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Hawthorn could hardly be better placed for their tilt at a fourth consecutive AFL premiership.The Hawks are two games clear in top spot on the ladder, short-priced premiership favourites and their run to the finals isnt anywhere near as exacting as rivals.But defender Josh Gibson knows before a grand final comes the grind, noting past experience is helping the club guard against complacency.Gibson says Hawthorn arent contemplating the prospect of being the first team to win four straight flags since Collingwood in 1927-30.Instead their focus is on remaining in the top four, starting with Saturdays match against Carlton in Tasmania.From past experience we know if you look too far head, youll miss out, Gibson said on Tuesday.Were a pretty experienced group now and we understand whats required to make finals and give yourself a tilt at being successful in finals.The minute you look ahead youll stumble and you can drop out of that top four pretty quickly.Gibsons first season at Waverley Park was in 2010, when the Hawks finished seventh and lost in week one of finals.It was a lesson in the value of finishing inside the top four - likewise last year when they lost to West Coast in week one of the finals.There has been conjecture over whether that benefit has been diminished by a pre-finals bye this season but Gibson doesnt buy it.Weve seen in the past how important top four is. Last year we definitely needed it (the double chance), the 32-year-old said.It is tight and you cant afford to drop games ... youve seen teams go from second to seventh and vice versa this year.Weve got some pretty important games to play before finals.That run starts at the Hawks adopted home in Launceston, where they have won 40 of 51 games including a current 18-match winning streak.They will confront Blues coach Brendon Bolton, formerly an assistant at Hawthorn.He knows a little bit about Hawthorn but weve got to evolve and change every year. Were doing a lot different to when he was last here, Gibson said.You can see hes changed some things ... theyre playing some really good football.Meanwhile, Gibson downplayed ongoing contract talks with Hawthorn.Im not worried about that. Im sure theyre working on that in the background, he said. USWNT Store . Louis Rams wide receiver Stedman Bailey last Sunday. The fine is the fourth this season for Goldson. 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THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands -- Sebastian Saiz scored a career-high 26 points and added 12 rebounds, and Mississippi advanced to the Paradise Jam championship game with an 81-68 victory over Saint Josephs on Sunday.Deandre Burnett added 20 points, and Cullen Neal and Rasheed Brooks had 11 each for the Rebels (4-0), who pushed a 41-37 halftime lead to as many as 16 points in the second half.We were giving up a lot of free opportunities in the last game (a 95-88 overtime win over Oral Roberts on Friday), Saiz said. We used the mentality of `nothing free tonight. I knew they were going to try to double-team me, but I was ready for it. I knew they werent going to be able to stop me.Shavar Newkirk scored 21 points, Charlie Brown had 13 and Lamarr Kimble 10 for the Hawks (3-1), who led twice in the first half, the last at 28-24 on Chris Clovers 3-pointer with 8:56 left.But Mississippi responded with a 15-5 run over the next five minutes, with Browns 3-pointer with 3:54 remaining giving the Rebels a 39-33 lead, their biggest of the half.Mississippis biggest lead came in the final six minutes, with Justa Furmanavicius tippping in a missed Burnett layup for a 73-57 margin with 5:26 left.ddddddddddddWe had too many missed plays, said Saint Josephs coach Phil Martelli, whose team was 10 of 22 from the free throw line Sunday. We had to keep them off the glass, and didnt do that. But it was our foul shooting -- we started off 0-for-6 to start the half, and we cant be in those situations.BIG PICTURESaint Josephs: Even with the loss, the Hawks are off to their best start since the 2005-2006 season, when they also opened 3-1. Saint Josephs went on to finish 19-14 that season.Mississippi: The Rebels are trying to win their first regular-season tournament since 2014, when Ole Miss won the Emerald Coast Classic title. It would also be the Rebels first title in a Carribean tournament since taking the 2007 San Juan Shootout.UP NEXTSaint Josephs: Will play the loser between N.C. State and No. 22 Creighton in the third-place game Monday.Mississippi: Will face the N.C. State-Creighton winner in the championship game Monday. ' ' '