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Jon Obika's goal ended Broxburn Athletic's resistance

St Mirren avoided a Scottish Cup shock by edging past East of Scotland League side Broxburn Athletic in Paisley.

The non-league outfit rarely threatened their Scottish Premiership hosts, but held out until the early part of the second half before conceding.

Calum Waters' shot deflected off an unwitting Jon Obika before spinning into the net, before Danny Mullen and Obika put the outcome beyond doubt.

It means Jim Goodwin's side will be in Sunday's draw for the last 16.

St Mirren were dominant throughout, but found it difficult to break down a resilient Broxburn defence for the most part.

Obika missed a great chance midway through the first half, turning a Junior Morias cross the wrong side of an upright, but he made up for that with the opener early in the second half.

Broxburn goalkeeper Connor Wallace went on to make some great saves before the top-flight side scored twice in the final moments to progress.

Mullen's low drive from 20 yards sneaked in at the far post before Obika grabbed his second right on full time.

St Mirren manager Jim Goodwin: "We're in the next round, that's the bottom line. We knew it would be difficult. Everyone would expect us to turn up and wipe the floor with them.

"But I said it would be difficult and we give great credit to Broxburn. In the first half especially they made life difficult and we struggled to break them down. It looks comfortable at 3-0 but it wasn't the case."

Broxburn manager Brian McNaughton: "They did great. Three-nil sounds like a smashing but St Mirren had all the play. They're a better team but we stuck at it, in the first half especially.

"When you think it was tier one versus tier six we showed there's a bit of quality further down the chain."