshman to score 20 or more points in her debut since Kellie Cook put up 22 against Alabama on Nov. 13, 2009… received her first adidas® OVC Freshman of the Week honor following that game… scored 10+ points in seven different games… came close to a double-double when she scored 10 points and had nine rebounds at Kentucky (Dec. 3)… still ended the year ranked fourth for Tech with 10.5 points per game and also averaged 27.8 minutes.

High School: Brady attended Smyrna High School where she received the 2015-16 Daily News Journal All-Sports MVP award and was also named to the 2015-16 All-District Girls Basketball 7AAA second team... played for Bud Brandon in her last two seasons as a Bulldog... averaged 25.2 points, 2.4 steals and 3.4 rebounds per game in her senior season... joined the 1,000-point club in her junior year... played AAU ball for BWright... also played volleyball for three seasons at Smyrna as an outside hitter.

Personal: The daughter of Milkia Brady and Preston Beddingfield ... cousin Eric Gordon played football at Tennessee from 2009-12 as a cornerback and on special teams.

Academic: Majoring in exercise science, physical education, and wellness with a concentration in pre-physical therapy.

Honors & Awards:

  • 2019-20 All-OVC First Team
  • TSWA Player of the Week (Jan. 21, 2020)
  • OVC Player of the Week (Nov. 26, 2019)
  • OVC Freshman of the Week (Nov. 14 2017)
  • Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (spring 2020)
Recent Games
Feb 20 at Belmont L, 73-61
Feb 23 Belmont L, 77-56
Feb 25 Austin Peay W, 62-57
Feb 27 Murray State L, 68-67
Mar 4 at Jacksonville State W, 79-64
Mar 5 at UT Martin L, 69-56
Statistics category Overall Conf
Games 25 20
Games started 25 20
Minutes 754 582
Minutes per game 30.2 29.1
FG 95-246 70-188
FG Pct 38.6 37.2
3PT 20-83 12-59
3PT Pct 24.1 20.3
FT 83-107 67-90
FT Pct 77.6 74.4
Off rebounds 54 40
Def rebounds 71 58
Total rebounds 125 98
Rebounds per game 5.0 4.9
Personal fouls 46 35
Disqualifications 0 0
Assists 49 45
Turnovers 71 58
Assist to turnover ratio 0.7 0.8
Steals 20 12
Blocks 2 2
Points 293 219
Points per game 11.7 10.9
Points per 40 min 15.5 15.1
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 25 at Vanderbilt   - - - - - - - - -
Nov 29 at UAB   - - - - - - - - -
Dec 11 at Chattanooga L, 76-65 1 37 9-18 50.0 1-2 50.0 7-8 87.5 26
Dec 13 Jacksonville State W, 68-66 1 39 7-18 38.9 0-5 0.0 13-16 81.3 27
Dec 16 Western Carolina W, 67-63 1 38 3-9 33.3 3-9 33.3 6-6 100.0 15
Dec 19 Samford   - - - - - - - - -
Dec 20 WKU W, 73-59 1 36 5-15 33.3 2-7 28.6 1-1 100.0 13
Dec 21 Mercer   - - - - - - - - -
Dec 30 Southeast Missouri L, 79-70 1 36 4-13 30.8 0-3 0.0 2-6 33.3 10
