Boys Freshman/JV doubleheader... The freshman game went great! Very competitive and the boys LISTENED! My partner and I discussed in our pregame that we will talk to the players first. If they didn't listen, we were going to take care of business. We only had two fouls the entire first half (one per team). The second half was almost as good as the first, but we had more fouls (6 on white - 5 on black). Both coaches went out of their way to let us know we did a great job.
Now the fun begins... The JV boys take the floor and my partner and I begin to talk before we whistle. Two back to back palming calls appear to get the boys a little frustrated. My partner and I had already discussed that we'll let them get away with it, unless it created an advantage (Bad Decision). Well, after the back to back calls, the players and coaches begin to chirp throughout the entire game about carries. At this point, my partner and I felt as though we needed to start taking care of business and end the talking to the boys. Whistle after whistle... They would not get the hint to knock it off. We were in the bonus very early in both halves.
Fast forward to 32 seconds left in the game... The score is White 41 - Black 42. White brings the ball up court and begins passing for an open shot. I'm the trail, opposite table. Since white is spread out, I keep my distance (practically standing 5 feet from mid court and standing on the sideline) so I can have all players in my primary within view. With about 20 seconds left on the clock, white A1 (who is about five feet in front of me) passes to A2 (who is tableside, behind the arc, free throw line extended). A2 attempts a 3 point shot and is hit on the arm by B2. I blow the whistle and black coach goes balistic. He's repeatedly screaming, "You can't make that call from there. That's your partners call." I report the foul and I notice B2 jumping up and down and he removes his jersey. I refrained from giving a T on the coach for showing his frustration, but B2 removing his jersey did not leave me any choice. A2 makes 1 of 3 foul shots and the player shooting the T's makes 1 of 2, putting white ahead by 1. White inbounds the ball and quickly turns it over. Black is now on a fast break and is fouled in the act of shooting. He misses both free throws and white gets the rebound and time runs out. White wins by 1.
I get to the locker room and the Varsity officials begin to go over what just occurred with us. They asked where the shooter was on the 3 point try. I know for a fact he was foul line extended and since I did not know if my partner had picked him up, I stayed with the shooter. My partner said that he did pick him up and he passed on the foul, thinking that B2 blocked the ball. Well, I agreed to disagree... The Varsity officials were explaining that since the shooter was in fact foul line extended, I should have held my whistle and let my partner take it.
What do you guy's think??? Since it happened so quickly and I was opposite tableside, should I have let it go? Even though I know I saw the entire play?
Note that one of the Varsity officials said, "Right or wrong, it took a lot of balls to make that call. Most officials would not have made it, even if it was right in front of them."
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