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Very tough situation. Made tougher by your positioning during the play. You're on the sideline almost at the division line and the shooter is at the 3-point arc on the opposite free throw line extended. You're almost 50 feet away from that play when you call the foul. That would be like the Lead on the end line calling a handcheck at midcourt. Any coach or evaluator would chew out an official who called that from the Lead.
Right call or wrong, it looks awful. Your partner was less than 20 feet from the play. I realize this play is right on the boundary of your primary area of responsibility. In fact, when working 2-whistle, my rule of thumb is that the play should be a full step below the free throw line extended before the Lead picks it up, just to help clear up the "dual" area. But if you're going to call it there, you have to be in a better position to see the play.
Very tough situation. Best thing I can offer is to learn from it. Don't allow yourself to get stuck on the sideline. You have to move as the Trail, especially when the ball swings to the opposite side of the court. Get yourself all the way over to the center jump circle if you have to.
Just out of curiosity, how did the Varsity officials see the play? With 32 seconds left in the game, I'm usually in the locker room waiting for the JV officials to come back. Did they come out of the locker room to watch the end of your game? Or did you simply tell them the situation when you got back to the locker room?
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