[Mark Padgett]

Boys 8th grade last night. Halftime score, visitors 36, home 10. Final score, visitors 72, home 12. Yep, the visitors scored exactly 36 in each half and the home team scored only 2 points in the second half. And - both of those points came on free throws.

I haven't seen anything like this in a long time. It wasn't that the home team didn't get any shots, they got plenty but they just missed them all. In fact, the closest the home team came to scoring in the second half was when one of their players was holding the ball over his head after getting an offensive rebound and a visiting player hit it out of his hands and almost into the home team's basket. Just think, if it would have gone in, then their only basket of that half would have been scored by the opposing team by mistake! How weird is that?

There were no problems from the home coach or players and they all shook hands with the visitors after the game. The home coach even said to the visiting coach, "Thanks for the game".

When the game ended, my partner and I just shook our heads.

It was our second game of the night. The first was 8th grade girls and the final was 16-9. I think each team shot about 10% from the floor, and that's giving them the benefit of the doubt.