Situation--team A is bringing the ball up court after a team B basket through a full-court press. A1 attempts to pass the ball to a teammate in A's frontcourt. While the ball is in flight near the division line, B1 bats it back into A's backcourt. I continue my 10-second count and bang team A with a violation. Two questions arise:
1) If the ball breaks the plane of the division line, does the 10-second count stop? or
2) Does the ball need to be POSSESSED across the division line to stop the count.
After I whistled the violation, my partner said if the ball crossed half-court there is no violation. I covered myself by saying the defender reached across half court to hit the ball, but I believe that even if he hadn't, since it wasn't possessed in the frontcourt, the count continues. Comments???
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