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Originally Posted by Nevadaref
You did well. You guys handled the situation correctly according to the NFHS Case Book ruling.
SCORER’S SIGNAL
2.11.3 SITUATION: When may the scorer signal? RULING: If the scorer desires
to call attention to a player who is illegally in the game, he/she may signal the official
when the ball is in control of that player’s team. If it is for a substitution, the
scorer may signal when the ball next becomes dead and the clock is stopped. If
it is for conferring with an official, he/she may signal when the ball is dead. If the
scorer signals while the ball is live, the official should ignore the signal if a
scoring play is in progress. Otherwise, the official may stop play to determine the
reason for the scorer’s signal.
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In this particular case, the horn/buzzer seemed to sound AFTER the ball was in the air, therefore, there would have been no way to support stopping play.
As a referee, I have NEVER seen anything good ever come out of an inadvertent horn during play when a whistle did not kill the play at that point. My team's were the beneficiary of "no whistles" in this case multiple times (I first got my referee license not to referee, but rather to make sure I knew the rules as a coach). My teams were able to use this as a HUGE advantage because I covered such situations in practice on a regular basis. My players recognized that ill-timed buzzer/horn as an opportunity to get a free basket, legally.
That said, our crew will try to immediately kill the play as soon as the horn sounds (unless the visiting team has a scoring opportunity such as the situation described in the 2.11.3 case play that nevadaref mentioned above). Since 90+% of all players stop when a horn sounds, I much prefer to kill the play as soon as possible (situation above excepted).
In the situation described by the original poster, I would NOT have stopped the play since the buzzer/horn does not appear to have had any effect on the play.