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Highlights: Queen of the South 1-3 St Mirren

St Mirren are through to the last 16 of the Scottish Cup after a victory over League 1 side Queen of the South at Palmerston Park.

Toyosi Olusanya's first-half double put the Premiership side in control at the break, before Brennan Dickenson's wonderful volley on 75 minutes set up a tense finish.

However, Caolan Boyd-Munce found the top corner in injury-time to kill the hosts' hope for extra time.

In a lively opening, Dickenson fired over the bar for Queens before Callum Penman - making his first St Mirren start - sparked chaos with a well-directed long throw, and Olusanya swept home at the back post.

It was teenage wing-back Penman who created Olusanya's second as well.

A curling cross from the right found St Mirren's top scorer in space and he powered a header into the bottom corner with home goalkeeper Ross Stewart helpless.

The home side did have chances to hit back in the opening period, but Dickenson's long-range effort and Michael Hewitt's header were both straight at Zach Hemming in the St Mirren goal.

Dickenson's magnificent second-half goal sent a few nerves through the away end, beating Hemming low down after the ball dropped to him on the edge of the box.

The home crowd roared their players on in search of an equaliser, but moments after St Mirren defender Alex Gogic could have conceded a penalty, Boyd-Munce fired home St Mirren's third and secured their place in Monday's draw after Owen Oseni played the midfielder through on goal.

What they said

Queen of the South manager Peter Murphy: "I'm really proud of my team, just disappointed to concede in the first 10 minutes from a long throw-in.

"I'm pleased with so many aspects, but we've ended up losing. You can't give any team a two-goal lead. It's a good learning curve for our players.

"I've said to the players that if there's a way to lose the game then that's it."

St Mirren manager Stephen Robinson: "We were in total control for large periods. Credit to Queen of the South, they scored a goal and gave us a little bit of pressure.

"We showed composure and quality at the end with Caolan's finish, and I thought there were some good performances including Callum Penman, who was excellent from start to finish.

"We stopped moving the ball quickly at times, but ultimately we showed our quality. We managed to stop the losing run and that's the pleasing aspect."