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I had an incident come up in a game a few years ago. point guard A1(with possession of the ball) in her front court above the 3 point arc swung her elbow to ward off the defender. She made contact with her elbow to player B1's chest. I blew my whistle immediately and called a foul on A1. In this situation, I had several choices. I could have called her for the PC foul. I could have called a T. I would have even had a case for a flagrant foul. I opted for the T. In retrospect, I believe it was the right call. The penalty for the PC foul would have been minimal, resulting in loss of possession for A. If I had called the flagrant,B would have gotten 2 shots, possession of the ball and A1 would have been ejected from the game. She also would have to sit the next game by our state association rules. That would have been too severe a penalty. With the excessive elbow swinging T, the penalty was 2 shots with ball possession at the division line. Just right in my opinion.
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