Dang, that's why Bob gets paid the big bucks - he knows this stuff.
That's exactly what happened. We had an NAIA school's JV squad play the next door neighbor junior college. The JV team only had 6 players, but still built up a comfortable lead of about 20 points by midway through the second half. It's a good thing, because right about then they had one player, then another, foul out. They were already playing 4-on-5 when my play occured. The table informed us the T was A1's 5th foul, so we sent her off, then shot the T FT's. Then (yes, Nevada
), we asked A's coach who he would designate to shoot the foul shots.
So, for the last 8 minutes or so of the game, they played 3-on-5. All this was happening while the stands were filling up for the men's game which was to follow. So a rather boring, blowout-type game became an exciting contest. The other team started cutting into the lead, and got it to within 2, but could never get over the hump. A ended up winning by 8.
I don't think I have ever been in the situation where the team with less players still wins the game. It has been many years since I've even been in the situation of calling a game with an uneven number of players.