Jan 2 at Eastern Illinois W, 72-67 1 24 2-11 18.2 0-2 0.0 2-2 100.0 6
Jan 7 at Morehead State L, 65-62 1 5 7-13 53.8 0-4 0.0 2-4 50.0 16
Jan 9 at Eastern Kentucky L, 73-65 1 30 4-10 40.0 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 9
Jan 16 Tennessee State W, 83-34 1 18 4-6 66.7 2-4 50.0 0-1 0.0 10
Jan 21 at Austin Peay W, 66-61 1 33 2-5 40.0 0-1 0.0 1-2 50.0 5
Jan 23 at Murray State W, 75-58 1 27 4-9 44.4 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 8
Jan 25 at Jacksonville State L, 69-58 1 34 5-13 38.5 0-2 0.0 9-9 100.0 19
Jan 28 Eastern Kentucky W, 74-58 1 34 4-14 28.6 1-6 16.7 7-9 77.8 16
Jan 30 Morehead State W, 58-49 1 32 4-8 50.0 2-4 50.0 2-3 66.7 12
Feb 4 at Southeast Missouri L, 59-55 1 28 4-8 50.0 0-2 0.0 2-2 100.0 10
Feb 6 at UT Martin W, 77-73 1 38 3-6 50.0 0-1 0.0 8-9 88.9 14
Feb 11 SIUE W, 81-42 1 19 2-8 25.0 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 4
Feb 13 Eastern Illinois W, 62-45 1 24 2-9 22.2 2-7 28.6 5-6 83.3 11
Feb 18 at Tennessee State W, 68-52 1 27 1-7 14.3 0-3 0.0 4-5 80.0 6
Feb 20 at Belmont L, 73-61 1 33 1-7 14.3 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 3
Feb 23 Belmont L, 77-56 1 40 5-11 45.5 2-4 50.0 6-9 66.7 18
Feb 25 Austin Peay W, 62-57 1 30 5-9 55.6 1-2 50.0 4-4 100.0 15
Feb 27 Murray State L, 68-67 1 31 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 0-2 0.0 0
Mar 4 at Jacksonville State W, 79-64 1 37 5-9 55.6 0-2 0.0 2-2 100.0 12
Mar 5 at UT Martin L, 69-56 1 24 3-7 42.9 2-4 50.0 0-0 - 8
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to a/to stl blk pf dq
Nov 25 at Vanderbilt   - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 29 at UAB   - - - - - - - - - - - -
Dec 11 at Chattanooga L, 76-65 1 37 6 2 8 1 3 0.3 3 0 3 0
Dec 13 Jacksonville State W, 68-66 1 39 2 4 6 3 0 - 0 0 3 -
Dec 16 Western Carolina W, 67-63 1 38 4 0 4 1 6 0.2 0 0 2 -
Dec 19 Samford   - - - - - - - - - - - -
Dec 20 WKU W, 73-59 1 36 4 4 8 2 2 1.0 2 0 1 -
Dec 21 Mercer   - - - - - - - - - - - -
Dec 30 Southeast Missouri L, 79-70 1 36 1 3 4 0 3 0.0 2 0 0 -
Jan 2 at Eastern Illinois W, 72-67 1 24 5 4 9 2 3 0.7 0 0 0 0
Jan 7 at Morehead State L, 65-62 1 5 0 3 3 1 5 0.2 2 0 4 0
Jan 9 at Eastern Kentucky L, 73-65 1 30 2 1 3 4 6 0.7 0 0 4 -
Jan 16 Tennessee State W, 83-34 1 18 1 0 1 0 2 0.0 0 0 0 -
Jan 21 at Austin Peay W, 66-61 1 33 0 5 5 3 3 1.0 0 0 0 -
Jan 23 at Murray State W, 75-58 1 27 1 2 3 2 2 1.0 1 0 0 -
Jan 25 at Jacksonville State L, 69-58 1 34 3 2 5 1 4 0.3 2 0 4 -
Jan 28 Eastern Kentucky W, 74-58 1 34 5 3 8 1 1 1.0 1 0 1 -
Jan 30 Morehead State W, 58-49 1 32 3 1 4 2 5 0.4 0 0 1 -
Feb 4 at Southeast Missouri L, 59-55 1 28 2 4 6 2 2 1.0 0 0 4 0
Feb 6 at UT Martin W, 77-73 1 38 1 5 6 3 3 1.0 0 1 0 -
