[Jerry Baldwin]

I had this very thing happen the other night in the SV boys HS game. Maybe 3 minutes into the game, the home coach, during a dead ball, said the ball was too slick and could we replace the ball. At first I said no, but then with instant recall, I concluded he was right we had had several O of B plays due to the ball slipping out of hands. I told him to pick out a new ball. I then went to the visiting coach explained what was going on and did he have any problem with replacing the ball, which I handed to him to inspect. He agreed, we switched balls, and played the rest of the game. Took maybe 3 minutes to correct the problem. By the way, it didn't help the home team, they lost. Both teams shoot maybe 20% from the field and not much better at the FT line. I'm not sure what I would have done if the visting coach had said no.