I'm always amazed and amused at some of the situations you folks post from time to time and was starting to think I sure have a lot of no real excitement/incident free/straight forward games. That all changed with a game I had last night.
Two christian schools - Girls varsity - two whisle crew - 1st thru 3rd quarters visitors are pretty much having their way and most of the fouls have been called on the home team. In the 4th quarter with about 3 minutes left in the game things start to go down hill.
There is a scrum following a missed shot on the home end of the court, and from trail I call a foul after seeing a home player giving a visiting player a two handed push to the torso. I move in on the players after making the call because I see players not clearing and some jawing going on. Home team player on whom the foul was called is exclaiming "She was holding me, she was holding me". I pass the home team coach on the way to reporrt the foul, and he tells me "that's the dirtest play I have ever seen in basketball and you missed it". I asked the coach what he saw, and he says "#23 grabbed my girls boobs with both hands and just pulled". I had no reason to doubt him because of the players reactions after the stoppage of play, but seeing the play from behind, I may have missed the first foul and called the retaliation. (Memo to self: Get more angle on rebounding plays)
BUT ITS NOT OVER YET!
Play resumes with visitors shooting a 1 and 1 as a result of the foul I have just called and a missed shot is controlled by the home team. Home brings the ball up court and takes a shot - the ball rebounds off the rim and a foul is called on the visitors. There is another quick altercation but the players clear quickly and I can't tell who the instigator is, so I let it go as my partner talks to all involved.
A new player (a very large new player) for the home team who has not been in the game to this point enters the court and during the resumed play is fouled. As she is heading to the free throw line, someone in the home stands yells something encouraging to her, and she responds by yelling something I did not understand back to them. I walk to the free throw line and calmly tell the player she can not in any circumstances respond to or play to the crowd. She says ok and shoots - ball bounces off rim, is hit out of bounds by home and is awarded to visitors.
Home coach calls a time out with 58 seconds left in the game and tells me he has lost the game, doesn't want any of his players hurt, and will drop into a non-defensive zone or just hold the ball if he gets it, and wants the opposing coach to know it. Both coaches come to the table and home coach tells the visiting coach the same thing.
We resume with the throw-in - visitors bring the ball up-court and just hold it. - home team stays put and we wait for the horn to sound ending the game.
BUT ITS NOT OVER YET!
With 28 seconds left the home player with whom I just had the conversation with about playing to the crowd does a beautifully executed front summersault and lands with both hands outstretched to the stands, much to the delight of the crowd and amazement of everyone.
It takes about a second for me to gather my thoughts and access a technical foul for unsportsman like conduct for making a travisty of the game. I explained it to the coach who knew I had already warned her and he simply nodded.
After the shot for the technical, and a throw-in for the visitors, the ball was held for the remaining time and my partner and I didn't waste any time getting off the court.
Now I feel like a real contributor to the forum with two storys from one game.
Anybody have anything like this happen before?