Feb 11 SIUE W, 81-42 1 19 2 2 4 2 0 - 0 0 1 -
Feb 13 Eastern Illinois W, 62-45 1 24 3 3 6 1 5 0.2 0 0 4 -
Feb 18 at Tennessee State W, 68-52 1 27 2 3 5 5 3 1.7 0 0 2 -
Feb 20 at Belmont L, 73-61 1 33 3 2 5 5 2 2.5 1 0 0 -
Feb 23 Belmont L, 77-56 1 40 1 2 3 5 2 2.5 1 0 2 0
Feb 25 Austin Peay W, 62-57 1 30 1 4 5 0 4 0.0 1 0 2 -
Feb 27 Murray State L, 68-67 1 31 2 5 7 3 3 1.0 1 1 3 -
Mar 4 at Jacksonville State W, 79-64 1 37 0 6 6 0 0 - 2 0 3 -
Mar 5 at UT Martin L, 69-56 1 24 0 1 1 0 2 0.0 1 0 2 -
  gp gs min/g fg/g pct 3pt/g pct ft/g pct ppg
2017-18 13 13 27.8 3.0-7.2 41.9 0.9-2.2 42.9 3.5-4.9 71.9 10.5
2018-19 33 2 25.2 2.8-7.8 36.4 1.2-3.7 31.7 3.3-3.9 85.3 10.2
2019-20 30 29 29.6 4.3-10.6 40.7 1.8-4.8 37.1 4.0-5.5 72.9 14.4
2020-21 25 25 30.2 3.8-9.8 38.6 0.8-3.3 24.1 3.3-4.3 77.6 11.7
2021-22 30 16 22.3 1.6-5.4 29.0 0.3-2.1 12.7 2.7-3.4 77.7 6.1
Total 131 85 26.7 3.1-8.2 37.5 1.0-3.4 30.0 3.4-4.3 77.3 10.5
  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2017-18 13 13 361 39-93 41.9 12-28 42.9 46-64 71.9 136
2018-19 33 2 832 94-258 36.4 39-123 31.7 110-129 85.3 337
2019-20 30 29 888 129-317 40.7 53-143 37.1 121-166 72.9 432
2020-21 25 25 754 95-246 38.6 20-83 24.1 83-107 77.6 293
2021-22 30 16 669 47-162 29.0 8-63 12.7 80-103 77.7 182
Total 131 85 3504 404-1076 37.5 132-440 30.0 440-569 77.3 1380
  gp gs min/g fg/40 pct 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pct pts/40
2017-18 13 13 27.8 4.3-10.3 41.9 1.3-3.1 42.9 5.1-7.1 71.9 15.1
2018-19 33 2 25.2 4.5-12.4 36.4 1.9-5.9 31.7 5.3-6.2 85.3 16.2
2019-20 30 29 29.6 5.8-14.3 40.7 2.4-6.4 37.1 5.5-7.5 72.9 19.5
2020-21 25 25 30.2 5.0-13.1 38.6 1.1-4.4 24.1 4.4-5.7 77.6 15.5
2021-22 30 16 22.3 2.8-9.7 29.0 0.5-3.8 12.7 4.8-6.2 77.7 10.9
Total 131 85 26.7 4.6-12.3 37.5 1.5-5.0 30.0 5.0-6.5 77.3 15.8
  gp gs mpg off/g def/g reb/g pf/g dq/g ast/g to/g a/to stl/g blk/g
2017-18 13 13 27.8 2.0 2.5 4.5 2.5 0.1 1.5 3.0 0.5 1.4 0.0
2018-19 33 2 25.2 1.7 1.8 3.5 1.9 0.1 1.0 2.1 0.5 1.0 0.2
2019-20 30 29 29.6 1.9 2.8 4.7 2.1 0.0 1.7 3.1 0.5 0.9 0.2
2020-21 25 25 30.2 2.2 2.8 5.0 1.8 0.0 2.0 2.8 0.7 0.8 0.1
2021-22 30 16 22.3 1.1 1.3 2.4 1.3 0.0 1.3 2.0 0.6 0.5 0.1
Total 131 85 26.7 1.7 2.2 3.9 1.9 0.0 1.5 2.5 0.6 0.9 0.1
  gp gs min off def reb pf dq ast to a/to stl blk
2017-18 13 13 361 26 33 59 33 1 20 39 0.5 18 0
2018-19 33 2 832 55 59 114 63 2 33 69 0.5 34 5
2019-20 30 29 888 58 83 141 63 1 51 93 0.5 28 5
2020-21 25 25 754 54 71 125 46 0 49 71 0.7 20 2
2021-22 30 16 669 32 40 72 40 0 39 61 0.6 16 3
Total 131 85 3504 225 286 511 245 4 192 333 0.6 116 15
  gp gs mpg off/40 def/40 reb/40 pf/40 dq/40 ast/40 to/40 a/to stl/40 blk/40
2017-18 13 13 27.8 2.9 3.7 6.5 3.7 0.1 2.2 4.3 0.5 2.0 0.0
