Accies couldn't top their group, courtesy of their defeat against Ayr United on Tuesday and the Somerset Park club being awarded three points today due to Falkirk's Covid situation, so the best they could do was second place on nine points.
Rovers, for their part, couldn't qualify, but could grab themselves a decent scalp, given that Accies were a Premiership side last season.Hamilton head coach Brian Rice made three changes to the side that lost to Ayr.
Young left-back Chris McGinn made his debut at 16, while Daryl Meikle is one of the oldest academy graduates to debut at 20, replacing Kieran MacDonald and Lewis Spence, respectively.
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