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Originally posted by Tom M.
This situation occurred at a women's college game on Saturday. A1 on offense recieves a dump down pass in the low post. The defender, B1, is off balance and out of position. As A1, now with the ball, turns her shoulders and arms to make her normal offensive move to the basket she strikes B1 in the face with her elbow/arm. The contact is hard and A1 continues and lays the ball in. B1 is momentarily stunned but moves up the floor as play continues.
I was in the lead postion and saw the play clearly and had it as a "no call". The defender was clearly out of postion and off balance. I felt I could not reward the defense with a foul. The contact was not intentional nor did A1 swing her elbows.
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Since the contact is elbow to face, legal guarding position is not a factor in the decision. It sounds like incidental contact to me in that A1 didn't gain an advantage through it. B1 just had their face in the wrong place...because they were off balance.