The closest I can find is AR 164 on page 72. Unfortunately, in that case play, there is a foul by the defense during the AP throw-in, rather than a kicked ball. In AR 161, there is a team control foul during the throw-in (again, not a kicked ball, unfortunately); but in the RULING, it says that "Team A retains the arrow since a throw-in did not touch or was not legally touched by an inbounds player and therefore did not end."
So although it's talking about a foul, it does say that the arrow doesn't change until the throw-in is legally touched inbounds. Since that didn't happen in your play, maybe you can use that to convince your buddies.
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