2018-19 33 2 25.2 2.6 2.8 5.5 3.0 0.1 1.6 3.3 0.5 1.6 0.2
2019-20 30 29 29.6 2.6 3.7 6.4 2.8 0.0 2.3 4.2 0.5 1.3 0.2
2020-21 25 25 30.2 2.9 3.8 6.6 2.4 0.0 2.6 3.8 0.7 1.1 0.1
2021-22 30 16 22.3 1.9 2.4 4.3 2.4 0.0 2.3 3.6 0.6 1.0 0.2
Total 131 85 26.7 2.6 3.3 5.8 2.8 0.0 2.2 3.8 0.6 1.3 0.2
  gp gs min/g fg/g pct 3pt/g pct ft/g pct ppg
Total 25 25 30.2 3.8-9.8 38.6 0.8-3.3 24.1 3.3-4.3 77.6 11.7
Conference 20 20 29.1 3.5-9.4 37.2 0.6-3.0 20.3 3.4-4.5 74.4 10.9
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - -
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Home 12 12 31.4 3.8-10.2 36.6 1.2-4.3 28.8 3.8-5.3 71.9 12.6
Away 13 13 29.0 3.8-9.5 40.7 0.4-2.4 16.1 2.8-3.3 86.0 10.9
Neutral - - - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - -
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Wins 15 15 30.4 3.5-9.5 37.1 0.9-3.7 23.2 3.7-4.5 82.1 11.6
Losses 10 10 29.8 4.2-10.3 40.8 0.7-2.7 25.9 2.8-4.0 70.0 11.9
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December 5 5 37.2 5.6-14.6 38.4 1.2-5.2 23.1 5.8-7.4 78.4 18.2
January 9 9 26.3 4.0-9.9 40.4 0.7-3.1 21.4 2.6-3.3 76.7 11.2
February 9 9 30.0 2.6-7.6 33.8 0.7-2.6 26.1 3.2-4.2 76.3 9.0
March 2 2 30.5 4.0-8.0 50.0 1.0-3.0 33.3 1.0-1.0 100.0 10.0
  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Total 25 25 754 95-246 38.6 20-83 24.1 83-107 77.6 293
Conference 20 20 582 70-188 37.2 12-59 20.3 67-90 74.4 219
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
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Home 12 12 377 45-123 36.6 15-52 28.8 46-64 71.9 151
Away 13 13 377 50-123 40.7 5-31 16.1 37-43 86.0 142
Neutral - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
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Wins 15 15 456 53-143 37.1 13-56 23.2 55-67 82.1 174
Losses 10 10 298 42-103 40.8 7-27 25.9 28-40 70.0 119
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December 5 5 186 28-73 38.4 6-26 23.1 29-37 78.4 91
January 9 9 237 36-89 40.4 6-28 21.4 23-30 76.7 101
February 9 9 270 23-68 33.8 6-23 26.1 29-38 76.3 81
March 2 2 61 8-16 50.0 2-6 33.3 2-2 100.0 20
  gp gs min/g fg/40 pct 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pct pts/40
Total 25 25 30.2 5.0-13.1 38.6 1.1-4.4 24.1 4.4-5.7 77.6 15.5
Conference 20 20 29.1 4.8-12.9 37.2 0.8-4.1 20.3 4.6-6.2 74.4 15.1
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - -
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Home 12 12 31.4 4.8-13.1 36.6 1.6-5.5 28.8 4.9-6.8 71.9 16.0
Away 13 13 29.0 5.3-13.1 40.7 0.5-3.3 16.1 3.9-4.6 86.0 15.1
Neutral - - - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - -
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Wins 15 15 30.4 4.6-12.5 37.1 1.1-4.9 23.2 4.8-5.9 82.1 15.3
Losses 10 10 29.8 5.6-13.8 40.8 0.9-3.6 25.9 3.8-5.4 70.0 16.0
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December 5 5 37.2 6.0-15.7 38.4 1.3-5.6 23.1 6.2-8.0 78.4 19.6
January 9 9 26.3 6.1-15.0 40.4 1.0-4.7 21.4 3.9-5.1 76.7 17.0
February 9 9 30.0 3.4-10.1 33.8 0.9-3.4 26.1 4.3-5.6 76.3 12.0
March 2 2 30.5 5.2-10.5 50.0 1.3-3.9 33.3 1.3-1.3 100.0 13.1
  gp gs mpg off/g def/g reb/g pf/g dq/g ast/g to/g a/to stl/g blk/g
Total 25 25 30.2 2.2 2.8 5.0 1.8 0.0 2.0 2.8 0.7 0.8 0.1
Conference 20 20 29.1 2.0 2.9 4.9 1.8 0.0 2.3 2.9 0.8 0.6 0.1
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Home 12 12 31.4 2.4 2.6 5.0 1.7 0.0 1.7 2.8 0.6 0.7 0.1
Away 13 13 29.0 1.9 3.1 5.0 2.0 0.0 2.2 2.9 0.8 0.9 0.1
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Wins 15 15 30.4 2.3 3.1 5.3 1.3 0.0 1.8 2.6 0.7 0.5 0.1
Losses 10 10 29.8 2.0 2.5 4.5 2.6 0.0 2.2 3.2 0.7 1.3 0.1
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December 5 5 37.2 3.4 2.6 6.0 1.8 0.0 1.4 2.8 0.5 1.4 0.0
January 9 9 26.3 2.2 2.3 4.6 1.6 0.0 1.8 3.4 0.5 0.7 0.0
February 9 9 30.0 1.9 3.3 5.2 2.0 0.0 2.9 2.7 1.1 0.4 0.2
March 2 2 30.5 0.0 3.5 3.5 2.5 - 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.5 0.0
  gp gs min off def reb pf dq ast to a/to stl blk
Total 25 25 754 54 71 125 46 0 49 71 0.7 20 2
Conference 20 20 582 40 58 98 35 0 45 58 0.8 12 2
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Home 12 12 377 29 31 60 20 0 20 33 0.6 8 1
Away 13 13 377 25 40 65 26 0 29 38 0.8 12 1
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Wins 15 15 456 34 46 80 20 0 27 39 0.7 7 1
Losses 10 10 298 20 25 45 26 0 22 32 0.7 13 1
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December 5 5 186 17 13 30 9 0 7 14 0.5 7 0
January 9 9 237 20 21 41 14 0 16 31 0.5 6 0
February 9 9 270 17 30 47 18 0 26 24 1.1 4 2
March 2 2 61 0 7 7 5 - 0 2 0.0 3 0
  gp gs mpg off/40 def/40 reb/40 pf/40 dq/40 ast/40 to/40 a/to stl/40 blk/40
Total 25 25 30.2 2.9 3.8 6.6 2.4 0.0 2.6 3.8 0.7 1.1 0.1
Conference 20 20 29.1 2.7 4.0 6.7 2.4 0.0 3.1 4.0 0.8 0.8 0.1
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Home 12 12 31.4 3.1 3.3 6.4 2.1 0.0 2.1 3.5 0.6 0.8 0.1
Away 13 13 29.0 2.7 4.2 6.9 2.8 0.0 3.1 4.0 0.8 1.3 0.1
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Wins 15 15 30.4 3.0 4.0 7.0 1.8 0.0 2.4 3.4 0.7 0.6 0.1
Losses 10 10 29.8 2.7 3.4 6.0 3.5 0.0 3.0 4.3 0.7 1.7 0.1
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December 5 5 37.2 3.7 2.8 6.5 1.9 0.0 1.5 3.0 0.5 1.5 0.0
January 9 9 26.3 3.4 3.5 6.9 2.4 0.0 2.7 5.2 0.5 1.0 0.0
February 9 9 30.0 2.5 4.4 7.0 2.7 0.0 3.9 3.6 1.1 0.6 0.3
March 2 2 30.5 0.0 4.6 4.6 3.3 0.0 0.0 1.3 0.0 2.0 0.0